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…

Moses, Isaiah and Yeshua

So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole.  And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.  Numbers 21:9  ESV Pole – I recently received an email that provided more insight into the remez Yeshua employs when He points Nicodemus to this verse (John 3). …