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Today spend part of your Sabbath blessing other and the creation. \u00a0In doing this we bring the world into communion with God. \u00a0This could be a simple act of picking up trash or visiting a shut-in from our church. \u00a0Whatever it is, do something to bless the world. \u00a0In doing so you will bring the world into Sabbath time.<\/p>\n

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The Sabbath is a time to realize the coming of God\u2019s kingdom. \u00a0Part of the reason much of Christian tradition has played down Sabbath practice is not because the Sabbath is unimportant, but because the Sabbath reality of restoration and reconciliation is to be expanded to all time. \u00a0A practice of the Sabbath is then […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sabbath"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Kingdom Come<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Sabbath is a time to realize the coming of God's kingdom. \u00a0Part of the reason much of Christian tradition has played down Sabbath practice is not\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/2012\/10\/the-kingdom-come\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Kingdom Come\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Sabbath is a time to realize the coming of God's kingdom. \u00a0Part of the reason much of Christian tradition has played down Sabbath practice is not\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/2012\/10\/the-kingdom-come\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Word + Flesh\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-10-28T13:23:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ragan Sutterfield\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ragan Sutterfield\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/2012\/10\/the-kingdom-come\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/2012\/10\/the-kingdom-come\/\",\"name\":\"The Kingdom Come\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-10-28T13:23:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-10-28T13:23:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/#\/schema\/person\/9af0d931558adda7ab23572587c98aa3\"},\"description\":\"The Sabbath is a time to realize the coming of God's kingdom. \u00a0Part of the reason much of Christian tradition has played down Sabbath practice is not\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/2012\/10\/the-kingdom-come\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/2012\/10\/the-kingdom-come\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/2012\/10\/the-kingdom-come\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Kingdom Come\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/\",\"name\":\"Word + Flesh\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/#\/schema\/person\/9af0d931558adda7ab23572587c98aa3\",\"name\":\"Ragan Sutterfield\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulwod\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e7fea9423b5f5eea57387f8dffb7f4ff?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e7fea9423b5f5eea57387f8dffb7f4ff?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ragan Sutterfield\"},\"description\":\"Ragan Sutterfield is a writer and Episcopal seminarian sojourning from his native Arkansas in Alexandria, Virginia. 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