ZECHARIAH 4:1-14 - THE GOLDEN LAMP STAND & OLIVE TREES
THE SECOND SCENE BEGAN THAT DAY
WITH SEVERAL SYMBOLS ON DISPLAY
A SHROUD OF MYSTERY DULLED HIS MIND
LIKE TRYING TO SEE WHEN ALMOST BLIND.
A LAMP STAND WITH A BOWL ON TOP
WAS SEEN WITH SEVEN LIGHTS ABLAZE
AND FROM EACH SIDE AN OLIVE TREE
SUPPLIED THE OIL SO ALL COULD SEE.
I ASKED THE ANGEL TO EXPLAIN
IN WORDS THAT I COULD UNDERSTAND.
HE POINTED TO JEHOVAH'S MIGHT
WITH HIS ANOINTING OIL FOR LIGHT.
THE FRAME THIS PICTURE DID EMBRACE
WAS ISRAEL'S PRESENT BUILDING BASE
WITH DETAILED PLANS HE HAD IN VIEW
FOR JUDAH'S TEMPLE BUILDING CREW.
THEN FROM THE RUINS OF THE PAST
THE SHOUTS OF PRAISES COULD BE HEARD
AS TEMPLE WALLS FELL INTO PLACE
AND HOLY WORSHIP FILLED ITS SPACE.
THERE IS ONE OTHER SECRET THREAD
TWO "SONS OF OIL" RISE FROM THE DEAD
TO STAND ON ISRAEL'S HOLY LAND
BEFORE THIS COSMIC STORY ENDS.
THESE "OLIVE TREES" ST. JOHN DESCRIBED
ARE THOSE THE PROPHET SAW DISGUISED
AS MEN ANOINTED TO PROCLAIM
MESSIAH'S COMING BACK TO REIGN.
--B. PENT
ZECHARIAH 4:1-14 - THE GOLDEN LAMPSTAND & OLIVE TREES
1. AS ZACHARIAH ENCOURAGES THE COMPLETION OF THE TEMPLE, GOD IS PREPARING A HOLY PRIESTHOOD TO SERVE HIM. LOOKING OVER THE 1ST FIVE VISIONS, WHAT PICTURE DO YOU SEE EMERGING FROM A REPENTANT PRIESTHOOD AND CULMINATING IN A CHANGE OF GARMENTS? HOW WOULD THAT PARALLEL THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IN THE LIGHT OF
1 CORINTHIANS 6:19?
2. WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THE LAMPSTANT (MANORAH) IN THE TEMPLE? WHO DOES IT REPRESENT? WHAT IS THE OIL A SYMBOL OF AND WHAT WAS GOD TRYING TO ILLUSTRATE?
3. THERE WAS A PRESENT APPLICATION FULFILLED IN ZERUBBABEL (VS.5-10) AND A FUTURE IMPLIED IN VERSES 11-14 WHERE THE PROPHET ASKS: "WHAT ARE THESE 2 OLIVE TREES?" WITH THE THE ANSWER: "THESE ARE THE 2 WHO ARE ANOINTED TO SERVE THE LORD OF ALL THE EARTH." IN THE LIGHT OF REVELATION 11:3-12, WHO MIGHT HE BE SPEAKING ABOUT AND WHEN?
THE SECOND SCENE BEGAN THAT DAY
WITH SEVERAL SYMBOLS ON DISPLAY
A SHROUD OF MYSTERY DULLED HIS MIND
LIKE TRYING TO SEE WHEN ALMOST BLIND.
A LAMP STAND WITH A BOWL ON TOP
WAS SEEN WITH SEVEN LIGHTS ABLAZE
AND FROM EACH SIDE AN OLIVE TREE
SUPPLIED THE OIL SO ALL COULD SEE.
I ASKED THE ANGEL TO EXPLAIN
IN WORDS THAT I COULD UNDERSTAND.
HE POINTED TO JEHOVAH'S MIGHT
WITH HIS ANOINTING OIL FOR LIGHT.
THE FRAME THIS PICTURE DID EMBRACE
WAS ISRAEL'S PRESENT BUILDING BASE
WITH DETAILED PLANS HE HAD IN VIEW
FOR JUDAH'S TEMPLE BUILDING CREW.
THEN FROM THE RUINS OF THE PAST
THE SHOUTS OF PRAISES COULD BE HEARD
AS TEMPLE WALLS FELL INTO PLACE
AND HOLY WORSHIP FILLED ITS SPACE.
THERE IS ONE OTHER SECRET THREAD
TWO "SONS OF OIL" RISE FROM THE DEAD
TO STAND ON ISRAEL'S HOLY LAND
BEFORE THIS COSMIC STORY ENDS.
THESE "OLIVE TREES" ST. JOHN DESCRIBED
ARE THOSE THE PROPHET SAW DISGUISED
AS MEN ANOINTED TO PROCLAIM
MESSIAH'S COMING BACK TO REIGN.
--B. PENT
ZECHARIAH 4:1-14 - THE GOLDEN LAMPSTAND & OLIVE TREES
1. AS ZACHARIAH ENCOURAGES THE COMPLETION OF THE TEMPLE, GOD IS PREPARING A HOLY PRIESTHOOD TO SERVE HIM. LOOKING OVER THE 1ST FIVE VISIONS, WHAT PICTURE DO YOU SEE EMERGING FROM A REPENTANT PRIESTHOOD AND CULMINATING IN A CHANGE OF GARMENTS? HOW WOULD THAT PARALLEL THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IN THE LIGHT OF
1 CORINTHIANS 6:19?
2. WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THE LAMPSTANT (MANORAH) IN THE TEMPLE? WHO DOES IT REPRESENT? WHAT IS THE OIL A SYMBOL OF AND WHAT WAS GOD TRYING TO ILLUSTRATE?
3. THERE WAS A PRESENT APPLICATION FULFILLED IN ZERUBBABEL (VS.5-10) AND A FUTURE IMPLIED IN VERSES 11-14 WHERE THE PROPHET ASKS: "WHAT ARE THESE 2 OLIVE TREES?" WITH THE THE ANSWER: "THESE ARE THE 2 WHO ARE ANOINTED TO SERVE THE LORD OF ALL THE EARTH." IN THE LIGHT OF REVELATION 11:3-12, WHO MIGHT HE BE SPEAKING ABOUT AND WHEN?
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