Shalom everyone. Please open your Bibles today in the prophet Zechariah. This is a continual study in the prophet Zechariah. We are in Zechariah chapter 1. Today we'll begin with verse 18 and we'll read into the end of the second chapter, Zechariah chapter 2 and verse 13. And actually, chapter 1 verse 18 to chapter 2 verse 13 is really in the Hebrew Tanach, the Masoretic text, the total portion of the second chapter of the prophet Zechariah. For one reason or another in the English text, we have verses 18 to 21 as part of the first chapter. But really, in the Hebrew scriptures, chapter 2 began from verse 18. So let's read this portion. So let's read this portion, chapter 1 verse 18 into chapter 2 and verse 13.

And I'm reading. And I said unto the angel that talked with me, what be these? And he answered me, these are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. And the Lord showed me four carpenters. Then said I, what come these to do? And he spake saying, these are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head. But these are the horns which lifted up their horns over the horn over the land of Judah to scatter it. chapter 2 and verse 1. I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Then said I, whither goest thou? And he said unto me, to measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. And behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, for the multitude of men and cattle therein. For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord.

For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord. Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwelleth with the daughters of Babylon. For thus saith the Lord of hosts, After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you; for he that touches you touches the apple of his eye. For behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be as spoiled to their servants. And ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.

And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people, and I will dwell in the midst of thee. And thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee. And the Lord shall inherit Judah, his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord; for he is raised up out of his holy habitation. This is the end of the second chapter of the prophet Zechariah. Now, I know that when you speak about visions, when he speaks about things that the Lord has shown to Zechariah, there are a lot of things that are symbolic here, and there are things that give us some symbolism that we really sometimes cannot understand.

Some of the books such as Daniel, or Chazon Yochanan, Revelation, or the prophet Zechariah, and so on. And those are the kind of books that we find many symbolism there, which teaches us various lessons. But if we take those symbolism, and take those messages, in this case, the visions that have been given to Zechariah, in light of other passages of Scripture, we can understand the purposes of God, and the Word of God that would apply to ourselves as well today. Now, we are in Zechariah, chapter 1, verse 18, and Zechariah, chapter 2, verses 1 to 13. I read this whole portion together because, really, in the Tanakh, as I mentioned earlier, there is one chapter together.

It is the second chapter of the prophet Zechariah. In this second chapter, we have, really, two additional visions that the Hebrew prophet Zechariah had received from the Lord, when he was preaching at about 520 BC, to the remnant of the Jewish people who returned from Bavil. They stopped to build the house of the Lord. We already talked about it earlier. They have seized from the building of the temple, discouraged, dismayed. And Zechariah and Haggai were raised to present to them the word of the Lord. As I mentioned before, Haggai was more practical. Zechariah is a visionary. He received vision from the Lord. And he takes the messages that God had given to him beyond the present day of 520 BC.

And he talked over to the future restoration of the nation of Israel. And you know what an encouragement that must have been to the remnant of Judah. Why? Because they needed something to build them, to edify him, to give them hope for the future. Not only for today, but for the future. What is ahead of the nation of Israel. And so, now, we have covered the first vision from chapter 1, verse 7 to 17. In chapter 1, verse 18 to 21, we have the second vision. And in chapter 2, verses 1 to 13, we have the third vision. Two visions we are going to talk about today in this ministry meeting. First of all, verses 18 to 21, we have the vision of the four horns and the four craftsmen.

Here, the Lord shows Zechariah a vision of four horns, which represent four kingdoms. And four craftsmen, which represent those who are going to take over the power of those four horns. And let's look at this for a moment as we are moving along in this chapter. And I want to mention one more thing. You will notice here in this chapter that the name Yerushalayim, Sion, mentioned again and again and again and again. You notice that it says in chapter 2, in verse 2, to measure Jerusalem. In verse 4, saying Jerusalem. In verse 7, deliver yourself, O Zion. In verse 10, sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion. And in verse 12, he shall choose Jerusalem again.

The theme in these two visions, it's the city of Yerushalayim and the restoration of this city to the Lord himself. So he began, of course, he takes Zechariah now back in verse 18. And Zechariah now lifting up his eyes. Notice that verse 18. Then lifted up mine eyes. And I saw, behold, four horns. Every time when you read in the Bible about the horn, it speaks of strength. It speaks of power. It speaks of kingdom that has a certain power. And he's showing Zechariah as he's lifting up his eyes. This is a vision. This is not a dream. He literally sees four horns. And those four horns, as he sees them, these are powers that have been risen over the generation to afflict the nation of Israel.

