Then why did He create the rest of the universe? Sounds a bit excessive to me..........
Instead of spending seven days creating the universe, He could have just created the the earth, the sun and our moon in half a day and taken the rest of the week off......
why not create it? Any valid reason why not? He didn’t spend 7 days creating space- and by your logic, He could have just spoke everything into existence at once, begin an Omnipotent God- and taken 6 days, 23 hours and 59 minutes, and 59 seconds to ‘rest’
God has a reason for everything He does- in taking 7 days- He established a week which the Jews went by in their schedule- taking a ‘day of rest’ in honor of God’s plan for life-
As for creating the heavens, space, it too is a marvel, sand is necessary for the forces that keep earth right where it is in a perfect place for life to exist- and we get to explore it, be marveled by it- view it’s beauty and wonders- etc- I’m thankful He did create it- and it shows His precise nature and it shows a need for a Creator- Everything points to God’s Omnipotent perfection, even space- so that in the end man can not use the excuse “There was nothing to speak to Your existence” as a reason why they reject Christ