Did God Need to Rest After Creating the Universe?

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[@freshbakedclips4659]

God rested not because He's tired but to set an example to His creation. Without physical, mental, and spiritual rest, everyone dies from all forms of exhaustion. The Sabbath day was a gift for all humanity.

[@carloswater7]

Amen to that.

[@LordePhantom]

You mind sending that to Muslims and this guy, they missed the memo

[@roamandread1451]

A great verse that shows this off is Mark 2:27: “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.”

[@darkeen42]

Set an example to creating that can't see him? Lololol you must have some good LSD

[@johnmark6628]

shabath: to Original Word: שָׁבַת Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: shabath Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-bath') Definition: to cease, desist, rest . . . rest: cease work or movement in order to relax, refresh oneself, or recover strength. . . ***Exodus 31:16-17 16 Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. 17 It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’ ” . . . Niph`al Imperfect3masculine singular יִנָּפֵשׁ Exodus 23:12 (E) 2 Samuel 16:14; וַיִּנָּפַ֑שׁ Exodus 31:17 (P); - take breath, refresh oneself. . . . It does seem very much that He did rest, and as Exodus says, in a manner that refreshed Him. . What kind of God needs to rest and be refreshed? . . . "Not allah. allah never needs to rest. He is all powerful." . . . Actually, this proves that the God of Abraham who is in fact Triune is the only true God. . . Logically for a God that is beyond time and space, He must also have a way to enter time and space, while also being separate from it. . . A purely one dimensional god like allah would be stuck beyond time and space, and could not create or communicate. And if he tried to enter creation, he would be completely cut off from divinity, and everything would just cease to be. . . The only logical God is the triune, who has the Father; the very soul of the God head who remains on the throne, the Word , who has the ability to become the body of the God head, who is sent into the physical realm to manipulate physical things, and the Holy Spirit who takes spiritual things and transforms them to the physical. . . . This craftsman role of the Word of God is spoke about in Proverbs. . . . ***Proverbs 8:22-31 22 “The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old. 23 I have been established from everlasting, From the beginning, before there was ever an earth. 24 When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills, I was brought forth; 26 While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, Or the primal dust of the world. 27 When He prepared the heavens, I was there, When He drew a circle on the face of the deep, 28 When He established the clouds above, When He strengthened the fountains of the deep, 29 When He assigned to the sea its limit, So that the waters would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth, 30 Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him, 31 Rejoicing in His inhabited world, And my delight was with the sons of men. . . . As you can see the trinity of the Godhead works here in the same way that Jesus explained the relationship between Him and the Father when He was here with His apostles. And in the same way that our own trinity works. . . It is the Father laying out the plans, and the Word (Son) who is doing the creating of the spiritual and the physical. . . And we know that the Holy Spirit is there involved in moving spiritual to physical, because of verses like this: . . . ***Matthew 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. . . . It was the Holy Spirit that took the Word from the spiritual world into the physical world. . . . All throughout the Bible it shows God entering creation and interacting with physical things in a physical form. Wrestling with Jacob for example. . . . So it would be beyond reasoning to deduce that God did the same when creating the physical world. And thus the physical form He put on would have needed rest, so He would have rested it, and continued His work in His in the spiritual world where He would not need to rest.

[@wraves693]

The moment bro said "But in the Qur'an..." I already assumed that his argument would be a waste of time

[@ericspence-tw3pt]

Didn't take much did it?

[@MrGreen-fi5sg]

For real. Why follow what an acult made up? Only God's word is superior.

[@jesusgotdrip9885]

I always just interpreted it as God wanting to rest, not needing it. But the etymological context makes more sense.

[@majormohitsharma7701]

There are many good theologians and even me(i am not a theologian) can say after reading the text that God doesnt need the rest. Instead he shares his rest with his creation. So that they can rest that day. In the new testament jesus uses this definition to refer to God and him even working on the sabbath.

[@Itsdasummer32]

Same

[@noahlarson1861]

​@majormohitsharma7701 Indeed. Jesus said the sabbath was made for man. Man was not made for the sabbath.

[@lilchristuten7568]

At the very simplest it's like someone taking 6 hours to build a model and then taking an hour to admire his work.

[@kensmith8152]

God made the sabbath for man not man for the sabbath- God certainly was NOT tired

[@theangry7977]

End of story. nothing further is required to be said

[@thedocsanchez777]

I was going to post the same scripture and truth. 👍

[@technicianbis5250-ig1zd]

Mark ch 2:27. God knew man needed rest to set aside one day a week for pray and Bible study.

