Taking Care of Business

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy; six days you shall labor and do all your work; and the seventh day is a sabbath to YHVH your God; you shall not do any work, . . . Exodus 20:8-10   J. Green translation Work – Work/worship/serve is the combination of meanings associated with the…

The Creative Sabbath (3)

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Exodus 20:8 NASB Work and “Work” – “The biblical story of mankind begins with the command, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it.’ Work is more than labour. Biblical Hebrew has two words to express the difference: melakhah is work as creation, avodah is…

What to Do During What Not to Do

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.  Exodus 20:8  ESV Sabbath – Followers of the God of Israel are Sabbath keepers.  This ritual is the most conspicuous symbol of association with YHWH in all of the Tanakh.  In fact, YHWH holds His people accountable for the sin of not keeping Sabbath.  It is of…

Taking Care of Business

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy; six days you shall labor and do all your work; and the seventh day is a sabbath to YHWH your God; you shall not do any work,  . . .  Exodus 20:8-10  J. Green translation Work – Work/worship/serve is the combination of meanings associated with the Hebrew…