- memorial:
- "And Aaronª shall bearª°¹ the namesª of the childrenª of Israelª in the breastplateª of judgmentª upon¹ his heart,ª when he goeth²° in¹ unto¹ the holyª [place], for a memorialª beforeª the LORDª continually.ª" {Exd 28:29} + "And he shall bringª° it to¹ Aaron'sª sonsª the priests:ª and he shall takeª° thereoutª¹ his handfulªª of the flourª¹ thereof, and of the oilª¹ thereof, with¹ all¹ the frankincenseª thereof; and the priestª shall burnª°¹ the memorialª of it upon the altar,ª [to be] an offering made by fire,ª of a sweetª savourª unto the LORD:ª" {Lev 2:2} + "And thou shalt putª° pureª frankincenseª upon¹ [each] row,ª that it may be¹ on the breadª for a memorial,ª [even] an offering made by fireª unto the LORD.ª" {Lev 24:7} + "Also in the dayª of your gladness,ª and in your solemn days,ª and in the beginningsª of your months,ª ye shall blowª° with the trumpetsª over¹ your burnt offerings,ª and over¹ the sacrificesª of your peace offerings;ª that they may be¹ to you for a memorialª beforeª your God:ª I¹ [am] the LORDª your God.ª" {Num 10:10} + "Even unto them will I giveª° in mine houseª and within my wallsª a placeª and a nameª betterª than of sonsª¹ and of daughters:ª¹ I will giveª° them an everlastingª name,ª that¹ shall not¹ be cut off.ª°" {Isa 56:5} + "And the crownsª shall be¹ to Helem,ª and to Tobijah,ª and to Jedaiah,ª and to Henª the sonª of Zephaniah,ª for a memorialª in the templeª of the LORD.ª" {Zch 6:14} + "Andª when he¹ lookedª° on him,ª he¹ wasª° afraid,ª and² said,ª° Whatª is¹ it,²° Lord?ª Andª he saidª° unto him,ª Thyª prayersª andª thineª almsª are come upª° forª a memorialª beforeª God.ª" {Act 10:4} + "Andª said,ª° Cornelius,ª thyª prayerª is heard,ª° andª thineª almsª are had in remembranceª° in the sightª of God.ª" {Act 10:31}; When Nehemiah had prayed for the relief of his countrymen, and perhaps in David's words, "Do goodª° in thy good pleasureª unto¹ Zion:ª buildª° thou the wallsª of Jerusalem.ª" {Psa 51:18}, he did not sit still and say, "Let God now do his own work, for I have no more to do;" but set himself to do what he could towards it; and here we find that the people were of one heart with Nehemiah. Our prayers must be seconded with our serious endeavours, or else we mock God. Nearly four months had passed, namely, from Chisleu to Nisan (November to March), before Nehemiah made his application to the king for leave to go to Jerusalem; either because the winter was not a proper time for such a journey, and he would not make a motion till he could pursue it, or because it was so long before his month of waiting upon the king came, and there was no coming into his presence until called for, "All¹ the king'sª servants,ª and the peopleª of the king'sª provinces,ª do know,ª° that¹ whosoever,¹¹ whether¹ manª or woman,ª shall comeª° unto¹ the kingª into¹ the innerª court,ª who¹ is not¹ called,ª° [there is] oneª lawª of his to put [him] to death,ª° exceptª such to whom¹¹ the kingª shall hold outª°¹ the goldenª sceptre,ª that he may live:ª° but I¹ have not¹ been calledª° to come inª° unto¹ the kingª these¹ thirtyª days.ª" {Est 4:11}. We are not thus limited to certain moments in our addresses to the King of kings, but have liberty of access to him at all times; to the throne of grace we never come unseasonably.
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