WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.840 Nancy: Welcome to immerse: the daily bible reading experience. 00:00:02.920 --> 00:00:03.930 day 200 and 80 00:00:04.515 --> 00:00:05.805 Immersed in Zechariah. 00:00:07.215 --> 00:00:10.695 After getting permission from the Persians, the new power in 00:00:10.695 --> 00:00:14.625 the region, a remnant of Judah's exiled people had returned to their 00:00:14.625 --> 00:00:16.605 homeland to rebuild the temple. 00:00:17.505 --> 00:00:22.785 But nearly 20 years after King Cyrus's decree, the temple still laying ruins. 00:00:23.595 --> 00:00:25.755 New questions arise for God's people. 00:00:26.265 --> 00:00:29.595 Will they still be able to rebuild the temple after all this delay? 00:00:29.985 --> 00:00:31.335 Is God still with them? 00:00:31.875 --> 00:00:35.895 Does God still have a plan to use them to bring about his purposes for the world? 00:00:37.035 --> 00:00:40.965 In response, the Book of Zechariah sets forth a series of visions and 00:00:40.965 --> 00:00:44.745 prophecies revealing that God is still concerned about Jerusalem and the 00:00:44.745 --> 00:00:49.365 temple, and that he will continue to work to bring his worldwide reign of 00:00:49.365 --> 00:00:51.915 justice and peace through his people. 00:00:52.035 --> 00:00:52.605 Israel. 00:00:53.565 --> 00:00:58.035 God has punished his people and has now rescued them, but what's next for them? 00:00:58.785 --> 00:01:02.745 Zechariah was a member of a priestly family, so it was natural for him 00:01:02.745 --> 00:01:04.245 to be concerned for the temple. 00:01:04.905 --> 00:01:08.085 His prophecies emphasized that it's time for the people to finish 00:01:08.085 --> 00:01:11.925 rebuilding the temple and to move forward with their God-given 00:01:11.925 --> 00:01:13.755 mission to be a light to the world. 00:01:14.955 --> 00:01:18.855 The strange visions and vivid prophecies of both judgment and 00:01:18.860 --> 00:01:20.715 promise that we find in Zacharia. 00:01:21.300 --> 00:01:25.200 Make it one of the more challenging books in the Bible to understand, but 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:28.260 it provides a crucial link between the story of Israel and the First 00:01:28.260 --> 00:01:32.550 Testament and God's vision for his people that will unfold in the future. 00:01:33.990 --> 00:01:37.440 The book has two main parts, each using a different kind of writing. 00:01:38.190 --> 00:01:41.430 The first part focuses on the immediate task in front of the people 00:01:41.430 --> 00:01:46.230 to finish rebuilding the temple and reinstitute true worship of God. 00:01:47.100 --> 00:01:50.880 It consists of two series of messages each presented in a highly 00:01:50.880 --> 00:01:55.170 structured way, one of which contains a set of symbolic vision reports. 00:01:56.070 --> 00:02:00.720 The second main part of the book is about an indefinite future revealing how 00:02:00.725 --> 00:02:05.940 God will use judgment and restoration to bring his saving purposes for Israel 00:02:05.945 --> 00:02:08.430 and the world to glorious fulfillment. 00:02:09.270 --> 00:02:13.740 In this section, the message is conveyed through Oracles that are structured in the 00:02:13.740 --> 00:02:16.200 classic parallel lines of Hebrew poetry. 00:02:17.385 --> 00:02:20.865 The two sets of visions in the first part of the book each fit into an 00:02:20.865 --> 00:02:25.455 intricate pattern called a chiasm, a literary device found in many 00:02:25.460 --> 00:02:27.075 other places in the Hebrew Bible. 00:02:27.975 --> 00:02:32.445 In this structure, the first and last elements are paired, as are the second 00:02:32.475 --> 00:02:35.055 and next to last elements and so forth. 00:02:35.685 --> 00:02:40.725 Typically, whatever is found at the center of a chiasm is the key point of emphasis. 00:02:41.535 --> 00:02:44.085 Here's how the first set of messages containing eight 00:02:44.090 --> 00:02:46.095 symbolic visions is structured. 00:02:47.175 --> 00:02:51.405 A riders on four differently colored horses patrol the earth. 00:02:52.185 --> 00:02:55.665 B four horns are knocked down by four blacksmiths. 00:02:56.475 --> 00:03:00.045 B Jerusalem is measured and people scattered to the four 00:03:00.050 --> 00:03:01.515 winds return to the city. 00:03:02.235 --> 00:03:02.625 C. 00:03:02.955 --> 00:03:06.795 The high priest is given new garments and a jewel with seven facets. 00:03:07.665 --> 00:03:13.185 See a lampstand with seven lamps appears between two olive trees be 00:03:13.515 --> 00:03:15.225 a scroll, flies through the air. 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:19.650 B two women fly through the air and carry away a basket. 00:03:20.400 --> 00:03:24.090 A rider on four chariots drawn by differently colored 00:03:24.090 --> 00:03:25.800 horses patrol the earth. 00:03:27.150 --> 00:03:31.380 The visions reveal that the conditions are now right for Israel to recommit 00:03:31.410 --> 00:03:32.820 to finishing the new temple. 00:03:33.540 --> 00:03:35.100 The earth is at peace. 00:03:35.760 --> 00:03:39.660 Israel's sins have been dealt with, and new leadership is in place. 00:03:40.890 --> 00:03:44.490 The second set of six messages is also structured as a chiasm. 00:03:45.465 --> 00:03:49.575 This time, they are straightforward messages about Israel's religious fasts 00:03:49.845 --> 00:03:51.855 and about issues of justice and mercy. 00:03:52.695 --> 00:03:57.495 Zacharia says It is time to end the fasts and begin a new season filled 00:03:57.495 --> 00:03:59.865 with festivals of joy and celebration. 00:04:00.915 --> 00:04:04.695 While the first part of the book addresses a present historical moment in Israel's 00:04:04.695 --> 00:04:09.525 life, the second part looks ahead to a time when God will strongly intervene. 00:04:10.350 --> 00:04:14.520 To remove wrongdoing and establish his reign in Jerusalem for the sake of the 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:18.240 world, Israel's story has not ended. 00:04:19.230 --> 00:04:22.620 A new shepherd and king is coming to fulfill God's purposes. 00:04:23.460 --> 00:04:28.080 Even though there will be a dark time of suffering and loss, the end result 00:04:28.170 --> 00:04:32.910 will be the long awaited establishment of God's rule of peace and the 00:04:32.910 --> 00:04:35.130 arrival of his promised restoration. 00:04:40.335 --> 00:04:41.955 The Prophet Zechariah 00:04:44.505 --> 00:04:49.395 in November of the second year of King Arias reign, the Lord gave this 00:04:49.395 --> 00:04:55.485 message to the Prophet Zechariah son of Barakah and grandson of Ido I, the 00:04:55.485 --> 00:04:58.005 Lord was very angry with your ancestors. 00:04:58.545 --> 00:05:03.315 Therefore, say to the people, this is what the Lord of Heaven's army says. 00:05:03.750 --> 00:05:08.490 Return to me and I will return to you, says the Lord of heaven's. 00:05:08.490 --> 00:05:13.620 Armies don't be like your ancestors who would not listen or pay attention. 00:05:13.830 --> 00:05:17.040 When the earlier prophets said to them, this is what the 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:18.780 Lord of Heaven's armies says. 00:05:19.170 --> 00:05:23.370 Turn from your evil ways and stop all your evil practices. 