The following list with names of God are descriptions of who God is, what He does and what He means to us, His beloved children. These names apply to either God the Father, the Son or the Holy Spirit. Use these names of God to get a wonderful understanding of how incredibly beautiful God is in so many different ways. He is almighty, holy, powerful and His appearance can be terrible and frightening, yet at the same time He is tender, compassionate, faithful, full of grace and mercy, our best friend. Only when we embrace the extremes of God, will we know Him as He truly is.
Read through all the names of God and ask the Spirit of God to open the eyes of your heart, so that He can show you who He truly is, in all His majesty, love and wisdom.
Originally compiled (with “hat tip”) by David Sorenson (Website: GodIsReal.Today)
A
ABBA (Romans 8:15) ADVOCATE (I John 2:1 kjv) ALMIGHTY (Genesis 17:1) ALL IN ALL (Colossians 3:11) ALPHA (Revelation 22:13) AMEN (Revelation 3:14) ANCIENT OF DAYS (Daniel 7:9) ANOINTED ONE (Psalm 2:2) APOSTLE (Hebrews 3:1) ARM OF THE LORD (Isaiah 53:1) AUTHOR OF ETERNAL SALVATION (Hebrews 5:9) AUTHOR OF OUR FAITH (Hebrews 12:2) AUTHOR OF PEACE (1 Cor. 14:33) AVENGER (1 Thessalonians 4:6)
B
BEGINNING (Revelation 21:6) BISHOP OF SOULS (1 Peter 2:25) BLESSED & HOLY RULER (1 Timothy 6:15) BRANCH (Jeremiah 33:15) BREAD OF GOD (John 6:33) BREAD OF LIFE (John 6:35) BREATH OF LIFE (Genesis 2:7, Revelation 11:11) BRIDEGROOM (Isaiah 62:5) BRIGHT MORNING STAR (Revelation 22:16) BUCKLER (2 Sam.22:31 kjv,Psalm 18:2 kjv, Psalm 18:30 kjv,Proverbs 2:7 kjv)
C
CAPTAIN OF SALVATION (Hebrews 2:10) CARPENTER (Mark 6:3) CHIEF SHEPHERD (1 Peter 5:4) CHOSEN ONE (Isaiah 42:1) CHRIST (Matthew 22:42) CHRIST OF GOD (Luke 9:20) CHRIST THE LORD (Luke 2:11) CHRIST, SON OF LIVING GOD (Matthew 16:16) COMFORTER (John 14:26 kjv) COMMANDER (Isaiah 55:4) CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL (Luke 2:25) CONSUMING FIRE (Deut. 4:24, Heb. 12:29) CORNERSTONE (Isaiah 28:16) COUNSELOR (Isaiah 9:6) CREATOR (1 Peter 4:19) CROWN OF BEAUTY (Isaiah 28:5)
C
DAYSPRING (Luke 1:78) DELIVERER (Romans 11:26) DESIRED OF ALL NATIONS (Haggai 2:7) DIADEM OF BEAUTY (Isaiah 28:5) DOOR (John 10:7 kjv) DWELLING PLACE (Psalm 90:1)
E
ELECT ONE (Isaiah 42:1) EMMANUEL (Matthew 1:23 kjv) END (Revelation 21:6) ETERNAL GOD (Deut. 33:27) ETERNAL LIFE (1 John 5:20) ETERNAL SPIRIT (Hebrews 9:14) EVERLASTING FATHER (Isaiah 9:6) EVERLASTING GOD (Genesis 21:33) EXCELLENT (Psalm 148:13 kjv)
F
FAITHFUL & TRUE (Revelation 19:11) FAITHFUL WITNESS (Revelation 1:5) FATHER (Matthew 6:9) FIRSTBORN (Rom.8:29, Rev.1:5, Col.1:15) FIRSTFRUITS (1 Cor.15:20-23) FORTRESS (Jeremiah 16:19) FOUNDATION (1 Cor. 3:11) FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATERS (Jeremiah 2:13) FRIEND (Matthew 11:19) FULLERS’ SOAP (Malachi 3:2 kjv)
G
GENTLE WHISPER (1 Kings 19:12) GIFT OF GOD (John 4:10) GLORY OF THE LORD (Isaiah 40:5) GOD (Genesis 1:1) GOD ALMIGHTY (Genesis 17:1) GOD OF THE WHOLE EARTH (Isaiah 54:5) GOD OVER ALL (Romans 9:5) GOD WHO SEES ME (Genesis 16:13) GOODNESS (Psalm 144:2 kjv) GOOD SHEPHERD (John 10:11) GOVERNOR (Psalm 22:28 kjv) GREAT HIGH PRIEST (Hebrews 4:14) GREAT SHEPHERD (Hebrews 13:20) GUIDE (Psalm 48:14)
H
HEAD OF THE BODY (Colossians 1:18) HEAD OF THE CHURCH (Ephesians 5:23) HEIR OF ALL THINGS (Hebrews 1:2) HIDING PLACE (Psalm 32:7) HIGHEST (Luke 1:76) HIGH PRIEST (Hebrews 3:1) HIGH PRIEST FOREVER (Hebrews 6:20) HOLY GHOST (John 14:26) HOLY ONE (Acts 2:27) HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL (Isaiah 49:7) HOLY SPIRIT (John 15:26) HOPE (Titus 2:13) HORN OF SALVATION (Luke 1:69) HUSBAND (Isaiah 54:5, Jer. 31:32, Hosea 2:16)