[@chrisazure1624]

The Quran says that Muslms must believe in the Torah, but none of them acts like they do. The Bible does not say he needed to rest as this Muslim is implying.

[@DragonBall0789]

Add the Gospel to it as well, I'll even quote it for you. Surah 5:58 O People of the Scripture, you are [standing] on nothing until you uphold [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to you from your Lord Surah 3:3 He has sent down upon you, [O Muhammad], the Book in truth, confirming what was before it. And He revealed the Torah and the Gospel. Surah 6:115 And the word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice. None can alter His words, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing. These verses attest about the Bible authenticity according to the Quran, and since Mohammed, or actually his followers wrote it this down in the 7th century, we can all agree that the 7th century Bible was the real deal since even Mohammed said so right. Well the issue is that since then the Bible 100% didn't change, not to mention that every time Muslims say the Bible is corrupted, according to Surah 6:115 Muslims call the Quran a lying book because since it says God's words cannot be altered then it's wrong every time a Muslim says it's been altered, and if it wasn't altered then the Quran is just a devilish forgery. In either case the Quran is not the answer to eternal life, that's for sure, 100%

[@noone-zk2wd]

that's a lie give me an evidence

[@Sousabird]

​@@noone-zk2wdSurah 3:3. Happy to help.

[@korisnickoime571]

Because they dont believe our gospels are the same ones mentioned in the quran, just ignore how there is no evidence of the muslim bible ever exsisting

[@noone-zk2wd]

@@Sousabird We know that God sent down the Torah and the Gospel, but the current Gospel and the Torah are not authentic, but rather distorted books.

[@misskathgandaomsim325]

John 5:17 “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.”

[@applefarm6126]

Amen!

[@technicianbis5250-ig1zd]

Yet another verse that destroys the trinity.

[@misskathgandaomsim325]

@@technicianbis5250-ig1zd literally the next verse of this verse is Jesus being equal to Father? ‭ John 5:18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

[@technicianbis5250-ig1zd]

@@misskathgandaomsim325 You'll notice it states Jesus was born of God? It means God created him. Jesus said "the Father is greater than the Son" I'll stick with what Jesus said.

[@Mandz-vn7gp]

​​@@technicianbis5250-ig1zd greater in position not in essence/nature

[@brandonmacey964]

Good work on this one.. I’m a musician, and on sheet music we have various “rest” markings where the sound ceases.. resting is not the same as “needed to rest after a hard days work because you are tired”

[@callum4337]

Yeh I was just going to say this. The rest is part of the composition. Remove the rest, and it loses beauty.

[@natjackson4880]

Yes the markings used for rests in music are not because the musician is tired and needs a break, but as the other commenter said, the rest is part of the music itself, it is just the absence of creating a sound.

[@SirGreenVine]

A piece with all notes being rests are useless pieces, and a piece with 0 rests is set up for ugliness; losing it's Beauty.

[@professorlip]

It's also worth noting that the text (Gen. 2:2) says that God rested or ceased from His work of creation because... wait for it... He had completed it. 😮

[@imDanielProietti]

The more I read of Orthodox theology, the more I'm drawn to the love of God. A God that does not desire punishment.

[@jbohnoff]

Justice is not punishment. He|| = justice.

[@annieleonhart464]

At least my God knows sun isn't setting in a muddy pool.

[@harambejr5935]

Or that Jesus isn't the nephew of Moses

[@LordePhantom]

​@@harambejr5935 How does that work?

[@harambejr5935]

@@LordePhantom in islam they refer to Mary as the sister of Aaron and daughter of Amram... But that's because Momo didn't realize Mariam the sister of Moses and Mariam the mother of Jesus were two different people who lived over a thousand years apart

[@harambejr5935]

@@LordePhantom if we hadn't already changed the transliteration to distinguish Jesus from Joshua he probably would have thought they were the same people too

[@LordePhantom]

@@harambejr5935 And they claim the Bible is in correct

[@justindenlinger6304]

When I finish doing something well, I pause to look at my work and admire it.

[@yearight1205]

Just goes to show you that just because one has a British accent and sounds well spoken, it is still entirely possible that he's not very bright.

[@Womb_to_Tomb_Apologetics]

Just like "an object at rest tends to stay at rest," it just means not doing work.

[@Apollo1989V]

My interpretation has always been God was setting an example for humans to follow.