00:05:24.270 --> 00:05:26.070 Where are your ancestors now? 00:05:26.730 --> 00:05:28.950 They and the prophets are long dead. 00:05:29.640 --> 00:05:34.230 But everything I said through my servants, the prophets happened to your ancestors. 00:05:34.230 --> 00:05:35.430 Just as I said. 00:05:36.090 --> 00:05:41.100 As a result, they repented and said, we have received what we deserved 00:05:41.100 --> 00:05:42.780 from the Lord of Heaven's armies. 00:05:43.290 --> 00:05:45.780 He has done what he said he would do. 00:05:47.400 --> 00:05:52.320 Three months later on February 15th, the Lord sent another message 00:05:52.320 --> 00:05:56.430 to the Prophet Zechariah, son of Barakah and grandson of Ito. 00:05:57.525 --> 00:06:02.685 In a vision during the night, I saw a man sitting on a red horse that was standing 00:06:02.685 --> 00:06:05.235 among some myrtle trees in a small valley. 00:06:06.195 --> 00:06:10.125 Behind him were riders on red, brown, and white horses. 00:06:10.845 --> 00:06:16.065 I asked the angel who was talking with me, my Lord, what did these horses mean? 00:06:16.875 --> 00:06:17.715 I will show you. 00:06:17.925 --> 00:06:19.005 The angel replied. 00:06:19.875 --> 00:06:23.025 The riders standing among the myrtle trees then explained. 00:06:23.565 --> 00:06:26.775 They are the ones the Lord has sent out to patrol the earth. 00:06:27.675 --> 00:06:31.035 Then the other riders reported to the angel of the Lord who was 00:06:31.035 --> 00:06:32.715 standing among the Myrtle trees. 00:06:33.135 --> 00:06:37.485 We have been patrolling the earth and the whole earth is at peace. 00:06:38.715 --> 00:06:42.525 Upon hearing this, the angel of the Lord prayed this prayer, 00:06:43.425 --> 00:06:45.105 oh Lord of heaven's armies. 00:06:45.615 --> 00:06:50.085 For 70 years now, you have been angry with Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. 00:06:50.685 --> 00:06:53.655 How long until you again show mercy to them? 00:06:54.435 --> 00:06:58.695 The Lord spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who talked with me. 00:06:59.565 --> 00:07:04.065 Then the angel said to me, shout this message for all to hear. 00:07:04.605 --> 00:07:07.275 This is what the Lord of Heaven's army says. 00:07:07.725 --> 00:07:13.155 My love for Jerusalem and Mount Zion is passionate and strong, but I am 00:07:13.155 --> 00:07:17.925 very angry with the other nations that are now enjoying peace and security. 00:07:18.705 --> 00:07:23.055 I was only a little angry with my people, but the nation's inflicted 00:07:23.055 --> 00:07:25.755 harm on them far beyond my intentions. 00:07:26.505 --> 00:07:28.605 Therefore, this is what the Lord says. 00:07:29.175 --> 00:07:31.965 I have returned to show mercy to Jerusalem. 00:07:32.535 --> 00:07:35.835 My temple will be rebuilt, says the Lord of heaven's. 00:07:35.835 --> 00:07:40.155 Armies and measurements will be taken for the reconstruction of Jerusalem. 00:07:41.175 --> 00:07:42.285 Say this also. 00:07:42.825 --> 00:07:45.435 This is what the Lord of Heaven's army says. 00:07:46.035 --> 00:07:50.175 The towns of Israel will again overflow with prosperity, and 00:07:50.175 --> 00:07:54.765 the Lord will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem as his own. 00:07:56.235 --> 00:07:59.205 Then I looked up and saw four animal horns. 00:07:59.835 --> 00:08:00.705 What are these? 00:08:00.945 --> 00:08:03.075 I asked the angel who was talking with me. 00:08:03.795 --> 00:08:07.635 He replied, these horns represent the nations that scattered 00:08:07.665 --> 00:08:09.975 Judah, Israel and Jerusalem. 00:08:11.085 --> 00:08:13.455 Then the Lord showed me four blacksmiths. 00:08:14.445 --> 00:08:16.185 What are these men coming to do? 00:08:16.425 --> 00:08:21.885 I asked the angel replied, these four horns, these nations 00:08:22.185 --> 00:08:24.015 scattered and humbled Judah. 00:08:24.765 --> 00:08:28.515 Now these blacksmiths have come to terrify those nations and 00:08:28.515 --> 00:08:30.765 throw them down and destroy them. 00:08:32.265 --> 00:08:36.525 When I looked again, I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. 00:08:37.305 --> 00:08:38.235 Where are you going? 00:08:38.415 --> 00:08:39.045 I asked. 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:44.880 He replied, I'm going to measure Jerusalem to see how wide and how long it is. 00:08:45.930 --> 00:08:49.200 Then the angel who was with me went to meet a second angel 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:50.370 who was coming toward him. 00:08:51.030 --> 00:08:56.370 The other angel said, hurry and say to that young man, Jerusalem will someday 00:08:56.370 --> 00:09:01.080 be so full of people and livestock that there won't be room enough for everyone. 00:09:01.740 --> 00:09:03.960 Many will live outside the city walls. 00:09:04.470 --> 00:09:10.020 Then I myself will be a protective wall of fire around Jerusalem, says the Lord 00:09:10.560 --> 00:09:13.200 and I will be the glory inside the city. 00:09:14.460 --> 00:09:18.900 The Lord says, come away, flee from Babylon in the land of the 00:09:18.900 --> 00:09:22.830 north for I have scattered you to the four winds come away. 00:09:22.830 --> 00:09:28.680 People of Zion, you who are exiled in Babylon after a period of glory. 00:09:28.890 --> 00:09:32.850 The Lord of Heaven's army sent me against the nations who plundered you. 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:38.670 For, he said, anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession. 00:09:39.270 --> 00:09:44.040 I will raise my fist to crush them and their own slaves will plunder them. 00:09:44.700 --> 00:09:48.750 Then you will know that the Lord of heaven's armies has sent me. 00:09:49.100 --> 00:09:52.350 The Lord says, shout and rejoice. 00:09:52.350 --> 00:09:55.980 Oh, beautiful Jerusalem, for I am coming to live among you. 00:09:56.730 --> 00:10:00.570 Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and 00:10:00.575 --> 00:10:02.460 they too will be my people. 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:06.300 I will live among you and you will know that the Lord of 00:10:06.300 --> 00:10:08.160 Heaven's armies sent me to you. 00:10:08.910 --> 00:10:12.240 The land of Judah will be the Lord's special possession in the 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:16.950 holy land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem to be his own city. 00:10:17.790 --> 00:10:20.640 Be silent before the Lord all humanity. 00:10:21.180 --> 00:10:24.360 For he is springing into action from his holy dwelling. 00:10:25.530 --> 00:10:28.770 Then the angel showed me Jesu, the high priest, standing 00:10:28.775 --> 00:10:30.210 before the angel of the Lord. 00:10:30.795 --> 00:10:31.665 The accuser. 00:10:31.725 --> 00:10:36.735 Satan was there at the Angel's right hand making accusations against Jesu, 00:10:37.695 --> 00:10:42.825 and the Lord said to Satan, I the Lord reject your accusations, Satan. 