The Bible commands rest and calls sleep a gift. God rests on the seventh day in Genesis 2:2-3, that rest becomes a law for Israel in Exodus 20:8-10, and Psalm 127:2 says God “gives to his beloved sleep.” Jesus took his tired disciples away to rest (Mark 6:31), and an angel fed Elijah and let him sleep after he asked to die (1 Kings 19:4-6). Paul takes it for granted that “no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes…
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