Genesis 2 begins by declaring that God’s work of creation was complete. The heavens, the earth, and “all the host of them” were finished. Nothing was lacking. Nothing needed to be improved. God did not create a half-finished world that slowly became what He intended it to be. He created it fully, wisely, and perfectly according to His will.
The phrase “all the host of them” includes everything God had made in the heavens and the earth. The stars, the planets, the creatures of the sea, the birds of the air, the animals of the land, the plants, the trees, and mankind - all of it came from the hand of God.
This verse reminds us that creation was not an accident, and it was not a process outside of God’s control. God finished what He started. That is true in creation, and it is also true in the life of the believer. The God who finished His work in creation is the same God who finishes His work in us.
Philippians 1:6 says, “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:”
After six days, God ceased from all works of creation. In miracles, he has overruled nature, but never changed its settled course, or added to it. God did not rest as one weary, but as one well pleased. Notice the beginning of the kingdom of grace, in the sanctification, or keeping holy, of the sabbath day. The solemn observing of one day in seven as a day of holy rest and holy work, to God's honour, is the duty of all to whom God has made known his holy sabbaths. At this time none
of the human race were in being but our first parents. For them the sabbath was appointed; and clearly for all succeeding generations also. The Christian sabbath, which we observe, is a seventh day, and in it we celebrate the rest of God the Son, and the finishing the work of our redemption.
Genesis 2 begins by declaring that God’s work of creation was complete. The heavens, the earth, and “all the host of them” were finished. Nothing was lacking. Nothing needed to be improved. God did not create a half-finished world that slowly became what He intended it to be. He created it fully, wisely, and perfectly according to His will.
The phrase “all the host of them” includes everything God had made in the heavens and the earth. The stars, the planets, the creatures of the sea, the birds of the air, the animals of the land, the plants, the trees, and mankind - all of it came from the hand of God.
This verse reminds us that creation was not an accident, and it was not a process outside of God’s control. God finished what He started. That is true in creation, and it is also true in the life of the believer. The God who finished His work in creation is the same God who finishes His work in us.
Philippians 1:6 says, “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:”
After six days, God ceased from all works of creation. In miracles, he has overruled nature, but never changed its settled course, or added to it. God did not rest as one weary, but as one well pleased. Notice the beginning of the kingdom of grace, in the sanctification, or keeping holy, of the sabbath day. The solemn observing of one day in seven as a day of holy rest and holy work, to God's honour, is the duty of all to whom God has made known his holy sabbaths. At this time none
of the human race were in being but our first parents. For them the sabbath was appointed; and clearly for all succeeding generations also. The Christian sabbath, which we observe, is a seventh day, and in it we celebrate the rest of God the Son, and the finishing the work of our redemption.