Bible in one year 12/27-29 /2021 Zechariah 1-14
By
Rev.Katherine Liu Bruce
Christian Arts Ministries:
Biblical precepts& Gospel music/ pastoral ministry & counseling
Date 12/27/2021 Zechariah 1-5
Introduction
Author: the
name Zechariah means “Yahweh
remembers.”( used in the O.T. of twenty seven other
people). This Zechariah was a contemporary of the prophet Haggai
(Ezra5:1;6:14).
The author Zechariah’s father, Berechiah,
probably died when his son was young, making Zechariah the immediate successor
of his grandfather, Iddo(Neh.12:4).Iddo was a priest who returned from Babylon
with Zerubbabel and Joshua and was, according to tradition, a member of the
Great Synagogue (the governing body of the Jews before the Sanhedrin).
Background and purpose
During
the reign of Cyrus, more than fifty thousand Jews returned to Palestine from
Babylon in 538. They laid the foundation of the Temple in 536, but opposition
stalled the work for about fifteen years (Ezra1:1-4;4:1-5).Darius Hystaspes
(1:1), who came to the throne in 521, confirmed Cyrus’s decree, and Zechariah,
like Haggai, encouraged the people to finish the Temple (which they did in
516).
Christology of the book
Zechariah
predicted more about Messiah than any other prophet except Isaiah. Prophecies
concerning His first coming include 3:8;9:9, 16; 11:11-13; 12:10;13:1,6; and
prophecies to be fulfilled at His second coming include 6:12;14:1-21.
The contents
The book is one of consolation and hope,
beginning with a call to repentance and concluding with prophecies concerning
the return and reign of Christ.
Chapter 1 the call to repentance and pay
attention to the Word of God because, though prophets die, it endures, and the
proof that it endures is that its warnings come true (overtake). Though Israel
is oppressed, God is still greatly concerned for His people and will restore
them.
“The Lord was very angry with your forefathers. Therefore
tell the people: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Return to me’, declares
the Lord Almighty, and I will return to you,’ says the Lord Almighty. Do not be
like your forefathers, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: this is what
the Lord Almighty says, “Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.’ But
they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the Lord. Where are your
forefathers nor? And the prophets, do they live forever? But did not my words
and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, overtake your
forefathers? “Then they repented and said, “The Lord Almighty has done to us what our
ways and practices deserve, just as he determined to do.” (vv.2-6)
Therefore, “This is what the Lord says, “I will
return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line will be stretched out over
Jerusalem” declares the Lord Almighty. Proclaim further; this is what the Lord
Almighty says: “My towns will again overflow with
prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.” (vv.16-17)
The temple (my house) was finished in 516 (cf
Ezra6:15). A line was used to measure before destruction or construction. In the verses 18-21 the vision of the four
horns and four craftsmen, the four horns-
the power of Gentile nations (perhaps Assyria, Egypt, Babylonia, and
Medo-Persia specifically) that afflicted and scattered Israel. Craftsmen--those peoples and nations
whom God used to overthrow the enemies of Israel. The vision reinforces the
warning and promise of Gen.12:3).
Chapter 2 the vision of the surveyor
“Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north....Come, O
Zion! Escape, you who live in the Daughter of Babylon !....Shout!
And be glad, O Daughter of Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you,” declares the Lord. Many nations will be joined
with the Lord in that day and will become my people. I will live among you and
you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you. The Lord will inherit Judah as his portion
in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem. Be still before the Lord, all
mankind, because he has roused himself his holy dwelling. (Zechariah2:6,7,10-13)
This vision signifies the assured restoration
and blessing of Israel and Jerusalem. In the future Jerusalem will expand
beyond its walls (v.4), yet the inhabitants will live in it safely because of
the personal presence of the Lord(v.5) During the Millennium. Those who had not
yet returned from Babylon (the land of the north. Jer.1:14) are called on the
return (vv.6-7; only about fifty thousand had returned under Cyrus’s decree in
538), because Babylon would soon be taken (as happened three years later.
Apple(v.8) Pupil. Verses 10-13 describe millennial blessings for the nations,
Israel, and Jerusalem. The holy land ((v.12) Palestine; used only here in the
O.T.
