Tuesday – Pentateuch

Reading – Exodus 29

Highlight Verse:

“Then, using choice wheat flour and no yeast, make loaves of bread, thin cakes mixed with olive oil, and wafers spread with oil.”
‭‭Exodus‬ ‭29‬:‭2‬ ‭NLT‬‬

In a world religions class I took in college (the first round in the 80’s) I read the book “Zakhor” (Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, Univ of Washington Press, 1982).

It put forth the idea that Judaism revolved around the command “Zakhor” (Hebrew for remember).

In other words, Judaism is about keeping memories and traditions alive.

You can see this throughout the Pentateuch.

Even little details like how to make the sacred bread beg the reader and worshipper to remember the Passover with unleavened bread.

Even as I struggle with all the minute details in Exodus, I am reminded that the New Covenant found in Christ goes beyond remembering and on to looking forward.

Without forgetting the past, we move on to a new hope of a bright future full of life.

I believe we should remember the past and learn from it.

But I do not believe that we should dwell in the past but in the present, full of life and joy and a full human experience, and in the future, full of hope!

What have you learned from the past that has had an impact on your future?
Have you been able to move beyond the past to a new hope?