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Six days shall work be done
Topic Started: Feb 26 2011, 07:08 AM (467 Views)
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Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. (Exodus 35:2 KJV)

Placing the Sabbath regulation here is suggested to reflect the activities of building and servicing the Tabernacle. All of the processes that went into designing, fashioning, erecting and performing the service of worship are representations of the activities that the Most High defines as work. There are 39 of them ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melakha ). There are a couple of ideas that we can take home from this. One is that all the things that we do as work have a place and purpose related to worship, that we may see our daily activities in life as the same function as building the Tabernacle. A second thought is that all of our actions or rest is to be, in itself, an act of worship; but can only be so in it’s proper context: that our work, whatever it is, is beautiful and holy in the sight of God for six days. Equally, despondency and laziness if revolting on when there is work to done outside of the Sabbath.
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The phrasing of Exodus 35:2 is distinct and significant to the tone of thesis in Parashah Vayakhel. "Six days shall work be done" is a passive expression, as opposed to "six days you shall do your work." Typically, folks who don't understand the value and personal relevance of the Sabbath often see it as a restraint. One fellow walked up to me and asked, "You're the people who don't believe you can do anything on Saturday, right?" I corrected him, "No, we're the people who choose not to do certain things on Saturday."

For six days we are at the mercy of our circumstances. We respond to the world around us as it comes at us. Sabbath observance is to take control and say, for this day, I am not going to be pushed around by the world. I'm going to spend it in intimacy with my God.

It is no accident that this phrasing is paired together with the community voluntarily donating all the materials for the Tabernacle. Sabbath should never been seen as an obligation or a ritual but as a delight.
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