I
I AM (Exodus 3:14, John 8:58) IMAGE OF GOD (2 Cor. 4:4) IMAGE OF HIS PERSON (Hebrews 1:3 kjv) IMMANUEL (Isaiah 7:14) INTERCESSOR (Romans 8:26,27,34 Hebrews 7:25)
J
JAH (Psalm 68:4 kjv) JEALOUS (Exodus 34:14 kjv) JEHOVAH (Psalm 83:18 kjv) JESUS (Matthew 1:21) JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD (Romans 6:23) JUDGE (Isaiah 33:22, Acts 10:42) JUST ONE (Acts 22:14)
K
KEEPER (Psalm 121:5) KING (Zechariah 9:9) KING ETERNAL (1 Timothy 1:17) KING OF GLORY (Psalm 24:10) KING OF JEWS (Matthew 27:11) KING OF KINGS (1 Timothy 6:15) KING OF SAINTS (Revelation 15:3)
L
LAMB OF GOD (John 1:29) LAST ADAM (1 Cor. 15:45) LAWGIVER (Isaiah 33:22) LEADER (Isaiah 55:4) LIFE (John 14:6) LIGHT OF THE WORLD (John 8:12) LIKE AN EAGLE (Deut. 32:11) LILY OF THE VALLEYS (Song 2:1) LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH (Revelation 5:5) LIVING GOD (Daniel 6:20) LIVING STONE (1 Peter 2:4) LIVING WATER (John 4:10) LORD (John 13:13) LORD GOD ALMIGHTY (Revelation 15:3) LORD GOD OF HOSTS (Jeremiah 15:16) LORD JESUS CHRIST (1 Cor. 15:57) LORD OF ALL (Acts 10:36) LORD OF GLORY (1 Cor. 2:8) LORD OF HARVEST (Matthew 9:38) LORD OF HOSTS (Haggai 1:5) LORD OF LORDS (1 Tim. 6:15) LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS (Jeremiah 23:6) LOVE (1 John 4:8) LOVINGKINDNESS (Psalm 144:2)
M
MAKER (Job 35:10, Psalm 95:6) MAJESTY ON HIGH (Hebrews 1:3) MAN OF SORROWS (Isaiah 53:3) MASTER (Luke 5:5) MEDIATOR (1 Timothy 2:5) MERCIFUL GOD (Jeremiah 3:12) MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT (Malachi 3:1) MESSIAH (John 4:25) MIGHTY GOD (Isaiah 9:6) MIGHTY ONE (Isaiah 60:16) MOST UPRIGHT (Isaiah 26:7)
N
NAZARENE (Matthew 2:23)
O
OFFSPRING OF DAVID (Revelation 22:16) OMEGA (Revelation 22:13) ONLY BEGOTTEN SON (John 1:18 kjv) OUR PASSOVER LAMB (1 Cor. 5:7) OUR PEACE (Ephesians 2:14)
P
PHYSICIAN (Luke 4:23) PORTION (Psalm 73:26,Psalm 119:57) POTENTATE (1 Timothy 6:15) POTTER (Isaiah 64:8) POWER OF GOD (1 Cor. 1:24) PRINCE OF LIFE (Acts 3:15) PRINCE OF PEACE (Isaiah 9:6) PROPHET (Acts 3:22) PROPHET OF THE HIGHEST (Luke 1:76) PROPITIATION (1John 2:2, 1John 4:10) PURIFIER (Malachi 3:3)
Q
QUICKENING SPIRIT (1 Corinthians 15:45 kjv)
R
RABBONI (TEACHER) (John 20:16) RADIANCE OF GOD’S GLORY (Heb.1:3) REDEEMER (Job 19:25) REFINER’S FIRE (Malachi 3:2) REFUGE (Jeremiah 16:19) RESURRECTION (John 11:25) REWARDER (Hebrews 11:6) RIGHTEOUS ONE (1 John 2:1) ROCK (1 Cor.10:4) ROOT OF DAVID (Rev. 22:16) ROSE OF SHARON (Song 2:1) RULER OF GOD’S CREATION (Rev. 3:14) RULER OVER KINGS OF EARTH (Rev 1:5) RULER OVER ISRAEL (Micah 5:2)
S
SAVIOR (Luke 2:11) SCEPTRE (Numbers 24:17) SEED (Genesis 3:15) SERVANT (Isaiah 42:1) SHADE (Psalm 121:5) SHEPHERD OF OUR SOULS (1Peter 2:25) SHIELD (Genesis 15:1) SHILOH (Genesis 49:10) SONG (Exodus 15:2, Isaiah 12:2) SON OF DAVID (Matthew 1:1) SON OF GOD (Matthew 27:54) SON OF MAN (Matthew 8:20) SON OF THE MOST HIGH (Luke 1:32) SOURCE (Hebrews 5:9) SPIRIT (John 4:24) SPIRIT OF ADOPTION (Romans 8:15) SPIRIT OF GOD (Genesis 1:2) SPIRIT OF TRUTH (John 14:17,15:26,16:13) STAR OUT OF JACOB (Numbers 24:17) STRENGTH (Jeremiah 16:19) STONE (1 Peter 2:8) STONE OF ISRAEL (Genesis 49:24) STRONGHOLD (Nahum 1:7) STRONG TOWER (Proverbs 18:10) SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS (Malachi 4:2)
T
