Comments on: The Seventh Day

By: john f.

john f. — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

At least one person has argued that it might still be the seventh day of creation, that is, we might still be being created.

See John Sutton Welch, "Why Bad Things Happen at All: A Search for Clarity among the Problems of Evil," BYU Studies vol 42:2:75 (2003).

By: Silus Grok

Silus Grok — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I haven’t thought about this in-depth since I’ve come to the opinion that God used evolution to create us (before then, I believed in a more literal 6000 years of creation). But I’m generally of the opinion that the Earth’s first Sabbath was the exact duration of man’s stay in the Garden â€”Â and that the Fall precipitated not only our expulsion, but brought to a crashing end a period of rest for our Father and Eldest Brother.

Furthermore â€”Â and beyond the scope of this discussion â€” I consider man’s Earthly rule as being a second week that will be culminated by a Second Sabbath and the Lord’s Millennial Reign.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

That’s hilarious, Silas. Thanks for that. :)

By: Silus Grok

Silus Grok — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

"Hilarious" wasn't the adjective I was hoping for...

* scratches head *

Now, I wouldn't be surprised if I were wrong... but I honestly think this.

Hm.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

“the Fall…brought to a crashing end a period of rest for our Father and Eldest Brother”

That is what I found humorous, Silas.

By: Silus Grok

Silus Grok — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Ah. That clears that up.

: )

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Based on my own (albeit limited) interpretations of the way things are spelled out in the creation sequences of the temple ceremony, I think we're still in the 6th day. And I don't think that God will rest until "his work and his glory" are compete.

But then, what do I know?

:-)

MRKH

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

First of all, the endowment ceremony is not scripture. It is a ordinance full of a lot of symbolism. It is not meant to be a doctrinal treatise on the creation or the Garden. Rather it serves to act as a way for us to make covenants and to reflect on the symbolism and what it means to us.

Secondly, are you saying, Mark, that Genesis, Moses and Abraham all incorrectly specify a seventh day?