00:10:43.305 --> 00:10:47.445 Yes, the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebukes you. 00:10:48.165 --> 00:10:51.975 This man is like a burning stick that has been snatched from the fire. 00:10:52.995 --> 00:10:56.625 Joshua's clothing was filthy as he stood there before the angel. 00:10:57.465 --> 00:11:00.405 The angel said to the other, standing there, take off his 00:11:00.405 --> 00:11:03.045 filthy clothes and turning to Jesu. 00:11:03.225 --> 00:11:08.055 He said, see, I have taken away your sins and now I am giving 00:11:08.055 --> 00:11:09.735 you these fine new clothes. 00:11:10.725 --> 00:11:14.505 Then I said, they should also place a clean turban on his head. 00:11:15.255 --> 00:11:20.145 So they put a clean priestly turban on his head and dressed him in new clothes 00:11:20.385 --> 00:11:22.515 while the angel of the Lord stood by. 00:11:23.745 --> 00:11:28.425 Then the angel of the Lord spoke very solemnly to Jesu and said, this is 00:11:28.425 --> 00:11:30.675 what the Lord of Heaven's army says. 00:11:31.245 --> 00:11:36.345 If you follow my ways and carefully serve me, then you will be given authority 00:11:36.345 --> 00:11:38.445 over my temple and its courtyards. 00:11:39.045 --> 00:11:41.535 I will let you walk among these others standing here. 00:11:42.505 --> 00:11:46.515 Listen to me o jehu with a high priest and all you other priests, 00:11:46.995 --> 00:11:49.035 you are symbols of things to come. 00:11:49.800 --> 00:11:52.890 Soon I am going to bring my servant the branch. 00:11:53.670 --> 00:11:59.280 Now look at the jewel I have set before Jesu, a single stone with seven facets. 00:11:59.880 --> 00:12:03.570 I will engrave an inscription on it says the Lord of heaven's 00:12:03.570 --> 00:12:07.920 armies, and I will remove this sins of this land in a single day. 00:12:08.730 --> 00:12:11.940 And on that day says the Lord of heaven's armies. 00:12:12.420 --> 00:12:16.320 Each of you will invite your neighbor to sit with you peacefully under 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:18.540 your own grape vine and fig tree. 00:12:20.295 --> 00:12:23.655 Then the angel who had been talking with me returned and woke 00:12:23.655 --> 00:12:25.425 me as though I had been asleep. 00:12:26.265 --> 00:12:27.375 What do you see now? 00:12:27.555 --> 00:12:28.215 He asked. 00:12:28.875 --> 00:12:29.535 I answered. 00:12:29.985 --> 00:12:33.645 I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl of oil. 00:12:33.650 --> 00:12:39.195 On top of it, around the bowl are seven lamps, each having seven spouts 00:12:39.195 --> 00:12:44.355 with wicks, and I see two olive trees, one on each side of the bowl. 00:12:45.315 --> 00:12:47.865 Then I ask the angel, what are these? 00:12:47.865 --> 00:12:48.465 My Lord? 00:12:48.810 --> 00:12:49.740 What do they mean? 00:12:50.670 --> 00:12:52.710 Don't you know the angel asked? 00:12:53.460 --> 00:12:55.470 No, my Lord, I replied. 00:12:56.370 --> 00:13:00.450 Then he said to me, this is what the Lord says to rebel. 00:13:00.990 --> 00:13:06.540 It is not by force, nor by strength, but by my spirit, says the Lord 00:13:06.540 --> 00:13:08.790 of heaven's armies nothing. 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:13.320 Not even a mighty mountain will stand in Abel's way. 00:13:13.770 --> 00:13:16.230 It will become a level plane before him. 00:13:16.875 --> 00:13:22.245 And when Rebel sets the final stone of the temple in place, the people will shout. 00:13:22.515 --> 00:13:23.865 May God bless it. 00:13:23.955 --> 00:13:25.575 May God bless it. 00:13:26.955 --> 00:13:29.445 Then another message came to me from the Lord. 00:13:30.585 --> 00:13:35.025 Rebel is the one who laid the foundation of this temple, and he will complete it. 00:13:35.745 --> 00:13:39.105 Then you will know that the Lord of Heaven's armies has sent me. 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:42.270 Do not despise these small beginnings. 00:13:42.750 --> 00:13:46.320 For the Lord rejoices to see the work begin to see the 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:48.510 plumb line in rebel's hand. 00:13:49.560 --> 00:13:54.270 The seven lamps represent the eyes of the Lord that search all around the world. 00:13:55.500 --> 00:14:00.900 That I ask the angel, what are these two olive trees on each side of the lampstand? 00:14:01.530 --> 00:14:05.070 And what are the two olive branches that pour out golden 00:14:05.070 --> 00:14:07.680 oil through two gold tubes? 00:14:08.535 --> 00:14:10.125 Don't you know he asked? 00:14:10.725 --> 00:14:12.705 No, my Lord, I replied. 00:14:13.635 --> 00:14:18.735 Then he said to me, they represent the two anointed ones who stand in the 00:14:18.735 --> 00:14:20.925 court of the Lord of all the earth. 00:14:22.125 --> 00:14:26.085 I looked up again and saw a scroll flying through the air. 00:14:26.335 --> 00:14:29.595 What do you see the angel asked. 00:14:30.615 --> 00:14:32.775 I see a flying scroll. 00:14:32.955 --> 00:14:33.675 I replied. 00:14:34.335 --> 00:14:38.775 It appears to be about 30 feet long and 15 feet wide. 00:14:39.405 --> 00:14:43.245 Then he said to me, this scroll contains the curse that is 00:14:43.245 --> 00:14:45.045 going out over the entire land. 00:14:45.735 --> 00:14:49.965 One side of the scroll says that those who steal will be banished from the land. 00:14:50.595 --> 00:14:54.285 The other side says that those who swear falsely will be banished 00:14:54.285 --> 00:14:58.035 from the land, and this is what the Lord of Heaven's army says. 00:14:58.920 --> 00:15:02.970 I am sending this curse into the house of every thief and into the house 00:15:02.970 --> 00:15:08.220 of everyone who swears falsely using my name and my curse will remain in 00:15:08.220 --> 00:15:12.870 that house and completely destroy it, even its timbers and stones. 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:16.710 Then the angel who was talking with me came forward and said, 00:15:17.220 --> 00:15:19.140 look up and see what's coming. 00:15:20.010 --> 00:15:20.580 What is it? 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:21.630 I asked? 00:15:22.380 --> 00:15:25.590 He replied, it is a basket for measuring grain. 00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:29.250 It's filled with the sins of everyone throughout the land. 00:15:30.390 --> 00:15:33.810 Then the heavy lead cover was lifted off the basket and there 00:15:33.810 --> 00:15:35.460 was a woman sitting inside it. 00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:41.460 The angel said The woman's name is wickedness, and he pushed her back into 00:15:41.465 --> 00:15:44.130 the basket and closed the heavy lid again. 00:15:45.510 --> 00:15:50.010 Then I looked up and saw two women flying toward us gliding on the wind. 00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:53.250 They had wings like a stork, and they picked up the 00:15:53.250 --> 00:15:55.290 basket and flew into the sky. 00:15:56.295 --> 00:15:57.855 Where are they taking the basket? 00:15:58.215 --> 00:16:03.765 I asked the angel, he replied to the land of Babylonia where they will 00:16:03.770 --> 00:16:07.875 build a temple for the basket, and when the temple is ready, they will 00:16:07.875 --> 00:16:10.275 set the basket there on its pedestal. 