What does it mean to say that God rested on the seventh day? We can sort of imagine that God was tired after creation, but then again, God does not get tired - he has no need of rest. Neither does God withdraw from his creation - in fact God must necessarily hold the world in existence.
Normally we say that God, who does not need rest, took the seventh day as an example for us - so that we who could probably continue to work without rest, would take it because it is beneficial to us - physically and spiritually.
But perhaps there is another interpretation. Most people regard creation as an event - albeit over time, that took place a long time ago. But we do not see the world as a time-piece set in motion by God. Creation is rather an ongoing process - that God continues to create even now. The seven days of creation however long they lasted were not something so long ago - before we have history, even though they are recorded as the first events in the bible.
Rather, some would suppose that the seventh day of creation began when Adam and Eve were placed in the Garden of Eden and lasted until the birth of Christ. The Incarnation then marked the beginning of a new day - the eight day - a new period in the story of creation, which continues even to today. The eighth day is different from the seventh because God entered into and has remained a part of his creation.
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