Raise Your Hand If You Need Some Rest!

Show notes

About This Episode Rest is a wonderful and amazing idea, and we are so glad God came up with it. The word rest in the Old Testament is Sabbath, so in this episode we talk about rest, the Sabbath, and why it matters in our lives. We trace rest from God resting on the seventh day, through a Hebrew word study on sabbath, to Israel coming out of 400 years of work. We explain how the Fourth Commandment is fulfilled in Christ, who invites the weary to come to Him, and why keeping a Sabbath is good but never makes us holy. Then we share the simple rhythms our family uses to rest each week.

About Aaron & Jennifer Smith Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.

In This Episode God rested first — the seventh day in Genesis 2 A Hebrew word study — what the letters of sabbath reveal about the Father Israel's first Sabbath — rest for people who had only known 400 years of work The Fourth Commandment fulfilled — Jesus himself is our rest Sabbath and holiness — why keeping it is good but doesn't make us holy How our family rests — no agenda on Sundays, fellowship, no technology, and chores wait until Monday

Scripture Referenced Genesis 2 Matthew 11:28 Hebrews 4

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