Consistency of Memorials

Leviticus 23:39-43 "'So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival to the LORD for seven days; the first day is a day of rest, and the eighth day also is a day of rest. On the first day you are to take choice fruit from the trees, and palm fronds, leafy branches and poplars, and rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. Celebrate this as a festival to the LORD for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come; celebrate it in the seventh month. Live in booths for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in booths so your descendants will know that I had the Israelites live in booths when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.'"

One of the exciting ways a memorial shows up is when it is in the form of a feast. The purpose of the "feast of tabernacles" was to "remind" the Israelites of their deliverance from Egypt. I find it interesting that the festival begins with a time of rest and ends the same way. Perhaps the reason God set it up that way is to get them to relax a bit and clear their mind so that the significance of the "booths" during that week would be clear. If we don't do the memorials we forget the sacrifices that have been made to bring us our freedom. Be sure to put some of these kinds of memorials on your calendar.