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what current societal pressures make sabbath like rest feel difficult or even impossible to achieve?

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Exodus 20:8-10

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates.”

This passage is part of the Ten Commandments, given by God to the Israelites through Moses shortly after their liberation from slavery in Egypt. It's a foundational instruction for how the newly formed nation should live in relation to God and each other.

What might it look like to honor a day of rest within the demands of your present life?

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Deuteronomy 5:12-15
This reiterates the Sabbath command, adding a reminder of Israel's past slavery and God's liberating act as a reason for rest.
Mark 2:27-28
Jesus states, 'The Sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the Sabbath,' reframing its purpose.
Hebrews 4:9-11
This New Testament passage speaks of a 'Sabbath rest' that remains for God's people, suggesting a spiritual dimension to rest.

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