Tuesday, April 30



My Father has kept working until now, and I keep working. —John 5:17.


Jesus said these words to opposers who criticized him for healing on the Sabbath, which
they construed as a form of work.What was the point? Jesus was being accused of working on the
Sabbath. His reply: “My Father has kept workingâ€￾ answered that charge. In effect, Jesus was saying
to his critics: ‘My Father and I are engaged in the same type of work.

Since my Father has kept working during his millenniums long Sabbath, it is quite permissible
for me to keep working, even on the Sabbath.’ Thus, Jesus implied that as regards the earth,
God’s great Sabbath day of rest,the seventh day, had not ended in his day. This leads us to the conclusion
that the seventh day was still under way in the first century C.E.

—Gen. 2:3.

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