Marakesh ð“…¦ on Nostr: Thanks for sharing these excerpts. I agree with you and Calvin that sabbath-keeping ...
Thanks for sharing these excerpts. I agree with you and Calvin that sabbath-keeping is not a 'law' for Christians but is a 'pattern' and a good example for us to follow.
I also particularly enjoyed this from Vos:
"The Sabbath brings this principle of the eschatological structure of history to bear upon the mind of man after a symbolical and a typical fashion. It teaches its lesson through the rhythmical succession of six days of labour and one ensuing day of rest in each successive week. Man is reminded in this way that life is not an aimless existence, that a goal lies beyond."
Similarly, to me, the daily, rhythmic pattern of working during the day, sleeping at night, and then rising again, foreshadows the resurrection: we work in the day (life), we sleep at night (in the image of death), and we rise again to a new day/life (resurrection).
I also particularly enjoyed this from Vos:
"The Sabbath brings this principle of the eschatological structure of history to bear upon the mind of man after a symbolical and a typical fashion. It teaches its lesson through the rhythmical succession of six days of labour and one ensuing day of rest in each successive week. Man is reminded in this way that life is not an aimless existence, that a goal lies beyond."
Similarly, to me, the daily, rhythmic pattern of working during the day, sleeping at night, and then rising again, foreshadows the resurrection: we work in the day (life), we sleep at night (in the image of death), and we rise again to a new day/life (resurrection).