In the biblical account of creation, God rested on the seventh day, blessing and sanctifying it as a day of rest for humanity. The book of Genesis records this event, establishing the pattern of a six-day workweek followed by a day of Sabbath rest, as seen in Genesis 2:2 and 2:3. The command to observe the Sabbath is later reiterated in Exodus 20:8-11, emphasizing its importance as a day to cease from labor and honor God. This theme is also echoed in Exodus 31:17, where God describes the Sabbath as a sign of His covenant with Israel, while the New Testament, such as in Matthew 28:1, shows the early Christian community gathering on the first day of the week, but still honoring the seventh day as a day of rest.
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And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.