TEACHER (John 13:13) TEMPLE (Revelation 21:22) THE ONE (Psalm 144:2,10) TRUE LIGHT (John 1:9) TRUE WITNESS (Revelation 3:14) TRUTH (John 14:6)
V
VINE (John 15:5)
W
WALL OF FIRE (Zechariah 2:5) WAY (John 14:6) WISDOM OF GOD (1 Cor. 1:24) WITNESS (Isaiah 55:4) WONDERFUL (Isaiah 9:6) WORD (John 1:1) WORD OF GOD (Revelation 19:13)
There was a moment when Moses had the nerve to ask God what his name is. God was gracious enough to answer, and the name he gave is recorded in the original Hebrew as YHWH.
Over time we’ve arbitrarily added an “a” and an “e” in there to get YaHWeH, presumably because we have a preference for vowels.
But scholars and Rabi’s have noted that the letters YHWH represent breathing sounds, or aspirated consonants. When pronounced without intervening vowels, it actually sounds like breathing.
YH (inhale): WH (exhale).
So a baby’s first cry, his first breath, speaks the name of God.
A deep sigh calls His name – or a groan or gasp that is too heavy for mere words.
Even an atheist would speak His name, unaware that their very breathe is giving constant acknowledgment to God.
Likewise, a person leaves this earth with their last breath, when God’s name is no longer filing their lungs.
So when I can’t utter anything else, is my cry calling out His name?
Being alive means I speak His name constantly.
So, is it heard the loudest when I’m the quietest?
In sadness, we breathe heavy sighs.
In joy, our lungs feel almost like they will burst.
In fear we hold our breath and have to be told to breathe slowly to help us calm down.
When we’re about to do something hard, we take a deep breath to find our courage.
When I think about it, breathing is giving him praise. Even in the hardest moments!
This is so beautiful and fills me with emotion every time I grasp the thought. God chose to give himself a name that we can’t help but speak every moment we’re alive.
All of us, always, everywhere.
Waking, sleeping, breathing, with the name of God on our lips.
Since I started my Ministry “One Pilgrim’s Journey” and my Social Media postings under “One Pilgrim’s Musings” I have often been asked what denomination I represent; where I was “ordained,” what “church” I represent. Mostly these have been honest questions, sometimes from other members of God’s 5-fold ministry, some “ordained,” some not; just wanting to know who I was out here, sharing the Gospel and commenting on Scripture. I’ve always just said: I am just a humble Man of God whom the LORD prompted, in prayer, to SHARE what I have learned over the years as a “Berean Christian” with the world; in a slightly different way than I had ever considered. Of course, I said “Yes LORD;” which is the only answer available if, in fact, JESUS IS LORD.
So, recently a friend of mine (hat tip to Debbie Vickers) reposted a quote from Dr. Ben Carson, which I have reworded just a bit, to form my new answer:
I am a humble Man of God:
– The Ekklesia is my College
– Heaven is my University
– Father God/YAHWEH, is my University President
– Jesus/YESHUA, is my College Dean
– Holy Spirit/Ruach Ha-Kodesh (in Hebrew), is my primary Professor
– fellow Believers are my Classmates
– The HOLY BIBLE is my textbook
– Temptations of this world are my Exams
– Overcoming Satan is my Hobby
– winning Souls for the Kingdom and teaching the very nations to live Godly are my required Thesis’
– the receipt of Eternity will be my Degree/Crown (which I will gladly place at the Father’s feet)
– Praise and Worship are my Slogans
– and Proverbs 3:5-6 are just a couple of my “Life Verses.”
