“Come to me, all of you who are struggling and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” (Mat) 11:28‭-‬30 CJB

Jesus is saying to change who and what you are yoked to. The
question for Believers then becomes, so what yoke is it that Christ is saying they
should discard in favor of His yoke? The standard answer within Christianity is
that we should shuck-off the yoke of The Law of Moses. But the Law of Moses has not been part of the conversation about what it is that Yeshua is speaking
about or denouncing.

When Yeshua says that His yoke is "light" this is clearly not
in contrast to the biblical Torah or the Law of Moses. Rather it was in contrast to
the burdens of a yoke of man-made traditions that was hung upon the necks of
the common people by the wise and learned (the Scribes and the Pharisees); a
yoke that was indeed heavy and full of needless difficult burdens.

By turning
people away from those man-made burdens and back to the comforting truth of
God's Torah, Jesus offered rest in the sense of peace of mind and soul instead of
ceaseless activities that revolved around behaviors rather than a Godly attitude
and determinatin.

#eatplants #readthebible #rest