"YHWH is my Banner..." by Chris Powers

As you head to worship today, if you are reading this on a Sunday, raise your banner of the LORD before you and praise Him, exalt Him, and love Him. If you're reading this on a weekday, raise your banner of the LORD before you and share His Light in your sphere by your words and deeds.

Chris Powers is an artist, animator, and Bible study writer who makes his products available for free. Please visit his page at fullofeyes.com, or support him on Patreon. Mr Powers is drawing an illustration to a verse per day. I will post them frequently, because they are beautiful, scriptural, and edifying. Visual theology at its beautiful best. Read below for artist's explanation.

YHWH is my Banner


Mr Powers said:

Today's verse picture is more of a visual word study (thus the inclusion of verse references within the picture, which I don't typically do for these). You can take a look at the verses and how they intertwine below:
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Notice the repeated Hebrew word for Banner/Signal (נס) in the following verses:

Exodus 17:15, "And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, 'YHWH Is My Banner (נס)" - YHWH as נס

Numbers 21:8, "And YHWH said to Moses, 'Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole (נס), and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live." - Serpent set on נס

Isaiah 11:10-12, "In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal (נס)...[the Lord] will raise a signal (נס) for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel..." - The Messiah as נס raised to gather the nations...

John 3:14-15, "...as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life."

John 3:14-15 unites the imagery of YHWH, the curse, the Messiah, and the beacon raised to gather the nations into one--the crucified Son...



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  1. Thank you for the reflections and artwork!

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