An explanation is needed for the connection between the end of the creative process on the Seventh Day of Creation with the love of G-d towards us (the Jewish people).
It is possible to say that the end of Creation coincided with a painful experience (as if we could say such) for G-d when Adam transgressed the command not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. One might have thought that at that time G-d would distance Himself from the human race (like He declared at the time of the Flood), and even more, His Love for us would not be strong.
Therefore, G-d made known that His Love remained strong. (Parshas Ki Seitzei) “That G-d your G-d Loves you”; (Malachi 1) “I love you, G-d said”. Plus He still wants us, (Tehillim 145) “That G-d wants His people”. All these verses are said after the sin of Adam, and express the concept that even after the sin, the Love still remains.