Although the Pine Tree Flag was not officially established by the Act of Continental Congress, it became in fact the official Naval Ensign for the time being.
Summary History of the “Appeal to Heaven” Flag
In the fall of the year 1775, the colonists created a fleet of six ships known as “Washington’s Cruisers.” These brave little vessels sailed forth to capture British stores and ammunition bound for America’s shores.
The ships were the “Lynch,” the “Franklin,” the “Lee,” the “Harrison,” the “Warren” and the “Lady Washington.” The Lee was the only one of this first American Fleet to meet with success upon the high seas, capturing the British brig Nancy, caring arms, ammunition, and provisions to the British Army in America.
These “Washington Cruisers” flew the first national flag known as “An Appeal to Heaven Flag” also known as the “Pine Tree flag” and “Washington Cruisers flag”. It was a white flag bearing a pale green pine tree with the motto “Appeal to Heaven.” It was one of the first flags that the freedom fighters used during the American Revolution. The history of the Pine Tree Flag is filled with battles, revolution, religion, and a bit of divinity.
Therefore, let’s start the story from the very beginning!
Main Reason for the Pine Tree Flag
Was Appeal to Heaven flag voted by Congress as the official American flag? Far from it. Back in the day when Americans started their battle for freedom with success, opportunities arose to fly any flag representing America. Not just to declare a victory, but for the occupied forts to be clearly distinguishable from the ones still kept by the British.
It just happened so that due to the turn of events, this was the flag that was designed and chosen to fly on Washington’s battleships.
Why the Pine Tree
There are two possible reasons why the pine tree was chosen as the central image.
First of all, the story goes beyond the arrival of the colonists, while the indigenous tribes were still fighting among themselves for the right to territory in the 16th century. Five nations were warring for decades before they decided to put an end to it once and for all. As a symbol of the treaty, the tribe leaders buried their weapons under a pine tree, which eventually became known as the “tree of peace”. In time, the pine tree also got associated with the multi-tribal support of American independence and support of the Revolutionary War.
The second reason has to do with the very nature of the tree, to say the least. Pilgrims noted the qualities of New England’s eastern white pine and soon began exporting it. The tree was extremely valued in the colonial shipbuilding industry due to its high quality and dimensions. So, a pine tree was observed as something precious.
It is precisely the preciousness of the pine tree that led to further events that would inspire the Appeal to Heaven Pine Tree flag design.
Pine Tree Riot — the Beginning of the Rebellion
As pine trees were so precious for building army ships, the British government issued a statute that banned 12-inch diameter trees to be cut. A New Hampshire mill owner, who refused to pay the fine for having cut the forbidden pine trees, started a riot with other mill owners and townsmen against the sheriff and his deputy who came to arrest the mill owner. In short, the two officials were whipped with a tree switch and forced out of the town with glee.
This act was taken as one of the first protests against British rule and policies, so the pine tree became associated with rebellion. This made it a perfect fit for the revolutionary flag(s).
Meaning Behind Appeal to Heaven
To fully grasp the meaning of this quote on the Pine Tree flag, one has to go back in history to the times of kings and queens. Namely, the people were taught king or queen had the divine right to rule. Hence, any action against them would be considered an ultimate sin, a rebellion against Heaven, a devil’s work.
In order to justify the American fight for freedom from this common point of view, British philosopher John Locke gave his opinion against the theory of the divine right in his Second Treatise on Civil Government.
In short, Locke explained that if the appeal on earth fails, the people have to appeal to heaven for justice and guidance. If they can’t fulfill a just cause by appealing to earthly laws and rulers, they can make an appeal to heaven to reach justice.
Naturally, John Locke was very popular among freedom fighters and his appeal to heaven has been mentioned even in official documents such as the Declaration of Independence.
The Design and Adoption
To sum up, all of the above led to the adoption of the flag on October 21st, 1775, as George Washington needed a flag for the commissioned ships. The Pine Tree flag designer was Washington’s secretary, Colonel Joseph Reed.
Just a year after, in 1776, the Appeal to Heaven flag was adopted as the state navy flag.
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Parts Taken From GH15 – Dutch Sheets – A Flag Reborn (from Apr 27, 2023 GH15)
This flag was actually used before the Stars and Stripes existed in many ways it is the banner under which America was born. Now this does nothing to dishonor Old Glory; nonetheless the symbolism of this earlier flag is extremely important. The Banner of the original has the phrase “Appeal To Heaven” across the top. This phrase our Founders took from the writings of John Locke an influential English philosopher from the mid 1600s. Locke wrote a series of papers on natural laws; stating that human rights originated with God, not with government. Locke made the case that when people had done everything humanly possible to experience those god-given rights and failed in doing so there remained but one option, and here I quote him from his 2nd letter on Civil Government: “and where the body of the people or any single man is deprived of their right or is under the exercise of a power without right, and have no Appeal on Earth; they have a liberty to appeal to heaven.” So you can see Locke’s phrase “appeal to heaven” states clearly that when all resources and the ability to attain Justice on Earth are exhausted, an appeal to Earth’s ultimate judge is the final recourse.
