The point is, hunger and the desire to assuage it had little, if anything, to do with honoring or dishonoring God on the Sabbath. |
The sheep, cattle and donkeys were all stabled, their mangers stocked with enough hay to last through the Sabbath. |
The Sabbath was, I agree, a covenantal sign for the Mosaic covenant, and it certainly ceased as a 7th day covenant. |
Suddenly, I find myself muttering the Sabbath blessing my father and mother always used to give over us children at Shabbat. |
Help me to rest in you on your Sabbath, to find peace for my soul, refreshment for my spirit and new life for my flesh. |
The day of worship was changed from the Sabbath under the Law of Moses in the time following Jesus' death and resurrection. |