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Divine Rest for Human Restlessness: A Theological Study of the Good News of the Sabbath for Today is unavailable, but you can change that!

How can one find inner peace in this restless, tension-filled society? In Divine Rest for Human Restlessness, Samuele Bacchiocchi argues that the values of the biblical Sabbath provide a divine remedy not only to personal stress, but also to marital tension and competitive pressures—even mitigating certain ecological crises. Divine Rest for Human Restlessness is written in a simple devotional...

In this case the threefold emphasis is on “God” and on what He did on “the seventh day” with reference to “his work” of the previous six days. What is said about God’s view of “his work” on the seventh day? Three verbs characterize God’s assessment of His creation on the seventh day as being fully “done” (repeated thrice), “finished,” “created.” Another three verbs describe how God celebrated His magnificent accomplishments: “He rested … blessed … and hallowed” the seventh day. The significance of
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