Chapter 3 the vision of Joshua the high priest
“The he showed me
Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan
standing at his right side to accuse him. The Lord said to Satan, “the Lord, who has
chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the
fire? Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the
angel. The angel said to those who were standing before him, “Take
off his filthy clothes”. Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have taken away your
sin, and I will put rich garments on you.”(vv.1-4).
The angel of the Lord gave this charge to Joshua: This is what the Lord Almighty says: “ if you will walk in my ways and keep my
requirements then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts and I
will give you a place among these standing here.”(vv.6-7)
“Listen, O high priest Joshua and your associates seated
before you, who are men symbolic of things to come, I am
going to bring my servant, the Branch. See, the stone I have set in front
of Joshua! There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will
engrave an inscription on it, “says the
Lord Almighty, and I will remove the sin of this land in
a single day. In that day each of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his
vine and fig tree”. declares the
Lord Almighty.
3:1-10 Joshua the high priest is cleansed in
this vision. This had personal significance in that it answered the charge some
had made that Joshua was unfit to serve in that office. It had priestly
significance for the nation, picturing their restoration to a priestly position
before God. It also had prophetic significance, illustrating the
future cleansing of the nation at the return of Christ. Satan…to accuse (3;1)See Rev.12:10. A burning stick snatched from the fire (v.2). Israel had been saved
out of the fire of Babylonian captivity. Your
associates seated before you. (v.8) The other priests, men who were a sing
or symbol pointing to another, namely, Messiah, who is here designated as my
servant, the Branch (humble and human; cf. Isa. 42:1;52:13; Ezek.34:23-24;
Isa.4;1; Jer.23:5). The stone.(v.9)
Also a reference to Messiah (cf. Ps.118:22; Matt.21:42; 1Pet.2:6) at His second
coming He will cleanse Israel (Rom.11:25-26).
Chapter 4 the vision of the Golden Lampstand
“So he
said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: “Not by might nor by power,
but by my Spirit, says the Lord Almighty.” What are you, O mighty mountain? Before
Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of “God
bless it! God bless it!” (vv.6-7)
In vv.6-7, just as Joshua, the religious
leader, was cleansed in the preceding vision, now Zerubbabel, the civil leader,
is encouraged by this vision. The Temple would be finished by the power of the
Holy Spirit; every mountain (obstacle) would be removed. When the capstone was
put in place, the people would beseech God for grace upon the Temple.
Chapter 5 the vision of the flying scroll (5:1-4)
“I looked again and
there before me was a flying scroll! He asked me, “What do you see?” I
answered, “I see a flying scroll, thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide….The
Lord Almighty declares, “I will send it
out and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears
falsely by my name. It will remain in his house and destroy it, both its
timbers and its stones.”( vv.1-2,4)
The vision of the
woman in the measuring basket (Ephah)5:5-11
Then the angel who was speaking to me came forward
and said to me, “Look up and see what his is that is appearing.” I asked, “What
is it?” He replied, “It is a measuring
basket. And he added, “This is the
iniquity of the people throughout the land.” Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman! He said, “This is wickedness,” and he pushed her
back into the basket and pushed the lead cover down over its mouth. Then I looked
up and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had
wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and
earth. Where are they taking the basket? I asked the angel who was speaking to
me. He replied, “to the country of
Babylonia to build a house for it. When it is ready, the basket will be set
there in its place.
5:1-4 the
large flying scroll, unrolled because it was able to be measured (thirty
feet by fifteen feet, a cubit being eighteen inches,) symbolized God’s judgment
against sinners. God’s law, written on each side of the scroll, judged specific
sins.
5:5-11 in this vision a woman sitting in a
measuring basket (like a barrel, larger than a bushel) with a cover of lead
represents wickedness. She is banished appropriately to Babylonia (cf.Gen.11:2;
Rev.17:3-5).
Bible
reading & studying in one year 12/28/2021 Zechariah 6-10
By Rev.Katherine
Liu Bruce
Christian
Arts Ministries: Biblical precepts& Gospel music/Pastoral ministry &
counseling
Chapter 6: 1-8 Zechariah’s vision of the four
chariots
“I looked up again and there before me were four chariots
coming out from between two mountains-mountains of bronze! The first chariot
had red horses, the second black, the third white, and the fourth dappled all
of them powerful.”(vv.1-3)The angel answered me, “these are the four spirits of
heaven, going out from standing in the presence of the Lord of the whole world.
