Jon Collins
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
about reality, about ourselves from the biblical story, but also recognize I don't live in the ancient Near East.
I'm not an ancient Israelite.
I'm also not Jewish living in the Second Temple period.
I'm also not a Corinthian or a Roman.
I'm living in my time and place.
So what can I do to honor the wisdom of these commands?
Now, you and I both know people
who read the fourth command, and they're like, God commands it.
Yeah, let's do it the way it's commanded.
So you better figure out what 24-hour period it's referring to.
And then you better do it.
And I totally respect that.
But it seems to me that what Sabbath means is the most important thing.
And I think that's honoring what Jesus said, which he says, the Sabbath is made for humans.
Humans weren't made for the Sabbath.
And so he began to press on what Sabbath observance meant.
But it was to, what does it mean to rest?
What constitutes rest.