{"id":2252816,"date":"2024-05-25T13:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T17:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/commanded-to-rest-the-impact-of-the-fall\/"},"modified":"2024-05-25T13:59:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T17:59:28","slug":"commanded-to-rest-the-impact-of-the-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/commanded-to-rest-the-impact-of-the-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Resting by Command: The Impact of the Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcommanded-to-rest-the-impact-of-the-fall%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2252816&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Fall has\u200b made work exhausting, overshadowing\u2063 the true significance of rest. \u2063In a broken world, rest is \u2064often\u2064 seen as a mere\u200c survival tactic\u200c before more\u200d strenuous work. God, in His restoration plan, commands a\u2064 holy rhythm\u200d of work and rest, \u200bstarting with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/of-course-it-was-not-the-right-decision-dps-director-says-cops-should-have-charged-uvalde-school\/\" title=\"\u2018Of Course It Was Not The Right Decision!\u2019: DPS Director Says Cops Should Have Charged Uvalde School\">specific directives<\/a> \u200bto the Israelites regarding \u2063rest. This restoration extends through Jesus, enriching both work and rest. The cycles \u2063of rest\u200c in Israel&#8217;s calendar year not only provide physical respite but also\u2062 invite \u200bcommunion with God, offering \u2063profound spiritual rejuvenation, ultimately fulfilling the need for a deeper, \u200bspiritual \u2064rest. The desire for this profound rest, \u200ddescribed as *menuha*, reflects humanity&#8217;s yearning for \u2063tranquility and \u200dpeace, lost after \u2063the Fall.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lifestyle\/\">  Lifestyle &#038; Human Interest <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/theologyofwork\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/theologyofwork\/%20\"><span>Theology of Work Project<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 25, 2024 at 10:10am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p><em>This is Part 2 of a six-part series on rest and work. Part 1 can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/created-rest-entering-joyful-communion-god\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If rest is a source of refreshment and a means to better relationship with God and with other people, why don\u2019t people do it? The answer begins with the Fall of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>To Adam God said, \u201cBecause you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, \u2018You shall not eat of it,\u2019 cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Genesis+3%3A17-19&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Genesis 3:17-19<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Adam and Eve\u2019s disobedience breaks the intimate fellowship that they were intended to have with God, and they become estranged from their Creator. The impact of humanity\u2019s rebellion is devastating to all aspects of creation including both work and rest.<\/p>\n<p>Work was originally intended to be an ennobling partnership with God, but because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/liar-liar-jen-psaki-forced-make-embarrassing-change-book-pro-biden-lie-gets-exposed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">man\u2019s sin<\/a>, God curses the ground, and work becomes difficult and painful.<\/p>\n<p>Rest was intended to be a similarly ennobling affirmation of humanity\u2019s intimate fellowship with God, but due to the chasm sin creates between God and people, rest becomes deeply distorted. After the Fall, rest becomes a necessary antidote to the harshness of work, yet rest is elusive because humanity\u2019s perfect relationship with God is broken.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to clarify here that work itself is not a curse; rather, the ground is cursed, giving rise to greater pain, frustration, and hardship associated with work.<\/p>\n<p>Work is still noble, and it still brings joy, but because of sin, it is also beset with challenges and difficulties. The Fall makes work exhausting, and the deeper significance of rest established in creation is overshadowed by people\u2019s physical need for rest.<\/p>\n<p>In a world that is broken, people rest merely to survive, to refuel for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/contractor-refuses-let-palestinian-agitators-get-way-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backbreaking work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you take rest seriously?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Despite the brokenness that enters the world due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/understanding-jordan-petersons-connections-to-prophetic-christian-truth\/\" title=\"Understanding Jordan Peterson\u2019s Connections To Prophetic Christian Truth\">human sin<\/a>, God\u2019s goal is to restore for His people a holy rhythm of work and rest. He does this first by giving the Israelites specific commandments regarding work and rest.<\/p>\n<p>Later God expands the scope and possibility of both rest and work through the life and sacrifice of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>God sets out restoring guidelines in the law of the Old Testament. The most well-known of these commandments are the Ten Commandments given to Moses on Mount Sinai after Israel is delivered from slavery in Egypt. Among the Ten, God includes the commandment to rest:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember the Sabbath day, and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Exodus+20%3A8-11&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Exodus 20:8-11<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>God commands <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-actor-says-unendorsing-biden-fiery-rant-treatment-israel-pushed-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel<\/a> to honor the Sabbath and to keep it holy, resting from the work that defines the other six days. This rest includes the entire household, servants and animals, so that all can \u201cbe refreshed\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Exodus+23%3A12&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Exodus 23:12<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>God ends this commandment with a reminder that He too rested on the seventh day following six days of creation. It is as if to say that following a commanded rhythm of work and rest might restore some of the utopic harmony that is lost to human beings after the Fall.