They are kingdoms that have been risen over the generation. You see that immediately in verse 19, Zechariah asks a question and he receives an answer. He says in verse 19, I said unto the angel that talked with me, what are these? And he answered and he said, these are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. The Hebrew word for horn is keren. Plural is kranot. Kranot, the keren, the powers that have scattered the people of Israel. They have been the power that have scattered Judah, Jerusalem, and Israel. They are the nations that have scattered and dispersed the people of Israel. Now, if you look from history, you know very well that the beginning of the times of the Gentiles have started where the Babylonian came and took our Jewish people down from Jerusalem to Babel.

And it was Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babel, the king of Babylon, who was the first power that have taken the Hebrews, the Jewish people, the southern tribes, to the land of Babel. It was Babel, Babylon, that began really the times of the Gentiles. And from there on, there were other nations that took over and they became the next kingdom, the next power, the next horn that was upon the face of this earth. Now, we need to connect it, of course, with the book of Daniel. It was Daniel, the servant of the Lord, who was in Babel. And if you remember, the king dreamed many dreams.

But there was one dream that really troubled him. It says in the second chapter of the book of Daniel that Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams in verse 1. Where his spirit was troubled and his sleep break from him. He dreamed many dreams, but there was one specific dream that really troubled him. And he wanted to know the dream. And you remember, he went to his soothsayers. He went to those who were his helpers. And he asked them, those who knew the future, all sorts of questions. He said, tell me the dream. I want to know this dream and the interpretation of the dream. But they couldn't. Neither tell him the dream, nor the interpretation.

But then the man of God, by the name of Daniel, he rose and by divine inspiration, He received the information concerning the dream that Nebuchadnezzar had dreamed. And he said to the king in chapter 2 in verse 31. He says, O king, you saw a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee. And the form thereof was terrible. And he said, this image, head was of fine gold. His breast was of silver. His belly and thigh was of brass. And his legs were of iron. His feet were part iron and part clay. Nebuchadnezzar saw this great image. And he wanted to know, what does this image represent?

And God has used Daniel to help him to understand that the head of gold represent Babel. The breast and the arms represent the Medo-Persian kingdom. And then the belly and the thigh of brass represent the Grecian, the Greeks. And then finally the legs and the toes represent the Roman kingdom. And there was the four kingdoms, beloved brothers and sisters, that rose over the generation. The Babylonians, the Medo-Persians, the Grecians, and the Romans. Who scattered the Jewish people. Who dispersed the people of Israel. Who are represented here by the four horns of Zechariah, chapter 1 and verses 18 and 19. So Zechariah asked, tell me those horns, tell me a little bit about them.

And he said to him in verse 19b. These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and the city of Jerusalem. And we know from that history. From that time of taking the Jewish people to Babel. All the way to the future, the Messianic kingdom. Those four kingdoms. The Babylonian, the Medo-Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman Empire. And it will be the revived Roman Empire in the future. Who will still rule with the Antichrist as its head. Whom we are seeing here represented by the four powers. The four Kranot. The four horns. Represented in verses 18 and 19. But then notice immediately in connection with these four horns.

He continued and he developed the vision. And now the Lord showed him. You notice in verse 20 and 21. Four, it says in the King James, carpenters. In the Hebrew it's really harashim. Those who work with stone and wood. Some people call it four smiths. Who work with steel. Some people call it those four craftmen. These are names we have. We can see now those who would rise up to destroy the previous kingdoms. We see that in verse 21. Then said I, what come these to do? What is the purpose of these four harashim, craftmen? And he answered again. Notice. He said, and by the way, the he here in verse 21.

Is none else but the angel that talked with him. And as we said in our last meeting together. That the angel of the Lord is the pre-incarnate Messiah. Before his birth in Bethlehem. Long before he entered humanity. He is many times expressed in scripture. The son of God. The Lord Jesus. As the angel of the Lord. Not only an angel. But the angel of the Lord. We see him in Genesis 16. In Genesis 18. And we see him in Exodus chapter 3. With Moses. The angel of the Lord end up to be Jehovah himself. The son of God. Well, he saw those four harashim. Craftmen. And he asked.

