“The word ‘ensign’ is rich in meaning. The King James Bible translators used it to mean a signal, sign, identifying symbol, standard, or banner. Hence, we read the biblical prophecy that in the last days the Lord would ‘set up an ensign for the nations’ (Isa. 11:12), a standard to which Israel and the righteous of all nations might gather in preparation for the Millennium (Isa. 5:26; 18:3; 31:6–9; 49:22; 62:10; Zech. 9:16). In latter-day scriptures, ‘ensign’ symbolizes such ‘standards’ as the new and everlasting covenant (D&C 45:9), the gospel of salvation (D&C 49:8–9; 2 Ne. 29:2), the latter-day Zion (D&C 64:41–43), and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (D&C 115:4–6)” (Ludlow, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 1:461).