00:16:11.475 --> 00:16:14.985 Then I looked up again and saw four chariots coming from 00:16:14.985 --> 00:16:16.935 between two bronze mountains. 00:16:17.385 --> 00:16:21.525 The first chariot was pulled by red horses, the second by black 00:16:21.525 --> 00:16:23.985 horses, the third by white horses. 00:16:24.495 --> 00:16:27.795 The fourth by powerful, dabbled gray horses. 00:16:28.575 --> 00:16:29.445 And what are these? 00:16:29.445 --> 00:16:34.455 My Lord, I asked the angel who was talking with me, the angel replied, 00:16:34.785 --> 00:16:39.675 these are the four spirits of heaven who stand before the Lord of all the earth. 00:16:40.305 --> 00:16:42.315 They are going out to do his work. 00:16:42.885 --> 00:16:45.585 The chariot with black horses is going north. 00:16:46.125 --> 00:16:50.085 The chariot with white horses is going west, and the chariot with 00:16:50.085 --> 00:16:52.485 dappled gray horses is going south. 00:16:53.535 --> 00:16:57.885 The powerful horses were eager to set out to patrol the earth, and the 00:16:57.885 --> 00:17:00.435 Lord said, go and patrol the earth. 00:17:01.005 --> 00:17:02.835 So they left it once on their patrol. 00:17:04.185 --> 00:17:08.415 Then the Lord summoned me and said, look, those who went north have 00:17:08.415 --> 00:17:10.515 vented the anger of my spirit. 00:17:10.665 --> 00:17:12.225 They're in the land of the north. 00:17:13.845 --> 00:17:18.165 Then I received another message from the Lord, held I to Baja. 00:17:18.915 --> 00:17:23.715 Judiah will bring gifts of silver and gold from the Jews exiled in Babylon. 00:17:24.645 --> 00:17:25.785 As soon as they arrive. 00:17:26.025 --> 00:17:28.995 Meet them at the home of Josiah, son of Zephaniah. 00:17:29.625 --> 00:17:33.315 Accept their gifts and make a crown from the silver and gold. 00:17:34.095 --> 00:17:38.805 Then put the crown on the head of Jesu, son of Jihadi, the high priest. 00:17:39.735 --> 00:17:43.275 Tell him this is what the Lord of Heaven's army says. 00:17:43.755 --> 00:17:46.275 Here is the man called the branch. 00:17:46.770 --> 00:17:50.910 He will branch out from where he is and build the temple of the Lord. 00:17:51.540 --> 00:17:54.150 Yes, he will build the temple of the Lord. 00:17:54.900 --> 00:17:59.520 Then he will receive royal honor and will rule as king from his throne. 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:04.110 He will also serve as priests from his throne and there will be perfect 00:18:04.110 --> 00:18:05.970 harmony between his two roles. 00:18:07.110 --> 00:18:10.680 The crown will be a memorial in the temple of the Lord to honor 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:13.680 those who gave it held I to Baja. 00:18:14.205 --> 00:18:20.025 Judiah and Josiah son of Zephaniah people will come from distant lands 00:18:20.025 --> 00:18:21.885 to rebuild the temple of the Lord. 00:18:22.455 --> 00:18:26.085 And when this happens, you will know that my messages have been 00:18:26.085 --> 00:18:27.585 from the Lord of heaven's armies. 00:18:28.425 --> 00:18:33.165 All this will happen if you carefully obey what the Lord your God says. 00:18:34.875 --> 00:18:39.615 On December 7th of the fourth year of King Arias rain, another message 00:18:39.615 --> 00:18:41.445 came to Zechariah from the Lord. 00:18:42.105 --> 00:18:46.725 The people of Bethel had sent Sheer and Regan Meek, along with their 00:18:46.725 --> 00:18:49.155 attendance to seek the Lord's favor. 00:18:49.815 --> 00:18:53.115 They were to ask this question of the prophets and the priests at the 00:18:53.120 --> 00:18:54.825 temple of the Lord of Heaven's armies. 00:18:55.605 --> 00:18:59.025 Should we continue to mourn in fast each summer on the anniversary 00:18:59.025 --> 00:19:02.835 of the temple's destruction as we have done for so many years? 00:19:03.885 --> 00:19:06.825 The Lord of Heaven's army sent me this message in reply. 00:19:07.425 --> 00:19:12.435 Say to all your people and your priests during these 70 years of exile. 00:19:12.675 --> 00:19:17.715 When you fasted and mourned in the summer and in early autumn, was it really for 00:19:17.715 --> 00:19:23.295 me that you were fasting and even now in your holy festivals, aren't you eating 00:19:23.295 --> 00:19:25.305 and drinking just to please yourselves? 00:19:25.965 --> 00:19:29.625 Isn't this the same message the Lord proclaimed through the prophets in 00:19:29.625 --> 00:19:33.915 years past when Jerusalem and the towns of Judah were bustling with people, 00:19:34.275 --> 00:19:39.315 and the Negev and the foothills of Judah were well-populated, then this 00:19:39.315 --> 00:19:41.535 message came to Zechariah from the Lord. 00:19:42.315 --> 00:19:47.325 This is what the Lord of Heaven's army says, judge fairly and show 00:19:47.325 --> 00:19:49.395 mercy and kindness to one another. 00:19:49.995 --> 00:19:53.985 Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and the poor. 00:19:54.735 --> 00:19:56.475 Do not scheme against each other. 00:19:57.495 --> 00:20:00.525 Your ancestors refuse to listen to this message. 00:20:00.945 --> 00:20:03.615 They stubbornly turned away and put their fingers in their 00:20:03.615 --> 00:20:05.205 ears to keep from hearing. 00:20:05.895 --> 00:20:10.425 They made their hearts as hard as stone so they could not hear the instructions 00:20:10.430 --> 00:20:14.295 or the messages that the Lord of Heaven's armies had sent them by his 00:20:14.295 --> 00:20:16.365 spirit through the earlier prophets. 00:20:17.085 --> 00:20:20.355 That is why the Lord of Heaven's armies was so angry with them. 00:20:21.225 --> 00:20:22.995 Since they refused to listen. 00:20:22.995 --> 00:20:25.305 When I called to them, I would not listen. 00:20:25.305 --> 00:20:30.525 When they called to me says The Lord of Heaven's armies, as with a whirlwind, 00:20:30.795 --> 00:20:35.115 I scattered them among the distant nations where they lived as strangers. 00:20:35.715 --> 00:20:39.705 Their land became so desolate that no one even traveled through it. 00:20:40.125 --> 00:20:42.975 They turned their pleasant land into a desert. 00:20:44.145 --> 00:20:47.535 Then another message came to me from the Lord of Heaven's armies. 00:20:48.105 --> 00:20:50.595 This is what the Lord of Heaven's army says. 00:20:51.075 --> 00:20:54.255 My love for Mount Zion is passionate and strong. 00:20:54.765 --> 00:21:00.735 I am consumed with passion for Jerusalem, and now the Lord says, I am returning to 00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:03.465 Mount Zion and I will live in Jerusalem. 00:21:04.215 --> 00:21:06.795 Then Jerusalem will be called the faithful city. 00:21:07.275 --> 00:21:11.895 The mountain of the Lord of Heaven's armies will be called the Holy Mountain. 00:21:12.810 --> 00:21:15.270 This is what the Lord of Heaven's army says. 00:21:15.870 --> 00:21:21.090 Once again, old men and women will walk Jerusalem streets with their canes and 00:21:21.090 --> 00:21:25.830 will sit together in the city squares, and the streets of the city will be 00:21:25.830 --> 00:21:28.020 filled with boys and girls at play. 00:21:29.130 --> 00:21:31.650 This is what the Lord of Heaven's army says. 