Leading Question: How far is it possible to stretch a biblical symbol?

Comment: The title for this week’s lesson is a tantalizing one, for it suggests that ultimately, the biblical idea of “rest” should stay alive, on into a future, heavenly world, a world of which we are almost wholly ignorant.

So let’s go back and explore symbols that we could all agree are symbolic. And here I would suggest the law of God as something that is enduring. But I still remember how startled I was when I realized that the decalogue would make no sense in a heavenly realm.

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