2 So now you see how the Creator swept into being the spangled heavens, the earth, and all their hosts in six days. ² On the seventh day—with the canvas of the cosmos completed—God paused from His labor and rested. ³ Thus God blessed day seven and made it special—an open time for pause and restoration, a sacred zone of Sabbath-keeping, because God rested from all the work He had done in creation that day.