“ECHAD WITH GOD”
By: Cathy HargettAfter an intense time of preparation for a recent seminar entitled “The Land of Israel and You”, I realized my own spiritual understanding of this subject had been greatly expanded. Trying to describe it reminds me of a balloon that had some air in it, even a goodly amount of air, but all of a sudden the balloon is being inflated way beyond what it looks like its capacity can hold! That’s really how I felt, as if I would just explode with trying to process what He was pouring into my heart.The significance of the Land of Israel and God’s covenant with Israel, and as a Gentile being grafted in by the blood covenant of Yeshua, has been a revelation I have carried in my spirit for many years. But the purified essence of this relationship with the God of Israel, with the Land of Israel, boils down to this one thing – “Echad With God”. What is “echad”? It’s all about Oneness with God. Through His revelation of Israel, we go ever so much deeper in Him.
Think of the words of the Sh’ma – “Sh’ma Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad.” In English, “Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.” The word, “echad”, is a Hebrew word for “one”. There is another Hebrew word for “one” and it is called “yachid”. There is a reason that the Lord used “echad” in the Sh’ma and not “yachid”. The difference in the two words is that “yachid” refers to a singular, unique, solitary oneness, and “echad”, while also referring to singular oneness, carries with it the understanding of the idea of unity, as in the phrase "one flesh" referring to a married couple.
With this “echad-description” of God, we also see His tri-unity – He is One God with the expression of the distinctiveness of Abba, Yeshua, and the Ruach ha Kodesh joined together as One. He is One in the fullness of His divinity. He is past finding out. In Him is the revelation of all things. The revelation of Israel’s place in His plan expands this understanding to the point that we are now able to see that in many ways He is Israel. Loving Israel is loving God.
With every growing revelation about the relevance of the Land of Israel in the life of a follower of Yeshua, there is a growing intimacy with the God of Israel, truly becoming “Echad with God”, married to God. The distilled essence is that God’s desire when He created humankind has always been that we would be One with Him, allowing Him to consume us, spirit, soul, and body. We are His workmanship, created to be like Him. We must be like Him or we cannot be One with Him. We must be made acceptable by the blood of Yeshua, fulfilling Torah.
We also see other “types” of oneness with God and each other revealed in the Land. These types include Yeshua’s physical body, your body, the eternal kingdom, the wife of God, the Bride of the Lamb, His dwelling place, the good fight of faith, Eden restored, God’s portion, the Ephod of the great High Priest, and many other amazing things. Each of these “types” are so very beautiful, intricate, and require deep study and meditation to even get a glimpse of the vastness. In fact, the revelation of Israel, the Land of Israel, reveals the whole story of the Kingdom and its coming restoration. It reveals so much of what it will be like to be in total unity with Him.
There is much more to ponder on this subject of “Echad With God”. I am asking Him to continue to take me deeper into His heart. I so desire to know Him better. Yeshua said that to know Elohim is eternal life. The Kingdom is in your heart and soon will be tangible in the restoration of all things on planet Earth. He will reign out of Zion. We will see Him face to face, and being married to God will become our everlasting reality, “Echad With God”.
Cathy Hargett
06.29.25
Highway to Zion Ministries
http://www.highwaytozion.org