<\/p>\n<p>Because life out of Eden is extra hard for humans in their work, God also institutes other cycles of rest into Israel\u2019s calendar year.<\/p>\n<p>There are seasonal festivals and feasts given by God in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Leviticus+23&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leviticus 23<\/a>, including the feast of the Passover, a harvest festival, a day for atonement, and a rest day preceding it by a week (known today as Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah respectively), as well as the festival of booths (known today as Sukkot).<\/p>\n<p>For each of these festivals God commands the Israelites to stop their regular work and observe a rest. God also commands the Israelites to do specific actions on each festival day, which may serve to help the people connect better with God. Here is one such example of a command to rest and to perform a connecting ritual (in this case on Rosh Hashanah):<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lord spoke to Moses, saying, \u2018Speak to the people of Israel, saying, in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall present a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-mocked-online-after-spending-taxpayer-money-on-modern-art-displays\/\" title=\"London Mayor Sadiq Khan Mocked Online After Spending Taxpayer Money On Modern Art Displays\">food offering<\/a> to the Lord&#8217;\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Leviticus+23%3A23-25&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leviticus 23:23-25<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>On this festival God commands the people to rest from their normal occupations and instead to take action that reminds them that God is the ultimate provider of both their work and their rest. In the case of this particular festival, the Israelites are commanded to blow the trumpets and to give some their earnings back to God in the form of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/a-real-life-hero-father-sacrifices-his-life-to-save-three-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a sacrifice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A yearly pattern of rest is relevant even from a modern business perspective. Justice Louis Brandeis, who sat on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1916 to 1939, once took a short vacation right before the start of an important trial.<\/p>\n<p>He received criticism for this decision, but Brandeis delivered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theologyofwork.org\/the-high-calling\/rest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">convincing defense<\/a>: \u201cI need rest. I find that I can do a year\u2019s work in eleven months, but I can\u2019t do it in twelve.\u201d<strong> <\/strong>Many people think their jobs are too all-encompassing to allow them to take a break during the year, but if a top U.S. justice can do it, then others probably can, too.<\/p>\n<p>God also commands the Israelites to observe patterns of extended rest every seven (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Exodus+23&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Exodus 23<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Leviticus+25%3A1-7&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leviticus 25:1-7<\/a>) and forty-nine years (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Leviticus+25%3A8-55&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leviticus 25:8-55<\/a>). Because the land is cursed due to effects of the Fall, these extended periods of rest provide time for the land to recover.<\/p>\n<p>In the Old Testament these weekly, yearly, seven-yearly and forty-nine-yearly cycles of rest serve two functions. The first is to give both people and land a physical rest from the hardship and frustration of work. The second reason for these rhythmic rests is to invite people to commune with God in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/praise-lord-worship-music-breaks-nba-court-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worship<\/a>, satisfying a greater need than just that of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/increase-your-stamina-for-life\/\" title=\"Increase Your Stamina for Life\">physical bodies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>God\u2019s people need physical rest, yes, but also deep spiritual rest \u2014 rest from the instability, anxiety, and insecurity created by the threat of enemy invasion. God institutes these cycles of rest, so that His people can set aside time to worship Him and rediscover His covenantal love and faithfulness towards them.<\/p>\n<p>During these times of worship, Israel is reminded that God Himself is their rest: \u201cMy Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Exodus+33%3A14&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Exodus 33:14<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>When Israel turns to God in trust and obedience, this promise of rest is realized through Divine protection and blessing. Israel later achieves victory from her enemies in battle and gains possession of the Promised Land: \u201cAnd the Lord gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. Not one of all their enemies had withstood them, for the Lord had given all their enemies into their hands. Not one word of all the good promises that the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Joshua+21%3A44-45&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joshua 21:44-45<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bible-not-justify-anti-semitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bible<\/a> there are numerous examples of the rest that God provides for His people, a rest which goes beyond simple physical rest.<\/p>\n<p>God provides rest from war (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Joshua+11%3A23&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joshua 11:23<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Joshua+14%3A15&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joshua 14:15<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Kings+5%3A4&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Kings 5:4<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Chronicles+22%3A9&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Chronicles 22:9<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+46%3A9-10&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psalm 46:9-10<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+1%3A33&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proverbs 1:33<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+14%3A3&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 14:3<\/a>), from social strife (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2+Corinthians+13%3A11&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 