Flag of the United States of America
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| Names |
The Stars and Stripes, Old Glory |
| Use |
National flag and ensign.  |
| Proportion |
10:19 |
| Adopted |
June 14, 1777 (13-star version) July 4, 1960 (50-star version) |
| Design |
Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 50 white stars on a blue field |
1 Peter 2:24Who
his own self bare our sins in
his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose
stripes ye were
healed.
Isaiah 53:5
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
The seven red stripes represents the sun. It is masculine; a man is said to enter the age of legality at 21 or 3x7.
The 6 white stripes represents the moon; it is feminine. A female is said to be of legal age at 18 or 6x3.
A person is not healed because someone else was savagely beaten. The rays of the sun is healing and it is the Lord.