God has His own way to help us to build His Temple!
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Today's Time with Abba: Psalm 145:14-21; Zechariah 6:1-7:14; Revelation 15:1-8; Proverbs 30:24-28
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I looked up again, and there before me were four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze. 2 The first chariot had red horses, the second black, 3 the third white, and the fourth dappled—all of them powerful. 4 I asked the angel who was speaking to me, “What are these, my lord?”
5 The angel answered me, “These are the four spirits[a] of heaven, going out from standing in the presence of the Lord of the whole world. 6 The one with the black horses is going toward the north country, the one with the white horses toward the west,[b] and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.”
7 When the powerful horses went out, they were straining to go throughout the earth. And he said, “Go throughout the earth!” So they went throughout the earth.
8 Then he called to me, “Look, those going toward the north country have given my Spirit[c] rest in the land of the north.”
A Crown for Joshua
9 The word of the Lord came to me: 10 “Take silver and gold from the exiles Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon.Go the same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah. 11 Take the silver and gold and make a crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jozadak.[d] 12 Tell him this is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Here is the man whose name is the Branch, and he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the Lord.13 It is he who will build the temple of the Lord, and he will be clothed with majesty and will sit and rule on his throne. And he[e] will be a priest on his throne. And there will be harmony between the two.’ 14 The crown will be given to Heldai,[f] Tobijah, Jedaiah and Hen[g] son of Zephaniah as a memorial in the temple of the Lord.15 Those who are far away will come and help to build the temple of the Lord, and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the Lord your God.”
Zechariah 6:1
The topic I received today from Jesus is: God has His own way to help us to build His Temple!
In his eighth vision, Zechariah saw four war chariots between two bronze mountains. This vision relates to the first vision (1: 8-11) that the Lord is the One who controls the events of history and will eventually conquer the nations that oppress his people.
The colors of the horses pulling the chariots were red signifying war, black signifying famine and death and speckled signifying pestilence and famine. The chariot pulled by white horses represents the victory of God's agents of judgment. The four spirits are actually angelic beings. Both the war chariots and the bronze mountains indicate judgment against God's enemies. The riders and chariots go toward the north and the south which also represent the northern and southern powers during the end times, which God will destroy.
By bringing God's judgment, these angelic beings had satisfied His perfect justice and caused His anger to cease.
Two of the previous visions (fourth and fifth) had involved Joshua's and Zerubbabel's roles as priest and governor. In vv. 9-15, Zechariah relates the message of those visions to the ultimate king-Priest who is to come, the Messiah.
Joshua's crowning also signifies as the meaning of the last verse of the confirmation that God had his own way to help them to build God's temple.
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My second blog "Discipler 123" was written in both Chinese and English (March 6,2011to December 31, 2016 ):
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