
We aren't the Life-giver or Judge
We all need a break sometimes. But does God really need a rest? I thought Genesis plainly states that God rested on the seventh day of creation, and this substantiates the commandment to keep the Sabbath holy? Earliest Christians were no doubt accused of "doing away with the Sabbath" who, in of observance of Easter Sunday and the day of Jesus' resurrection, began to gather on the first, not the last, day of the week.
Jesus challenges us to think anew (repent) about the nature of God and how the Father's giving us life is in tandem, in mutuality, and in loving and intimate connection with the Son. Although foxes have holes and birds have nests, Jesus has no place to lay his head. Like God, Jesus is working still, not because he doesn't need a break as a normal person, but because like the Father, the Son has life in and of himself! If you create life and give breath (Spirit), you don't need a rest! The Trinity's energy, resourcefulness, love, generosity, freedom and creativity in reaching us is without limit.
The other news here is that resurrection to life or judgment is in Christ's kind hands. Is that why no mention of the word "Christian" is used? It may be because Jesus is the judge- we're not! There is release in this! There is even the joy is that we can, in the words of I Peter, "entrust ourselves to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good." I Peter 4:19.
The other news here is that resurrection to life or judgment is in Christ's kind hands. Is that why no mention of the word "Christian" is used? It may be because Jesus is the judge- we're not! There is release in this! There is even the joy is that we can, in the words of I Peter, "entrust ourselves to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good." I Peter 4:19.
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