It is remarkable how important the eighth day was to Israel. You might think that the seventh day would be the most important. After all, God blessed and sanctified the seventh day in Genesis 2.
Yes – but Genesis 2 ends with humanity in the Garden in Eden – Adam and Eve were walking with God in the cool of the day – living in fellowship with God. Every seventh day, they entered God's rest!
But there is a problem with the seventh day. Because in Genesis 3 man rebelled against God, refused to heed his voice – followed the voice of the serpent – and were banished from the Garden. They were exiled from the presence of God – and thus on every seventh day, they failed to enter God's rest.
The seventh day is a reminder that things are not what they should be...
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