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Sabbath
I think the reason Israel took the Sabbath so seriously and the reason that Jesus came and focused some of his teachings on Sabbath were because there is an importance in taking a day of rest. There may be some actual physically healing results from taking a day off a week- I'd venture to guess there are. At least in athletics there are, but I am focusing now on the story told in the Jewish scriptures through to the life of Jesus.
The idea of a Sabbath goes back to Genesis where God rests on the seventh day because he had created the Universe. A task that tall seemed to warrant a day of relaxation for the most omnipotent and infinite being in the universe, and if a being that infinite needed to rest once a week, then we as human beings, much less infinite and omnipotent, should probably think about doing the same.
But should we do it just because we're suppossed to do it? Or is there some deeper understanding as to why we would want to rest once a week?
After Yahweh created the heavens and the earth and everything in them, his human creature, Adam, stepped onto the scene and tweaked things just a bit. And by just a bit, we mean he screwed up royally, changing how everything worked in God's masterpiece, creation. So now, this idea of the fall enters into the story of Yahweh, Adam, Abraham, Israel, and Jesus. And all throughout the story these different characters are called to restore his masterpiece.
So as Jesus redefines and corrects the call of Israel as the messiah, he calls the people of God to continue with the work of God. God will come again and restore his Creation in the ultimate way that only he can, but in the mean time we, as human beings, are meant to listen to God's voice and join his mission in recreating parts of this earth for God's future plans and restoring it to the way it should have been.
This task of recreating creation is why a rest day makes sense and has a place in Yahweh's story for creation. The creator of the universe needed it, or at least decided to take it, after he created the Universe, and we are meant to be true image bearers of this God by taking a day of relaxation after six days of recreating. We truly are practical recreators of this earth alongside God. This was the call to Abraham, Israel, and everyone involved in their story right up through Jesus. And this was the story Jesus calls us into with his life and the Sermon on the Mount. We are meant to restore relationships between ourselves and God, ourselves and other human beings, and ourselves and creation. Through doing this work of reconciliation we are recreating God's original intentions for his creation, his masterpiece, and a day or relaxing fits within that story.
The idea of a Sabbath goes back to Genesis where God rests on the seventh day because he had created the Universe. A task that tall seemed to warrant a day of relaxation for the most omnipotent and infinite being in the universe, and if a being that infinite needed to rest once a week, then we as human beings, much less infinite and omnipotent, should probably think about doing the same.
But should we do it just because we're suppossed to do it? Or is there some deeper understanding as to why we would want to rest once a week?
After Yahweh created the heavens and the earth and everything in them, his human creature, Adam, stepped onto the scene and tweaked things just a bit. And by just a bit, we mean he screwed up royally, changing how everything worked in God's masterpiece, creation. So now, this idea of the fall enters into the story of Yahweh, Adam, Abraham, Israel, and Jesus. And all throughout the story these different characters are called to restore his masterpiece.
So as Jesus redefines and corrects the call of Israel as the messiah, he calls the people of God to continue with the work of God. God will come again and restore his Creation in the ultimate way that only he can, but in the mean time we, as human beings, are meant to listen to God's voice and join his mission in recreating parts of this earth for God's future plans and restoring it to the way it should have been.
This task of recreating creation is why a rest day makes sense and has a place in Yahweh's story for creation. The creator of the universe needed it, or at least decided to take it, after he created the Universe, and we are meant to be true image bearers of this God by taking a day of relaxation after six days of recreating. We truly are practical recreators of this earth alongside God. This was the call to Abraham, Israel, and everyone involved in their story right up through Jesus. And this was the story Jesus calls us into with his life and the Sermon on the Mount. We are meant to restore relationships between ourselves and God, ourselves and other human beings, and ourselves and creation. Through doing this work of reconciliation we are recreating God's original intentions for his creation, his masterpiece, and a day or relaxing fits within that story.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Costa Rica Christmas Present
Brothers Marshall Costa Rica from Peter Marshall on Vimeo.
A summary of me, John, and Gary's time down in Costa Rica.
Viva Baja
Viva Baja from Peter Marshall on Vimeo.
A little documentary of my trip to Baja this past summer... enjoy
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