Monday, May 25, 2015
Memorials Are Important
Today in America we celebrate a day that memorializes all of those that died while serving in the military. For many of us, it is also for those that made it through. It is good to remember those that sacrifice for us. The idea of a memorial actually is a scriptural one. We have a record of it in the Exodus when Yahuah (Lord) delivered the children of Israel out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. There are some interesting things said about this memorial.
Exodus 13:5 And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.
10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.
We see here that the keeping of the Feast of Unleavened Bread (and the Passover the day before) places a memorial between the eyes (on the forehead) and a sign (or memorial) on the back of the hand. In essence, keeping this Feast of Yahuah (Lord) marks us in the spiritual realm.
So we see memorials are a long standing tradition to those that believe the scriptures to be true. May God bless those that served.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. We praise the name Yahuah (Lord) and thank the name Yahuah (Lord). Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us when for our sins, for against You only do we sin. We have been blinded. Open our eyes. Help to see and receive the truth of Your scriptures. Heal our hearts and minds. Deliver us from temptation and darkness. Deliver us from those that would steal from Your people. Deliver us with an outstretched arm and strong hand. In Yeshua’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.