Thank you Dr. G. for giving me the opportunity to go down the rabbit-hole of rest and work. I live with God, all by myself, on Sunday.
Gen. 2:2 And on the 7th day God ended his work which he has made; and he rested on the 7th day from all his work, which he has made. And God blessed the 7th day and made it holy; because in it he had rested from all his work."
After Creating the Universe and deciding it all Good, our Creator sat back and took a day off. It felt so good, he made not-working, holy. Work could be bad or good, but rest He made Holy. Not work. Rest... "Behold the birds of the air..." Birds don't look like they are working. Right? Still, 1st Nations hunting buffalo looked like fun.
So has anyone besides me noticed, Yeshua uses the Good Shepherd trope but not The Good Farmer? Were we supposed to remain nomads? My guts say yes. But that's another parable.
God's Sabbath does at least two things for me: 1. frames the "work" of "farming" in its state of a self-fulfilling curse; Gen. 3:17. which becomes Cain's coping mechanism for Climate Change anxiety. Agriculture that is rejected by God, in favor of Abel's domesticating of animals. 2. Gives a Collective Day of Rest for the Collective examination of the previous week's work.
"Which of you will not pull an ox out of ditch, on a Sabbath?" works better than "Which of you will not gather up a spilt bushel of corn?"
We used to think plants (corn, beans, barley) had no feelings. What if Monocrop agriculture was itself a mistake (sin)? We are learning it is a detriment to Bees.
Exodus20:8 "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy..." "Behold the birds of the air..."
Like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the birds make the impossible look easy. Is it? Was it easy, for dinosaurs to learn to fly? I guess if it was easy, the T-Rex would have sprouted wings? Is that Your want for us?
Writing this reply has taken up ... so far... 1 and 1/2 hours.... of our Sabbath 10/26. It has not felt like "work". Still I am a 76 years of age tired from 1 and 1/2 hours of flying.
Thank you Dr. G. for giving me the opportunity to go down the rabbit-hole of rest and work. I live with God, all by myself, on Sunday.
Gen. 2:2 And on the 7th day God ended his work which he has made; and he rested on the 7th day from all his work, which he has made. And God blessed the 7th day and made it holy; because in it he had rested from all his work."
After Creating the Universe and deciding it all Good, our Creator sat back and took a day off. It felt so good, he made not-working, holy. Work could be bad or good, but rest He made Holy. Not work. Rest... "Behold the birds of the air..." Birds don't look like they are working. Right? Still, 1st Nations hunting buffalo looked like fun.
So has anyone besides me noticed, Yeshua uses the Good Shepherd trope but not The Good Farmer? Were we supposed to remain nomads? My guts say yes. But that's another parable.
God's Sabbath does at least two things for me: 1. frames the "work" of "farming" in its state of a self-fulfilling curse; Gen. 3:17. which becomes Cain's coping mechanism for Climate Change anxiety. Agriculture that is rejected by God, in favor of Abel's domesticating of animals. 2. Gives a Collective Day of Rest for the Collective examination of the previous week's work.
"Which of you will not pull an ox out of ditch, on a Sabbath?" works better than "Which of you will not gather up a spilt bushel of corn?"
We used to think plants (corn, beans, barley) had no feelings. What if Monocrop agriculture was itself a mistake (sin)? We are learning it is a detriment to Bees.
Exodus20:8 "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy..." "Behold the birds of the air..."
Like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the birds make the impossible look easy. Is it? Was it easy, for dinosaurs to learn to fly? I guess if it was easy, the T-Rex would have sprouted wings? Is that Your want for us?
Writing this reply has taken up ... so far... 1 and 1/2 hours.... of our Sabbath 10/26. It has not felt like "work". Still I am a 76 years of age tired from 1 and 1/2 hours of flying.
This is all so good… I’ll respond later and enjoy sauntering through the fields on this sabbath, plunking grain.
A salient word at a time of despair and crashing emotions. Thanks brother. Shalom