Here is a copy of an email I received from Glen :
God rested on the seventh day of creation (Genesis 2:2)
The Lord's rest of Genesis 2:2 (HCSB) is the same as the cloud resting over the tabernacle in Exodus 40.
34 The cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 Moses was unable to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud rested on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 36 The Israelites set out whenever the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle throughout all the stages of their journey. 37 If the cloud was not taken up, they did not set out until the day it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and there was a fire inside the cloud by night, visible to the entire house of Israel throughout all the stages of their journey.
From Exodus 13:21 the cloud is the symbol for the presence of YHWH. The resting of the cloud represents his place of dwelling above the Tabernacle and not a rest in the sense of reclining or recovering. The Book of Hebrews in 4:1-4 offers a similar commentary on the word rest in Genesis 2:2.
1Therefore, while the promise to enter His rest remains, let us fear that none of you should miss it. 2 For we also have received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard did not benefit them, since they were not united with those who heard it in faith 3 (for we who have believed enter the rest), in keeping with what He has said:
So I swore in My anger,
they will not enter My rest.
And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world, 4 for somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this way:
And on the seventh day
God rested from all His works. (Genesis 2:2)
From these uses it is clear that rest refers entering into a relationship with God. In Genesis 2:2 God neither reclines nor recoups from His acts of creation, but He has prepared creation for man to enter into a relationship with Him or into His rest.
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The Lord's rest of Genesis 2:2 (HCSB) is the same as the cloud resting over the tabernacle in Exodus 40.
34 The cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 Moses was unable to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud rested on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 36 The Israelites set out whenever the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle throughout all the stages of their journey. 37 If the cloud was not taken up, they did not set out until the day it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and there was a fire inside the cloud by night, visible to the entire house of Israel throughout all the stages of their journey.
From Exodus 13:21 the cloud is the symbol for the presence of YHWH. The resting of the cloud represents his place of dwelling above the Tabernacle and not a rest in the sense of reclining or recovering. The Book of Hebrews in 4:1-4 offers a similar commentary on the word rest in Genesis 2:2.
1Therefore, while the promise to enter His rest remains, let us fear that none of you should miss it. 2 For we also have received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard did not benefit them, since they were not united with those who heard it in faith 3 (for we who have believed enter the rest), in keeping with what He has said:
So I swore in My anger,
they will not enter My rest.
And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world, 4 for somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this way:
And on the seventh day
God rested from all His works. (Genesis 2:2)
From these uses it is clear that rest refers entering into a relationship with God. In Genesis 2:2 God neither reclines nor recoups from His acts of creation, but He has prepared creation for man to enter into a relationship with Him or into His rest.
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