Hebraic Musing
– Every End is a New Beginning!
Why is this so true? ♫ “Every day with Jesus Is sweeter than
the day before. Every day with Jesus, I
love Him more and more.” ♫
Why? A – Every day is a new beginning.
The
month of May in many countries around the world means graduation time. Millions of students finish their learning
programs from elementary school through doctorate degrees and they begin the
next stage of their lives. Nothing
captures the magnitude of this moment more than when students symbolically
throw their graduation hats in the air. It’s a celebration of an end but also of a new
beginning.
And
“When Moses finished
setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its
furnishings. He also anointed and consecrated the altar and all its utensils.” Numbers
7:1 NIV
According to Rabbi Eckstein, Jewish
sages point out the significance of the word for “finished” which is translated
from kalot in Hebrew, and can also mean “bride.” One reason for the allusion to a bride at this
juncture in time is because the children of Israel were the bride and God the
groom; the completed Tabernacle would be their shared home. However, there is another significance. This word has a double meaning; while kalot
describes an ending, it also points to a beginning. A bride is a symbol of a new beginning as a
woman begins a new life with her marriage.*
The
word kalot in Hebrew with its opposite connotations, teaches us that
every end is also a beginning. At the
moment described in Scriptures, the sages explain that everything that had
happened in history occurred just for the sake of the moment when God would
reside among His people, in the tabernacle. It was the conclusion of that segment in
history and the ushering in of a new era.
And later, when Yeshua came to earth He was seeking a bride, the Church.
Did
you ever fully realize that every single day marks the end of one era and the
beginning of a new one. Albeit on a
smaller scale, every day of our own lives is an end to our past and the start
of our future. Every day is a
“graduation” of sorts. We have finished the hard work that led us to this day,
and the future shines brightly before us with infinite possibilities.
The
beauty of an end is that we can let go of the things in the past that no longer
serve us, that hold us back in life, or cause us needless pain. Yet, the celebration of an ending is also that
we can take all of the positive, instructive and joyful moments from our past
and bring them with us into our future. Everything that has happened in our lives
until this very day is what has led us to become the people that we are today. And yet, we are free to create a different and
better future.
Today,
let’s honor our past, envision our future, and celebrate the new day.
Point(s) to Ponder
What happens to us at our “End of Life”?
What will happen to the world after the “End Times”?
♫ “This is the day that the LORD has made; I will rejoice and be glad in it…”♫ Psalm 118:24 NKJV
Yosef a.k.a. Joe Brusherd
December
8, 2020
Author:
“Hebraic Insights – Messages exploring
the Hebrew roots of our faith”
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