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Our natural inclination is to believe that we are keeping the world rotating on its axis, a mindset that feeds a ceaseless work ethic.
Sabbath presses on that mindset. It is not merely rest that restores, but rest that reorients. It reminds us that we are not God.

Sabbath rest is marked by self-denial. It requires that we deny ourselves the material gain or sense of accomplishment a day of labor brings.

“We were created in the image of God. The more we worship an idol, the more we will conform to its image.”

In the ninth place of darkness, Yahweh demonstrates his rule over the son god Ra, whom Pharaoh was believed to embody.

There are good works to be done by the people of God, not out of dread to earn his favor, but out of delight because we already have it.

What the Torah and the rabbis called the Ten Words, you and I know as the Ten Commandments.