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● Ex 31:16-17 . .The children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the
sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between
Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days The Lord made the heavens
and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.
The Jews' weekly routine day of rest is a liturgical day. As such it is no more than
twenty-four hours in length, whereas the creator's day of rest is very different.
Six of the creation days were bounded by an evening and a morning; whereas the
seventh day wasn't bounded at all, viz: God has yet to terminate His rest and pick
up where He left off making things. In other words; God's rest has thus far been a
perpetual, never-ending day, viz: it's an on-going rest primarily because the entire
work of creation, from beginning to end, was completed and God left no unfinished
business awaiting His return to work. (Gen 2:1)
● Heb 4:10 . . For all who enter into God's rest will find rest from their labors,
just as God rested after creating the world.
"their labors" are relative to the covenant that Moses' people entered into with God
by means of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy-- a.k.a. the Law --
which rewards compliance with blessings, while at the same time penalizes non
compliance with retribution, e.g. Lev 26:3-38, Deut 27:15-26, and Deut 28:1-69.
So then, the people can never relax because the law-- with its requirements and its
consequences --is constantly hanging over their heads like a sword of Damocles,
suspended by a slender thread easily severed by the slightest infraction.
By no stretch of the imagination is the Law comparable to God's rest wherein He
ceased from His labors when He was all done and there was nothing else to do;
whereas the Law doesn't permit the people to cease from their labors because the
Law's sacrificial system is never satisfied. In other words; every year starts them
off from square one all over again because they can't get by on only one Yom Kippur.
● Heb 4:11 . . Let us do our best to enter that place of rest.
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● Ex 31:16-17 . .The children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the
sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between
Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days The Lord made the heavens
and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.
The Jews' weekly routine day of rest is a liturgical day. As such it is no more than
twenty-four hours in length, whereas the creator's day of rest is very different.
Six of the creation days were bounded by an evening and a morning; whereas the
seventh day wasn't bounded at all, viz: God has yet to terminate His rest and pick
up where He left off making things. In other words; God's rest has thus far been a
perpetual, never-ending day, viz: it's an on-going rest primarily because the entire
work of creation, from beginning to end, was completed and God left no unfinished
business awaiting His return to work. (Gen 2:1)
● Heb 4:10 . . For all who enter into God's rest will find rest from their labors,
just as God rested after creating the world.
"their labors" are relative to the covenant that Moses' people entered into with God
by means of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy-- a.k.a. the Law --
which rewards compliance with blessings, while at the same time penalizes non
compliance with retribution, e.g. Lev 26:3-38, Deut 27:15-26, and Deut 28:1-69.
So then, the people can never relax because the law-- with its requirements and its
consequences --is constantly hanging over their heads like a sword of Damocles,
suspended by a slender thread easily severed by the slightest infraction.
By no stretch of the imagination is the Law comparable to God's rest wherein He
ceased from His labors when He was all done and there was nothing else to do;
whereas the Law doesn't permit the people to cease from their labors because the
Law's sacrificial system is never satisfied. In other words; every year starts them
off from square one all over again because they can't get by on only one Yom Kippur.
● Heb 4:11 . . Let us do our best to enter that place of rest.
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