Appointed time for the Lord's Sabbaths

It is stated categorically, "From evening to evening you shall celebrate your Sabbath." But what does this terminology from evening to evening means? This terminology simply means that, the Lord's Sabbath is the period which stands between two evenings, and this is all in agreement with the word of God from creation. For from the beginning when God created the first six days of the week He said at the end of each day, “the evening and the morning were the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth day respectively.

But when it came to the seventh day, it is simply stating that; “And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made” (Genesis 2: 2-3).

There is absolutely no mentioned of evening being a part of the seventh day, and since the evening of the sixth day is part and parcel of the sixth day, and the Lord's directives concerning the Sabbath is to; “ Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days (including the evening of the sixth day) you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore, the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it” (Exodus 20:8-11).

It is clearly stated that on the sixth day God, made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. He also said; "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So, God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. And at the end of it all, it is stated that; “God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So, the evening and the morning were the sixth day” (Genesis 1:24-31).

So, the question is, in as much as the evening and the morning of the six day constitutes the six day, how can the evening of the six day, be the beginning of the seventh day Sabbath? And if a day as so many erroneously assumed begins in the evening, because the bible states that the evening and the morning were the first day etc., what then separated the six day of creation from the seventh day? And why was there no evening to begin the seventh day?

It is stated quite explicitly in the scriptures that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, and the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep.” But what could have caused the earth to be in such a chaotic state when it is stated; “For thus says the LORD, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: " I am the LORD, and there is no other” (Isaiah 45:18).

The Lord Himself questioned Job and asked him, " Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars (angels) sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy” (Job 45:4-7)?

What could have caused such a beautiful creation, which was formed to be inhabited, to be without form and void, and darkness covering the face of the deep?

It all happened because of the fall of the son of the morning from whom the earth was illuminated. For it is written; “How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations! For you have said in your heart: ' I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.' Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit” (Isaiah 14:12-15).

The fall of Lucifer, son of the morning brought darkness on the face of the earth, and so what we find inscribed in the scriptures stating, “And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light”, was actually a recreation of the earth. For it is written; “You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the earth” (Psalms 104:30).

The chaotic condition of the earth, which was without form and void, necessitated the renewal of the face of the earth, and so God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So, the evening and the morning were the first day” (Genesis 1:2-5).

Let us bear in mind that when darkness covered the entire earth before the Lord said, “Let there be light” day and night were not in existence, the earth was in complete oblivion, things like seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years were not in existence, thy became in existence when the Lord created light, and divided the light from the darkness, He then called the light day, and the darkness He called night;

Before then , there was no order, no daily cycle of twenty four (24) hours to complete a day, and therefore, after the Lord formed light and separated it from the darkness and called the light part day, and the darkness He called night, in order to complete the daily cycle and caused the evening which was separated from the morning to become amalgamated, in order to complete the daily cycle. And through this process, the evening and the morning became one to create the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth day.

nd so, the statement “evening and morning” which seems to have so many people confused and bamboozled in believing that the day begins in the evening is preposterous.

To be continued
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