"It shall come to pass in that day That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people who are left, From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros and Cush, From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands of the sea. He will set up a banner for the nations, And will assemble the outcasts of Israel, And gather together the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth." Isaiah 11:11‭-‬12 ; "Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD." Jeremiah 31:37; "He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love." Song of Solomon 2:4

In 70 AD Jerusalem finally fell to the mighty Roman army led by Titus after a long siege. To commemorate the Roman victory over the Jewish rebellion an arch was erected in Rome known to this day as the Arch of Titus. This famous arch depicts the fall of the Temple and its artifacts paraded in a processional described by the historian Josephus' in his account, "The Jewish War." The arch of Titus stands to this day, a horrific monument to the defeat of the Jewish people. Yet history and God have a way of inverting such things, since when the nation of Israel was reborn in 1948, the exact depiction of the Menorah on the arch of Titus was used as a symbol of Israel's rebirth. While the Roman empire has long been vanquished the nation of Israel has remained and been resurrected despite utter defeat and decimation. How could this tiny nation survive 2,000 years of dispersion and persecution? A promise (Jeremiah 31) and a prophetic sign are indicated by this "banner to the nations" of Isaiah 11. And just as the symbol of the menorah on the Roman victory arch has been resurrected to symbolize Israel's rebirth, this little nation of Israel is also a banner and a sign for us. Israel is a monumental marker indicating our time in history (God's story) and the absolute surety of God's promises. Her resurrection signals the time of the end, the last of the Last Days, and the soon coming of Messiah for His Bride. Brothers & Sisters, the Roman empire expressed terrible power and pretension with persecution and plunder, appearing victorious for a season. In these days of the final "Beast" system the enemy of our souls is also marching triumphantly corrupting culture and government and destroying righteous foundations. Persecution of God's saints is increasing greatly and we may need serious endurance. But we also have a "banner". His banner over us is love, which endures all things, and never fails. OUR PROPHETIC MARKER HAS BEEN SET!