The 700 Club did a feature story about the flag on June 14, 2004. Shortly thereafter I received an email from a Messianic Jewish Rabbi, Daniel Vargas from Honolulu, Hawaii. Rabbi Vargas wrote that on July 3, 2004 there was to be an all Christian parade going down Waikiki Beach proclaiming Jesus is LORD. He wanted me to send this flag so he could place it between the flags of Jerusalem and Israel. Ministers blowing the shofars would precede the flags and Messianic dancers would follow. I sent as he requested.
Rabbi emailed me referencing the scripture in Acts 1:8...but ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Rabbi explained that his spirit was quickened when he saw the gentile flag and was sure that this prophecy would be fulfilled the day of July 3, 2004. He continued to say Hawaii is almost direct opposite of Jerusalem on the globe, a speck in the Pacific and 2500 miles from a continent…the uttermost part of the earth. All nationalities of people gather there.

I told this to my oldest daughter, Amanda, and she responded that her husband, my son in law, LT Jason Rimmer would be at Pearl Harbor that very week end. His ship, the USS John C. Stennis was to be docked there and Jason would look the Rabbi up. Jason was stationed in the Tidewater area of Virginia so the fact he was on assignment in the Pacific Ocean is a bit unusual. I told the Rabbi and he answered “how about if your son in law carries the flag?” Oh that was so exciting. Jason is a godly man and our LORD was having him specially delivered to carry the flag in the parade.

My Father and I decided to make the trip. We boarded a plane in Baltimore, Maryland. I began to write in my journal while the plane was still on the runway. I wrote the date of, July 2nd, 2004. The realization came that it was the exact one year anniversary of the drawing of the flag’s image at the Founder’s Inn in Virginia Beach.

The trip went as planned and I have photos to share. The Gentiles and Jews came together to proclaim Jesus is LORD. We were witnesses of Him in an uttermost part of the world and God divinely arranged the flag’s first assignment to be at the event.

Marcia Thompson Edreth