A Holy Day

Exodus 35:2 “For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, a sabbath of complete rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

A stiff penalty, don’t you think?  We’d all be dead now if this command was still in place. 

But think about it. 

What God says is holy – that day of complete rest in his presence – must not be tampered with.  We must not think that we can enter his holy presence in disobedience.  To do so, results in certain death.

This is why Christ came. He was the ultimate sacrifice and suffered and died in our place, so that we don’t have to be “put to death.”  He was put to death for us.

However, we can easily put to death that work he did on the cross when we neglect to recognize what it means to have access to a holy God through the blood of his son.  It’s a sacred, beautiful, merciful thing God did for us – and we will only live life to the fullest when we realize it and respond.

And rest.