[@velkonemriam1935]

When I was a child, God resting was explained to me as comparing to reading music. There is a note that’s a “rest.” It just means you stop or cease. This could either be permanent or temporary, of course, but the point they got across was that “resting” doesn’t mean you’re tired or exhausted. After that I discovered John Walton’s explanation, but I liked the music one since it was easy to understand the concept as a child.

[@tayh.6235]

That's a great way to explain it, especially for a kid

[@steelrarebit7387]

I like this as well. I'm an adult and sometimes it needs to be boiled down to a simple message such as this for my mind to grasp.

[@Fezezen]

I always interpreted it as God just wanting to behold his own creation's majesty

[@derekrush3116]

I like to think of it in a musical sense. A rest is just temporary silence in the composition, but you are still fully engaged in playing the piece even through the rest.

[@ericspence-tw3pt]

that is a very good analogy

[@zacharyheinrichs132]

Another word I’ve heard that could be used as rest is “celebrate” I thought that was pretty cool

[@Sousabird]

Islam corrects this narrative. And then says the Torah and Gospel are the word of Allah, no one can corrupt his word and that to ignore Allah's word incurrs a heavy punishment. Hmmm...

[@nielsdekker452]

I mean none of the Abrahamic are accurate on how earth was created so

[@Sousabird]

​@nielsdekker452 how so? If God creates something, what does the process look like? How would it be best expressed? We obviously don't know, and since the early Biblical authors didn't, they expressed it in language that they did understand. Now the difference between the Bible and the Quran is that the Bible's authors were authors, in the sense that their style, message, place in time, and geographic location are part of their message. They aren't just getting a book beamed down by God to copy. Interestingly, Islam's claim is that the Quran is from God directly, which makes non-literal readings of the natural world and its workings a much more difficult endeavor. And in case you think the Biblical creation being taken non-literally is a new phenomenon, it goes back to at least the 4th century, with Augustine of Hippo, though I wouldn't be surprised if it went earlier. An aphorism that may be helpful, "The Bible doesn't tell us how the heavens go, but how we go to heaven." Just some scattered thoughts. Have a good one.

[@nielsdekker452]

@@Sousabird no it was more of the fact that god created the earth in 6 days is just wrong and I don't believe in God so I understand how earth for the most part how earth was created

[@nielsdekker452]

@@Sousabird and that's not going into on how both books have errors, contradictions and blowing things out of proportion

[@Bertoleyus]

I always took God resting as an example for us and a... precursor? to the Sabbath. Before he commanded us to rest on the 7th day, He Himself did it.

[@michaelhayes8519]

He rested because his work was completed, symbolizing that we must also know when to step back, and give things a rest. God does not need rest as an eternal being, he was observing the fruits of his labor and giving them time to flourish. Their are other things to do besides create, this was the very first lesson from God.

[@ilovejesuschrist8083]

great video unc🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@JulianGentry]

When a body ceases moving, it comes to REST. Basic physics terminology...

[@swimmerfish34]

There's also a deeply biblical theological theme that begins to be developed here, which you see mentioned in Psalm 95 and Hebrews 4. The rest here is not for God, it's actually for us. God creates eternal rest on the 7th day that we are invited to partake in with him. The seventh day also doesn't have an evening and a morning because the seventh day doesn't end. It is open and available to be entered into through faith. This is one reason why interpreting the days as literal is problematic.

[@KingNazaru]

I remember Chris Rock saying something similar, which shows his lack of understanding scripture and him not being a genuine Christian.

[@LordePhantom]

He said something like God having to rest and take a step back was God acknowledging that he screwed up because you don't rest if you're doing something right

[@KingNazaru]

@@LordePhantom Which is not only heresy, but nonsense as well.

[@ericspence-tw3pt]

​​@@LordePhantomThat's categorically false. I work 12 hours a day, I do my job and I go home and I rest. ,If I were to follow your logic then I would be working 24 hours a day 7 days a week untrue

[@LordePhantom]

@@ericspence-tw3pt We're talking about Chris Rock

[@LordePhantom]

@@ericspence-tw3pt Chris Rock said if God we're to take a step back from creation (the Sabbath) it means He stepped back because he screwed up in the process and has to redo it (something like that I don't remember)

[@thesneekione7983]

Even if you DID interpret as if He needed rest, He had only just finished creating the UNIVERSE. I wouldn't begrudge God wanting to rest after that. For the record, I know He didn't need the rest, I'm just saying IF.

