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Feb. 18, 2022
What is Shabbat?
Shabbat is the Hebrew word for the 7th day of the week on which God rested from creation thereby making it holy and a day of rest for His people. The Jewish people have a special greeting that is more like a blessing for this day—Shabbat Shalom! May you have a blessed and peaceful Shabbat! Join me here each Friday for a Shabbat Shalom devotional and a peaceful close to a busy week.
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What is Shabbat? (Out of Zion Episode #85)
Transcript
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Well, hey there and welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional from the Out of
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Zion podcast.
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I hope you'll join me here each week as I just share a short little devotional thought
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that is meant to inspire, to strengthen your faith, and to just bring a little peace as
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you close out a busy week.
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Last week we talked about peace and the word shalom.
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This week I want to talk about the second word in our title, Shabbat.
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What is it?
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Well, Shabbat is the Hebrew word for Sabbath.
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It's built on the number seven, which in Hebrew is Sheva.
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So Shabbat, Shabbat, it means the seventh day.
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And because God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh, the Shabbat has
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become to be associated with rest and to cease activity as the meaning of the word.
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The Bible says that when God rested on the seventh day that He blessed it.
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He made it holy.
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So it's considered a holy day in the Jewish calendar each week.
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So I told you last week Israelis greet you by saying shalom.
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And on the Sabbath, or leading up to the Sabbath, they're going to greet you and say shabbat
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shalom.
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And what they're doing is just wishing you the blessings of a peaceful and restful Sabbath.
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I just want to point out that because God rested on the seventh day, it became expected
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that His people would do the same.
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So in the Mosaic Covenant in Sinai, it was considered the sign of the covenant.
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And the Israelite people were the only people on earth that observed a day of rest every
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week.
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It made them different because they reflected the God to whom they belonged.
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Well, today you and I may be Gentile Christians and we're not a part of the Mosaic Covenant.
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We've been brought in through the New Covenant.
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But if a Sabbath rest is so important to God that He made it a sign of His covenant, maybe
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there's something there that we need to learn from it, to see how we can apply it in our
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lives.
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So as your busy week comes to an end, ponder the blessings of just taking some time each
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week to spend time with the Lord, to rest in His presence, to get to know Him better
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so that you can reflect His image to the broken world all around you.
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We'll only be able to do that by spending more time with Him.
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So I want to close this week and I want to wish you a Shabbat Shalom.
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Well, hey there and welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional from the Out of
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00:00:06,700 --> 00:00:08,600
Zion podcast.
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00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:14,160
I hope you'll join me here each week as I just share a short little devotional thought
4
00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:21,160
that is meant to inspire, to strengthen your faith, and to just bring a little peace as
5
00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:24,280
you close out a busy week.
6
00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:27,880
Last week we talked about peace and the word shalom.
7
00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:32,600
This week I want to talk about the second word in our title, Shabbat.
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00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:33,600
What is it?
9
00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:37,120
Well, Shabbat is the Hebrew word for Sabbath.
10
00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:41,280
It's built on the number seven, which in Hebrew is Sheva.
11
00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:46,240
So Shabbat, Shabbat, it means the seventh day.
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00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:52,960
And because God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh, the Shabbat has
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00:00:52,960 --> 00:01:02,160
become to be associated with rest and to cease activity as the meaning of the word.
14
00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:07,620
The Bible says that when God rested on the seventh day that He blessed it.
15
00:01:07,620 --> 00:01:09,000
He made it holy.
16
00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:14,340
So it's considered a holy day in the Jewish calendar each week.
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00:01:14,340 --> 00:01:19,320
So I told you last week Israelis greet you by saying shalom.
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00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:25,800
And on the Sabbath, or leading up to the Sabbath, they're going to greet you and say shabbat
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00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:27,040
shalom.
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00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:35,440
And what they're doing is just wishing you the blessings of a peaceful and restful Sabbath.
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00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:41,400
I just want to point out that because God rested on the seventh day, it became expected
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00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,800
that His people would do the same.
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00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:50,760
So in the Mosaic Covenant in Sinai, it was considered the sign of the covenant.
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00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:56,920
And the Israelite people were the only people on earth that observed a day of rest every
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00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:57,920
week.
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00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:04,120
It made them different because they reflected the God to whom they belonged.
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00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:10,720
Well, today you and I may be Gentile Christians and we're not a part of the Mosaic Covenant.
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00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:14,000
We've been brought in through the New Covenant.
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00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:21,400
But if a Sabbath rest is so important to God that He made it a sign of His covenant, maybe
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00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:26,720
there's something there that we need to learn from it, to see how we can apply it in our
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00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:27,960
lives.
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00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:34,120
So as your busy week comes to an end, ponder the blessings of just taking some time each
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00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:41,320
week to spend time with the Lord, to rest in His presence, to get to know Him better
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00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:48,600
so that you can reflect His image to the broken world all around you.
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00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:53,120
We'll only be able to do that by spending more time with Him.
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So I want to close this week and I want to wish you a Shabbat Shalom.
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