Why Are Flags Used In Worship?

To Bestow Honor - To declare a name and an aspect of God's character.  As we wave it, we minister in love to our King and proclaim the magnificence of Who He is.

To Communicate - As a particular flag is raised, the prayer behind it is somewhat like a phone call.  We are speaking to our Lord in the aspect of His characte dipicted in the flag, asking Him to reveal Himself and related matters of His heart to us.  For example, if a flag exalts Him as Jehovah Roi(The Lord Our Shepherd), we are asking to speak to Him as the One Who leads, protects, and comforts us.  Perhaps our hearts are crying out to Him to bring us to that place of restoration, or to show us specific direction for a situation.  We ask, then await His response.

To Signal God's Presence - Lifting flags in worship follows the action of Moses as he lifted his rod(a shepherd's staff, a spiritual type or symbol of a flag) as a visible sign of God's  presence, power and authority over the armies of Israel.

To Declare Our Allegiance -  As we wave our flags in worship, we admit our loyalty as members of our Lord's army in the presence of men on earth and before powers and principaliites in the heavens.

To Rally the Troops - We know our battles is not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, powers and spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places(Eph.6).  Raising a flag stirs

unity  and loyalty in the King's army, gathers soldiers together for strategy and strengthens commitment to victory.

To Direct Warfare & Praise - Early records show that in ancient Egyptians battles, soldiers looked to flags(ribbons or fabric tied to poles) to determine the direction of the wind, then shot their arrows accordingly to reach their target.  In terms of spiritual warfare, a particular flag might be flown to say in the physical realm what is happening in the spiritual: it relates the direction of the "wind" of the Holy Spirit on a particular day.  To Put the Enemy to Flight - Isaiah 59:19 tells us, "...When the enemy come in, like a flood the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him."  Flags are God-given, God anointed, Word-based standard that display His truth.  Truth and light cause the enemy to flee.  "Nuwc" is a  Hebrew word for "standard" which means "to cause to flee away, to lift up standard."

To Boast of Victory - Another Hebrew word for banner is "dagal" and the definition of it is "to flaunt, be conspicuous, set up with banners."  Ps. 20:7 says "we will boast  in the name of the Lord..."

To Be a Touchpoint of Faith - God directed Moses to put a bronze serpent on a pole as a focal point and promised that whoever would have  faith enough to look on it would be healed of the deadly serpents' bites.  As we look to the Cross in faith, we find healing in the blood of Jesus.  Flags are not idols and do not contain healing, nor any other manifested gift of God, but serve the Body of Christ as a visual reminders of His faithfulness as Jehovah Rophe.  The Our Healer, or Jehovah Shalom, The Lord Our Peace, or any of the wonderful qualities of El Shaddai, the All Sufficient God, God Almighty.

To Herald an Event - Flags declare a specific event or season.  Through the use of flags in worship, as such a time as this, the Bride of Christ is announcing in the spirit of Elijah and John the Baptist, "The King is coming!  Prepare the way for Jesus!  The King is in the land!