Zechariah Sermon Series: Sermon 15
11-17-24 – Pastor Martin Saine
Chapter 6
PART 2
Reminders from Chapter 1
God makes 3 Proclamations:
1) GOD IS ZEALOUS FOR JERUSALEM!
Zechariah 1:12-14 Then 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?
13 And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.
14 So 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.
“Zealous” qana, is also translated in many passages as Jealous.
God is described as “zealous” or “jealous” in several places in Scripture. Some examples are Ex 20:5; 34:14; Deut 5:9.
His jealousy is a consuming fire.
Deuteronomy 32: 15-24 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
19 And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very forward generation, children in whom is no faith.
21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
(Deut 29:18,19; 32:16,21)
Righteous jealousy vs man’s jealousy…
2) GOD IS EXCEEDINGLY ANGRY WITH THE NATIONS AT EASE
Zec 1:15 I am exceedingly angry with the nations at ease; For I was a little angry, And they helped—but with evil intent.”
3) GOD WILL JUDGE THE NATIONS
Surveyors line in vs 16, Four Horns and Four Craftsmen in vs 18-21.
Also shown in Joel 3:1 and Zechariah 6:1-8
God also proclaims four words of Comfort
1) THE MESSIAH WILL COME TO JERUSALEM.
Zec 1:16 ‘Therefore thus says the LORD: “I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy; My house shall be built in it,” says the LORD of hosts, “And a surveyor’s line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.” ‘
In Ezek 10:18-19 and 11:23 we’re shown how the glory of the Lord (Shekinah) departed: from the Holy of Holies, to the porch of the Temple, out to the eastern gate, to the Mount of Olives, then ascended up to heaven.
The Glory of the Lord returns along the same path in the Person of Jesus Christ; He returns to the Mt of Olives, through the Eastern Gate, Through Solomon’s porch, Into the Temple, and into the Holy of Holies.
2) MY HOUSE SHALL BE BUILT IN JERUSALEM
Zec 1:16 ‘Therefore thus says the LORD: “I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy; My house shall be built in it,” says the LORD of hosts, “And a surveyor’s line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.” ‘
Zechariah’s Temple was not the ultimate fulfillment of this prophecy. That is yet to come.
Acts 15:14-18 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
(Quoting Amos 9:11)
3) THE BORDERS WILL BE ENLARGED
Zec 1:16 – 17 ‘Therefore thus says the LORD: “I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy; My house shall be built in it,” says the LORD of hosts, “And a surveyor’s line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.” ‘ “Again proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts: “My cities shall again spread out through prosperity; The LORD will again comfort Zion, And will again choose Jerusalem.” ‘ ”
4) THE LORD WILL AGAIN COMFORT ZION, AND WILL AGAIN CHOOSE JERUSALEM
Zec 1:17 “Again proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts: “My cities shall again spread out through prosperity; The LORD will again comfort Zion, And will again choose Jerusalem.” ‘ ”
As Christians, who are wild branches grafted into the Kingdom, what comforts Israel comforts us!
Romans 11:11-18 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Romans 11: 25-31 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father’s sakes.
29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
The joy and comfort God pronounced to Israel in Zechariah, is joy and comfort for us knowing that God Goodness, Mercy, Love, and restoration for His people Israel are more sure than the rising and setting sun or the stars in the night sky, AND IS THEREFORE AN ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY TO US WHO BELIEVE IN HIM THROUGH HIS SON!
We see these promises coming to fruition throughout the book of Zechariah. Here in Chapter 6 we see the events that take place immediately before the ultimate fulfillment of His return to Jerusalem and His restoration of their nation and fulfillment of ALL the promises, The Millennial Reign!
Zechariah 6 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.
2 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.
4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
5 And 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.
6 The 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.
7 And 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.
8 Then 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.
(See Micah 5)
Other than “to everything there is a season”, why so anxious to judge???
Isa 61:-9 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
7 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
8 For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
Now compare Luke 4:14-21
14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Before the comfort, blessings, and restoration of Isaiah 61:3-9 are fulfilled, The Day of Vengeance of our God must take place!
If the Lord is anxious to judge, it is because He is even more anxious to bless!
Before Jesus sets up His Throne to rule in the Millennium, judgment must take place!
There is another detail that is often overlooked that is intrinsic to the judgment, inexorably linked to the Times of Jacob’s Trouble;
32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
33 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God.
37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
42 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.
43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.
44 And ye shall know that I am the Lord when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God.
Just as no Christian will enter Heaven accidently (apart from faith in Jesus), No Jew will enter the Millennium apart from Jesus! The rebels will be purged and they will willingly come into the bond of the Covenant (New Covenant) under Jesus Christ.
This ends the night visions, all of which took place in one night, one right after another, but it doesn’t complete the prophetical section.
