God’s Memorial Day

Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. God's Memorial Day. And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you. This is my name forever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. Exodus three fifteen.

It is surely a good thing that Americans have designated an annual Memorial Day in which we call to remembrance the great sacrifices of those before us who fought and suffered and often died to form our nation and preserve its freedom. Without them we would not be here today, and we need to remember them. Yeah. It is even more important, however, to remember the God of our fathers, our true author of liberty. He has established His own memorial, wanting us to remember not only our ancient spiritual forefathers, but also His own great name, Jehovah.

The Lord God in our text is Jehovah Elohim. The sense of God's announcement to Moses was that Jehovah was the name of the God of Abraham, and in fact, the name of the Creator of the world. Jehovah is the redemptive name of God, while Elohim is his name as omnipotent creator. We must always remember this, he says. The word memorial is used here for the first time in the Bible and thus is very significant.

We should remember Him as Creator every seventh day when we devote a day to rest and worship. but there is also another day to remember the LORD for his work of redemption. When he became man, dying to save us from our sins, he established a memorial supper, saying, This do in remembrance of me. Thus when we observe each weekly Lord's Day, and whenever we partake of the Lord's Supper, we are really observing a special Memorial Day in His honor, remembering His great name unto all generations. If you've enjoyed today's devotional, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.

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