What is the biblically sound understanding of Genesis 2:2-3?
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In **Genesis 2:2-3** we are told:
> **2** 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.
> **3** 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.
Limiting the scope of the question — setting aside what it means that the seventh day of the week was "blessed" and "sanctified" by God — and focusing narrowly on the "longitudinal" impact of these verses, what is the biblically sound interpretation?
I was able to think of three possible options here (if you can think of another, please include it in your answer):
1. the **only** day that was blessed was the actual “historical” first Sabbath (with no other Sabbaths meant to enjoy the blessing that was given to that original /first and only/ seventh day);
2. every subsequent seventh day was blessed from the original Sabbath **until** a later point in time when that blessing was **removed** or **modified** by another divine decree (e.g., transferred to another day or limited in its scope to the ethnic Jews).
3. **all** subsequent Sabbaths were blessed;
What biblically based arguments do the various denominations give for their interpretation of this scripture?
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Jun 29, 2024, 05:05 PM
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