1. By the Gadarenes, Mk 5:17
2. By the Nazarenes, Mk 6:4,5
3. By the People of Northern Galilee, Lk 10:14
4. By the People of Jerusalem, Lk 19:42
5. By Israel in different periods, Jn 15:22; Heb 3:17

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Dramatised Reading – Jeremiah 36

(Adapted from Contemporary English Version)

Narrator, Jeremiah, Baruch, King Jehoiakim, king’s secretary

Narrator – stands at lectern
Jeremiah – stands front of stage, organ side
Baruch – sitting in congregation
King Jehoiakim – sits regally centre-stage, wearing his crown.
King’s secretary – stands beside Jehoiakim.

Props: scroll, crown, large pair of scissors, paper shredder

The scroll should be in three sections, with the following words on sec. 1:

“Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem?…

1. The divine origin and pattern of the Sabbath, Gen 2:2-3.
2. The place of the Sabbath in the moral law, Ex 20:8-11.
3. The weekly cycle of work and rest, Ex 20:9.
4. The Sabbath as a commemoration of redemption, Deut 5:15.
5. The keeping of the Sabbath by gentiles in the gospel age, Isa 56:6.
6. The promise of revival to those who observe the Sabbath with delight and from the heart, Isa 58:13-14.
7. The Sabbath as a sign of God’s covenant with his people, Eze 20:12,16.