Myrtle Tree: a common evergreen bushy shrub, of southern Europe with oval to lanced-shaped shiny leaves, fragrant white or rose flowers and black berries. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
Zechariah had seen a man on a red horse standing among myrtle trees one night in a vision. Behind him were red, brown and white horses. The angel of the Lord came to him to warn the people to turn from their wicked ways. They had long since been freed from captivity from Egypt and instead of heeding God's word they chose to believe false prophets that were prophesying good times instead and God had to let them go and do what they would because it was their choice and yet, he also showed them that he would do what he promised them if they did not obey him. And so even though they were now free from captivity, they still paid a price.
Just as we do today when we choose to disobey his word and sin against him. In modern times, we know that there are many that displease God. Many that do not believe in him or just do not want to serve him. Sometimes we ourselves displease him. The warnings of those long ago should be enough warning for us today. Because as God did not let them out of disobeying him, even though they had that choice, neither he will let us out of the repercussions of our own sin. We too, have a choice.
And yet they were still his people. His chosen. And he loved them. Just as he loves us. His not so clear message in the vision that Zechariah had, was that he was with them. And he wanted them to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. And if you know anything about what is going on over there, you will know that this has been in the works for many years. It has not been rebuilt yet for as we know, there have been and are many obstacles in the way. But if we are to believe the prophecies of old-the ones that came from God himself, we know and believe that the time is coming. In his own time, it will happen.
While there is much more to learn here about end of times and what they mean for us today, I am going to get back to my original content of: Who Is The Angel Of The Lord? The reason being, that I have not studied a lot of this of subject and it is quite in-depth as you might imagine. I am not a bible scholar and do not want to mislead anyone. If you would like to study more on this passage for yourself, please go to: Zechariah Chapter 1 Explained
I do know and believe as stated in this post, that God even though he loves us, he can be angry with us when we deny or disobey him. He has set certain things in place so that we can avoid much more of the pitfalls that we do. And we always have to pay consequences for what we do or do not do that is against his will. However, it is because of his love for us that when we chose him, even though we aren't perfect, he is always ready to forgive us. And that is essentially what I wanted to get across from this passage. And so I leave this particular account to your own discretion on proceeding with your own study of it, if you wish.
In the mean time, our next question will be in ' Who Is The Angel Of The Lord?' will be, did he occur in the New Testament as well as in the Old Testament? And if so, who did he appear to?
Come back next time for Joseph's story.
September 20, 2019 Promise: Isaiah 49:13 The Lord comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.
Thanks for coming Friends. God bless you during this day!
The "four horns" in his second vision represent the four Gentile world powers introduced in earlier Bible history, in Daniel 2, 7&8. The "horn" was applied to the strength of governments and was used by nations. They symbolized power and the number four symbolized universal, thus meaning universal power
Those four horns that scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem were the nations of Babyalonia, Medes and Persia. Macedonia and Rome. (Daniel 2, 7) .
Zechariah was shown four craftsmen. That is what they are called in the NIV of the bible. In the King James, they are called carpenters and are those that use hammers and chisels in their work. The horns or hammers in verse 18 represent
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