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Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord
I agree that the sabbath keeping was meant to truly be rest. But both parts of the commandment need to be kept. Do you work six days a week? After all, the commandment was... work six days and rest on the seventh. I've not met any Sabbath keeper yet who believes the "work six days" part as much as he believes the "rest" part... but they are both commanded in the same passage together.  |
Actually yes. In fact sunday is a regular work day for us. I would point out however that the command is primarily "remember the sabbath day to keep it holy". 6 days are allotted to man to do whatever work he needs to do. The command to rest is given so that man would have a day to focus on God and not on his labour.
Modern western society has created the "two day weekend". We have been blessed with a return to an essentially agrarian lifestyle. Believe me, there's plenty of work available to be busy 6 days a week. We look forward to sabbath. Before, at my previous job, I also worked 6 days a week most weeks. If I had sunday off as well, I had work around the house so I still worked 6 days a week.
If a man or family is blessed with a genuine two day weekend, with NO WORK NEEDED WHATSOEVER, they should count their blessings. The way things are going I suspect we are all gonna be soon finding out how nice we've had it the last 50-60 years.
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