Hey, this is John at the Bible Project, and today on the podcast, we're going to continue

a discussion about a theme in the Bible.

It's a beautiful and big theme that we're calling 7th day rest.

It's the idea that all of history is culminating.

In, a time where humans and God can rule together on earth and rest and peace, it's why the

Jewish people have celebrated the Sabbath a stop day to recognize that this reality is

coming.

And it's the heartbeat behind all of the festivals in the Jewish calendar.

Last week we began talking about Jesus and how He is the climax of this theme of 7th

day rest.

Jesus started His ministry on the Sabbath day, reading from the scroll of Isaiah and saying

the ultimate Sabbath, the ultimate Jubilee, would come with Him, where slaves are set

free and debts are forgiven.

And after this announcement, He begins to go out and perform miracles.

In this episode, we're going to discuss another claim that Jesus made that ties into the

theme of 7th day rest.

And it's found in Matthew 12, where Jesus calls Himself the Lord of the Sabbath.

So this last line is for the Son of Adam is the Lord of the Sabbath.

The truly human one, that the whole storyline of the Hebrew Bible is pointing to.

He's claiming that He is the one who will provide the rest.

He's the human to which the storyline of the Torah was pointing, who will lead God's

people towards the ultimate Jubilee.

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