Covenant Christian Reformed Church

A Rhythm of Rest (Discovering God’s Will Together; #10) Exodus 20:8-11; Deuteronomy 5:12-15 “Shabbat is, without question, the part of Judaism I miss the most. Sabbath shaped all our rhythms of calendar and time: the entire week revolved around Shabbat. (Lauren Winner; Mudhouse Sabbath) A. For most people, Sunday is anything but a day of rest B. God has given us the gift of Sabbath and Jesus “Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy laden, I will give your rest” (Matthew 11:28) THE PROLEGOMENA OF SABBATH A. The Sabbath is deeply imbedded in Creation “God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.” (Genesis 2:2) B. At Sinai, God placed Sabbath into Covenant 1. Exodus reads “Remember [zakhor] the Sabbath day and keep it holy [kadosh]”; Deuteronomy reads “Observe [shamor, keep] the Sabbath day and keep it holy” 2. In Exodus (20:11) the basis for remembering Sabbath is Creation. In Deuteronomy 5:15, we observe Sabbath to keep