In the biblical context, memorials serve as tangible reminders of God's faithfulness, covenant promises, and significant events in the history of His people. These memorials are often physical objects or practices instituted by God or His followers to commemorate His mighty acts and to ensure that future generations remember His deeds and commandments.

Old Testament Memorials

1. The Rainbow: The first memorial mentioned in the Bible is the rainbow, established by God as a sign of His covenant with Noah and all living creatures that He would never again destroy the earth with a flood. Genesis 9:13-16 states, "I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth."

2. The Passover: Instituted in Exodus 12, the Passover serves as a memorial of God's deliverance of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. The Israelites were commanded to observe this feast annually, as a lasting ordinance, to remember how the Lord spared their firstborn and led them out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

3. The Twelve Stones at Gilgal: After crossing the Jordan River into the Promised Land, Joshua set up twelve stones taken from the riverbed as a memorial. Joshua 4:6-7 explains, "In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever."

4. The Feast of Unleavened Bread: This feast, closely associated with Passover, is a memorial of the haste with which the Israelites left Egypt, as they had no time to let their bread rise. Exodus 13:9 describes it as "a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the law of the LORD is to be on your lips."

New Testament Memorials

1. The Lord’s Supper: Instituted by Jesus during the Last Supper, the Lord’s Supper is a memorial of Christ’s sacrificial death. In 1 Corinthians 11:24-25 , Jesus says, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me... This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."

2. Baptism: While not a memorial in the traditional sense, baptism serves as a symbolic act of remembrance and identification with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Romans 6:3-4 states, "Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life."

Purpose and Significance

Memorials in the Bible serve several purposes. They act as reminders of God's past actions and His ongoing faithfulness. They are educational tools for future generations, ensuring that the accounts of God's mighty works are passed down. Memorials also serve as a call to worship and obedience, prompting believers to live in a manner that honors the God who has acted so powerfully on their behalf.

Throughout Scripture, memorials are not merely historical markers but are deeply spiritual in nature, designed to keep the memory of God's deeds alive in the hearts and minds of His people. They are a testament to the enduring relationship between God and His people, reminding them of His promises and their identity as His chosen ones.

The Memorials against Us.
... Book IX. Chapter IV."The Memorials against us. 1. Thefact that this man,
who took the lead in this matter, had succeeded in his ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter iv the memorials against us.htm

Hence Too is Solved that Question, How is it that the Martyrs...
... by themselves be present at the same time in so different places, and by so great
distance lying apart one from another, either where their Memorials are, or ...
/.../augustine/on care to be had for the dead /19 hence too is solved.htm

Introduction
... Part I."The Acts of Pilate. First Greek Form. Introduction. Memorials of
Our Lord Jesus Christ, Done in the Time of Pontius Pilate. ...
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The Decree against us which was Engraved on Pillars.
... 1. The memorials against us [2738] and copies of the imperial edicts issued in reply
to them were engraved and set up on brazen pillars in the midst of the ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter vii the decree against us.htm

And Now we May Well Compare the Present with Former Things...
... 7. Where were the protecting powers, that they should not interpose to
save their sacred memorials, thus destroyed by man? Where ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter ix and now we.htm

The Desolations of the Lord, the Consolation of his Saints
... the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever." One generation of idols hath passed away,
and another cometh, and the desolations stand"memorials of the might of ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/the desolations of the lord.htm

If this be True, Doubtless Also the Providing for the Interment of ...
... 6. If this be true, doubtless also the providing for the interment of bodies a place
at the Memorials of Saints, is a mark of a good human affection towards ...
/.../augustine/on care to be had for the dead /6 if this be true.htm

A Poem on the Passion of the Lord
... These memorials, [2089] if at any time you find pleasure in thinking over them,
if in your mind there is any confidence to bear anything like my sufferings ...
/.../of the manner in which the persecutors died/a poem on the passion.htm

English Congregational Creeds.
... pp.707 sqq., from the first London edition. The Savoy Declaration, without the Preface,
is also given by Hanbury, Memorials, Vol. ... Hanbury, Memorials, Vol. III. ...
/.../ 102 english congregational creeds.htm

The English Reformation.
... a most laborious and valuable contributor to the Church history and biography of
the English Reformation period; b.1643, d.1737): Ecclesiastical Memorials . . ...
/.../ 76 the english reformation.htm

Memorials (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Memorials (2 Occurrences). Esther 6:1 On that
night hath the sleep of the king fled away, and he saith ...
/m/memorials.htm - 6k

Tradition (13 Occurrences)
... to posterity; the transmission of any knowledge, opinions, or practice, from
forefathers to descendants by oral communication, without written memorials. ...
/t/tradition.htm - 17k

Memories (6 Occurrences)

/m/memories.htm - 8k

Memorial-part (7 Occurrences)
Memorial-part. Memorial-offering, Memorial-part. Memorials . Multi-Version
Concordance ... (See JPS). Memorial-offering, Memorial-part. Memorials . ...
/m/memorial-part.htm - 8k

Stone (290 Occurrences)
... Stones were commonly used for buildings, also as memorials of important events
(Genesis 28:18; Joshua 24:26, 27; 1 Samuel 7:12, etc.). ...
/s/stone.htm - 54k

Quotations
... These quotations are memorials of his early classical education. Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. QUOTATIONS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. ...
/q/quotations.htm - 40k

Memorable (3 Occurrences)
... Esther 6:1 On that night hath the sleep of the king fled away, and he saith to bring
in the book of memorials of the Chronicles, and they are read before the ...
/m/memorable.htm - 7k

Pharaohnecoh
... the 2nd king of the XXVIth Dynasty, being the son of Psammetichus I, famous in Greek
contemporary history, whose long reign has left so many memorials both in ...
/p/pharaohnecoh.htm - 11k

Pharaoh-necoh (3 Occurrences)
... the 2nd king of the XXVIth Dynasty, being the son of Psammetichus I, famous in Greek
contemporary history, whose long reign has left so many memorials both in ...
/p/pharaoh-necoh.htm - 12k

Stones (244 Occurrences)
... 2. Literal Usage: The word is used of great stones (Genesis 29:2); of small stones
(1 Samuel 17:40); of stones set up as memorials (1 Samuel 7:12, "Eben-ezer ...
/s/stones.htm - 74k

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