Num 1:52 And
the sons of Israel shall pitch their tents, each man by his own camp, and each
man by his own banner, throughout their armies.
The flag or banner of the larger kind, serving for three
tribes marching together. These standards, of which there were four, were
worked with embroidery and beautifully ornamented (Num_1:52; Num_2:2,
Eaton’s Bible Dictionary. When they camped they were well organised with three
tribes under one banner on each side of the Tabernacle. The Banners were a
rallying point so that they quickly knew where they belonged. The tribes were
assembled in order and marched on order.
If we are to serve the Lord and live for Him we must be
under His banner and know our place.
| Israel Camped in the Wilderness |
Song of Songs 2:4
He brought me to the banqueting house, and His banner over me was love.
His banner over me - love - As the standard is the
rallying-point and guide of the individual soldier, so the bride, transplanted
from a lowly station to new scenes of unaccustomed splendour, finds support and
safety in the known attachment of her beloved. His “love” is her “banner.” She
knew He loved her and would care for her.
The Banner over us
believers is Love[1].
cp Gen 29 :20 Jacob’s Love for Rachael. 2 Samuel 1 :26 Jonathan’s love for
David.
1Jn 3:1 See what marvellous love the Father has
bestowed upon us--that we should be called God's children: and that is what
we are. For this reason the world does not recognize us--because it has not
known Him. v2 Dear friends, we are now
God's children, but what we are to be in the future has not yet been fully
revealed. We know that if Christ reappears we shall be like Him, because we
shall see Him as He is. V.3 And every
man who has this hope fixed on Him, purifies himself so as to be as pure as He
is.
Applications
1.
Are you experiencing the amazing LOVE of GOD in
your life right now. His love has be bestowed on us. J. Gill “the Father
hath bestowed upon us: the Father of Christ, and the Father of us in
Christ, who hath adopted us into his family, and regenerated us by his grace,
and hath freely given us the new name”
2.
Soon we are going to be ushered into the
banqueting hall of heaven to eat at the Marriage supper of the Lamb and his
Banner over us will be LOVE. AS the Bride of Christ right now the Lord Jesus is
preparing a place for us. ‘I has never seen nor ear heard, neither has it entered
into the heart of man what god has prepared for them that love Him.’
| Everything is now ready - The Banqueting Hall |
[1] J.
Gill and his banner over me was love; signifying, that she was brought into the
banqueting house in a grand, stately, and majestic manner, with flying colours;
the motto on which inscribed was "love"; the allusion may be
to the names of generals being inscribed on the banners of their armies; so
Vespasian's name was inscribed on the banners throughout his armies (u).
Christ's name, inscribed on his, was "love", his church's love; and
by which his company or band was distinguished from all others, even by
electing, redeeming, calling love. It may signify the security and protection
of the saints, while in the house of God, and enjoying communion with him,
being under the banner of love, with which they are encompassed as a shield;
and it may denote the very manifest and visible displays of it, which the
church now experienced.
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