This concept would become a foundational philosophy in American society; even used in the Declaration of Independence. George Washington and his contemporaries used the Appeal to Heaven phrase in America’s cause for freedom from Britain’s tyranny; having exhausted all peaceful possibilities of experiencing the Liberty they so desired the colonists realized their only hope for freedom was through War. Yet with Britain’s great military weaponry and wealth contrasted by the colonists dire lack of these resources; any military attempt to break free from British rule was preposterous, even laughable. Laughable that is unless almighty God intervened. The Stance of the colonists was simple, their right to Freedom came from God, He would help them. We will appeal to Heaven they declared, and the flag was born. From the days of the pilgrims Godly men and women have believed almighty God was involved in the birth of our nation they also felt that if a nation chose to partner with and honor God, it would experience His favor and blessing in extraordinary ways. Washington and the colonial dreamers agreed they believed The Sovereign was indeed birthing a city set on a hill that can’t be hidden; a light to the world. They no doubt knew of John Winthrop, a leader of the Puritans Massachusetts Bay Colony, using this phrase in his 1630 speech on board the Arbella to describe what he believed God wanted to build in America, we’ll take a look at a piece of Winthrop’s Sermon later. They knew of the planting of the cross at Cape Henry in 1607 and of the ensuing prayer meeting dedicating the land to God’s glory.
Here is Pastor Robert Hunt’s Prayer for our nation at that cross planting, a nation not yet even founded…yet another proof of America being a Covenant nation unto God!
We do hereby dedicate this Land, and ourselves, to reach the People within these shores with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to raise up Godly generations after us, and with these generations take the Kingdom of God to all the earth. May this Covenant of Dedication remain to all generations, as long as this earth remains, and may this Land, along with England, be Evangelist to the World. May all who see this Cross, remember what we have done here, and may those who come here to inhabit join us in this Covenant and in this most noble work that the Holy Scriptures may be fulfilled.
After Hunt’s Prayer, they read together the following passage, from Psalms, Chapter 22, verses 27 & 28
“All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord’s and he ruleth among the nations”
I hope you will continue to pray for God’s will to be done in the United States of America. I believe the Lord ‘will’ continue to send forth His Word from this country.
Back to the story of the Appeal to Heaven Flag. These founders had also read the Mayflower Compact from 1620, stating the dangerous voyage to these shores that they made was, I quote: “for the glory of God and the advancement of the Christian faith.” Would God honor these events and prayers, even more importantly, was he inspiring these actions? Was America God’s dream not just theirs? They believed, these colonists they believed the answer to these questions was yes; the pilgrims absolutely believed America had a god-given Destiny, and our founding fathers did as well. Throughout our history America’s presidents and leaders have also reiterated this belief. John F Kennedy referenced Jesus from Matthew, Chapter 14 – the city on a hill; and John Winthrop’s famous “City Upon A Hill” sermon, as did Ronald Reagan and numerous other presidents.
I include here, for times sake, just a short portion of Winthrop’s Sermon, pertinent to out Muse (you can find the whole Sermon online just by searching either John Winthrop or “A City upon a Hill” sermon online, it would be worth you time to read, Berean, it’s an important part of our country’s history:
Here now, a portion of Winthrop’s Sermon:
The Lord will be our God, and delight to dwell among us, as His own people, and will command a blessing upon us in all our ways, so that we shall see much more of His wisdom, power, goodness and truth, than formerly we have been acquainted with. We shall find that the God of Israel is among us, when ten of us shall be able to resist a thousand of our enemies; when He shall make us a praise and glory that men shall say of succeeding plantations, “may the Lord make it like that of New England.” For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world. We shall open the mouths of enemies to speak evil of the ways of God, and all professors for God’s sake. We shall shame the faces of many of God’s worthy servants, and cause their prayers to be turned into curses upon us till we be consumed out of the good land whither we are going.
And to shut this discourse with that exhortation of Moses, that faithful servant of the Lord, in his last farewell to Israel, in Deut. 30 he spoke to Israel. “Beloved, there is now set before us life and death, good and evil,” in that we are commanded this day to love the Lord our God, and to love one another, to walk in his ways and to keep his Commandments and his ordinance and his laws, and the articles of our Covenant with Him, that we may live and be multiplied, and that the Lord our God may bless us in the land whither we go to possess it. But if our hearts shall turn away, so that we will not obey, but shall be seduced, and worship other Gods, our pleasure and profits, and serve them; it is propounded unto us this day, we shall surely perish out of the good land whither we pass over this vast sea to possess it.
