Why is there a scarlet thread in the Union Jack?

Question

Why is there a scarlet thread in the Union Jack?

Answer 1

The blood of Messiah, the Covenant!

In answer to someone else's statement:-)

Yes the Red Dragon in the middle of the flag should look

great & tell us what we need to know.

What was said to the Prince of Wales???? Let me see!!

Rev 13:2b "And the dragon gave him his power, his throne &

great authority."

Now that should be very interesting!

Answer 2

Because of the twin sons born to Judah thru his daughter-in-law Tamar.  

Genesis 38:26  Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her.

27  And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.

28  And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was with her put a red thread round his hand, saying, This one came out first.

29  But then he took his hand back again, and his brother came first to birth: and the woman said, What an opening you have made for yourself! So he was named Perez.

30  And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.

Perez or Pharez was the ancestor of King David and Messiah Yeshua thru Joseph

Matthew 1:3  And the sons of Judah were Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and the son of Perez was Hezron; and the son of Hezron was Ram;

And Mary:

Luke 3:33  The son of Amminadab, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

Zerah's family migrated to Ireland and ruled from there and the scarlet thread is a reminder from the Almighty of the roots of the British Empire.

Edit:

I guess ya can lead a horse to water but can't make him drink!!

http://www.biblestudy.org/bibleref/jscep...

http://www.giveshare.org/israel/losttrib...

Answer 3

The flag continued to be used in its original form until Jan. 1, 1801. At that time, with the union of Ireland and Great Britain, it became necessary to represent Ireland in the Union Flag and so the cross of St. Patrick was include thus creating the flag as we now have it. When the southern part of Ireland gained its independence in 1921 and became the Irish Free State no alteration was made to the Union Jack.

Answer 4

If you mean the diagonal red stripes, it's the Cross of St Patrick, representing Ireland.

The horizontal and vertical stripes are the Cross of St George, for England, while the blue comes from the Scottish Cross of St Andrew, a diagonal white cross on a blue background.

Wales is not represented on the Union Jack, but that may change in the future. Personally I think a Welsh Dragon in the centre of the flag would look great.