The one with the black houses is
going toward the North Country, the one with the white horses toward the west, and the one with the dappled horses toward the south. 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. Then he called to me,
“look, those going toward the North Country have given my Spirit rest in the
land of the north.” (Zechariah 6:5-8)
A vision of God’s
judgment on the nations of the world, especially focusing on Babylon (the North Country, (v.8), which
revolted three years later and was devastated and depopulated by the Persians (cf.2:6-7).
The vision may also depict the final subjugation of the world, especially, “Babylon”
during the Tribulation days (cf.Rev.11:15;18:21). Jews whose residence
continued to be in Babylon, but who had come to Jerusalem on a visit to bring
an offering for the building of the Temple.
Zechariah’s vision -The crowning of Joshua (6:9-15)
Take the silver and gold and make a crown,
and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak. 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. 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 will be a priest on his throne. And there will be harmony between the two. …Those
who are far away will come and help to build the temple of the Lord, and you
will know that 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 6:11-13,15)
A crown. A composite crown made up of several circles. The crown
was placed on Joshua; no crown was placed on Zerubbabel. Verses12-13 mentions
the crowning of Joshua foreshadowed the crowning of Messiah, who at His second
coming will build the millennial temple and unite the offices of King and
Priest in one Person. In the Millennium Gentiles will join in building that Temple
(Hag.2:7).
Chapter 8 Zechariah’s vision of the future for Jerusalem
8:1-23
“This
is what the Lord says, “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then
Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord
Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain. This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Once
again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem with
cane in hand because of his age. The city streets will be filled with boys and
girls playing there.(vv.3-5)
O
Judah and Israel, so will I save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be
afraid, but let your hands be strong. (v.13).
“So now I have determined to do
good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid. These are the things you
are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in
your courts; do not plot evil against your neighbor, and do not love to swear
falsely. I hate all this.” (vv.15-17)
And the inhabitants of one city will go to another and
say, “Let us go at once to entreat the Lord and seek the Lord Almighty I myself
am going. And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek
the Lord Almighty and to entreat him.” This is what the Lord Almighty says; “ In
those days ten men from all languages and nations will take firm hold of one
Jew by the him of his robe and says, “ Let us go with you, because we have
heard that God is with you.” (vv.21-23)
Some
features of this glorious picture of Jerusalem were evident in the Maccabean
times (second century B.C.), but the complete fulfillment awaits the
establishment of the millennial kingdom. Jerusalem will be secure (vv.4-5) and
the people will be regathered from all parts of the world.(v.8) the fast of the
fourth. Commemorated Nebuchadnezzar’s entering Jerusalem in 586
(2Kings25:3-4).The fast of the tenth. The beginning of the siege of Jerusalem
in 688(2Kings 25;1). All these fasts will be turned into feast days when Israel
is restored. Gentiles, too, will seek the blessings and knowledge of God in the
Millennium.
Chapter 9 Zechariah’s vision the comings of the King
9:9-10
“Rejoice greatly, O
Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you,
righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the
foal of a donkey. I will take away the chariots from Ephraim and the
war-horses from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be broken. He will proclaim peace to the
nations. His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of
the earth.”(vv.9-10)
Verses 9-10 this great prophecy
was fulfilled completely at the first advent of Jesus Christ (Matt.21:4-5).
In sharp contrast to Alexander, Messiah
is righteous, brings salvation, and is gentle. The foal of a donkey. Lit., the son of a she-ass. The fulfillment
of this prophecy of universal peace awaits the second advent of Christ.
Chapter 10 the blessings
from Messiah 10:1-12
Asking the Lord for
rain in the springtime; it is the Lord who makes the storm clouds .He gives
showers of rain to men, and plants of the field to everyone. The idols speak
deceit, diviners see visions that lie; they tell dreams that are false; they
give comfort in vain. Therefore, the people wander like sheep oppressed for
lack of a shepherd. (vv.1-2)
From
Judah will come the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from
him the battle bow, from him every ruler (v.4). Together they will be like
mighty men trampling the muddy streets in battle. Because the Lord is with
them, they will fight and overthrow the horsemen. (v.5)
I will
strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have
compassion on them. They will be as though I had no rejected them. For I am the
Lord their God and I will answer them. (v.6).
