利未记记23: 3－4 Leviticus 23:3-4
第三与四节 Verses 3 and 4,
六日要做工，第七日是圣安息日，当有圣会；你们甚么工都不可做。这是在你们一切的住处向耶和华守的安息日。耶和华的节期，就是你们到了日期要宣告为圣会的，乃是这些。」
You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of complete rest, an official day for holy assembly. It is the Lord’s Sabbath day, and it must be observed wherever you live. “In addition to the Sabbath, these are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the official days for holy assembly that are to be celebrated at their proper times each year.
我对这两节的经文有几个感想：
第一：神设立安息日是要给我们好好的休息。这意思是我们应该做最少的工作，那些无可避免的事情；而不是那些我们一星期六天之内所做的事。
第二： 耶和华正式设立要我们聚集的圣会，让众圣民一起来到神面前敬拜他。
第三：这天是耶和华的节期，是我们在一星期里面为他分别为圣的日子。这日是属于他的，过于任何东西或任何人。也不是给我们去做那些不必要的事情或消遣、或完成我们在公司或办事处未完成的工作。也不只是让我们与朋友应酬或交流；而是首先侍奉神，然后侍奉弟兄姐妹。
第四：无论我们的居所是何处，我们当守安息日。若我们在我们的本国本家，我们当一起与家人教会的弟兄姐妹敬拜神。若我们出差在外地或旅游，我们也能找一所教会与外处外族的弟兄姐妹一起敬拜神。
There are several thoughts from these two verses.
Firstly, the Sabbath Day is a day of complete rest. This means that there should be minimum work, those that are of extreme exigency, and not those that are related to the ordinary things that we do on the six days in the week.
Secondly, God has made it an “official” day for the assembly of the saints, a holy assembly of believers to worship him.
Thirdly, it is a day set apart for the Lord, it belongs to him more that anything or anyone else. It is not to do a lot our own things, whether it be fun, or leisure or to catch up with unfinished work in the office or workplace. It should also not be to just spend time with friends, but primarily for the Lord, and then for one another.
Fourthly, it is to be observed wherever we live. If we are at home in our own country, observe it with our folks, and if we are to be overseas or travelling, find a church and join in worship with people from other places or races.
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