Pages

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

THE MEANING OF THE CHRISTIAN FLAG!!!!

Animated Christian FlagImage via Wikipedia
The red color is intended to represent the blood of Jesus as described in the story of his crucifixion. Christians believe that Jesus' death and resurrection is the means God uses to save believers from their sins. The cross and blood have been used since earliest Christianity to symbolize salvation through Jesus; in the words of the Apostle Paul, "Through [Jesus] God reconciles himself to all things... making peace by the blood of the cross" (Colossians 1:20). The white field draws on symbolism throughout the Bible equating white clothes with purity and forgiveness. People who have been "washed white as snow" in the Bible have been cleansed from their sins (Isaiah 1:18). In conventional vexillology a white flag is linked to surrender, a reference to the Biblical description Jesus' non-violence and surrender to God's will.
The blue square represents faithfulness, truth, and sincerity[1].
Since the flag is not tied to any specific religious denomination or church institution, it signifies the unity of all followers of Jesus Christ within the Kingdom of God despite historical, cultural, and dogmatic differences. Its simplicity makes it easily copied by any community of Christians.

During World War II the flag was flown along with the U.S. flag in a number of Lutheran churches, many of them with German backgrounds, who wanted to show their solidarity with the United States during the war with Germany.

THE CHRISTIAN FLAG THAT SHOULD BE FLYING AT THE VETERAN'S MEMORIAL AT CENTRAL PARK IN KING, NC HAS MANY MEANINGS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. THE MEANING OF THE FLAG IS WRITTEN ABOVE AND THIS FLAG SYMBOLIZES MANY THINGS FOR THE MILITARY. JUST BY READING THE MEANING ABOVE SHOWS WHAT OUR MILITARY HAS TO GO THROUGH. THEY HAVE TO SHED THEIR BLOOD FOR US TO HAVE FREEDOM. THEY HAVE TO BE FAITHFUL, SINCERE AND TRUE TO THEMSELVES AND THE MILITARY AND THEN IN THE END OF SUCH ADVERSITIES AS WAR THEY HAVE TO HAVE FORGIVENESS.
THERE MAY BE PEOPLE'S NAMES ON SOME OF THE STONE MARKERS AT THE MEMORIAL THAT MAY NOT BE CHRISTIANS BUT THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME THING IN COMMON. THEY ALL FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM IF THEY WANT TO FLY FLAGS FOR OTHER RELIGIONS RIGHT BESIDE THE CHRISTIAN FLAG BUT GET THIS UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CHRISTIAN FLAG STANDS MORE THAN JUST BEING A RELIGIOUS FLAG. IT STANDS FOR FREEDOM AND IT STANDS FOR  THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DIED FOR OUR COUNTRY.
Enhanced by Zemanta

No comments:

Post a Comment