Sabbath was resistance to Pharaoh's economy of exploitation. Sabbath was God's way of teaching the Israelites that the value of a human being is greater than his or her ability to contribute to the economic index. Sabbath was God's way of teaching the Israelites that they would not live by bread or being bakers of bread alone, but also find their substance in family, prayer, study, worship, and holy rest. And the society as a whole would find its value not only in what it produced but also in what it enjoyed. Sabbath was God's way of teaching the Israelites resistance against Pharaoh's culture of now.
Today we might call all this quality of life. And with Pharaoh calling on the cell phone, needing you to come up to work for just a few hours (say 8 or 9) on the weekend, you really have to be a pretty radical group of people to try living it.
Ryon Price, 2nd Thoughts
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