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:36.690 All this may seem impossible to you now, a small remnant of God's 00:21:36.690 --> 00:21:40.020 people, but is it impossible for me? 00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:42.120 Says the Lord of heaven's armies. 00:21:42.930 --> 00:21:45.300 This is what the Lord of Heaven's army says. 00:21:45.690 --> 00:21:50.280 You can be sure that I will rescue my people from the east and from the west. 00:21:50.910 --> 00:21:53.820 I will bring them home again to live safely in Jerusalem. 00:21:54.270 --> 00:21:57.960 They will be my people, and I will be faithful and just 00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:59.520 toward them as their God. 00:22:01.040 --> 00:22:03.690 This is what the Lord of Heaven's army says. 00:22:04.020 --> 00:22:06.270 Be strong and finish the task. 00:22:07.095 --> 00:22:11.475 Ever since the laying of the foundation of the temple of the Lord of Heaven's armies, 00:22:11.865 --> 00:22:15.555 you have heard what the prophets have been saying about completing the building. 00:22:16.335 --> 00:22:20.115 Before the work on the temple began, there were no jobs and no 00:22:20.115 --> 00:22:22.455 money to hire people or animals. 00:22:22.935 --> 00:22:27.165 No traveler was safe from the enemy for there were enemies on all sides. 00:22:27.645 --> 00:22:33.225 I had turned everyone against each other, but now I will not treat the remnant 00:22:33.225 --> 00:22:35.775 of my people as I treated them before. 00:22:36.105 --> 00:22:37.965 Says the Lord of Heaven's armies. 00:22:38.655 --> 00:22:43.005 For I am planting seeds of peace and prosperity among you, the 00:22:43.005 --> 00:22:45.195 grapevines will be heavy with fruit. 00:22:45.705 --> 00:22:50.295 The earth will produce its crops and the heavens will release the dew. 00:22:51.135 --> 00:22:55.185 Once more, I will cause the remnant in Judah and Israel to inherit these 00:22:55.765 --> 00:22:58.095 blessings among the other nations. 00:22:58.305 --> 00:23:03.315 Judah and Israel became symbols of a cursed nation, but no longer. 00:23:04.170 --> 00:23:08.910 Now I will rescue you and make you both a symbol and a source of blessing. 00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:15.720 So don't be afraid, be strong, and get on with rebuilding the temple for this 00:23:15.725 --> 00:23:17.850 is what the Lord of Heaven's army says. 00:23:18.450 --> 00:23:23.880 I was determined to punish you when your ancestors angered me and I did not change 00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:26.640 my mind, says the Lord of heaven's armies. 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:31.590 But now I am determined to bless Jerusalem and the people of Judah. 00:23:32.355 --> 00:23:36.195 So don't be afraid, but this is what you must do. 00:23:36.765 --> 00:23:38.385 Tell the truth to each other. 00:23:38.955 --> 00:23:43.215 Render verdicts in your courts that are just, and that lead to peace. 00:23:43.785 --> 00:23:45.585 Don't scheme against each other. 00:23:46.095 --> 00:23:49.725 Stop your love of telling lies that you swear are the truth. 00:23:50.385 --> 00:23:53.265 I hate all these things, says the Lord. 00:23:54.465 --> 00:23:58.095 Here is another message that came to me from the Lord of Heaven's armies. 00:23:58.860 --> 00:24:01.230 This is what the Lord of Heaven's army says. 00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:05.010 The traditional fasts and times of mourning you have kept in 00:24:05.010 --> 00:24:09.480 early summer midsummer, autumn and winter are now ended. 00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:14.310 They will become festivals of joy and celebration for the people of Judah. 00:24:14.850 --> 00:24:17.100 So love, truth, and peace. 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:20.640 This is what the Lord of Heaven's armies says. 00:24:21.150 --> 00:24:25.380 People from nations and cities around the world will travel to Jerusalem. 00:24:26.040 --> 00:24:30.210 The people of one city will say to the people of another, come with us to 00:24:30.215 --> 00:24:32.940 Jerusalem, to ask the Lord to bless us. 00:24:33.360 --> 00:24:35.610 Let's worship the Lord of heaven's armies. 00:24:35.910 --> 00:24:37.170 I'm determined to go. 00:24:38.310 --> 00:24:42.630 Many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek 00:24:42.630 --> 00:24:45.870 the Lord of heaven's armies, and to ask for his blessing. 00:24:46.875 --> 00:24:49.425 This is what the Lord of Heaven's army says. 00:24:49.935 --> 00:24:55.305 In those days, 10 men from different nations and languages of the world will 00:24:55.310 --> 00:25:00.705 clutch at the sleeve of one Jew and they will say, please let us walk with you 00:25:01.125 --> 00:25:03.256 for we have heard that God is with you. 00:25:06.105 --> 00:25:11.175 This is the message from the Lord against the land of Arum and the city of Damascus. 00:25:11.445 --> 00:25:18.255 For the eyes of humanity, including all the tribes of Israel are on the Lord Doom 00:25:18.285 --> 00:25:23.565 is certain for Hamath, near Damascus, and for the cities of Tyre and Seiden. 00:25:23.895 --> 00:25:30.045 Though they are so clever, Tyre has built a strong fortress and has made silver and 00:25:30.045 --> 00:25:32.745 gold as plentiful as dust in the streets. 00:25:34.005 --> 00:25:38.295 Now the Lord will strip away tire's, possessions, and hurl. 00:25:38.300 --> 00:25:42.585 Its fortifications into the sea and it will be burned to the ground. 00:25:43.605 --> 00:25:48.045 The city of Ashland will see tire fall and will be filled with fear. 00:25:48.975 --> 00:25:54.315 Gaza will shake with terror as will Ekron, for their hopes will be dashed. 00:25:55.065 --> 00:25:59.055 Gaza's King will be killed and Ashland will be deserted. 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:02.700 Foreigners will occupy the city of Ashton. 00:26:03.210 --> 00:26:05.790 I will destroy the pride of the Philistines. 00:26:06.390 --> 00:26:10.950 I will grab the bloody meat from their mouths and snatch the detestable 00:26:10.955 --> 00:26:12.600 sacrifices from their teeth. 00:26:13.530 --> 00:26:16.980 Then the surviving Philistines will worship our God and 00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:18.840 become like a clan in Judah. 00:26:19.650 --> 00:26:24.840 The Philistines of Akron will join my people as the ancient Jebusites once did. 00:26:25.665 --> 00:26:29.595 I will guard my temple and protect it from invading armies. 00:26:30.285 --> 00:26:34.275 I am watching closely to ensure that no more foreign oppressors 00:26:34.455 --> 00:26:36.255 overrun my people's land. 00:26:37.785 --> 00:26:39.675 Rejoice o people of Zion. 00:26:40.065 --> 00:26:42.735 Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem. 00:26:43.305 --> 00:26:45.945 Look, your king is coming to you. 00:26:46.245 --> 00:26:48.375 He is righteous and victorious. 