The Ephraimites will become like mighty
men and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in
the Lord. I will signal for them and gather them in. Surely I will redeem
them; they will be as numerous as before.(vv.7-8)
In verse 4 Messiah is designated as the cornerstone, the tent peg,
the battle bow, and the ruler (suppressor of the wicked).
Bible
reading & studying in one year 12/29/2021 Zechariah 11-14
By
Rev.Katherine Liu Bruce
Christian Arts Ministries:
Biblical precepts& Gospel music/Pastoral ministry & counseling
Chapter 11 Zechariah’s
vision -the rejection of the Shepherd
“So
I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, particularly the oppressed of the
flock. Then I took two staffs and called one Favor and the other Union. And I
pastured the flock. In one month I got rid of the three shepherds. The flock
detested me, and I grew weary of them and said, “I will not be your shepherd.
Let the dying die, and the perishing perish. Let those who are left eat one
another’s flesh.” (vv.7-9).
Then
I took my staff
called Favor and broke it, revoking the
covenant I had made with all the nations. It was revoked on that day,
and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew it was the word of
the Lord. I told them, “If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep
it.” So they
paid me thirty pieces of silver.” (vv.10-12)
And
the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter” –the handsome price at which they
priced me! So I
took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord to
the potter. Then I broke my second staff
called Union, breaking the brotherhood between
Judah and Israel. (vv.13-14)
Then
the Lord said to me, “Take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd. For I am
going to raise up a shepherd over the land who will not care of the lost, or
seek the young, or heal the injured, or feed the healthy, but will eat the meat
of the choice sheep, tearing off their hoops. “Woe to the worthless shepherd,
who deserts the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his
arm be completely withered, his right eye totally blinded!” (vv.15-17)
In
chapter 11 unveils a continuation of the mock lamentation over the fall of
unidentified powers (cedars…oaks; cf. Isa.2:13) who attack Israel. In verse 7,
the two staffs symbolized the good intentions of Zechariah acting the part of a
good shepherd; i.e., in bringing Favor and Union to Israel and Judah. In verse 12, because the people rejected the
good shepherd’s ministry, he asked as his wages only the price of a slave
(vf.Ex.21:32; Matt.27:3-7). Zechariah was acting the role of the coming
Messiah.
Chapter 12 the
Lord’s care for Jerusalem
“I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all
the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. On that day, when all
the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an
immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure
themselves. On that day I will strike
every house with panic and its rider with madness,” declares the Lord. “I will keep a watchful eye over the house of Judah, but I
will blind all the horses of the nations. Then the leaders of Judah will
say in their hearts, ‘The people of Jerusalem are
strong, because the Lord Almighty is their God’ (vv.2-5)
On that day I will
make the leaders of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch
among sheaves. They will consume right and left all the surrounding people, but
Jerusalem will remain intact in her place.(v.6)The Lord will save the dwellings
of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem’s
inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah.(v.7)
And I will pour out on the house of David
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will
look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one
mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a
firstborn son. (v.10)
In Chapter
12 verse 3 this prophecy will be fulfilled during the campaign of Armageddon. Madness
(v.4) supernatural confusion and panic will overtake the armies attacking
Jerusalem. The leaders of Judah (v.6) will be like a firepot on which their
enemies are consumed. At the
second coming of Christ, Israel will recognize Jesus as her Messiah,
acknowledging with deep contrition that He was the One whom their forefathers
pierced.
Chapter 13 the Lord’s cleansing of Jerusalem
“On that day a
fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
to cleanse them from sin and impurity. On that day, I will banish the names of the idols from the land and
they will be remembered no more,” declares the Lord Almighty. “I will remove both the
prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land. (vv.1-2)… On that day every
prophet will be ashamed of his prophetic vision. He will not put on a prophet’s
garment of hair in order to deceive. He will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a
farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth. (vv.4-5)
Cleansing
from sin follows the mourning mentioned in the preceding chapter. Fountain. Calvary now opened for the
salvation of all living at the time of the return of Christ (Rom.11:26-27) in
the verses 2-6, All idolatry will be uprooted and all false prophesying will
cease. In their zeal to obey the law of God, parents will put to death any
child who is involved in false prophesying (v.3; Deut.13:6-10). False prophets
will not wear a garment of hair (v.4), which true prophets often did
(cf.2Kings1:8; Matt.3:4). Instead, they will pretend to be farmers (v.5) and
lie concerning wounds received in ecstatic frenzy (cf.1Kings 18:28), pretending
they were received as part of parental punishment or from friendly fighting.
