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  • 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…