00:26:48.705 --> 00:26:49.755 Yet he is humble. 00:26:49.995 --> 00:26:53.295 Riding on a donkey, riding on a donkey's cult. 00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:59.160 I will remove the battle chariots from Israel and the war horses from Jerusalem. 00:26:59.850 --> 00:27:03.360 I will destroy all the weapons used in battle, and your king 00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:05.340 will bring peace to the nations. 00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:10.140 His realm will stretch from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates 00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:12.150 river to the ends of the earth. 00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:17.280 Because of the covenant I made with you sealed with blood, I 00:27:17.280 --> 00:27:20.520 will free your prisoners from death in a waterless dungeon. 00:27:21.075 --> 00:27:23.175 Come back to the place of safety. 00:27:23.505 --> 00:27:29.415 All you prisoners who still have hope, I promise this very day that I will repay 00:27:29.415 --> 00:27:31.935 two blessings for each of your troubles. 00:27:32.505 --> 00:27:35.895 Judah is my bow, and Israel is my arrow. 00:27:36.525 --> 00:27:41.835 Jerusalem is my sword, and like a warrior, I will brandish it against the Greeks. 00:27:42.600 --> 00:27:44.910 The Lord will appear above his people. 00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:47.370 His arrows will fly like lightning. 00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:51.540 The sovereign Lord will sound the rams horn and attack like a 00:27:51.540 --> 00:27:53.340 whirlwind from the southern desert. 00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:58.350 The Lord of heaven's armies will protect his people and they will defeat 00:27:58.350 --> 00:28:00.840 their enemies by hurling great stones. 00:28:01.410 --> 00:28:05.880 They will shout in battle as though drunk with wine, they will be filled 00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:10.260 with blood like a bowl drenched with blood like the corners of the altar. 00:28:11.115 --> 00:28:14.685 On that day, the Lord, there God will rescue his people. 00:28:14.925 --> 00:28:17.295 Just as a shepherd rescues his sheep. 00:28:18.015 --> 00:28:21.765 They will sparkle in his land like jewels in a crown. 00:28:22.425 --> 00:28:24.585 How wonderful and beautiful they will be. 00:28:25.185 --> 00:28:28.935 The young men will thrive on abundant grain and the young 00:28:28.935 --> 00:28:31.155 women will flourish on new wine. 00:28:32.265 --> 00:28:36.675 Ask the Lord for rain in the spring for He makes the storm clouds. 00:28:37.320 --> 00:28:39.240 And he will send showers of rain. 00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:41.940 So every field becomes a lush pasture. 00:28:42.840 --> 00:28:43.470 Household. 00:28:43.470 --> 00:28:45.420 Gods give worthless advice. 00:28:45.570 --> 00:28:50.280 Fortune tellers predict only lies and interpreters of dreams pronounce 00:28:50.285 --> 00:28:52.230 falsehoods that give no comfort. 00:28:53.100 --> 00:28:55.770 So my people are wandering like lost sheep. 00:28:56.340 --> 00:28:59.280 They're attacked because they have no shepherd. 00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:04.620 My anger burns against your shepherds, and I will punish these leaders. 00:29:05.595 --> 00:29:10.455 For the Lord of Heaven's armies has arrived to look after Judah, his flock. 00:29:10.935 --> 00:29:17.145 He will make them strong and glorious like a proud warhorse in battle from Judah 00:29:17.150 --> 00:29:22.845 will come the cornerstone, the tent peg the bow for battle and all the rulers. 00:29:23.415 --> 00:29:27.135 They will be like mighty warriors in battle, trampling their enemies 00:29:27.135 --> 00:29:28.545 in the mud under their feet. 00:29:29.295 --> 00:29:32.775 Since the Lord is with them as they fight, they will overthrow 00:29:32.835 --> 00:29:34.395 even the enemy's horsemen. 00:29:35.385 --> 00:29:38.355 I will strengthen Judah and save Israel. 00:29:38.955 --> 00:29:42.975 I will restore them because of my compassion, it will be as 00:29:42.975 --> 00:29:44.835 though I had never rejected them. 00:29:45.285 --> 00:29:48.405 For I am the Lord their God, who will hear their cries. 00:29:49.305 --> 00:29:53.415 The people of Israel will become like mighty warriors and their hearts 00:29:53.415 --> 00:29:55.665 will be made happy as if by wine. 00:29:56.445 --> 00:30:01.425 Their children too will see it and be glad their hearts will rejoice in the Lord. 00:30:02.280 --> 00:30:06.090 When I whistle to them, they will come running for, I have redeemed 00:30:06.090 --> 00:30:08.670 them from the few who are left. 00:30:09.060 --> 00:30:11.760 They will grow as numerous as they were before. 00:30:12.390 --> 00:30:15.150 Though I have scattered them like seeds among the nations. 00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:17.880 They will still remember me in distant lands. 00:30:18.990 --> 00:30:22.920 They and their children will survive and return again to Israel. 00:30:23.490 --> 00:30:27.170 I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. 00:30:27.945 --> 00:30:32.865 I will resettle them in Gilead and Lebanon until there is no more room for them all. 00:30:33.615 --> 00:30:37.275 They will pass safely through the sea of distress for the waves of 00:30:37.275 --> 00:30:41.775 the sea will be held back and the waters of the Nile will dry up. 00:30:42.645 --> 00:30:48.855 The pride of assy will be crushed and the rule of Egypt will end by my power. 00:30:48.855 --> 00:30:53.955 I will make my people strong and by my authority they will go wherever they wish. 00:30:54.525 --> 00:30:56.925 I, the Lord have spoken. 00:30:58.590 --> 00:31:02.760 Open your doors Lebanon so that fire may devour Your cedar 00:31:02.760 --> 00:31:05.940 forests weep you Cyprus trees. 00:31:06.090 --> 00:31:10.560 For all the ruined cedars, the most majestic ones have fallen, 00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:16.350 weep you oaks of basin for the thick forests have been cut down. 00:31:17.430 --> 00:31:21.870 Listen to the wailing of the shepherds for their rich pastures are destroyed. 00:31:22.650 --> 00:31:24.660 Hear the young lions roaring. 00:31:25.125 --> 00:31:28.455 For their thickets in the Jordan Valley are ruined. 00:31:30.135 --> 00:31:35.295 This is what the Lord my God says, go and care for the flock 00:31:35.300 --> 00:31:36.855 that is intended for slaughter. 00:31:37.635 --> 00:31:40.305 The buyers slaughter their sheep without remorse. 00:31:40.695 --> 00:31:42.975 The sellers say, praise the Lord. 00:31:42.975 --> 00:31:44.085 Now I'm rich. 00:31:44.895 --> 00:31:47.205 Even the shepherds have no compassion for them. 00:31:48.105 --> 00:31:53.415 Likewise, I will no longer have pity on the people of the land, says the Lord. 00:31:54.300 --> 00:31:58.500 I will let them fall into each other's hands and into the hands of their king. 00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:03.630 They will turn the land into a wilderness and I will not rescue them. 00:32:05.130 --> 00:32:09.990 So I cared for the flock, intended for slaughter, the flock that was oppressed. 