In the account of creation I learn that time can be holy; the first thing that the Lord blessed and sanctified was time: the seventh day. The Sabbath is man’s reminder of the purpose of life. The work of creation described in Genesis proceeds by means of division. Heaven is divided from earth, light from darkness, water from land, and so on. In the first six days the divisions are made in the spatial or physical world. Then at the end of creation another division is made, not in space but in time. The sacred comes into being in the world of time. The seventh day is holy, and it becomes man’s first recurring token of holiness in his life. To remember the Sabbath day and to keep it holy is to renew the holy among men.
The Lord’s Question: Thoughts on the Life of Response by Dennis Rasmussen. Brigham Young University Press. April 1985. Chapter Seven, “Wherein Have I Wearied Thee?” p.78
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