Exodus 17:8-16
8 Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.” 10 So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And so it was, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses’ hands became heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.” 15 And Moses built an altar and called its name, The-Lord-Is-My-Banner; 16 for he said, “Because the Lord has sworn: the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.” 15 And Moses built an altar and called its name, The-Lord-Is-My-Banner; 16 for he said, “Because the Lord has sworn: the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”
While still in the wilderness, the first enemy (Amalek) came against God’s people. Moses told his commander Joshua to pick out a few good men to fight them off; he did not rally all of Israel, but trusted that God would have the victory as he stood on the hill holding the symbolic rod of God’s power. Moses knew that it was not him nor the staff given by God, but God’s work being done with him and that as instruments of the Lord. As long as they acknowledged the Lord by holding up the rod, victory was certain. Joshua fought and God defeated Amalek. This was written as a remembrance in a book, stating that Amalek would be forgotten in heaven for contending against God. The physical remembrance was an altar Moses built named the Lord is my banner, showing that the battle and victory is in Him (1 Chronicles 29:11), and that was their battle flag for the ongoing war against Amalek and other future enemies of God and His people. Likewise, we have (1 Corinthians 15:57) victory through our Lord Jesus Christ as a our great God and Savior to bring us safely into eternity.
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