00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:15.480 Then I took two shepherd staffs and named one Favor and the other 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:20.520 union, I got rid of their three evil shepherds in a single month. 00:32:21.645 --> 00:32:25.695 I became impatient with these sheep and they hated me too. 00:32:26.205 --> 00:32:29.595 So I told them, I won't be your shepherd any longer. 00:32:29.865 --> 00:32:31.425 If you die, you die. 00:32:31.725 --> 00:32:36.675 If you are killed, you are killed, and let those who remain devour each other. 00:32:37.755 --> 00:32:43.215 Then I took my staff called favor and cut it in two showing that I had revoked the 00:32:43.215 --> 00:32:45.435 covenant I had made with all the nations. 00:32:46.155 --> 00:32:48.135 That was the end of my covenant with them. 00:32:48.915 --> 00:32:53.235 The suffering flock was watching me, and they knew that the Lord was speaking 00:32:53.235 --> 00:32:59.085 through my actions and I said to them, if you like, give me my wages, whatever 00:32:59.085 --> 00:33:01.515 I am worth, but only if you want to. 00:33:02.535 --> 00:33:07.815 So they counted out for my wages, 30 pieces of silver, and the Lord said 00:33:07.815 --> 00:33:13.395 to me, throw it to the potter, this magnificent sum at which they valued me. 00:33:14.325 --> 00:33:19.005 So I took the 30 coins and threw them to the potter in the temple of the Lord. 00:33:20.265 --> 00:33:25.965 Then I took my other staff union and cut it in two, showing that the bond of unity 00:33:25.965 --> 00:33:28.545 between Judah and Israel was broken. 00:33:29.745 --> 00:33:34.665 Then the Lord said to me, go again and play the part of a worthless shepherd. 00:33:35.310 --> 00:33:38.730 This illustrates how I will give this nation a shepherd who will 00:33:38.730 --> 00:33:43.380 not care for those who are dying, nor look after the young, nor heal 00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:45.810 the injured, nor feed the healthy. 00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:50.460 Instead, this shepherd will eat the meat of the fattest sheep 00:33:50.790 --> 00:33:52.290 and tear off their hooves. 00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:59.310 What sorrow awaits this worthless shepherd who abandons the flock, the sword, will 00:33:59.310 --> 00:34:02.130 cut his arm and pierce his right eye. 00:34:02.820 --> 00:34:04.500 His arm will become useless. 00:34:05.025 --> 00:34:07.725 And his right eye completely blind. 00:34:09.285 --> 00:34:12.765 This message concerning the fate of Israel came from the Lord. 00:34:13.575 --> 00:34:17.235 This message is from the Lord who stretched out the heavens, 00:34:17.505 --> 00:34:21.285 laid the foundations of the earth and formed the human spirit. 00:34:22.275 --> 00:34:27.105 I will make Jerusalem like an intoxicating drink that makes the nearby nations 00:34:27.105 --> 00:34:31.005 stagger when they send their armies to Besiege, Jerusalem and Judah. 00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:35.970 On that day, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock. 00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:40.890 All the nations will gather against it to try to move it, but they will only hurt 00:34:40.895 --> 00:34:44.670 themselves on that day, says the Lord. 00:34:45.270 --> 00:34:49.890 I will cause every horse to panic and every rider to lose his nerve. 00:34:50.640 --> 00:34:53.970 I will watch over the people of Judah, but I will blind all 00:34:53.970 --> 00:34:55.410 the horses of their enemies. 00:34:56.055 --> 00:34:59.805 The clans of Judah will say to themselves, the people of Jerusalem 00:34:59.805 --> 00:35:03.675 have found strength in the Lord of heaven's armies, their God. 00:35:04.965 --> 00:35:09.075 On that day, I will make the clans of Judah, like a flame that sets 00:35:09.075 --> 00:35:14.025 a wood pile, a blaze, or like a burning torch among sheaths of grain. 00:35:14.685 --> 00:35:19.485 They will burn up all the neighboring nations right and left while the people 00:35:19.485 --> 00:35:21.795 living in Jerusalem remain secure. 00:35:22.995 --> 00:35:28.245 The Lord will give victory to the rest of Judah first before Jerusalem, so that 00:35:28.245 --> 00:35:32.685 the people of Jerusalem and the royal line of David will not have greater 00:35:32.685 --> 00:35:36.105 honor than the rest of Judah on that day. 00:35:36.105 --> 00:35:38.475 The Lord will defend the people of Jerusalem. 00:35:38.835 --> 00:35:43.335 The weakest among them will be as mighty as King David and the royal 00:35:43.335 --> 00:35:47.805 descendants will be like God, like the angel of the Lord who goes before them. 00:35:48.585 --> 00:35:52.635 For on that day, I will begin to destroy all the nations 00:35:52.640 --> 00:35:54.225 that come against Jerusalem. 00:35:55.365 --> 00:35:59.265 Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the family of 00:35:59.265 --> 00:36:01.605 David and on the people of Jerusalem. 00:36:02.355 --> 00:36:06.195 They will look on me whom they have pierced and mourn for him. 00:36:06.225 --> 00:36:07.935 As for and only son. 00:36:08.775 --> 00:36:10.695 They will grieve bitterly for him. 00:36:10.935 --> 00:36:13.605 As for a firstborn son who has died. 00:36:14.430 --> 00:36:19.200 The sorrow and mourning in Jerusalem on that day will be like the great mourning 00:36:19.200 --> 00:36:21.930 for Hadad Riman in the valley of Megiddo. 00:36:23.310 --> 00:36:28.050 All Israel will mourn each clan by itself and with the husband 00:36:28.055 --> 00:36:29.460 separate from their wives. 00:36:30.090 --> 00:36:34.620 The clan of David will mourn alone, as will the clan of Nathan, the 00:36:34.620 --> 00:36:37.290 clan of Levi, and the clan of Shiia. 00:36:38.370 --> 00:36:41.910 Each of the surviving clans from Judah will mourn separately. 00:36:42.315 --> 00:36:44.595 And with the husbands separate from their wives. 00:36:46.065 --> 00:36:50.115 On that day, a fountain will be opened for the dynasty of David and for the 00:36:50.115 --> 00:36:55.635 people of Jerusalem, a fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and impurity. 00:36:56.625 --> 00:36:59.775 And on that day says the Lord of heaven's armies. 00:37:00.345 --> 00:37:04.635 I will erase idle worship throughout the land so that even the names 00:37:04.635 --> 00:37:06.315 of the idols will be forgotten. 00:37:06.945 --> 00:37:10.845 I will remove from the land both the false prophets and the spirit 00:37:10.845 --> 00:37:12.705 of impurity that came with them. 00:37:13.455 --> 00:37:17.085 If anyone continues to prophesy, his own father and mother 00:37:17.085 --> 00:37:19.275 will tell him, you must die. 00:37:19.545 --> 00:37:23.835 For you have prophesied lies in the name of the Lord and as he 00:37:23.835 --> 00:37:29.685 prophesies his own father and mother will stab him on that day. 00:37:29.685 --> 00:37:32.625 People will be ashamed to claim the prophetic gift. 00:37:33.240 --> 00:37:36.930 No one will pretend to be a prophet by wearing prophet's clothes. 