Corinthians 13:11<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Ecclesiastes+10%3A4&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ecclesiastes 10:4<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Corinthians+1%3A10&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Corinthians 1:10<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Thessalonians+4%3A11&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Thessalonians 4:11<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Hebrews+12%3A14&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hebrews 12:14<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=James+3%3A17-18&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James 3:17-18<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Peter+3%3A8&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Peter 3:8<\/a>), from fear (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Mark+4%3A37-38&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark 4:37-38<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+8%3A24-25&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew 8:24-25<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke+8%3A23-24&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luke 8:23-24<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Genesis+32%3A11&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Genesis 32:11<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+127%3A2&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psalm 127:2<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Micah+4%3A4&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Micah 4:4<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+6%3A31&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew 6:31<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke+12%3A29&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luke 12:29<\/a>), and from anxiety (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Peter+5%3A7&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Peter 5:7<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+6%3A25&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew 6:25<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Philippians+4%3A6&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philippians 4:6<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>His presence provides security (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Deuteronomy+33%3A12&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deuteronomy 33:12<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+19%3A23&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proverbs 19:23<\/a>) and peace in the midst of death (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Deuteronomy+31%3A16&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deuteronomy 31:16<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Job+3%3A13-17&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Job 3:13-17<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Revelation+14%3A13&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Revelation 14:13<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>This deeper rest can be described as a spiritual rest \u2014 a rest that comes from being in covenantal communion with God. The Jewish scholar Abraham Heschel describes this deep rest as <a href=\"https:\/\/whatthenwhynow.org\/menuha-a-place-of-rest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">menuha<\/a>. According to Heschel, \u201cCreation wasn\u2019t complete until God created menuha on the seventh day.\u201d This Hebrew word can be described as tranquility, serenity, peace, and repose; it\u2019s the state absent of strife, fighting, fear and distrust.<\/p>\n<p>Heschel beautifully communicates what humanity loses in the Fall. In addition to the physical aspects of rest, there is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ill-never-be-mad-at-god-snl-alum-jim-breuer-gets-emotional-talking-faith-wifes-cancer-diagnosis\/\" title=\"\u2018I\u2019ll Never Be Mad At God\u2019: \u2018SNL\u2019 Alum Jim Breuer Gets Emotional Talking Faith, Wife\u2019s Cancer Diagnosis\">deeper spiritual<\/a> need that all humans have \u2014 this yearning for menuha or the assurance that all is well.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is that many people look to all the wrong things to provide this deeper spiritual rest, resulting in increased restless.<\/p>\n<p>This is the situation that plagues many people today. People may not be aware of the need for both physical and spiritual rest. Physical rest without spiritual rest is not satisfying; nor is spiritual rest without physical rest restoring.<\/p>\n<p>Honoring the Sabbath does not mean engaging in soul-numbing frivolity nor is it austerely communing with God. Keeping the Sabbath holy means recognizing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/unimaginable-tragedy-suspected-drunken-driver-veers-childrens-birthday-party-killing-siblings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brokenness of the world<\/a> after the Fall and looking to God to mend both broken bodies and misguided hopes.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article appeared originally on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theologyofwork.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Theology of Work<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-45832\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/theologyofwork\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45832\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45832\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45832\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>  The Theology of Work Project (TOW) is an independent, international non-profit organization dedicated to researching, writing, and distributing materials with a biblical perspective on non-church workplaces. The Project\u2019s primary mission is to produce resources covering every book of the Bible. We are also developing resources for the most significant topics in today\u2019s workplace, such as calling, ethics, truth &#038; deception, provision &#038; wealth, motivation, finance, and economics and society. Wherever possible, we collaborate with other faith-and-work organizations, churches, universities and seminaries to help equip workplace Christians for meaningful and fruitful work of every kind. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore rest and work dynamics in the six-part series by Theology of Work Project. Discover the refreshing power of rest for improving relationships with God and others. Part 1 sets the foundation for this insightful journey on May 25, 2024, at 10:10 am. 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