General

To remember is a very important institution God set forth in the Torah.  To remember and recount to every generation how God delivered the Israelites from Egypt was commanded before they actually left the land of Egypt.  The Lord Yeshua also instituted communion in remembrance of Himself and His redemption during the third cup of a Passover Seder (service) which was created to fulfill the command to remember God’s deliverance from Egypt.

The word remember in the Hebrew root understanding is to store in one’s memory.  It conveys this thought through an interesting letter sequence.

זכרו

ז  – Zayin – Nourish, cut, plow, food. – We are nourished, plowed – cultivated and cut (humbled)

כ. – Caph – There is impartation 

ר. – Resh – We are elevated (Head) – the head and not the tail (though humbled – the humble are

      the greatest).

When adding a suffix to denote you (plural):

ו. – Vav – A connection is made (tent stake) – it is as though you were there, it adds to you

Imagine for a moment you are back in Eden.  There are no buildings, there are no cars, no smog, no bills, no manipulation, no commercials, no one is your boss, and there is no money.  There is no pride or strife or anything that you can gain from anyone.  There is no fear of man.  When you do something for someone you do it out of kindness – you have nothing to gain from it.  There are no distractions.  There is only freedom to live life to its fullest.

Everyday God comes and walks with you in the cool of the evening.  This is the highlight and focus of your life – relationship and intimacy with God is preeminent.  You begin to get glimmers of His majesty and kindness.  You begin to enjoy Him – His personality.  You want to be with Him because you like Him – not to gain anything from Him.  You begin to trust Him and allow Him to lead you on your walks.  He shows you wonderful things.  You have no worries about provision or needs – you know your Provider’s character.

This is how mankind was meant to live.  This is the environment in which man was created and was meant to live.  I believe this is the reason that many people have trouble coping with this world.  Mankind  wasn’t created to worry and handle the many inequities he is faced with in this world.  But be of good cheer because we are told in First John chapter five that everyone born of God overcomes the world! 

God chiefly gave man intelligence to have relationship with Him not just to create witty inventions.  God has a desire to have relationship with us!  And we see in the life of Yeshua just what that means!  Many times we feel were missing something and can’t put our finger on it.  Man has a built in need to have relationship with his Creator.  We try to fill this need with all kinds of things that never bring lasting satisfaction.  We can get into this mode as Believers as well.  We neglect our time with the Father.

Eternal life is to know God.  We will one day go past what man had in Eden and learn of Him with the increased capacities that our resurrected bodies will give us!  In fact, we can go back to that relationship of intimacy now through Yeshua and taste that relationship to come!  Plan some time to be with Him – just you and Him.