Therefore let us choose life,
that we and our seed may live,
by obeying His voice and cleaving to Him,
Now Modern day revisionist Liars try to rewrite and remove these FACTS of our Covenant WITH GOD in this land’s very FOUNDING from our history because these FACTS do not fit the rewritten narrative lies they wish to brainwash you with and the call history; but the truth will always trump their lies.
General George Washington leader of the American Revolution obviously believed in these divine words and plan; he commissioned the several ships we talked about earlier for the Revolutionary War efforts, and highlighting their dependence on providential help, each vessel flew under the Appeal to Heaven Banner. As we also pointed out earlier, The popularity of the flag spread and it was soon flying throughout the colonies, as well as being adopted as the flag of the Massachusetts State Navy.
It became the symbol of these colonists unwavering Spirit of Liberty as well as a clear statement of where they placed their faith.
So you see America was born under a banner of Prayer. That Appeal To Heaven Flag is a stark reminder that our strength alone did not birth this nation. We were birthed by the hand of God; and we were born not just for our personal blessing and freedom, we were created to represent Christ around the world. In our now admittedly spiritually weakened state, America must appeal again. Just as we were no match for the military power controlling us in that day in our own strength, we are no match for the spiritual Powers controlling us now. Only that which birthed us then, can rebirth us now!
Please Join Me And Let Us Pray for America:
Father the way you raised up America; the way you raised America up as a voice in the Earth is indeed remarkable. You did so knowing you would use her to be a trumpet of the Gospel to the ends of the Earth. We are humbled and inspired by this; we are deeply impacted by the knowledge we were born under a movement of Prayer, that it truly was through appealing to you, Father God, our Adonai Elohim, that our freedom was produced. Just as you have brought this flag, the ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag out of hiding, we pledge to you that we will appeal once again and we believe you will once again free us from oppression; this time from within.
America shall be saved! Father, overthrow the evil trying to destroy our heritage and Destiny; overthrow those who defile our children and promote perversion. We bind these efforts in the name of Jesus. Just as our Founders placed in the Declaration of Independence we are appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the moral uprightness; the righteousness of our intention. So Lord, in Jesus name, we ask you to bring Revival to America; we pray for your church, the Ecclesia, to rise to the Glorious level you speak of in Scripture; a worthy Bride for you and an expression of your Authority over the Earth. Make us an Ecclesia the Gates of Hell cannot Prevail against, just as you said. We call this forth in the name of Jesus and declare that America shall be saved!
We decree that our Appeal To Heaven will be heard, and will succeed! Amen.
The portion of the flag denoting honor is the canton of blue containing the stars representing states our veterans served in uniform. The field of blue dresses from left to right and is inverted only when draped as a funeral cloth over the casket of a veteran who has served our country honorably in uniform. In the U.S. Armed Forces, at the ceremony of retreat, the flag is lowered, folded in a triangle and kept under watch throughout the night as a tribute to our nation’s honored dead. The next morning it is brought out and, at a ceremony of reveille, flown high as a symbol of belief in the resurrection of the body.
What the folding of the US Flag means
It is always folded the same way, always with gloved hands; Military Post Flags are always kept ‘under arms’ (under the guard of a service member with a loaded weapon), even while sitting overnight, waiting to be raised the next day.
The Flag and Veteran’s casket returning from the field of battle is kept guarded “under arms” until the Honor Guard releases it to the family. The flag laid on a veteran’s coffin and then folded the final time and presented to the family is “Under Guard” if the Honor Guard is Military. The senior Officer of the Honor Guard will be armed to protect the Flag and the Veteran’s remains, until passed to the family at last Honors at the gravesite.
Meaning Behind the 13 Folds
The flag-folding ceremony represents the same religious principles on which our great country was originally founded.
The first fold of our flag is a symbol of life.
The second fold is a symbol of our belief in eternal life.
The third fold is made in honor and remembrance of the veteran departing our ranks, and who gave a portion of his or her life for the defense of our country to attain peace throughout the world.
The fourth fold represents our weaker nature; as American citizens trusting in God, it is Him we turn to in times of peace, as well as in times of war, for His divine guidance.
The fifth fold is a tribute to our country. In the words of Stephen Decatur, “Our country, in dealing with other countries, may she always be right, but it is still our country, right or wrong.”
The sixth fold is for where our hearts lie. It is with our heart that we pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
The seventh fold is a tribute to our armed forces, for it is through the armed forces that we protect our country and our flag against all enemies, whether they be found within or without the boundaries of our republic.
