The Sabbath at Creation
According to the Bible, the Sabbath originated at creation. Genesis 2:2-3 says, “And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.” God did not rest from weariness or fatigue, because “the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary” (Isaiah 40:28). The Sabbath rest, therefore, like all of creation, was instituted for man’s good, and provided a weekly opportunity for the development of man’s higher nature by communion with the Creator.