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.

Didn't I also read from the SOP somewhere that we will even have a Sabbath stopover on one of the inhabited planets on our way to heaven? I seem to remember that, however, I haven't yet located such a text.

If it actually exists and isn't a figment of my own imagination, and if so and anybody knows where it is, please share it with us here. After all, I am 50+ now.

If we will be in heaven for 1000 years then obviously time ticks in heaven too. Otherwise, how would we know when the 1000 years is ended?

No day or night, thus no time, thus no Sabbath? Not necessarily. Check out this passage:

Rev 22:23-25
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.

Rev 22:5
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

Even though the New Jerusalem, the Holy City, on the New Earth, needs no sun and has no night, we are still able to observe the Sabbath week after week. Why would it be any different in heaven?

I think this gives the answer...
"In the beginning the Father and the Son had rested upon the Sabbath after Their work of creation. When ?the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them? (Genesis 2:1), the Creator and all heavenly beings rejoiced in contemplation of the glorious scene. ?The morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy.? Job 38:7.... When there shall be a ?restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began? (Acts 3:21), the creation Sabbath, the day on which Jesus lay at rest in Joseph's tomb, will still be a day of rest and rejoicing. Heaven and earth will unite in praise, as ?from one sabbath to another? (Isaiah 66:23) the nations of the saved shall bow in joyful worship to God and the Lamb.83The Desire of Ages, 769, 770.

The nations of the saved will know no other law than the law of heaven. All will be a happy, united family, clothed with the garments of praise and thanksgiving. Over the scene the morning stars will sing together, and the sons of God will shout for joy....

?And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.? ?The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.? ?The Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.? ?In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people.? 84Prophets and Kings, 732, 733.

So long as the heavens and the earth endure, the Sabbath will continue as a sign of the Creator's power. And when Eden shall bloom on earth again, God's holy rest day will be honored by all beneath the sun. ?From one sabbath to another? the inhabitants of the glorified new earth shall go up ?to worship before me, saith the Lord.? Isaiah 66:23.85The Desire of Ages, 283."

From Maranatha - Page 371 https://whiteestate.org/devotional/mar/12_29/

It seems to me that at the creation of this earth, God set the earth in rotation at a certain speed to coincide with the already existing 7 day cycle of the universe. Otherwise, everyone would be in their own "rest zones" and the Sabbath wouldn't really mean anything anywhere other than on earth and was arbitrarily initiated.

Either that or God timed the first day so that the seventh day would be the same seventh-day throughout all creation.

I don't see how anything other than a combination of your comment and kland's
comment can be true. Creation had to both start and continue in the same timing as the rest of God's creation as if it didn't earth would eventually be out of sync with rest of the universe.

This sounds a bit like the arguments people bring up due to the time lines here on earth.
People seem to have a problem understanding that indeed there are different "rest zones" even here on earth. For example, we here in western Canada spent today enjoying a Sabbath, while over in Australia Sabbath was yesterday a day earlier.