[@fullmetalyeager2778]

I seriously question if theses people even read the Bible. They probably just googled random Bible verses to criticize it. Never judge a book unless you’ve read the whole thing. Good job exposing the lies and defending God’s word.

[@JadDragon]

"Needing"? Not in my Bible. Jesus lives! ♥️ and is God 🙏🏻 Christ ✝️ and King 👑

[@MrGrimm73]

He ceased His work because His work was complete; No need to fidget with it and so on; Therefore he rested.

[@bigideasthescholar]

Good to know! Thank you IP!

[@steelrarebit7387]

I have heard that it was not rest needed, as us mortals need, rather He was marveling at His creation. Also, when the house is done there is no need to keep building.

[@SeptimiusAfer240]

I always interpreted it as God ceasing from his marvelous work so that he can contemplate his Creation. Just like a sculptor examines and admires his artwork. « And God saw all that He had made, and it was Very Good »

[@TrevorSTL79]

Everybody loves the Steel Man and disses the Straw Man but you gotta love his determination because he simply refuses to die. The Straw Man villain is even impervious the Steel Mans super mega plasma logic cannon. What will our hero do?! (Queue 20s radio hero music) Stay tuned kids and remember to drink your Ovaltine!

[@LordePhantom]

Is this a promo for Ovaltine?

[@TrevorSTL79]

@@LordePhantom as a truly devout Muslim I have been drinking MoMo Juice™ (camel pee with 640mg of caffeine) exactly half hour before each workout I'm seeing serious gains. You can now get MoMo Juice™ with Ovaltine called MoMo Orange Kafir Krush™

[@baileyrichards3630]

They also seem to ignore that it's God giving man the layout of how life should be, working 6 days rest, and worship on the 7th

[@dr.professor5487]

It is on purpose. There is no way they could be so consistently wrong all the time otherwise.

[@pants_schmants]

Nice. Well done. I always also suspected he rested from work as a story of example for us, since we do actually need rest, and if even God stops working sometimes then it can't be inherently wrong to take a break. He later commands us to take a sabbath, and references his previous cessation of work on the sabbath as our example.

[@BornOnceMore1]

Some people like to read words where there aren’t any and think the text says “need”

[@joshuasepeda3289]

This is another classic case of people missing the context of the words used and applying their own interpretation based on their opinions or non biblical works. It's the same when people misunderstand what it means to fear the Lord. To fear the Lord is to revere God and obey, not be afraid of Him. Proverbs 8:13 says that to fear the Lord is to hate evil.

[@RobertSmith-gx3mi]

An all powerful deity, after blinking the universe and everything in it into existence, including galaxys and planets teeming with life all across the universe would not need to rest. This is my assertion anyway

[@EHed-kv2wb]

So strange they say this when there is no indication of God being tired or exhausted after completing His work in Genesis when you read it in Hebrew.

[@ethernas7916]

He doesn’t debate any knowledgeable Christian at speakers corner

[@davidjanbaz7728]

This Paul ain't no Apostle. !!!

[@Threezus17]

​@davidjanbaz7728 but you'll accept a false prophet

[@majorburke9735]

Plus, on a complete and very informative tangent, the original Hebrew word for “day” used in the Bible is “yom”, which can mean any period of time, from a fraction of a second to a billion years or more. So that brings together God and science.

[@andys3035]

The rest narrative also pointed to something else and that was those who are in Christ enter rest with Him who completed His work and rested from His work of redemption. We have rest in the Sabbath of the New Covenant.

[@baa950]

The rest-work distinction in Genesis is about God creating and shaping an incomplete world as opposed to sustaining his completed world. God is always working, but his rest is not a passive one, but an ever-moving, active one, as Maximus the Confessor says.

[@Gideon48]

He created the concept of rest (with both eternal and physical implications) for us humans.. He didn't rest because of tiredness as God neither sleeps nor slumbers Psalm 121:4

[@phloriaernas2149]

_"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven"_ *Ecclesiastes 3:1* God took a rest as an example. So that there is an order. A time to work, a time to rest, etc. Also so we don't get enslaved by our own work, don't get burn out. So we, our employee, our machines, animals that we use, etc, get rest. Resting is a *_gift_* to humanity!

[@chrisballen7851]

Paul Williams has a PhD in Taqiyya.

[@paulsimmons3380]

The Church Fathers interpret this as God "sitting down," or being enthroned, over His creation after it was completed.

