DISPENSATIONAL TRUTH

Memorial

Memorial. As an adjunct to the article on The Lord's Supper we append the twelve "memorials" mentioned in the O.T. which give a good indication of the intention of the Lord when Re said "this do in remembrance of Me" (Luke 22:19). The Greek word mnemosunon "memorial", like the Hebrew zikkaron "memorial" and the Greek word for "remembrance", is a variant of mnaomai to remember.

(1). THE PASSOVER "This day shall be unto you for a memorial" (Exod. 12:14). (2). THE UNLEAVENED BREAD "This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. And it shall be for a sign . . . and for a memorial . . ." (Exod. 13:8,9). (3). THE DESTRUCTION OF AMALEK "Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven" (Exod. 17:14). (4). THE STONES ON AARON'S SHOULDERS "And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two Shoulders for a memorial, (Exod. 28:12). (5) THE STONES ON AARON'S HEART "And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord continually" (Exod. 28 :29). (6) THE ATONEMENT MONEY "And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls" (Exod. 30:16). (7) THE BLOWING OF TRUMPETS "In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation" (Lev. 23:24, Num. 10:10). (8) THE OFFERING OF JEALOUSY "He shall pour no oi1 upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance" (Num. 5:15,18). (9) THE BRAZENCENSERS "The brasen censers . . . and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar; to be a memorial unto the children of Israel. . . before the Lord" (Num. 16:39,40). (10) THE CAPTAIN'SOFFERING "And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord" (Num. 31 :54). (11) THE TWELVESTONES "These stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever" (Josh. 4:7). (12) THE CROWNS OF SILVER AND GOLD "And the crowns shall be . . . for a memorial in the temple of the Lord" (Zech. 6:14).

Here we have memorials of redemption, atonement, intercession, acceptance, joy, victory, sin, death, resurrection and glory. The last but one of these memorials is that of the twelve stones raised up at Gilgal by Joshua. The twelfth and last is the pledge of the coming of the great King-Priest, Who shall bear the glory, as He once bore sin, and shall sit as a priest upon a throne, in Whom all the hopes of men are centred.

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