OK, smart boy, why don't you just educate us all about the spirit of Exodus 35:1-3?
"spirit" of Exodus? please explain why a law needs a spirit? you may be stuck on this spirit thing. laws are laws. do we have the "spirit of obeying a 30 mph speed zone"? if you want to interpret in the Bible, try the narratives. the laws are from G-d and his ideas cannot be assumed by humans.
>>OK, smart boy, why don't you just educate us all about the spirit of Exodus 35:1-3?<<
First, thanks for the compliment. However, I may not be as smart as you give me credit for, and although I do look young for my age, nobody mistakes me for a "boy" any more.
But to the scripture at hand: Kindling a fire in your home is, in fact, hard work. Turning on an oven, or a light switch, or a tv, is not. And none of those three tasks even compare to walking a days journey, which IS allowed. In fact, driving would be even easier.
As for Christians, we actually tend to spell the word "sabbath" differently. We spell it "J-E-S-U-S." He is our Sabbath, our rest.