Zec 6:9 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:
Zec 6:10 “Receive the gift from the captives—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have come from Babylon—and go the same day and enter the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah.
These three “from the captives”, who are they?
A bit of history:
When God’s time for the release of the Israelites from Babylon came, He sent Persian Empire to overthrow the Babylonian kingdom which was under the rule of Nabonidus whose SON ruled in his place while he spent his time in Arabia playing war games and other intrigues while his son Belshazzar reigned in Babylon.
Remember in Daniel chapter 5 where Belshazzar had a dream and promised to make the interpreter the 3rd ruler in the kingdom? That’s what the “third ruler” is all about. Belshazzar couldn’t make Daniel the “second ruler” like Nebuchadnezzar did because he was the second ruler, his father, Nabonidus, Nebuchadnezzar’s son, was the first ruler, Belshazzar the second.
So that very night the Persians came and took over the city of Babylon. A few days later Cyrus the Persian came to see the city his generals had conquered, at which point history says Daniel met him with the scroll of Isaiah and showed him what we know as Isaiah 44 & 45 outlining his career and calling him by name 150 years earlier!
Cyrus was so impressed he not only set them free, but sent them with anything they would need to rebuild God’s house and their city. This took place in 539 BC.
Only about 50,000 went. The rest were content to stay in Babylon where they were.
Those who went back to Jerusalem encountered much resistance from the locals and didn’t make great progress. That’s what Ezra and Nehemiah were sent for, to equip and encourage the work rebuilding the Temple and later the Wall. This book of Zechariah was given as a local encouragement to contend for the building of the Temple and stay at it, but its sweep is much, much broader; from the release of The Captivity until the Coronation of the King!
Zechariah’s opening verse dates the book’s beginning in 520 BC, with the night visions coming 3 months later. This is 19-20 years after the release.
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Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah were sent as emissaries from those who stayed in Babylon to bring assistance to those who were attempting to rebuild the House of God. They were staying in the house of Josiah, son of Zephaniah.
God told Zechariah to receive the gifts from them, in other words, don’t give them a hard time about not coming with them! He was to receive their gifts and then do something specific with them. God is capping off the night visions with a real life flesh and blood errand which is to take place immediately (the same day).
I would also make the case that the night visions have placed Zechariah in a unique position to understand what is to take place on this errand and the significance of it.
Zec 6:11 Take the silver (represents blood- sockets of silver in the Tabernacle, Judas was paid in what?) the Priesthood of Jesus rests upon, and was paid for by His own blood. and gold (represents royalty, kingship), make an elaborate crown (s- plural. There are two crowns…), and set it on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. (in the presence of the emissaries)
Where do we ever see the King and Priest being the same?
Kings came from the tribe of Judah while priests came from the tribe of Levi, without exception (King Uzziah presumptuously performed priestly duties without authority and was smitten with leprosy until his death).
The only Scriptural background for the union of King and Priest is in Genesis 18 where we see Melchizedek, King of Salem and the priest of the most high God.
See Genesis 18
He’s also seen in Psalm 110:4 and Hebrews Chapters 5-7, where God tells us what this interesting character represents.
The Night Visions culminate with the crowning of King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and The Great High Priest, all in One Person: Jesus Christ of Nazareth, King of the Jews, God the Son!
Zec 6:12 Then speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, saying: “Behold, the Man whose name is the BRANCH! From His place He shall branch out, And He shall build the temple of the LORD;
“Behold the man” is how Pilate introduced Jesus in John 19;
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
Pilate declares “behold the man” when presenting Jesus to the people. There He has a crown on His head.
What kind of crown?
A crown of Thorns!
What do thorns represent?
The Curse!
He also was clothed in a purple robe, which symbolized royalty, nobility, and wealth.
Jesus is shown as King of the Curse, the one man one cursed more than any before or after, but not for Himself, the ultimate innocent but accursed man to stand in our place…
Branch, four presentations…
Jesus is described as the Branch in several distinct ways:
- Isaiah 53:2 – a Tender shoot, a root out of dry ground;
Isa 53:2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
- Jeremiah 33:15 – a Branch of righteousness, and of judgment
Jer 33:15 ‘In those days and at that time I will cause to grow up to David A Branch of righteousness; He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.
- Isaiah 11:1 – a Branch from the stem (stump) of Jesse.
Isa 11:1 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
- John 12:24 – Jesus refers to Himself as a grain (branch) dying to produce much fruit.
John 12:24 Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.
Even more specifically we see Him in four distinct roles in the following BRANCH references:
1) As the KING; The Branch of David in Jeremiah 23:5
Jer 23:5 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD, “That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.
2) The Servant; My servant the BRANCH in Zec 3:8
Zec 3:8 ‘Hear, O Joshua, the high priest, You and your companions who sit before you, For they are a wondrous sign; For behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the BRANCH.
