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God created man when everything was finished. Man’s first day
was the Sabbath so man could enter rest. Everything was done and
finished and complete. You couldn’t add to it and you couldn’t
subtract from it. It was a full and complete creation. God’s joy and
happiness and satisfaction in finished creation is a picture of His joy
and happiness in a finished redemption. John 19:30 when Jesus was
on the cross, “When Jesus therefore had received the sour wine, He
said, ‘It is finished!’ And He bowed His head, and gave up His
spirit.” When He brought so great a salvation to man He said, “It is
finished!”

That’s the work that Elijah and Moses talked to Jesus about on the
Mount of Transfiguration. Luke 9:31, “…who, appearing in glory,
were speaking of His departure which He was about to accomplish
at Jerusalem.” They talked about the work that He would
accomplish. When I die I don’t “accomplish” death; I succumb and
I give up to death. But Jesus accomplished death; a finished work.
Hebrews 1:3, “And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact
representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of
His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at
the right hand of the Majesty on high…” When He finished
redemption He ascended to heaven and sat down. Hebrews 8:1,

“Now the main point in what has been said is this; we have such a
high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of
the Majesty in the heavens…” He finished and he sat down.
Hebrews 12:2, “…fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter
of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising
the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
He finished the work and He sat down.

Why couldn’t the priests in the Old Testament sit down? It’s
because their work was never done. They had to kill sheep and they
had to offer incense and they had to trim the lamps and they had to
make the bread and they had to mix the spices and they had to care
for the altar. They were never finished. Jesus finished and then He