Nicodemus and the Pole

You have given a banner to those who fear You, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. Psalm 60:4 NASB Given a banner – The Hebrew word nes means a flag, a standard (as in military combat) or a banner. In ancient times, factions involved in wars flew banners to identify themselves….

Puzzling Pole

And YHWH said to Mosheh, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole. And it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.” So Mosheh made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole. And it came to be, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when…

Flagpole

Moses built an alter and named it The LORD is My banner.  Exodus 17:15 Banner  – Moses called it YHWH nissi.  Actually, he names this altar with a compound divine name.  “The LORD is my banner” is not a declarative statement applied to the alter.  It is God’s name memorialized by the altar. Why should…

Coat of Arms

He has brought me to his banquet hall, and his banner over me is love.  Song of Songs 2:4  NASB Banner – Here is a word, degel, that is used in only two places in the Bible; the book of Numbers and this verse in Song of Songs.  The references in the book of Numbers…