Memorials
“Therefore these stones will always be a memorial for the Israelites.” Joshua 4:7 CSB
zakar: to pierce, to impress (on the memory), to remember or be remembered, to recollect, to commemorate.
zikrown: a memorial, reminder or remembrance. It is an object reminder or token act by which something is brought to mind.
Why do we need them?
We’re prone to forget
Deuteronomy 4:9
Deuteronomy 6:12
Joshua 4:6-7
Judges 2:10
What are their features?
They’re a Statement
Joshua 4:24
They’re Enduring
Joshua 4:7
They’re Distinctive
Joshua 4:8
Communion as a memorial