What Is The Sabbath / Does It Matter? - Part 3

So when was the Sabbath Blessed?

So this next question is another important one. Exactly when was the Sabbath sanctified and blessed? I used to think that God blessed and sanctified the Sabbath day as the seventh day was beginning. In other words, the Sabbath was about to start, and God made some sort of announcement that He would be sanctifying and blessing the day that was just beginning. But as I studied God did not bless and sanctify the seventh day until the seventh day was ended. This is HUGE to understand and discover from the Bible. It also explains why God didn’t command Adam and Eve to keep the first Sabbath. The Bible records that God Himself kept the Sabbath, and the heavenly beings kept the Sabbath rejoicing with feasting and gladness, they took a deep breath and enjoyed what God had made. But on that first Sabbath, this was the experience of God and the experience of the heavenly host. 

When it comes to man, Genesis doesn’t tell us that Adam and Eve were resting.  The reason for this and also the reason why God didn’t tell Adam and Eve to rest has to do with the fact that God didn’t bless or make the Sabbath holy until it ended. He didn’t bless that day until it came to and end. God set it apart as a day of rest for man. The sanctification of the Sabbath happened after God rested on that day as the Bible points out. God gave it to Adam as a day of rest, set it aside for holy use. Gave it to Adam as a day of rest as a memorial of the work of creation and also as a sign of God’s great power and love. So why did God bless and sanctify the seventh day as the Sabbath? Because He had rested on that day, in other words God rests the whole day, and then God blesses and sanctifies the Sabbath.