Scripture speaks: God rests. God is a resting God. Without this foundation, rest is meaningless. God created us in His image (Genesis 1:27) and His desire is to conform us to the image of His Son (Romans 12:2, II Corinthians 3:18). Therefore, because true rest is a fundamental attribute of the Creator, it possesses key significance in and to His creation. Mankind did not invent rest; God bestowed it upon the world through being Himself at rest.
Notice that this passage never specifies when God ended His rest—and the remainder of Scripture also never makes any such specification. In fact, it says the opposite: God is still resting.
~ Resting Life, p. 11-12
We as human beings know God as a resting God . . . He stopped work. He ceased. He rests. He shabaths.
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