The Sabbath seems to be a symbol of the creation of this Earth which is unrelated to any other place in the universe. On planets which rotate at rates different from that of Earth, for instance, it may be that God provides a rest day every six or every eight days rather than every seven.

On that "rest" day God also promised to make Himself available for communion and friendship. As suggested in another post, God will be available all the time during the millinium. Also we should remember that the fourth "commandment" specifies that humans work on the other six days. As far as we know, we are not expected to perform any kind of labor while in heaven, so the again the Sabbath will have no meaning while we are there.

After our return to Earth, we can presume cosmology will still be the same as it is now, and we will return to the types of labor we enjoy today (without, of course, the problems sin and evil have caused us), so a weekly Sabbath will again be a joy to look forward to.

Bob Lee

I finally located the following quote:

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I was shown that the law of God would stand fast forever, and exist in the new earth to all eternity. At the creation, when the foundations of the earth were laid, the sons of God looked with admiration upon the work of the Creator, and all the heavenly host shouted for joy. It was then that the foundation of the Sabbath was laid. At the close of the six days of creation, God rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made; and He blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because that in it He had rested from all His work. The Sabbath was instituted in Eden before the fall, and was observed by Adam and Eve, and all the heavenly host. God rested on the seventh day, and blessed and hallowed it. I saw that the Sabbath never will be done away; but that the redeemed saints, and all the angelic host, will observe it in honor of the great Creator to all eternity. {EW 217.2}

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This tells me that the Sabbath will be observed by both the redeemed and all the angelic host throughout all eternity. That would also include the 1,000 years in heaven, would it not?

As this has become more of a Search For Truth topic involving searching for more info from the SOP, I have decided to move it accordingly.