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From Sinai to Sabbath: How rediscovering sacred time can truly heal our fatigue (Exodus 18–20)

A digital painting generated by ChatGPT in a palette knife (impasto) style. From left to right, a sequence of vignettes shows the same person in increasing restlessness—rushing with tense posture, checking a wristwatch, and scrolling videos on a smartphone—progressing toward calm. On the right, the final vignette depicts a peaceful figure basking in radiant, heavenly light, eyes closed and hands at rest, symbolizing divine rest overcoming human fatigue. Thick, textured strokes and a transition from cooler blues to warm golds emphasize the movement from anxiety to serenity. The lower third contains a text overlay reading, “From Sinai to Sabbath: How rediscovering sacred time can truly heal our fatigue (Exodus 18–20).” A Hallel.info watermark appears in the lower right corner.

A newly released best-seller from a well-known yet for some a polarizing figure details his discovery of Sabbath rest. That has become a springboard for exploring with our fellow Christian brothers and sisters Shabbat’s profound spiritual gift. This study of Exodus 18–20 shares how Sabbath invites true renewal, not just recovery from exhaustion. Honoring Shabbat is part of Heaven’s framework for shaping healthy families and community, wise leadership, and deep relationship with God. True transformation comes through trust, obedience, and Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus the Christ), making Sabbath a living testimony to God’s goodness, holiness and enduring invitation to rest.

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10 Commandments primer for modern generations (Exodus 18:1–20:23)

How do we live by every word of the Torah? In this talk covering יתרו Yitro (Jethro) in Exodus 18:1–20:23, we are reminded that God is the God of actions, not merely abstract ideas. We live by the Torah when we practice it in our day to day lives just as a basketball player consciously practices his dribbles and his 3-point-shots for hours at a time. This summary of the 10 Commandments provides practical examples of how we can apply them in our daily interactions.

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Leviticus 23: Witness what Messiah has done, is doing and will do

Like the pattern of the Tabernacle reveals the character and plan of the God and the LORD’s Messiah, the pattern of the LORD’s appointed times (מוֹעֲדֵי יְהוָ֔ה mo’adey YHWH) in Torah reading אָמַר Amar/Emor (“say,” Leviticus 21–24) gives us memorials in time for the patient care of Heaven toward us and our role in the LORD’s appeal to the world.This time, we’ll take a look at the overview of the annual appointments of the LORD, outlined in Leviticus 23. Didn’t the LORD say He hated them (Isa. 1:14)? So why should we care about them?

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Exodus 30:11–34:35: Weighed in the balance of faith and found wanting

How much does your righteousness weigh? (Photo via Creative Commons License by Benjamin Earwicker/Freeimages.com)

Have you ever felt like you were lost in the sea of faces? Or that if you disappeared from the Earth no one would notice? It’s not phenomenon of modern life. The Torah reading כי תשא Ki Tisa (“when you take [a census],” Exodus 30:11–34:35) kicks off with a numbering of the redeemed people of Israel and includes the infamous golden calf incident. Yeshua the Mashiakh (Jesus the Christ) touched on the reasons for such numbering of the people of the Kingdom of Heaven when he said the Heavenly Father knows the number of hairs on our heads (Matthew 10:28–33).

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Exodus 35–40: Enter God’s rest before building His home

Everything in the Tabernacle is both functional and beautiful, just as the LORD made mankind at the beginning. God made humanity to appreciate beauty, because He appreciates beauty. But He doesn’t want us to worship beauty. Worship belongs to Him alone.

None of the components of the Tabernacle are identified by their looks but by their works — what they do. Humans also are primarily defined by their works, not their looks. We know who Yeshua is the Messiah, not by His looks but by His actions and how they align with the pattern shown Moshe on Mt. Sinai.

In the Torah reading ויקהל Vayakhel (“assembly,” Exodus 35:1–38:20), the people were united in their desire to build the Tabernacle for the LORD, assembling so many donations for it that Moses had to turn donations away. In the Torah reading פקודי Pekudei (“account,” Exodus 38:21–40:38), these donations are accounted for and used to create the Tabernacle. The section culminates in God entering His new home.

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Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17: Dancing around whole-hearted devotion to the LORD

God wants to see our praise and He wants us to see Him. (Photo by Freeimages.com/Gabriel Pico)

In the Book of Deuteronomy, God, through Moses, asks His people to give Him their unwavering devotion and praise. Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus the Christ) teaches us to do the same.

In this study of the Torah reading רְאֵה Re’eh (“see,” Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17), the LORD wants us to see what’s intended by the Second, Third and Fourth of the Ten Commandments.

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Exodus 20: Ten Commandments

Richard Agee

There are so many sermons, books and testimonies out there about practical application of the 10 Commandments. In one way, there isn’t much that hasn’t already been said, but in another way, there’s so much here that there isn’t enough time in the universe to dwell upon all the applications and ramifications of these simple commandments. This simple list of 10 basic commandments give us insight into how God views us, our political institutions and our families.