[@hamobu]

These are the kind of debates you have to have when you believe that the flawed text is inerrant.

[@christophertaylor9100]

None of them say that god "needs" to rest. It just said he DID rest on the 7th day.

[@austineinferno2402]

The fact that they don't know the difference between rest and sleep is sad. He who laughs last laughs best 🙁

[@bogarte7185]

I don’t know if it’s in American usage but in the English courts I believe the barristers say ‘I rest my case’ when they finish their defence or prosecution. I don’t think the lawyers are actually exhausted 😀

[@rjc9537]

I rest my case! 😇

[@blackbeard1988]

A priest told me there's a symbolic teaching in that after the king makes sure his kingdom is in order, he then returns and rules it from the throne. "He sits on the throne and "rests."

[@KiLo9530]

G-d may be exhausted and tired of people getting this notion of “rest” wrong in scripture.

[@elizabethgeorge4708]

I rest my case. Paul Williams makes me sick.

[@SojournerDidimus]

So on the seventh day God rested like an attorney would rest his case. That's a beautiful insight, thanks!

[@jonlightyear2000]

You are an absolute legend bro.

[@iamgodphotography]

God didn’t cease from working because even Jesus said that he works unto this day.

[@derekgoff5866]

I’m a trial attorney, and every single time I tell the court “the defense rests,” I take a nap at the table next to my client. Am I lawyering wrong?

[@dr.professor5487]

lol!

[@in_defense_of_the_church]

Attorney: “I rest my case.” The old guy talking about !slam: “muslims can explain why charges against a person do not need to rest…”

[@epitaph4humanity]

Rest in the sense of stopping to admire His work as it was Good, just like an artist steps back to look at his painting A Good work from the Creator is Perfect, while a perfect work from an imperfect man can be good enough to Glorify Him ✝️❤️‍🔥🕊️

[@sohamgupta9975]

Well said, Michael!

[@Fir3beard345]

Loving the John Walton action here

[@carloswater7]

Even if God wants to take a rest, what's wrong with that? Muslims are no one to tell God what to do.

[@Panwere36]

Because I will take advice about God from a white Muslim with a snooty British accent who is an ex-Christian who obviously renounced Christ because he didn't like taking responsibility for his misogyny.

[@Bright_Sol]

The 7th day of rest represents the temple that was destroyed before the exile. While in exile Hebrew scribes wrote the second creation account, Gen 1, and the 7th day is dedicated to God as there is no temple, at the time.

[@holdingpattern245]

Admittedly it sounds like that if you just read "God rested from all the work he had been doing," but it does specify the reason for the rest right before that, "God finished the work that he was doing, so on the seventh day He rested," it doesn't say he was tired.

[@betrayedkingzero1801]

That old guy is a coward for saying "some religious text" when he clearly means the Bible

[@Christ_Inspiring]

I highly doubt they wanna bring up about God resting on the 7th day, since their own book says that Allah can’t have any children, unless it’s by sexual intercourse. Or even Surah 2:20 where it says Allah is able to do all things. Yet according to the Islamic interpretation, he can neither enter into the very creation which he made, and he can’t appear visibly as a man. So, I don’t think it’s a good idea for them to argue against the Bible knowing that their Core-Anne completely limits God.

[@ScottM1805]

Always read the god rested on the 7th was just him not having to do anything because he was done. So he "rested" because he was done

[@waynejetski9664]

The text alone tells you that he rested “from his work”. It says “all the work that he had done 3 times in 2 verses.. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. (Genesis 2:2, ESV)

[@starkidforlife136]

As a Muslim I appreciate this correction to this misconception

[@regularminecraftbedrockpla2994]

New inspiring philosophy background

[@4jgarner]

I have never read a text that says that God *needed* to rest. It just says that he rested. And as Michael pointed out it's not rest as we consider it today.

[@lime_mada2555]

Jesus loves you

[@humanseekingtruth6080]

It does not say “God needs to rest”, in fact, it says “God does not need to rest”. God finished the work of creating, so there was no work to be done, hence why it says He rested, not because He was weak or tired.

[@reeferfranklin]

Wait...so all of Islam doesn't understand the difference between choosing to rest & needing to rest? Seems like they have rather remedial theological disagreements, like this, constantly, almost as if they are very confused, almost like Gibril wasn't Gabriel, at all, but was instead their father Satan (2nd Corinthians 11:14), the Author of Confusion & Founder of Lies...just like Saint Paul warned us about in Galatians 1:8...imagine that.

