Yahweh Nissi - The Lord our Banner

JEHOVAH NISSI

Exodus 17:8 The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. 9 Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands." 10 So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. 11 As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. 12 When Moses' hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up one on one side, one on the other so that his hands remained steady till sunset. 13 So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword. 14 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven." The LORD will be at war against the Amalekites from Genesis ration to Genesis ration."

YAHWEH OUR BANNER

Exodus 17:15 Moses built an altar and called it The LORD is my Banner (Jehovah nissi). 16 He said, "For hands were lifted up to the throne of the LORD.

A BANNER IS THE MILITARY SYMBOL OF A TROOP

Isaiah 18:3 All you people of the world, you who live on the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it, and when a trumpet sounds, you will hear it.

Isaiah 31:9 Their stronghold will fall because of terror; at sight of the battle standard (Battle Banner) their commanders will panic," declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 4:21 How long must I see the battle standard (Battle Banner) and hear the sound of the trumpet?

Numbers 10:25 Finally, as the rear guard for all the units, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out, under their standard (banner). Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was in command.

A BANNER IS THE SYMBOL OF A FAMILY

Numbers 2:2 "The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting some distance from it, each man under his standard (banner) with the banners of his family."

A BANNER SHOWS WHO WILL PROTECT YOU

Psalm 60:4 But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow. Selah

A BANNER IS LIFTED TO PROCLAIM A MESSAGE

Jeremiah 50:2 "Announce and proclaim among the nations, lift up a banner and proclaim it; keep nothing back, but say, `Babylon will be captured; Bel will be put to shame . .

A BANNER IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT

Jeremiah 51:12 Lift up a banner against the walls of Babylon! Reinforce the guard, station the watchmen, prepare an ambush! The LORD will carry out his purpose, his decree against the people of Babylon. 13 You who live by many waters and are rich in treasures, your end has come, the time for you to be cut off. 14 The LORD Almighty has sworn by himself: I will surely fill you with men, as with a swarm of locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.

A BANNER IS A SYMBOL TO GATHER PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR WAR

Jeremiah 51:27 "Lift up a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her; summon against her these kingdoms: Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her; send up horses like a swarm of locusts.

Isaiah 13:2 Raise a banner on a bare hilltop, shout to them; beckon to them to enter the gates of the nobles. 3 I have commanded my holy ones; I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath those who rejoice in my triumph.

Isaiah 5:26 He lifts up a banner for the distant nations, he whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Here they come, swiftly and speedily!

A BANNER IS A SYMBOL TO GATHER PEOPLE TO HELP

Isaiah 49:22 . . . "See, I will beckon to the Gentiles, I will lift up my banner to the peoples; they will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders. . . I will contend with those who contend with you, and your children I will save.

A BANNER IS A SYMBOL OF CELEBRATION

Psalm 20:5 We will shout for joy when you are victorious and will lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your requests.

Song of Songs 2:4 He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love.

A BANNER IS AN ADORNMENT OF BEAUTY

Song of Songs 6:4 You are beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, majestic as troops with banners.

Ezekiel 27:7 Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail and served as your banner; your awnings were of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah.

THE BANNER OF GOD IS JESUS

Isaiah 11:10 In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious. 11 In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the sea. 12 He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth.

Isaiah 62:10 Pass through, pass through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Raise a banner for the nations. 11 The LORD has made proclamation to the ends of the earth: "Say to the Daughter of Zion, `See, your Savior (Hebrew is literally Jesus) comes! See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him.'" 12 They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the LORD; and you will be called Sought After, the City No Longer Deserted.

THE BANNER MUST BE LIFTED UP

John 3:14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. 16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.

John 8:28 So Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am [the one I claim to be] and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me.

John 12:31 Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. 32 But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself."