I feel that God is asking me to republish some of my older blogs. So here is the first one that I felt to republish. It was first published October 31, 2013......
Song of Songs 2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
According to Nelson’s Bible Dictionary “A banner is a flag, ensign, streamer, or emblem attached to the end of a standard. Banners served as rallying points for military, national, or religious purposes……The most common use of banners was for military campaigns. A large signal flag usually was erected on a hill or other high place.”
God is raising up a warrior bride/army. The banner over God’s warrior bride/army is a banner of love. This warrior bride will have a fierce love for God and for each other.
Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
You may wonder about my choice of the word “fierce.” That is the word I heard from the Lord. I looked up the word in the dictionary. Here are some definitions of “fierce” from Webster’s Dictionary: “marked by unrestrained zeal or vehemence, furiously active or determined, having or showing a lot of strong emotion : very strong or intense.”
I think that could describe the love that will characterize the bride of Christ in these last days. It will be necessary to have that kind of love. That kind of love comes from God. It is not something we can find within ourselves. God is love. His love shines forth to us. Then through us back to Him and to each other.
Song of Songs 8:6-7 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
