Memorial and remembrance imagery uses remembered signs, acts, words, prayers, or meals to picture covenant faithfulness, worship, intercession, judgment memory, or God’s faithful attention.
Memorial and remembrance imagery uses remembered signs, acts, words, prayers, or meals to picture covenant faithfulness, worship, intercession, judgment memory, or God’s faithful attention.
A covenant-memory motif in which memorials, remembrance language, commemorative signs, remembered prayers, or commanded rites signify faithful recollection before God, covenant continuity, delivered identity, or worshipful proclamation.
These examples show how Memorial, Remembrance, and Covenant-Remembering Imagery functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
I will remember my covenant
The rainbow sign is tied to God’s covenant remembrance.
this day shall be unto you for a memorial
Passover is appointed as a memorial of redemption from Egypt.
stones of memorial unto the children of Israel
Priestly stones carry Israel’s names before the LORD.
they shall be to you for a memorial before your God
Trumpet sounds mark appointed worship as remembered before God.
these stones shall be for a memorial
Jordan stones preserve the memory of the LORD’s saving act.
He hath remembered his mercy and his truth
Remembrance language praises God’s faithful covenant action.
a book of remembrance was written before him
Faithful fearers of the LORD are pictured as remembered in a divine record.
this do in remembrance of me
The Supper is commanded as remembrance of Christ’s self-giving.
thy prayers... are come up for a memorial before God
Cornelius’s prayers are described as remembered before God.
this do in remembrance of me
The church’s meal remembers and proclaims the Lord’s death.
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