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Text: Exodus 34: 21-22

MEDITATION

Exodus 34:21-22

21 “Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
22 “And you shall observe the Feast of Weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year’s end.

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. Advice about Work

a. One may choose to work six days in a week.

b. It is not wrong to plan to do a five-day week.

c. Many factors must be considered:

i. These were not listed.

ii. The circumstances and times would have to be factored in.

iii. In the days of Moses, the factors were very limited.

iv. They would not be very applicable.

2. The Seventh Day

a. This is a reference to the Sabbath.

b. This was the Fourth Commandment (Exodus 20:8).

c. This was meant to be a day of rest.

d. The word “Sabbath” highlights the essence of “rest”.

e. Even in the busy seasons:

i. Plowing

ii. Harvesting

The Sabbath Law must be observed!

f. This Law was given to protect the worker!

3. Two Feasts highlighted

a. The Feast of weeks (Pentecost)

i. It is also called “The firstfruits of wheat harvest” (Exodus 34:22).

ii. Firstfruits were to be offered to God in faith and thanksgiving.

b. The Feast of Ingathering

i. This is also called “The Feast of the Tabernacles” (Exodus 34:22).

ii. This is observed at the end of the year (Jewish).

经文：出埃及记 34：21-22

沉思

《出埃及记 34: 21-22》

21 “你六日要做工，第七日要安息；虽在耕种收割的时候，也要安息。
22 在收割初熟麦子的时候要守七七节，又在年底要守收藏节。”

在生活里有意义地的应用

1. 工作建议

a. 一个人可以选择一周工作六天

b. 计划一周工作五天并没有错

c. 必须考虑许多因素：

i. 这些未列出

ii. 必须考虑情况和时候

iii. 在摩西时代，需考量的因素非常有限

iv. 它们不是很适用于现今生活

2. 第七日

a. 这是指安息日

b. 这是第四条诫命《出埃及记 20：8》

c. 这本来是休息的一天

d. “安息日”这词突出了“休息”的本质

e. 即使在旺季：

i. 耕种

ii. 收割

还是必须遵守安息日的诫命！

f. 制定本法是为了保护工人！

3. 两大节期

a. 七七节（五旬节）

i. 它也被称为“收割初熟麦子”的时候 《出埃及记 34：22》

ii. 初熟的果子要本着信心和感恩的心献给上帝

b. 收藏节

i. 这也称为“住棚节” 《出埃及记 34：22》

ii. 犹太人年底所要守的