“Awake, O sword,
against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!” Declares the Lord
Almighty. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will
turn my hand against the little ones.” (v.7)
In the whole land, declares
the Lord, “two –third will be left in it. Yet, one-third will be left in it, this
third I will bring into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them
like gold. They will call on my name and I will
answer them; I will say, “They are my people, and they will say, “The Lord is
our God.”
In verse
7 is a reference to the death of Christ and the scattering of the disciples
(Matt.26:31). God’s judgment of Israel at the return of Christ will weed out
all but one-third of them. These will constitute the “all Israel” that will
then be saved (Rom.11:26).
Chapter 14 Zechariah’s vision -the Lord’s second coming
to Jerusalem
A day of the Lord is coming when your plunder will be
divided among you. I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against
it, the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half
of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken
from the city. Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as he
fights in the day of battle. On that day his feet will stand on the
Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in
tow from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain
moving north and half moving south. You will flee by my mountain valley, for it
will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days
of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come and all the
holy ones with him. (vv.1-5)
14:1-5
A description of one of the last battles of the campaign of Armageddon
(Rev.16:14). Jerusalem will be taken and the plunder divided. Just when the
armies of the nations seem undefeatable, Jesus Christ personally and visibly
will return to the Mount of Olives,
causing it to split and provide a valley through which survivors may flee. The
location of Azel is uncertain,
perhaps being a village near Jerusalem. The earthquake.(
see Amos1:1). Holy ones. Perhaps
believers who, having been previously taken to heaven, return with Christ, or
angels who accompany Him or both.
On
that day there will be no light no cold or frost. It will be a unique day
without daytime or nighttime- a day known to the Lord. When evening comes,
there will be light. (vv.6-7) On that day living water will flow out form
Jerusalem, half to the eastern sea and half to the western sea, in summer and
in winter. (v.8). The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there
will be one Lord, and His name the only name. (v.9)
In verse 6 cosmic disturbances will affect day and night when Christ returns
(cf. Acts 2:19-20). Verse 8 Living water.
Both natural (for the land) and spiritual (for the people) refreshment. Eastern sea. The Dead Sea. Western sea. The Mediterranean.
“ The whole land,
from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become like the Arabah. But
Jerusalem will be raised up and remain in its place, from the Benjamin gate to
the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel
to the royal winepresses. It will be inhabited; never again will it be
destroyed. Jerusalem will be secure. (vv.10-11)
Geba. Ten miles N. of
Jerusalem. Rimmon. Thirty-five miles
SW. of Jerusalem (Isa.2:2). Benjamin Gate
was in the northern wall of Jerusalem;
the First Gate at the northwestern corner; the
Tower of Hananel at the N. corner, the king’s winepresses at the S. end
(Neh.3;15)
This is the plague
with which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem:
their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes
will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.(v.12) “On that day
men will be stricken by the Lord with great panic. Each man will seize the hand
of another, and they will attack each other. Judah too will fight at Jerusalem.
The wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected great quantities of
gold and silver and clothing. A similar plague will strike the houses and
mules, the camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.(vv.13-15)
As Israel’s enemies (v.12) and the enemies’
animals (v.15) are struck with a plague, Israel will resume the fight in
Jerusalem and take the spoil (v.14).
Then the survivors from the all nations
that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King,
the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to
Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain. If the Egyptian
people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The Lord will bring on them the plague he inflects on the nations that
do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. This will be the
punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to
celebrate the Feast of Tabernacle.(vv.16-19)
In verses 16-19 Feast of Tabernacles (Lev.23:33-43) during this millennial period, God,
in Christ the King, will live among men. Those who do not keep the feast will
experience drought, except Egypt, which will experience plague.
On that day HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the
houses,
and the cooking pots in the Lord’s house will be like the sacred bowls in front
of the altar. Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the Lord
Almighty, and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in
them. And on that day there
will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the Lord Almighty. (vv.20 -21)
In verses 20-21 In the Millennium everything
(down to the bells on the horses’ harnesses) will be holy. Canaanite.
symbol of all unscrupulous unbelievers.
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