The eighth fold is a tribute to the one who entered into the valley of the shadow of death, that we might see the light of day, and to honor our mother, for whom it flies on Mother’s Day.
The ninth fold is a tribute to womanhood. It has been through their faith, love, loyalty and devotion that has molded the character of the men and women who have made this country great.
The 10th fold is a tribute to father, who has also given his sons and daughters for the defense of our country since he or she was first born.
The 11th fold represents the lower portion of the seal of King David and King Solomon and glorifies the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
The 12th fold represents an emblem of eternity and glorifies God the Father, the Son and Holy Ghost.
The 13th and last fold, when the flag is completely folded, the stars are uppermost, reminding us of our national motto, “In God We Trust.”
After the Folding Ceremony
After the flag is completely folded and tucked in, it has the appearance of a cocked hat, ever reminding us of the soldiers who served under Gen. George Washington and the sailors and Marines who served under Capt. John Paul Jones and were followed by their comrades and shipmates in the U.S. Armed Forces, preserving for us the rights, privileges and freedoms we enjoy today.
The source and the date of origin of this Flag Folding Procedure is unknown. However, some sources attribute it to the Gold Star Mothers of America while others to an Air Force chaplain stationed at the United States Air Force Academy. Some sources also indicate that the 13 folds are a nod to the original first 13 colonies. The flag folding ceremony is provided as a patriotic service.
The Gospel of John, Chapter 15, verse 13 tells us: There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends (creation / countrymen).
Now, Memorial Day is often confused by people; they want to “Thank” me and other veterans for our service in the Armed Forces. That’s nice, and much appreciated – but, “please” remember – Memorial Day is a day to remember and Honor those who gave the last full measure for our freedom…their very life. They DID NOT come home. They left behind Mom’s, Dad’s, Wives, Husbands, Children, Brothers, Sisters, all other relatives and loved ones. Add to that those who came home SO BROKEN that either they could NOT pick up their lives; or they sustained injuries that eventually caused untimely deaths, directly attributable to their wartime injuries – unremoved shrapnel, bullets lodged in a spine that one day move and it’s “over,” paralyzed bodies, barely able to function.
THAT is Memorial Day. Their Day. A day for you to PRAY for their families, those with an “unfillable” space at the table – there so we could enjoy the freedoms we so often take for granted.
And here’s the “almost funny” thing – I know that, although they appreciate you remembering especially their loved ones on Memorial Day – they are, if they take the time from enjoying Heaven, most thrilled that you have such freedom that you have a hard time remembering their sacrifice. Weird huh. But true. They gave their lives, and some their livelihood and then their lives, so you “could” enjoy that Hot Dog, that Burger, Soda or Beer, without a tear, but rather with with LIBERTY and FREEDOM! That’s WHY they jumped on those grenades; that’s WHY they rushed those machine gun nests; that’s WHY they scaled those walls on D-Day, giving their lives by the hundreds – for OUR Freedom – yes, a Freedom so pervasive, that it often causes us to forget the cost of it.
I have a t-shirt with a well-worn saying that really says it all – I’ll close with A SLIGHT REWRITE OF that:
ONLY TWO DEFINING FORCES HAVE EVER OFFERED TO DIE FOR YOU
JESUS CHRIST AND THE VETERAN
ONE DIED TO RELEASE YOUR SOUL FROM BONDAGE;
ON MEMORIAL DAY WE CELEBRATE THOSE AMONG THE VETERANS WHO DIED FOR YOUR EARTHLY FREEDOM.
Now don’t be maudlin about their sacrifice today, honor it by celebrating the FREEDOM they paid for.
It’s hard to find “events thru history” that happened on Pentecost, because many happened before things were “written down” and also, because History will tell you what happened on a “DATE,” but Pentecost isn’t the same date every year – but 50 days from Passover, the dates of which we know change from year to year.
However, some interesting things we do know:
-The Feast of Pentecost originated in the Pentateuch as an offering of firstfruits, decreed for Israel on Mount Sinai.
-the anniversary feast of the giving of the Law or, actually, the establishment of the covenant at Sinai. It was also the seasonal planting and harvesting, called (Shavaout – Feast of Harvest or Feast of Weeks (beginning of early Wheat Harvest), which came after the Barley Harvest.
But, we can go back even earlier and then shoot thru time to the beginning of the Church we celebrate today.
What we have is:
⁃ The Tower of Babel REVERSED-dates lost in history and argument regarding actual “destruction,” but what we do know that has to do with Pentecost: The tower of Babel was all about a satanically inspired leader, Nimrod, attempting to ascend to the heavens and be as God, and in the process bringing judgement upon the people that scattered them across the earth by confusing their languages – they couldn’t talk to each other.
