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by Jesus Christ." In the very first verse of the book of John we read that "In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...ALL THINGS were made by HIM;
and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light
of men....And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory
as of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth. John bore witness of him..." (John 1:1,
3-4, 14-15).

That "Word" was Jesus Christ. Christ was with God the Father from the very moment He
was created -- eons ago! ALL THINGS WERE MADE OR CREATED BY HIM -- Jesus Christ!
The SABBATH is one of those things that was MADE or CREATED. Therefore it was Jesus
Christ who MADE the Sabbath -- God made it through Jesus Christ or by Him! Very few, it
seems, realize it today -- but the Sabbath was MADE BY JESUS CHRIST! No wonder, then, He
plainly said that HE is Lord also of the Sabbath! (Mark 2:28). Also note: "For by him [Christ]
were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible...And he is
the head of the body, the church" (Col. 1:16, 18).

Now let's read Mark 2:27 again! The Sabbath was not only one of those things that was
made (it not only had a Maker) but it was made for someone. Who could that "someone" be? Peo-
ple today seem to think it was made "for the Jews," but what did Christ Himself say? He clearly
said it was made "for man"! Now if it were made for mankind, we should logically assume that it
was made WHEN MAN WAS MADE! But let's not "assume" -- what does the Bible have to say?
Let's turn back to the book of Genesis -- back to the time when MAN was made: "And God said,
Let us [more than one -- the Father AND Christ] make man in our image, after our likeness...So
God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created
he them" (Genesis 1:26-27).

When did this occur? Verse 31 clearly says it was the sixth day of the creation week. Also,
man was the very last being created on that day. Man came into existence, then, probably in the
late afternoon of the sixth day of the week. Now let's understand this! Did Jesus complete the crea-
tion process on the sixth day? Does the Bible say that on the seventh day Christ ceased to CRE-
ATE? Absolutely not! "On the seventh day God ended" -- WHAT? Not the act of creating! He
ended "his WORK which he had made."

Let's continue -- "And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he
rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day,
and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made"
(Genesis 2:2-3). There were, in fact, a full SEVEN DAYS of creation! Not six -- SEVEN! And on
the seventh day He MADE THE SABBATH! But understand this, the Sabbath was made by REST
-- not by work. What Christ ended on the seventh day of the creation week was the WORK of
creation -- in other words, that which was created by work! On the seventh day He rested! He cre-
ated the Sabbath by resting.

This day also points to God's plan of redemption for us as we cease from our labors and
enter into His millennial rest. The Sabbath is given us for a memorial to remember the great crea-
tive power of the One who became Jesus Christ; that He made the heavens and the earth. It is also
a day for us to remember that He is also our Redeemer -- He has called us out of the world of

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