Gen. 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all His work which God created and made.<br><br>The root meaning of the words "Sabbath" and "rest," as referred to in Genesis 2:3, is "to cease." After having spent six day in His creative work, God ceased from His labors. The words "evening" and "morning," however, are missing in the description o this Sabbath day. This would indicate that the first Sabbath was a CONTINUOUS ceasing from labor, until the time God once again began His labors in creating new creatures in Christ Jesus. This was God's rest. No obligation on man's part to keep the Sabbath is even implied in this passage. After this first mention of the Sabbath, there is silence for 2500 years; not a word is given concerning it. <br><br>This is from another pamplet from Back to the Bible Broadcast, "The Sabbath or the Lord's Day --Which?