3) The Man; The man whose Name is the Branch in Zec 6:12
Zec 6:12 Then speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, saying: “Behold, the Man whose name is the BRANCH! From His place He shall branch out, And He shall build the temple of the LORD;
4) God; The Branch of YHWH in Isaiah 4:2
Isa 4:2 In that day the Branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious; And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing For those of Israel who have escaped.
What’s interesting about this is it is a fingerprint of the Holy Spirit who also gave us the Gospels. The Gospels are also given to four groups of people and four distinct roles of Jesus:
Matthew presents Jesus to Israel as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the King of Israel, the One who gave them the covenants and the promises. (Genealogy from Abraham)
Mark presents Jesus as the suffering servant who came to serve and save that which was lost. (Genealogy not given)
Luke presents Jesus as the Son of Man, the kinsman Redeemer, qualified to redeem the world by his humanity. (Genealogy from Adam)
John presents Jesus as the Son of God, eternal from the vanishing point, the One who was in the beginning and will be in the end, God eternal in the Heavens who paid the price for our sin with His perfection. (Genealogy – In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.)
The consistency is amazing. In Ezekiel 1, Ezekiel saw four creatures like men coming from the Throne. Each had four faces; Man, Lion, Ox, and Eagle.
These creatures display the attributes and facets of Jesus!
Man= Son of Man, Kinsman Redeemer
Lion= Lion of Judah, King of Israel, King of the Jews
Ox = Suffering Servant sent to die for the sin of the world
Eagle= God who would be raised up on eagle’s wings after defeating the enemy.
In Revelation 4:7 we see the same scenario played out with four living creatures:
Revelation 4:5-8 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
Ezekiel saw the attributes of Christ in the winged creatures as the events began to unfold where the Glory (Christ???) of the Lord was departing the Temple.
John is shown these same attributes in four separate creatures as the events begin to unfold that will usher in His RETURN to the Temple!
Even the song that they sing in Revelation is doctrinal:
“Holy, holy, holy Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!”
Jesus Christ, the Light of Men (John 1:4) and the Glory of the Temple WAS in the world to be seen until He departed the temple on Ezekiel’s day.
He returned to the World and presented Himself again as King but was rejected and crucified. He told the rejecters “you will see me no more until you say ‘ Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord'”
He WAS the Glory on Earth, He IS the Glory in Heaven on the Fathers throne, and He IS TO COME as King of Kings, Lord of Lords, The Lord of the Whole Earth!
SEE Rev 1:19; “Write the things which you have seen (were), and the things which are, and the things which will take place AFTER THESE THINGS.”
The consistency of idioms in the Word is amazing!
Zec 6:12 Then speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, saying: “Behold, the Man whose name is the BRANCH! From His place He shall branch out, And He shall build the temple of the LORD;
SEE Hosea 5:14-15
Hos 5:14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
Hos 5:15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
SEE Daniel 2:34-35
Dan 2:34 You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
Dan 2:35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
Jesus, who left His place then returned there, will come again out of His place when they acknowledge their offense, and will strike the Gentile world empires into dust and set up HIS kingdom rapidly!
Zec 6:13 Yes, He shall build the temple of the LORD. He shall bear the glory, And shall sit and rule on His throne; So He shall be a priest on His throne, And the counsel of peace shall be between them both.” ‘
Notice clearly who is doing what here;
- HE shall build the temple of the LORD. Clearly this is not Zerubabbel’s temple, nor is it the one that is defiled in Revelation, this is the Lord’s temple that He will build for His glory!
- HE shall sit and rule on His throne. This has never been possible since Zechariah wrote. There hasn’t been a throne in Israel since the desolations under Babylon. Nevertheless, Jesus shall reign from HIS throne, the throne of David.
- HE shall be a priest on His throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. What does that mean? Who are the “both” referred to here?
KING and PRIEST.
In Jesus, and ONLY in Jesus there is peace between the office of King and Priest. Only Jesus resolved the problem that God is completely just, yet desired to be completely merciful.
So in Him there is peace on the throne of His kingdom to rule and reign as King while simultaneously representing God to the people and the people to God as The High Priest.
Zec 6:14 “Now the elaborate crown shall be for a memorial in the temple of the LORD for Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Hen the son of Zephaniah.
Tradition holds that these crowns (plural) were hung in the window of the Temple as a reminder of this event where Joshua was crowned King and Priest (symbolically), and also as a reminder that THE Messiah, the one that will wear the crowns of both offices on His throne, is coming!
Zec 6:15 Even those from afar shall come and build the temple of the LORD. Then you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you. And this shall come to pass if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.”
This is a reminder that the ultimate fulfillment is the future, but in the near term the temple of the LORD will be rebuilt by those at hand, and from afar provided they would be diligent to obey the voice of the Lord.
This concludes the Night Visions and the Crowning of the King!
Chapters 7 & 8 will be dealing with local doctrinal issues, then the heavy stuff starts!
