The answer
The book of Genesis states that God created the world in six days and then rested on the seventh day (Gen. 2:2). This rest does not mean that He left the world to function alone according to its own natural laws, or that He no longer thought of the world or cared for it. That was the view of Aristotle who thought that God was the First Mover who began the universe but then abandoned it, leaving it to follow its natural laws. Rather, God rested on the seventh day because He saw that all things were very good, rejoiced at this world, and began to tend and care for it.
Both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible reveal God’s providence for all things large and small in the world, and especially for human life. However, His care and plan — especially for the faithful — are largely unknown to human beings.
Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty