2006-09-26 19:44:08 · 8 answers · asked by rhicks1121 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because God brought them up from Egypt where they were slaves. I am glad you brought that passage up because there is something very peculiar about it. Everyone gets to rest on the Sabbath except for wives. I noticed that a few days ago while reading through the Bible and I had never noticed it before.
2006-09-26 19:51:19 · answer #1 · answered by Robert L 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is mainly for man to rest.
See how long you can work without resting. Not talking about sleep, but rather mentally rest.
It will have the psycological effect. It will also be affecting our human relation, as we can not focus well.
All things will start to crumple, family, wife, children, friends etc. Even productivity will also be affected.
Even in today management world, we are taught to take stock of our live, and do our mid-way checking on our goal and objectives. Even the Management Guru will teach us all these skills.
One may say, we can pray for help.
Yes. . . But. . . Now, in that situation, who will think of worshipping God, and cry out to him to help?
One Bishop once told me, if we only pray for 30 minute a day, do we hear our own voice or God's voice?
He suggested to spend about half a day, doing nothing but to pray. . . in somewhere quite. Than we can really hear his voice.
So, instead of speading thousands of US Dollar on Management Guru, the Lord taught us, keep thy Sabbath Holy.
How about the minister? I once heard a Christian says. Not fair, the Christian cannot work on Sunday, but Pastor do. But the Pastors do take time off during the week to re-charge themselve.
Sabbath is a day for man, not man for sabbath. If we apply the concept of Sabbath, we can still take rest at any possible time.
I was once an Military Officer. Sunday may not be a good time at all for me to worship God. So I choose Sat if possible.
Hope you got the idea.
2006-09-26 19:55:41 · answer #2 · answered by Melvin C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy,as Yahweh your GOD has commanded you. Labor for six days , doing all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath for Yahweh your GOD. You must not do any work that day, neithr you , nor your son,nor your daughter,nor your servents-male or female-nor your ox, nor your donley, nor any of your animals, nor the foreigner whohas made his home with you: so that yourservants, male and female, may rest,as you do. Rember that you were once a slave in Egypt, and that Yahweh your God brought you out of there with mighty handand outstreached arm:this is why Yahweh your God has commaned you to keep the Sabbath day.
2006-09-26 20:06:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Numbers 15 :32 While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. 33 And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation. 34 They put him in custody, because it had not been made clear what should be done to him. 35 And the Lord said to Moses, “The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.” 36 And all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, as the Lord commanded Moses
Yet..........
Matthew 12:1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.” 3 He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:
Oooooooooooo......
But its okay to stone the man that was picking up sticks for a fire to make fore himself a meal?
I guess the discelps should of been stoned to, since God is unchanging.
Numbers 23:19 God is not man, that he should lie,
or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
2006-09-26 19:49:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Observe sabbath day because the Lord commanded you to.
2006-09-26 19:53:14 · answer #5 · answered by china 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the primary reason jews are commanded to observe shabbat is... because G-d said so. it is a spiritual tie to bind the jews to G-d and make sure they never forget him, and it also has spiritual meaning in that it reflects the creation of the world.
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"Everyone gets to rest on the Sabbath except for wives."
yes, they do... no jew is allowed to work on shabbat, male or female. even if you are a housewife, you have to do all of your cooking and cleaning before sunset friday night, because after that you're not allowed to do it until saturday night.
2006-09-26 19:47:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord they God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou nor thy son, nor they daughter, nor they manservants, nor they maidservant, nor thin ox, nor thine ***, nor any of thy cattle, nor they stranger that is within they gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Not to change it to fit your wants........I agree
2006-09-26 19:47:14 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rest, remebering, reorganizing.
Here- Copy/Paste. Good article.
2006-09-26 19:49:05 · answer #8 · answered by azar_and_bath 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