Why do we need rest?
For
renewal of energy and strength.
The
Lord blessed the Sabbath day and tells us we must rest and respect the Sabbath
day.
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Dictionary
metabolic
activities
freedom
from activity or labor.
a
state of motionlessness or inactivity.
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Matthew
11;28-29
28
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
29
Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls.
Genesis
8;4
On
the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on
one of the mountains of Ararat.
Exodus
5;5
Pharaoh
was thinking, “The people of the land are now many, and you are giving them rest
from their labor.”
Exodus
16;30
So
the people rested on the seventh day.
Exodus
20;11
For
in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is
in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
Exodus
23;12
For
six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in
order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female
servant’s son and any hired help may refresh themselves.
Exodus
31;15
Six
days work may be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest,
holy to the Lord; anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to
death.
Exodus
33;14
And
the Lord said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Exodus
34;21
“On
six days you may labor, but on the seventh day you must rest;
even at the time of plowing and of harvest you are to refrain any metabolic
activities.
Exodus
35;2
In
six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a holy day for
you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord. Anyone who does work
on it will be put to death.
Matthew
11;28
Come
to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew
11;29
Take
my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and
you will find rest for your souls.
Mark
6;31
He
said to them, “Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest
a while” (for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat).
Mark
14;41
He
came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting?
Enough of that! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the
hands of sinners.
Luke
23;56
Then
they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested
according to the commandment.
2
Corinthians 7;5
For
even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all,
but we were troubled in every way—struggles from the outside, fears from
within.
Hebrews
4;10
For
the one who enters God’s rest has also rested from his
works, just as God did from his own works.
Revelation
6;11
Each
of them was given a long white robe and they were told to rest
for a little longer, until the full number was reached of both their fellow
servants and their brothers who were going to be killed just as they had been.
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