T h e C o t o p a x i a n
Cotopaxi, Colorado.
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Mom was just about the least superstitious person I ever knew.
Mom painted many pictures of Dad's graveside service and was very pleased that so many people showed up at the service to give her a comforting word.
She disagreed with the theology of the Preacher that was presented in his eulogy.
Mom wrote wrote Dad's obituary - in 2008, 16 years after he died.
She once gave me an envelope containing different several newspaper obituaries on Dad. They were important enough to her that she wanted me to have them to keep.
And Mom wrote her own obituaries.
The Commandment is: "Honor thy father AND thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.", thus this applies primarily to Israelites. Exodus 20:12
Which must consider: "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one (echad) flesh." Gen 2:24 Therefore the unity (echad) is created by the husband's action of cleaving to the wife. That this law of unity effects New Testament believers such as Mom and Dad is evidenced in Ephesians 5:30-32. Therefore this is also my Dad's obituary.
Moving on,
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Mom's Obituary
Annabel Moore
Dec. 11, 1930 - Sept. 21, 2012
Wife of one,
Mother of five.
She was a nurse to many.
She was an artist.
Jehovah Jesus Messiah is her Savoir.
click image for video of Mom playing the piano (March 20, 2005)
Mom studied the Bible.
Sister Jennifer took this photograph during Mom's last days with us.
It appears she is reading in 1 Timothy Ch.1.....
"She wouldn't look up from the Bible."
Mom was sick for quite awhile.
When Dad died in 1992, half of Mom died. She did pretty well and her half lived here another 20 years.
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Mom wrote her own obituaries: here's one:
Anna1930 "My
memories from 1930 to the present.
Here's another, completed shortly before she passed over:
The Graveside
No ceremony, except -
The Nailing Of The Coffin Ceremony
Yes, by any measure it was a -bit- surreal.
Mom would have borne the burden of her children at her graveside with humor.
Mom was buried in a beautiful pine coffin that my sister April made. This was a "green" burial".
Very, very green.
hmmm.
If you can't sing, its ok to hum.
Shall we gather?
WE did gather for a word of prayer of thanks to Jehovah, the God of ALL creation, and the God Mom served all her life.
She's in His presence now, and no longer in pain or confusion.
Hallelujah!
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From time to time, my wife, children, and I will recite Kaddish at the gravesite.
From the book "To Be a Jew", by Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin: (posted Oct 23ish, 2012)
"The Kaddish is not technically a prayer for the dead. There are special prayers for the dead such as the El Molai Rahamim prayer and the Yizkor prayere, but the Kaddish is not one of them. It makes no reference to the dead or to mourning. It is a prayer in praise of God. It is a declaration of deep faith in the exalted greatness of the Almighty and a petition for ultimate redemption and salvation. The word Kaddish means holy, and is similar to the word Kiddush, which is the prayer of sanctification for the Sabbath or the festival. The Kaddish is one of the oldest prayers in Jewish liturgy, extending well back to the days of the Second Temple."
We read the version of Kaddish that Jesus/Yeshua gave us:
Father of-us, the (one) in the heavens, let your name be-made-holy;
Let your kingdom come; let your will come-to-pass, as in heaven, also upon the earth;
You-give to-us today our bread namely-the (one) on-(your)-property;
You-forgive to-us our debts, as we ourselves also are-forgiving to-the debtors of-us;
And might-you not bring-in us into trial, BUT you-deliver us from the evil-(one). Because of-you is the kingdom and the power and the glory with-reference-to the ages. Amen.
- Matthew 6:9-13
Within these verses, Jesus taught us the Kaddish to say until his return (Let your kingdom come). Knowing that Jesus/Yeshua is Jehovah/YHWH, and that YHVH is become our Salvation/Yeshua (Isaiah 12:vs2&3) and that we have access to the Holy of Holies through Him (Hebrews 10:19-29 & Matthew 27:51), we truly understand that this Kaddish is a prayer in praise of God.
A beautiful thing here is that Jesus gave us (via our grafting into Israel -Romans 11) this specific prayer.
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Later, reciting Kaddish, with Rachel reading the Hebrew and I read the Lord's Prayer (as detailed above).
Rachel also read a poem that cousin Sarah Kennedy had written:
After Dad died, Mom got gravestones for them both. In a show of support/solidarity with Israel, she had a Star of David engraved in each stone. I told her that the Star of David might be confusing to people, as we were not Jewish, and that the scriptures indicate that it is not good to say you are a Jew if you are not. She immediately responded "Well then change it." I agreed to do that - someday. After her gravestone was inscribed - with the wrong date - it seemed the time had come...
On June 7, 2013 Jacob and I set this combination memorial stone at Mom & Dad's gravesite:
These Two Witnesses Still Testify
Bible Study Time
Psalm 35:14
"I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother:
I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother."
Herein we (may) see also, again, the great mystery of Eph. 5 30-32,
i.e. "honor your father - AND - your mother" - Matt 19:19, Ex.20:12
Which should be understood within:
"Hear Israel, Yahweh, our Elohim, Yahweh, is ONE." Mark 12:29-31, Deut. 6:4-5
"and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might" Mark 12:29-31, Deut. 6:4-5
"Love your neighbor as yourself." Mark 12:31
"but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah" Lev. 19:18, Matt.19:19
"There is none other commandment greater than these". Mark 12:31, Gal 5:14(confirms)
The Head always takes precedence...this is the spiritual reality....perhaps this should be looked at as the proper/correct "face" of echad. [This is probably more difficult to accept than to understand.]
further
first, you must have self-respect to love yourself in order to allow like/similar love for your neighbor.
second, your neighbor is permitted the things you are allowed/commanded to do.
(without a sense of community, this may not be possible)
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If you love your neighbor, you cannot disallow his/her rightful privileges: that is, to hear and do (shema) God's commandments.
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I'm sorry there was no notice given to her friends that mom passed on to be in YHVH's presence, yet of course we are joyful in her triumph over death in and through Jehovah Jesus Messiah. I welcome all our family's neighbors remembrance of our mother, Audrey Annabel (House) Moore.
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From the Book of Jasher (Sefer Ha-Yashar)
Chapter 22, verse 82
"Thou art just, O Lord our God, for all thy works are good and righteous; for I also am rejoiced with thy word which thou didst command, and whilst mine eye weepeth bitterly my heart rejoiceth."
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She's in His presence now, and no longer in pain or confusion.
Hallelujah!
"They have said and still are saying;
Hallelujah! Jesus Messiah is Jehovah!"