Having a big problem with no way out is a situation that we all go through and do not wish it on anyone. But, when a solution comes to the problem and you find yourself relieved some of us might look back and learn from the experience. The banner; which became known as a flag, was usually placed on a hill. We set markers that will remind us about how the experience became dissolved; that is kind of what flags remind us; that at one point we were in that big problem or situation and we came out. Flags remind us of victories we have gotten. A flag also reminds our enemy of our surrender; a white flag specifically. So, when we look at say the American flag we can see all the blood shed and the people it took for our nation to be free.
Exodus 17:11-12
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.
Now, Moses became a symbol of a banner; a flag. When the people of God were at war with Amalekites they losing, because this army was stronger then they. Moses and his general became worried that they were going to loose the battle, so Moses remembered that he had a tool that had helped him throughout his journey; his staff. Moses decided to use his staff in the war, so he decided to take the staff up to a hill and lift it up, and it worked; as he lifted his staff his army began to win. The battle was fierce and lasted through out the day to the point that Moses became tired. So, Joshua and Hur came to his rescue and lifted his arms as he held the banner to win the war. In Exodus 17:15 Moses decided to make an alter for the Lord and called it “The Lord is my Banner”, because of the victory God gave him. From that time on a banner has been lifted to remind man that the victory is ours (Ps. 20:5). At another time Moses lifted another banner and set it on a hill. The people of Israel were sinning and because of that God sent a plague of serpents to bite the people; they were dying in large numbers. So, God told Moses to put a brass serpent on a poll and each time the people would look at it they would be healed from any bites (Num. 21:9). This banner of the serpent became a symbol for the coming Messiah that would come from the descendants of Jesse (11:10).
Jesus’ crucifixion became the banner on a hill for all men to look (Mat. 27:34-35). The cross is that symbol of victory, forgiveness, relationship, surrender for all men kind to see. Salomon’s bride reflect what the church’s desire should be “his banner should be over me” (Sos. 2:4).