Theological Branch: Infinitismalism (Theology of Heaven)


Topic: Sabbath as typology of Eternity.

The First creation account gives us two phases of creation. That is, the creation of spaces and the filing of spaces with objects. 

Humans where created on the sixth day. The following day being the Sabbath day.
 
The Sabbath stands as a prefigurement of eternity(which is seen as endless time in the presence of God) because His Holiness is in it.

 Holiness is a definition of God's presence¹, *Exo 3:5 KJV And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.*

The Sabbath as time stands as a prefigurement of eternity, where we are told in Rev 21:3 KJV And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

Here we see the ushering in of eternity, the Sabbath is a typology of the greater reality of God being in time with man. Rev 21:3 points to a time when God will be objectively dwelling with us.

 The grammar of Genesis 2 on the Sabbath states that God filled that day with His Holiness (His Presence, Himself[as compared to the Spirit which seems to be there before time existed]).
Which according to Exo 3:5 is His presence. 

Isa 66:22-23 KJV 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth( *hendiyades of eternity), which I will make, shall remain before me(God's presence), saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain(Humans). 23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another(time), shall all flesh come to worship(purpose of the Sabbath) before me, saith the LORD.

Reference.
1). Moskala, J *The Sabbath in the First Creation Account* , Andrews University, Journal of the Adventist Theological Society, 2002.

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