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    A Meditation on the Sabbath and Its Fulfilment in Christ
    A Meditation on the Sabbath and Its Fulfilment in Christ
    A Meditation on the Sabbath and Its Fulfilment in Christ
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    A Meditation on the Sabbath and Its Fulfilment in Christ

    By Jennifer Anne Cox

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    The concept of Sabbath pervades the Bible from beginning to end. Humans were created for more than just endless doing. We were also made to share in God's rest. There are many commands in the Old Testament to observe the Sabbath. For Christians, we must understand these through the person and work of Christ. This meditation considers the Sabbath in light of its fulfilment in Christ.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJennifer Anne Cox
    Release dateNov 11, 2019
    ISBN9780463627082
    A Meditation on the Sabbath and Its Fulfilment in Christ
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    Jennifer Anne Cox

    Jennifer Anne Cox has a PhD in theology and is the author of several theological books. Dr Cox seeks to provide theological resources that will help the church to understand the Bible and to put Christ at the centre of all things.

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      A Meditation on the Sabbath and Its Fulfilment in Christ - Jennifer Anne Cox

      A Meditation on the Sabbath and its Fulfilment in Christ

      Jennifer Anne Cox

      Copyright © 2018 by Jennifer Anne Cox

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favourite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard

      work of this author.

      Scripture quotations are from New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

      Contents

      Introduction

      Sabbath as Physical Rest

      Sabbath as Trust in God’s Provision

      Sabbath as a Stand against Greed and Idolatry

      Sabbath as Holy

      Sabbath as Refreshment

      Sabbath as Worship

      Sabbath and Atonement

      Sabbath and Reverence for the Sanctuary

      Sabbath as Justice, Righteousness and Repentance

      Sabbath as Sign

      Sabbath as Sharing in God’s Rest

      Those Who Break the Sabbath Are Put to Death

      Rest as Blessing and Lack of Rest as Curse

      Sabbath as Rest from Enemies

      Sabbath as New Creation

      Sabbath Rest for All Creation

      Sabbath as Eschatological Rest

      Conclusion

      About the Author

      Introduction

      The concept of Sabbath pervades the Bible from beginning to end. In the first book of the Bible, on the seventh day of creation, God rested from his work (Gen 2:2). The last book of the Bible records the final rest of humanity as the people of God rest from their labours (Rev 14:13). On the pages in between, Sabbath rest is a vitally significant concept throughout. Sabbath is much more than simply taking one day a week away from work. It is impossible to discuss the Sabbath in a short piece because the concepts are too diverse. Hence I have chosen to explore the Sabbath in this short book.

      Although it is true that Sabbath rest is a very important theme in the Bible, it is of course not the central theme. The centre of the biblical revelation is the person of Christ. The goal in this book is to go beyond the (many) literal commands to observe the Sabbath, and to explore how Jesus has fulfilled the Sabbath. Since Jesus is the one who came to fulfil the law and the prophets (Matt 5:17) and who is the substance everything of which the law is only a shadow (Col 2:17), we would expect that the Sabbath is fulfilled in him. This has been my assumption throughout.

      Therefore, for every aspect of the Sabbath, and there are many, I intend to explore the way in which this relates to Jesus Christ. When the Sabbath is understood through Christ it is possible to live out the Sabbath principle as God intended from the beginning. We will find that the Sabbath is not an irrelevant and outdated part of the law, but is intrinsically tied up with the goal of human life and wellbeing. Human beings are destined to share in God’s own rest. That rest can only be found in Christ.

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      Sabbath as Physical Rest

      Sabbath means many things, but the first way of understanding Sabbath must be as physical rest. The Old Testament contains many commands to do no work on the Sabbath day. The most well known example is found in the Ten Commandments.

      Observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you. Six days you shall labour and do all your work. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God; you shall not do any work—you, or your son or your daughter, or your male or female slave, or your ox or your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the resident alien in your towns, so that your male and female slave may rest as well as you. Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. (Deut 5:12–15).

      This command is repeated in Exod 20:8–11, with the variation that it offers a different the reason for keeping the Sabbath. There are also other places where the command to do no work is repeated. Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest, so that your ox and your donkey may have relief, and your homeborn slave and the resident alien may be refreshed (Exod 23:12). You shall kindle no fire in all your dwellings on the Sabbath day (Exod 35:3). "Six days shall work be done; but the seventh day is a

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