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Thank you for this beautiful presentation on the essence of Sabbath. Now I understand the meaning that God finished His work of creation on the 7th day and also rested on the 7th day.
A brilliant video that asks the right question and gives a better answer than I have heard from most so-called biblical scholars. At the 4:50 timestamp, the video creator asks, "What if God HAD to rest in order to finnish creation?" I mostly agree with this. However, Exodus 20:11 says, "For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it." Exodus 20:11 tells us specifically that no creative work was done on the seventh day. Yet Genesis 2:2 tells us specifically that God ended his work on the seventh day. Since no creative work was being done on the seventh day, the question remains WHAT OTHER WORK WAS CONTINUING THAT COULD NOT BE ENDED ON THE SIXTH DAY? Note that at this point CREATION IS FINNISHED. We are in the seventh day!!! This unfortunately throws out the working theory of the video that " God had to rest to finnish creation ". The rest God does IS NOT TO FINNISH CREATION. I repeat, creation was finished on the sixth day. This video comes very close to what I actually believe, i.e. God has to rest for creation to UNFOLD. Unfortunately, this video conflates "creation UNFOLDING", and "creation being created". Creation unfolding means God STEPPING BACK, and allowing creation to chart its course. How does God "step back"? The answer is HE RESTS!!!. This rest is NOT PHYSICAL. It is MENTAL. To allow creation the FREEDOM to chart its own course, and to endow creation with free will, God limits his ability to foreknow everything about his creation.
Excellent presentation! Looking forward to this endeavor. Curious as to the purpose of the statue on the table in Martin QQ Georg's room. Looks like a gargoyle or ha satan? What did I miss? Thanks. Suzy
George R.R. Martin writes about that kind of stuff: dragons, assassins, adulteries and other not so nice things. He is very popular, but it would be better if they used another example.
I'm not following something here. God is omniscient. So, he would know, in advance, exactly what he was going to do. So God would never need to tinker with anything he had done and he would not need a closing event to finish what he was doing.
I think this relates to the Torah’s idea that man exists, in part, to complete the work of creation. There are inventions to create, a world to conquer, and kindnesses to bestow. But rather than have God hand these things to us on a platter when we arrive in Eden, He leaves things unfinished so we can partner with Him and create these things.
Rest in the sense that we tend to understand it is not the same as the simple meaning of the word. Rest simply means "stop" - not doing anything else because it is finished. (John 19:30) It's important to people because Jesus finished everything. By believing in what He did and the rest He achieved for us, Jesus fulfilled the prophetical writings and the commands. If we don't received the finished work of Christ, we're doomed to stay in an unrestful state, doomed to labor forever. In trusting what God says and the One on Whom He set His seal, we enter into the seventh day rest.
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This is the first time I understood the 4th commandment. Thank you for your time. All glory to the creator. ❤
Thank you for this beautiful presentation on the essence of Sabbath. Now I understand the meaning that God finished His work of creation on the 7th day and also rested on the 7th day.
A brilliant video that asks the right question and gives a better answer than I have heard from most so-called biblical scholars. At the 4:50 timestamp, the video creator asks, "What if God HAD to rest in order to finnish creation?" I mostly agree with this. However, Exodus 20:11 says, "For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it."
Exodus 20:11 tells us specifically that no creative work was done on the seventh day. Yet Genesis 2:2 tells us specifically that God ended his work on the seventh day. Since no creative work was being done on the seventh day, the question remains WHAT OTHER WORK WAS CONTINUING THAT COULD NOT BE ENDED ON THE SIXTH DAY? Note that at this point CREATION IS FINNISHED. We are in the seventh day!!! This unfortunately throws out the working theory of the video that " God had to rest to finnish creation ". The rest God does IS NOT TO FINNISH CREATION. I repeat, creation was finished on the sixth day. This video comes very close to what I actually believe, i.e. God has to rest for creation to UNFOLD. Unfortunately, this video conflates "creation UNFOLDING", and "creation being created". Creation unfolding means God STEPPING BACK, and allowing creation to chart its course. How does God "step back"? The answer is HE RESTS!!!. This rest is NOT PHYSICAL. It is MENTAL. To allow creation the FREEDOM to chart its own course, and to endow creation with free will, God limits his ability to foreknow everything about his creation.
Great, ty for sharing this.
Glad you enjoyed it
Excellent presentation! Looking forward to this endeavor. Curious as to the purpose of the statue on the table in Martin QQ Georg's room. Looks like a gargoyle or ha satan? What did I miss? Thanks. Suzy
George R.R. Martin writes about that kind of stuff: dragons, assassins, adulteries and other not so nice things. He is very popular, but it would be better if they used another example.
I'm not following something here. God is omniscient. So, he would know, in advance, exactly what he was going to do. So God would never need to tinker with anything he had done and he would not need a closing event to finish what he was doing.
I think this relates to the Torah’s idea that man exists, in part, to complete the work of creation. There are inventions to create, a world to conquer, and kindnesses to bestow. But rather than have God hand these things to us on a platter when we arrive in Eden, He leaves things unfinished so we can partner with Him and create these things.
Rest in the sense that we tend to understand it is not the same as the simple meaning of the word. Rest simply means "stop" - not doing anything else because it is finished. (John 19:30) It's important to people because Jesus finished everything. By believing in what He did and the rest He achieved for us, Jesus fulfilled the prophetical writings and the commands. If we don't received the finished work of Christ, we're doomed to stay in an unrestful state, doomed to labor forever. In trusting what God says and the One on Whom He set His seal, we enter into the seventh day rest.
Judaism is mythology, nobody knows what or who "the creator" is or even if there is one, following reason and logic is so much better and less hectic.