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3 25ning and there was morning, thesixth day ."Seventh day not shown asending back there, as are theother six .-See Genesis 2 :1-4 .God's rest day still continues :Heb . 3 :9-4 :11 "So I swore inmy wrath : 'They [Israelites inthe wilderness] shall not enterinto my rest .'" "He again marksoff a certain day by saying afterso long a time in David's psalm'Today' ; . . . So there remains asabbath resting for the people ofGod."Also : Isa . 28 :12 .(1) Man's existence covers nearly6,000 years (4025 B .C . to over1,950 years A .D .) as shown byBible chronology .-Luke 3 :23-38 .(2) Armageddon and change insystem of things near-in thisgeneration-as shown by physicalfacts in fulfillment of Matthew,chapter 24, and other prophecies.Matt . 24:34 "Truly I say toyou that this generation will byno means pass away until allthese things occur ."(3) 1,000-year rule of Christimmediately follows Armageddon .Rev . 20 :1-6 "An angel . . . seizedthe dragon, the original serpent,who is the Devil and Satan, andbound him for a thousand years .. . . that he might not mislead thenations any more until the thousandyears were ended ."(4) God's rest day ends atthe end of the 1,000-year rule ofChrist as King, making the greatRest Day 7,000 years .1 Cor . 15 :24, 28 "Next, the accomplishedend, when he handsover the kingdom to his God andFather . . . . But when all thingswill have been subjected to him,then the Son himself will alsosubject himself to the one whosubjected all things to him, thatGod may be all things to everyone."SabbathSabbath set aside for vindicationof Jehovah as Creator, Purposer .Maintainer, of what is goodGen . 2 :3, "And God blessed theseventh day, and hallowed it ."Isa . 46 :10 "Declaring the endfrom the beginning, and from ancienttimes things that are notyet done ; saying, My counsel shallstand, and I will do all mypleasure."Isa . 48 :3 "I have declared theformer things from of old ; yea,they went forth out of my mouth,and I showed them : suddenly Idid them, and they came to pass ."Isa . 55 :11 "So shall my wordbe that goeth forth out of mymouth : it shall not return untome void, but it shall accomplishthat which I please, and it shallprosper in the thing whereto Isent it."Acts 15 :17, 18 "Jehovah, who isdoing these things which he hasknown from of old ."Works of self-interest to beavoided during God's rest dayHeb . 4 :10 "For the man thathas entered into God's rest hasalso himself rested from his ownworks just as God did from hisown ."Rom . 9 :31, 32 "But Israel, althoughpursuing a law of righteousness,did not attain to thelaw . For what reason? Becausehe pursued it, not by faith, butas by works."Rom . 10 :3 "For, because of notknowing the righteousness of Godbut seeking to establish theirown, they did not subject themselvesto the righteousness ofGod ."Job 32 :2 "Then was kindled thewrath of Elihu . . . against Job washis wrath kindled, because hejustified himself rather thanGod ."Jer. 10 :23 "O Jehovah, I knowthat the way of man is not inhimself ; it is not in man thatwalketh to direct his steps ."Col . 1:21 "Indeed, you whowere once alienated and enemies