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Sept. 9, 2022
Why God Is Described as a Banner
One of the more curious names of God in the Bible is “The Lord My Banner.” A banner was a sign of victory, and as such, it was a rallying point for Israel’s troops to celebrate the greatness of their God. Isaiah prophesied that one day a descendant of David would come and be a banner not just to the people of Israel but to the gentiles who would seek him. What a perfect description of Jesus, who was born into the lineage of David but died for the salvation of the world. Gentiles still seek Him today!
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Why God Is Described as a Banner (Out of Zion Episode #142)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Transcript
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Well, we have been talking about the various titles and descriptive names of God, and today
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I want to talk about an unusual name with tremendous prophetic significance.
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So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional, when I seek to share just a little inspiration
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and bring a little peace to the close of your very busy week.
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So what is the name?
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It is Jehovah Nisi, the Lord our Banner.
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We read it first in Exodus 17.
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Why in the world would God be described as a banner?
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What does that mean?
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Well, the title is declared by Moses there in Exodus 17 immediately after the defeat
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of the Amalekites who had attacked the Israelites without provocation.
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And the Lord assured Moses ultimate victory over the Amalekites.
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So Moses built an altar and he declared its name to be Jehovah Nisi, the Lord is my banner.
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Well, first we have to understand the role of a banner in warfare.
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So it was a sign of victory.
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If you can imagine an army overtaking a hill whether it's in World War II or any other
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war here with the Amalekites, the army takes over a hill, a high point, and they erect
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their flag.
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That's the use of a banner to declare one's victory in battle, claiming that territory
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as the victorious ones.
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So that's our God.
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God is our victorious God.
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He is our banner.
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He is the claim, the message of our victory through Him.
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Now there's another verse in the Bible that talks about banner.
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And I want to read that to you.
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I read a few of these verses last week, but this is out of Isaiah 11 where it's talking
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about the branch, the rod of the stem or the root of David or Jesse.
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So starting here in verse one, there shall come forth a rod from the stem of Jesse and
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a branch shall grow out of his roots.
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The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him.
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And it goes on to describe what all he will do.
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I'm going to jump to verse 10.
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And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse who shall stand as a banner to the people
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for the Gentiles shall seek him and his resting place shall be glorious.
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It shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time
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to recover the remnant of his people who are left.
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He will set up a banner for the nations and will assemble the outcasts of Israel and gather
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together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
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So let's back up.
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As I explained last week, this branch that's going to come out of the root of the lineage
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of David, this terminology goes back to the idea of an olive tree that when it's cut
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down the root still lives and a whole new tree can just branch out of that root at some
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point.
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So this coming king of Messiah is being described as this a branch that's going to branch forth
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in God's timing.
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And then here in verse 10 it says that the Gentiles will seek him, that this branch is
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going to be like a banner to the people and the Gentiles will seek him.
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Well, the banner here is not so much a banner of victory as it is a rallying point.
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And of course a banner of victory, once you establish your flag, you have declared your
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victory.
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It does become a rallying point.
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So this becomes a rallying point.
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But what is so prophetic here is that the prophet Isaiah is saying the Gentiles are
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going to be drawn to this banner, the branch of the root of David.
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And that's exactly what we've seen happen over the last 2,000 years as the Gentiles
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have come to him.
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But then it goes right on to say, and it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord is going
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to set his hand a second time to recover the remnant of his people and he will set up a
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banner for the nations.
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So what is a banner here?
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It's a sign.
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It's a message.
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And what is the regathering of the outcast of Israel back to their ancient homeland, which
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by the way is happening in our very days?
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What is the message that that banner proclaims to the nations?
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Well, it is a banner that proclaims, our God is victorious, His Word is true, and He is
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faithful to fulfill His Word.
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He is regathering His children just as He promised to do.
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He is warning the nations also that if they do not rally to this banner that's being raised,
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that they will suffer judgment because God's Word has promised judgment of the nations based
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on their treatment of his people.
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So this is God, our banner is a sign of victory, but it's a sign of a message to the world.
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I am a faithful God and my Word is true.
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So as you take a little Shabbat break this weekend, reflect on Jehovah Nisi, the Lord,
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our banner.
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,240
Well, we have been talking about the various titles and descriptive names of God, and today
2
00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:14,160
I want to talk about an unusual name with tremendous prophetic significance.
3
00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:20,480
So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional, when I seek to share just a little inspiration
4
00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:24,960
and bring a little peace to the close of your very busy week.
5
00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:26,760
So what is the name?
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00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:31,520
It is Jehovah Nisi, the Lord our Banner.
