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Zechariah #9

Christ Church on June 14, 1998

The Text

And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.²In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;³And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.⁴Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?⁵And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.⁶The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.⁷And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.⁸Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country. (Zechariah 6:1-8)

Zechariah #6

Christ Church on May 24, 1998

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The Text

And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.²And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:³And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.⁴So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?⁵Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.⁶Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.⁷Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.⁸Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,⁹The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you.¹⁰For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.¹¹Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?¹²And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?¹³And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.¹⁴Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth. (Zechariah 4:1-14)

Zechariah #4

Christ Church on May 10, 1998

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The Text

I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.²Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.³And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,⁴And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:⁵For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.⁶Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord.⁷Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.⁸For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.⁹For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me.¹⁰Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.¹¹And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.¹²And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.¹³Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation. (Zechariah 2:1-13)

Zechariah #2

Christ Church on April 28, 1998

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The Text

7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,⁸I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.⁹Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.¹⁰And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the Lord hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.¹¹And they answered the angel of the Lord that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.¹²Then the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?¹³And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.¹⁴So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.¹⁵And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.¹⁶Therefore thus saith the Lord; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.¹⁷Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. (Zechariah 1:7-17)