This presentation, based on John 5:1-18, highlights how God originally established a pattern of work and rest, with the seventh day as a day of rest. However, sin entered the world, making work burdensome and rendering human rest incomplete, as the "unrest" of work always looms (e.g., "Monday is coming").

The passage in John 5 describes Jesus at a feast in Jerusalem, near the Pool of Bethesda, meaning "house of mercy," by the Sheep Gate, a place for bringing sacrificial lambs. This area, paradoxically, was filled with "a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, and paralyzed," highlighting the failure of the religious system and its leaders to provide spiritual healing. The common belief at Bethesda, though not in original scripture, was that an angel stirred the water, and only the first to enter would be healed, effectively excluding the most vulnerable.

Jesus approaches a man who had been an invalid for 38 years and asks, "Do you want to be healed?". Despite the man's focus on his inability to enter the pool, Jesus simply commands, "Get up, take your bed and walk," and the man is immediately healed. This miracle authenticates a new revelation from Jesus.

The Jews' subsequent persecution of Jesus was not for the healing itself, but because he commanded the man to carry his bed on the Sabbath, which was considered unlawful, symbolizing a rejection of the Sabbath. The presentation explains three points regarding this "new Sabbath":

• Jesus is the new Sabbath (Point 1): Jesus transfers the place of rest from the bed to himself, becoming our ultimate resting place. He reiterates all Ten Commandments except the Sabbath because He is the new Sabbath, and "all who labor and are heavy laden" can find rest in Him.

• The new Sabbath brings us back into the Garden (Point 2): After healing, Jesus finds the man in the temple, telling him to "sin no more," emphasizing spiritual healing and holiness. The temple, entered through the Sheep Gate, depicts garden imagery, signifying humanity's return to a place of peace and God's presence, from which sin had exiled them.

• The new Sabbath is one of eternal rest through the finished work of Christ (Point 3): Jesus declares, "My father is working until now and I am working," indicating his divine equality with God and an ongoing work. The Sabbath was a sign of the Old Covenant, which is now superseded by the New Covenant. Jesus's work culminates with "It is finished" on the cross, and his seating in heaven symbolizes this finished work and eternal rest, accessible through faith, not human effort.