The Reversal of Babel
About 3,000 years later, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, ascended to Heaven and 10 days later, on the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came to Earth to inhabit a temple not build with bricks but with living stones. A temple not in Babel on top of a Ziggurat, but in Jerusalem in the upper room. This temple on earth is the Church!
…based loosely on Daniel’s Prayer for his people (Daniel chap. 9:4-19)
“O Lord, you are the great and awesome God! You always fulfill your covenant and keep your promises of unfailing love to those who love you and obey your commands. But this nation has sinned and done wrong. We have rebelled against you and scorned your commands, regulations, and your Gospel. We have refused to listen to your servants the prophets, who spoke on your authority to our leaders and ancestors and to all the people of the land. We have removed you from the halls of our Government; from our schools; from every high mountain of earthly influence, even from “your” church meeting places! Lord, you are in the right in turning your face from America and pulling away your hand of safety. But as you see, our faces are covered with shame. This is true of “your” people, your true ecclesia, we are ashamed of our disloyalty to you and the utter degradation that has caused in this land. O Lord, we, our leaders, and ancestors are covered with shame because we have sinned against you. But the Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against you. We have not obeyed the Lord our God, for we have not followed your Gospel or your true servants in the 5-fold ministry, locking out your Prophets and denying The Holy Spirit and His power, leaving most of our “denominational” church gatherings a sad series of “Social Club” meetings with none of your power. All America has disobeyed your instruction and turned away, refusing to listen to your voice, to the point that for 50 years the nation supported the very killing of your creation in the womb, and exported this heinous practice, supporting it worldwide with filthy lucre from our own pockets in the form of taxes, taken at a higher rate than tithes and used to spread abortion worldwide.
“So now the solemn curses and judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, as well as the removal of your hand of protection from satan and his minions, have been poured down on us because of the weight our sin. You have kept your word and done to us, and allowed done to us, and our rulers, exactly as you warned. Never has there been such a social disaster as is happening in America at an ever more rapid pace. Yet for a long period now we have refused to seek mercy from the Lord our God by turning from our sins and recognizing his truth. Oh Lord, our God, you were/are righteous to do all of these things, for we did not obey. And yet Lord, a “growing remnant” of your Ecclesia HAS repented and turned; and in response, at the jubilee year of the start of the national abortion debate; YOU moved your hand, during a time when all facets of the executive and legislative offices of Govt were outright supporters of not just abortion, but infanticide; YOU turned the hearts of the high Court, and stopped America’s “official national support” of abortion! Praise YOU LORD!!!
“O Lord our God, Jehovah Nissi, our Banner, in ancient times you brought lasting honor to your name by rescuing your people from Egypt in a great display of power; and after 70 years of captivity in Babylon, YOU moved the hands of Israel’s conquerors in Daniel’s time, to release them to return and rebuild your temple!
In view of all your faithful past mercies, Lord, and for the GLORY of your name; please continue to return your gaze and your hand of protection, to your covenant nation of America, founded with the intention and covenant to bring the Gospel to the whole World. All our neighboring nations, the “One World Government,” satan-worshipping World Economic Council, and the UN mock YOU openly, as well as your America and your true Ecceslia in America and abroad; attempting to remove worship of both you YAHWEH and of YESHUA from all mankind, thinking that because of our sins and the sins of our ancestors that you either cannot, or will not, act. But they don’t know you Adonai, they don’t know of your great Mercies, renewed every morning, they don’t know of your great Faithfulness!
Therefore O our God, even as we shout the VICTORY be believe YOU always walk in, for you shall NOT be Mocked with impunity; we continue in Repentance, Prayer and Thanksgiving. Hear your servant’s prayer! Listen as I plead, coming constantly, both boldly and in dust and ashes, before your throne. For your own sake, Lord, smile again on your desolate covenant nation; release your GLORY and allow the final Soul Harvest! O my God, lean down and listen to me. Open your eyes and see our despair. See how your covenant nations, both Israel and America, as well as your world, are being destroyed as the enemy mocks you and laughs, saying you are dead and that your body has just not yet been found. We make this plea Father God, Yeshua, Holy Spirit, even as we shout the VICTORY, not because we deserve your help, but because of your great mercy and for the sake of Your GLORY and HONOR!.
“O Lord, hear. O Lord, forgive. O Lord, listen and begin the final “Checkmate” act on your enemies! For your own sake, do not delay, O my God; for Your people and your Covenant nations, Israel, whom You chose; and America, who chose, and was founded under, You Holy God, with the intent of fulfilling the Great Commission and being the watchman and brother to Israel in the natural as Michael is Israel’s and all of Abraham’s seed’s guardian in the Spirit!”
…in the name above all names, Yeshua/Jesus, and by the power of His blood, Amen and Amen!
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