The Fringe Is To Remember...

THE FRINGE… REMEMBER… IT DOES WELL TO REMEMBER!

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com WHAT IS MEMORIAL DAY?

WE TEND TO DEFINE THINGS BY OUR OWN PERSPECTIVE… WE TEND TO DEFINE AS WE SEE THE TRUTH.

We seem to forget what Memorial Day is. Years ago we called it DECORATION DAY. Memorial Day is much more than the 3 day weekend that kicks off the beginning of summer. Remember? Human beings are so good at forgetting… Is Memorial Day just the day we celebrate on last Monday in May?

Is Memorial Day a day to remember the wars where people made the sacrifice of life and the Gold Star Mothers? Is Memorial Day about the deaths of USA citizens? In The WAR BETWEEN THE STATES there was around 620,000 (+) deaths. Over half of the Union and Confederate soldiers’ bodies were never identified. Most of the deaths in the Civil War were from sicknesses not wounds. We know in 1864 people started honoring the dead with wreaths.

REMEMBER THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS? The tomb of the Unknown Soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery stands on the top of a hill overlooking Washington, D.C. There are 3 Greek Statues there that represent 1. PEACE, 2. VICTORY, 3. VALOR. There are 6 wreaths carved in the stone, 3 on each side. The words that are etched in the back of the tomb are: HERE RESTS IN THE HONORED GLORY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER KNOWN BUT TO GOD.

In addition there rests here the UNKNOWNS from World War I, it was known as “the Great War to end all wars.” World War II, Korea, Vietnam.

THE TOMB GUARDS KNOW THE HIGHEST MILITARY HONOR THAT CAN BE GIVEN IS THE 21 GUN SALUTE. So the tomb guard marches 21 steps down the black mat behind the tomb. He then turns and faces the east for 21 seconds, he then turns and faces the north for 21 seconds, then he takes 21 steps down the mat and he repeats the process. The guard walks the mat from 30 minutes to 2 hours depending on the time of year.

The tomb has been guarded 24/7 since 1937. The guard’s weapon is a SIG-SAUER M14 BUILT SPECIFICALLY for the UNKNOWNS DUTY.

MEMORIAL DAY IS MUCH MORE THAN THE USA CELEBRATION OF HER FALLEN SOLDIERS. MEMORIAL DAY IS AS ANCIENT AS HUMANITY. GOD DESIRES HIS PEOPLE TO REMEMBER… WARNING! WARNING! PROSPERITY TENDS TO DEVELOP FORGETFULNESS…

Deuteronomy 6:10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, 11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;

JEWISH PEOPLE WORE A KIPPAH, SKULL CAPS WHEN PRAYING AS A SIGN OF BEING DEVOTED…

THEY ALSO WORE FRINGES/TASSELS UPON THE 4 CORNERS OF THEIR GARMENTS… THESE FRINGES WERE THERE TO REMIND PEOPLE OF A HOLY GOD… THE JEWISH FRINGE WAS TO HAVE A TOTAL OF 613 THREADS… EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF THE JEWISH COMMANDMENTS. THESE WERE WORN TO REMEMBER…

*KIPPAH (ki-PAH) or YARMULKE (yaa-muh-kuh), skull cap.

*TZITZIT: (ZIT-zis) a constant awareness of the responsibility to GOD’S HOLY LAW. These were normally blue. Blue the color of the sea, ¾ of the earth is water. Blue is the color of the sky. THE FRINGES OR TASSELS REMIND US OF GOD’S PRESENCE.

Deuteronomy 22:12 Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.

Numbers 15:39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

GOD ASK US TO REMEMBER --- THERE COMES A DAY OF FORGETFULNESS. GOD WANTS US TO REMEMBER.

Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

COMMUNION IS A MEMORIAL, A MEMORY TO RECALL…

1 Corinthians 11:25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

WE TEND TO GET TOO BUSY… TOO BUSY TO READ OUR BIBLE? TOO BUSY TO PRAY? IS IT EASY TO FORGET ALL OF GOD’S BLESSINGS?

Remember the seasons of testing over a 40 year period? Never forget!

Deuteronomy 6:12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.