00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:39.330 He will say, I'm no prophet. 00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:40.350 I'm a farmer. 00:37:40.710 --> 00:37:45.660 I began working for a farmer as a boy, and if someone asks, then what 00:37:45.660 --> 00:37:47.460 about those wounds on your chest? 00:37:47.730 --> 00:37:52.800 He will say, I was wounded at my friend's house, awake, oh, 00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:54.330 sword, against my shepherd. 00:37:54.540 --> 00:37:59.760 The man who is my partner says The lord of heaven's armies strike down the 00:37:59.765 --> 00:38:02.400 shepherd and the sheep will be scattered. 00:38:02.895 --> 00:38:04.695 And I will turn against the lambs. 00:38:05.415 --> 00:38:09.525 Two thirds of the people in the land will be cut off and die, says the Lord, 00:38:10.095 --> 00:38:12.255 but one third will be left in the land. 00:38:13.245 --> 00:38:16.755 I will bring that group through the fire and make them pure. 00:38:17.415 --> 00:38:21.255 I will refine them like silver and purify them like gold. 00:38:21.825 --> 00:38:24.645 They will call on my name and I will answer them. 00:38:25.215 --> 00:38:30.885 I will say, these are my people, and they will say, the Lord is our God. 00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:36.450 Watch for the day of the Lord is coming when your possessions will 00:38:36.450 --> 00:38:38.370 be plundered right in front of you. 00:38:39.030 --> 00:38:42.120 I will gather all the nations to fight against Jerusalem. 00:38:42.780 --> 00:38:47.280 The city will be taken, the houses looted and the women raped. 00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:51.780 Half the population will be taken into captivity and the rest will be 00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:53.730 left among the ruins of the city. 00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:58.350 Then the Lord will go out to fight against those nations as 00:38:58.350 --> 00:39:00.000 he has fought in times past. 00:39:00.795 --> 00:39:06.105 On that day, his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives east of Jerusalem, and the 00:39:06.105 --> 00:39:11.475 Mount of Olives will split apart making a wide valley running from east to west. 00:39:12.135 --> 00:39:15.915 Half the mountain will move toward the north and half toward the south. 00:39:16.785 --> 00:39:20.865 You'll flee through this valley for it will reach across to Azel. 00:39:21.555 --> 00:39:25.095 Yes, you will flee as you did from the earthquake in the 00:39:25.095 --> 00:39:27.405 days of King Siah of Judah. 00:39:28.170 --> 00:39:32.370 Then the Lord, my God will come and all his holy ones with him. 00:39:33.870 --> 00:39:38.100 On that day, the sources of light will no longer shine, yet there 00:39:38.100 --> 00:39:40.620 will be continuous day only. 00:39:40.620 --> 00:39:42.690 The Lord knows how this could happen. 00:39:43.200 --> 00:39:46.710 There will be no normal day and night for at evening time. 00:39:46.710 --> 00:39:49.890 It will still be light on that day. 00:39:50.160 --> 00:39:55.080 Life-giving waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half toward the dead Sea 00:39:55.290 --> 00:39:57.060 and half toward the Mediterranean. 00:39:57.480 --> 00:40:03.150 Flowing continuously in both summer and winter, and the Lord will be 00:40:03.150 --> 00:40:06.480 king over all the earth on that day. 00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:07.770 There will be one Lord. 00:40:08.160 --> 00:40:10.710 His name alone will be worshiped. 00:40:11.910 --> 00:40:16.890 All the land from Giba north of Judah, two women south of Jerusalem, 00:40:17.250 --> 00:40:19.260 will become one vast plane. 00:40:20.250 --> 00:40:24.720 Jerusalem will be raised up in its original place and will be inhabited 00:40:24.720 --> 00:40:29.190 all the way from the Benjamin Gate over to the site of the old gate, then to 00:40:29.190 --> 00:40:34.950 the corner gate, and from the tower of Hanne to the king's wine presses and 00:40:34.950 --> 00:40:40.770 Jerusalem will be filled safe at last, never again to be cursed and destroyed. 00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:46.140 And the Lord will send a plague on all the nations that fought against Jerusalem. 00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:49.590 Their people will become like walking corpses. 00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:51.660 Their flesh rotting away. 00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:56.010 Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will 00:40:56.010 --> 00:40:58.830 rot in their mouths on that day. 00:40:58.830 --> 00:41:02.880 They will be terrified, stricken by the Lord with great panic. 00:41:03.435 --> 00:41:06.045 They will fight their neighbors hand to hand. 00:41:06.645 --> 00:41:08.925 Judah too will be fighting at Jerusalem. 00:41:09.405 --> 00:41:14.295 The wealth of all the neighboring nations will be captured great quantities of 00:41:14.295 --> 00:41:16.905 gold and silver and fine clothing. 00:41:17.595 --> 00:41:23.655 This same plague will strike the horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all 00:41:23.660 --> 00:41:25.815 the other animals in the enemy camps. 00:41:26.880 --> 00:41:31.650 In the end, the enemies of Jerusalem who survive the plague will go up to 00:41:31.650 --> 00:41:36.810 Jerusalem each year to worship the king, the Lord of heaven's armies, and 00:41:36.810 --> 00:41:38.970 to celebrate the festival of shelters. 00:41:39.870 --> 00:41:45.030 Any nation in the world that refuses to come to Jerusalem to worship the king, the 00:41:45.030 --> 00:41:47.880 Lord of heaven's armies will have no rain. 00:41:48.705 --> 00:41:52.875 If the people of Egypt refuse to attend the festival, the Lord will punish 00:41:52.875 --> 00:41:57.405 them with the same plague that he sends on the other nations who refuse to go 00:41:58.305 --> 00:42:03.015 Egypt and the other nations will all be punished if they don't go to celebrate 00:42:03.015 --> 00:42:06.555 the festival of shelters on that day. 00:42:06.705 --> 00:42:10.725 Even the harness bells of the horses will be inscribed with these words. 00:42:11.115 --> 00:42:12.525 Holy to the Lord. 00:42:13.245 --> 00:42:16.905 The cooking pots in the temple of the Lord will be as sacred as 00:42:16.905 --> 00:42:18.885 the basins used beside the altar. 00:42:19.545 --> 00:42:23.535 In fact, every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be 00:42:23.535 --> 00:42:25.245 holy to the Lord of heaven's. 00:42:25.245 --> 00:42:25.755 Armies. 00:42:26.625 --> 00:42:30.825 All who come to worship will be free to use any of these pots to boil their 00:42:30.830 --> 00:42:35.835 sacrifices, and on that day, there will no longer be traitors in the 00:42:35.835 --> 00:42:38.085 temple of the Lord of Heaven's armies. 00:42:42.285 --> 00:42:45.135 This concludes today's Immerse Reading experience. 00:42:45.285 --> 00:42:46.515 Thank you for joining us.