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00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:34,960
We read it first in Exodus 17.
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Why in the world would God be described as a banner?
9
00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:40,760
What does that mean?
10
00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:47,400
Well, the title is declared by Moses there in Exodus 17 immediately after the defeat
11
00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:53,000
of the Amalekites who had attacked the Israelites without provocation.
12
00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:59,040
And the Lord assured Moses ultimate victory over the Amalekites.
13
00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:07,960
So Moses built an altar and he declared its name to be Jehovah Nisi, the Lord is my banner.
14
00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:13,500
Well, first we have to understand the role of a banner in warfare.
15
00:01:13,500 --> 00:01:15,480
So it was a sign of victory.
16
00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:21,320
If you can imagine an army overtaking a hill whether it's in World War II or any other
17
00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:28,840
war here with the Amalekites, the army takes over a hill, a high point, and they erect
18
00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:30,680
their flag.
19
00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:37,720
That's the use of a banner to declare one's victory in battle, claiming that territory
20
00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:39,960
as the victorious ones.
21
00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:42,320
So that's our God.
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God is our victorious God.
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He is our banner.
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He is the claim, the message of our victory through Him.
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Now there's another verse in the Bible that talks about banner.
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And I want to read that to you.
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00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:05,120
I read a few of these verses last week, but this is out of Isaiah 11 where it's talking
28
00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:11,600
about the branch, the rod of the stem or the root of David or Jesse.
29
00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:18,160
So starting here in verse one, there shall come forth a rod from the stem of Jesse and
30
00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,960
a branch shall grow out of his roots.
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00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,080
The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him.
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00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,440
And it goes on to describe what all he will do.
33
00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,840
I'm going to jump to verse 10.
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00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:35,760
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse who shall stand as a banner to the people
35
00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:42,680
for the Gentiles shall seek him and his resting place shall be glorious.
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00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:49,640
It shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time
37
00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:54,360
to recover the remnant of his people who are left.
38
00:02:54,360 --> 00:03:00,640
He will set up a banner for the nations and will assemble the outcasts of Israel and gather
39
00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:06,080
together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
40
00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:07,640
So let's back up.
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00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:15,280
As I explained last week, this branch that's going to come out of the root of the lineage
42
00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:21,440
of David, this terminology goes back to the idea of an olive tree that when it's cut
43
00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:27,880
down the root still lives and a whole new tree can just branch out of that root at some
44
00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:28,880
point.
45
00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:35,680
So this coming king of Messiah is being described as this a branch that's going to branch forth
46
00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:37,720
in God's timing.
47
00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:44,040
And then here in verse 10 it says that the Gentiles will seek him, that this branch is
48
00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:49,280
going to be like a banner to the people and the Gentiles will seek him.
49
00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:56,120
Well, the banner here is not so much a banner of victory as it is a rallying point.
50
00:03:56,120 --> 00:04:01,760
And of course a banner of victory, once you establish your flag, you have declared your
51
00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:03,400
victory.
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00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,760
It does become a rallying point.
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00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:07,600
So this becomes a rallying point.
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00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:14,040
But what is so prophetic here is that the prophet Isaiah is saying the Gentiles are
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00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:19,800
going to be drawn to this banner, the branch of the root of David.
56
00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:25,440
And that's exactly what we've seen happen over the last 2,000 years as the Gentiles
57
00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,480
have come to him.
58
00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:35,520
But then it goes right on to say, and it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord is going
59
00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:42,160
to set his hand a second time to recover the remnant of his people and he will set up a
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00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,240
banner for the nations.
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00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,120
So what is a banner here?
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It's a sign.
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00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:49,720
It's a message.
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00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:55,400
And what is the regathering of the outcast of Israel back to their ancient homeland, which
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00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,760
by the way is happening in our very days?
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00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:03,160
What is the message that that banner proclaims to the nations?
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00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:10,120
Well, it is a banner that proclaims, our God is victorious, His Word is true, and He is
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00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,280
faithful to fulfill His Word.
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00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:17,280
He is regathering His children just as He promised to do.
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He is warning the nations also that if they do not rally to this banner that's being raised,
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that they will suffer judgment because God's Word has promised judgment of the nations based
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on their treatment of his people.
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00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:43,320
So this is God, our banner is a sign of victory, but it's a sign of a message to the world.
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00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:47,680
I am a faithful God and my Word is true.
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00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:55,520
So as you take a little Shabbat break this weekend, reflect on Jehovah Nisi, the Lord,
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00:05:55,520 --> 00:06:15,080
our banner.
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