[@user-kv1po2dm5j]

“Islam corrects this mistaken notion.” The text literally says that God rested. There is no need for “correction” lol

[@WilliamEllison]

Something that comes to rest. Means to stop. It's simple. Doesn't mean God was tired and needed a nap. Anyone who reads it that way has much bigger problems.

[@bvon5630]

Tell the Muslim that Jesus said there will be no more prophets, meaning Islam is false. Revelation 22:18-19

[@austineinferno2402]

To rest means to stop a particular work, even as human beings when we rest we are not necessarily recovering, think about school, during break time people go out and play, it's not that God was quiet and catching he's breath, because after he created everything, he's next line of action was setting ground rules for man to live by, so at the end of the day he rested from creating stuff, but was actively making rules, Gods work never finishes

[@ythatesfacts]

I think a good analogy is like Dark Souls where the way to "rest" is to walk in circles just to escape from battles and work.

[@LoavesofBread]

Just ask Blogging Theology, what order, how long total and what was 'In the Beginning' according to his correct book.

[@Duarte1298]

This man has a really secular view on rest.

[@IsaiahINRI]

Hah, I was just thinking about this this morning. I came to the same conclusion, however I also thought that Jesus saying the Sabbath was made for man to also imply that God "resting" could be simply so that it established a precedent for man to rest on the Sabbath.

[@iceking956]

GOD rested, meaning HE stops creating, OBVIOUSLY not because HE'S tired, but because HE prioritized to sanctify HIS creations and BLESSING them so that they will be worthy to be with HIM on HIS Sabbath. Therefore, People should start prioritizing GOD aswell on the 7th day, the day of Sabbath.

[@BeingChristLike]

"Follow a pdfile's religion because of my misinterpretation"

[@amysnews6808]

Can you recommend any good books on properly interpreting the Bible, a Biblical argument for old Earth and one that maybe gets into how it doesn't conflict with evolution? TIA.

[@Lapegacorn]

My favorite part about Genesis is that God gave us a mandatory day off

[@randywise5241]

God needs no sleep; I rest my case. 🤣🤣🤣

[@scripturalcontexts]

I wonder how Paul Williams would react to finding out that the concept that God didn't need rest is not unique to the Quran, but rather reflects a polemic common in late Antiquity especially among Christians and even some Jews is that the rest of God was metaphorical or in the Christian case that it was a polemic against the Jewish idea that God rested to counter the validity of the Sabbath? For example in his homily on the seventh day of creation, Jacob of Serugh, one of the premier Syriac Church fathers, wrote that the reason the phrase was included in the account of Creation in Genesis was a polemic against the idea that God needed to rest and that therefore the Jewish sabbath was not legitimate.

[@christianschoenewald]

In any of the versions of the Bible that I’ve read, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the statement “needed to rest.“. Again, read first what you seek to criticize, so that you don’t look like a fool when you open your mouth.

[@daisybrain9423]

"This parrot has ceased to be." "No, it's resting."

[@gabrielaprofetaphillips1740]

God rested- it’s finished if I’m working on a project and it’s done. Then I rest because there is nothing more to add ! I’m amazed how puerile are comments like the one from Paul Williams.

[@Black_Jack21]

God does not cease from his work.

[@BongBing11]

What more is God creating? :p

[@Tkr12381]

Cease from work here means, he is not creating anything new. All the 6 days he created plants, animals, humans. But on 7th day he created none.

[@joyf5539]

God does not need things, Need is not what drives God to do things. He rested to create an order of days. Genesis 1&2 is God setting up how he desired the universe to work.

[@nope8996]

I build a house in minecraft, I'm not tired cause it's a game but I do like to look at the place I worked hard to create, it's not that deep lol

[@scottgoulette8900]

One man made “holy book” contradicting another man made “holy book.” Wow, who could have predicted that??

[@swissapologetics]

Allah can be hurt (33,57); Allah needs help (47,7); Allah is ignorant (3,140-142); Allah needs cash (57,11) Allah and Mohammed decide togheter (33,36), it will be easier for Allah to repeat his creation (30,27), so it was harder for him the first time

[@LordePhantom]

From a Christians perspective this doesn't make sense why would a deity need the help of a human in decision making

[@LordePhantom]

So when Muhammad was poisoned was that a Allah and Muhammad thing?

[@TheoreticalUmbra]

Hey IP! Do you have discord to discuss a 100 page doc on an Atheists notes for the Bible?