And he said. What are those? What did they come to do? Why are you showing these harashim? Or these craftmen? And so he answered him. Again. The Lord answered him. And he said to him. These are the horns. Those four that he just showed them. Which have scattered Judah. So that no man did lift up his head. But. These. He is speaking now about the craftmen. Are come to fray them. And to cast the horns of the Gentiles out. Which have lifted up their horns. Over the land of Judah. To scatter it. And so what he's really saying. That those kingdom. And their leaders. Who rose up with their power.

Against Israel. Israel. Judah. Jerusalem. To scatter them. God have raised. Other men. Other leaders. To take them away. And as it says here. To fray them. The Hebrew word. To fray. It is. To cause them fear. To cause them stumbling. To actually destroy them. As it says here. To fray them. And to cast them out. Now this is interesting. Because now. In these verses. He's speaking about four men. That rose up. Over the generation of. The history of Israel. In the diaspora. To take. One kingdom away. And another kingdom. Had risen. And this kingdom. Had to be taken away. As well. And another kingdom. Had been risen.

So what we really. See here. In those four. Craft men. We see. The four men. That throughout history. Took the place. Of the previous kingdom. In the case. Of the. Four horns. Bavel. Had been. Taking over. By Cyrus. The king of Persia. Elijah. He is the first one. That is. Seen here. In typology. Through these. Craft men. It was Cyrus. Who was. Raised. By God. To take over. The Babylonian. And destroyed. The Babylonian kingdom. But the middle Persian. Did not stay. For too long. As well. Because in the third one. Out of the fourth. We see. And. Alexander. The great. The leader. Of the. Grecian empire.

Who. When he was. Young. He pursued. And took over. The kingdoms. Of this world. And he. Replaced. The middle Persian. Empire. We see him. As the third. Person. Of the four. Harashim. Or the four. Craft men. And the. Grecian empire. Did not remain. Forever. Because the. Roman empire. Rose. To replace. The. Grecian empire. And some suggest. That the great. Leader. Of the roman army. Spell it here. His name is. Pompey. P-O-M. P-E-Y. Some bible teachers teach. That he was that. Leader. Who. Led. The romans. To take over. The. Grecian empire. And to remove them. From their authority. The roman empire. But what happened. With the roman empire.

Who had. Replaced. The roman empire. Because the roman empire. Was not really. Destroyed. The roman empire. Had been. Splitted. And really. What happened. It slowly. But surely. Diminished. On its own. There's no other. Kingdom. That had been. Raised. To destroy. The roman empire. The roman empire. Had been divided. And we see it. In the image. The two legs. Represent. The division. Of the roman empire. The roman empire. Melted in. And will be. Revived. In the future. Day. And there is. A fourth. Craftman. Who needed. To destroy. The future. Roman empire. Who will rise. Headed up. By none else. But the antichrist. Himself. And so. And so.

We know. That there is. One. That is coming. In a future. Day. Who is ultimately. Going. To destroy. The future. Roman empire. And that is. None else. But our lord. Jesus. Yeshua. The Messiah. So we have. The Babylonian. Have been destroyed. By the leader. Cyrus. The middle Persian. Have been destroyed. By Alexander. The Grecian. Have been destroyed. Through the leadership. Of Pompeii. And the revived. Roman empire. Will be destroyed. By none else. By our lord. Jesus. The Messiah. I want to show you this. In these two passages. That we have. In the scripture. If you turn back. To Daniel. Chapter 2. Verse 44. We can see. That it speaks.

Of the Messiah. Who will destroy. The revived. Roman empire. Chapter 2. Verse 44. Daniel. Is. Telling. Nebuchadnezzar. In the days. Of these kings. Shall the God. Of heaven. Set up. A kingdom. Which shall. Never. Be destroyed. And the kingdom. Shall not. Be left. To other people. But it shall. Break. In pieces. And consume. All these kingdoms. And it shall. Stand. Forever. Then. Verse 45. The one. Who will destroy. The final. Kingdom. For as much. That you have seen. That the stone. Was cut. Out of the mountain. Without hands. This stone. Is none else. But the Messiah. Himself. And that it. Break. In pieces. The iron. The brass. The clay.

The silver. The gold. The great. God. Has made. Known. To the king. What shall. Come. To pass. Hereafter. And the dream. Is certain. And the interpretation. Thereof. Is sure. Daniel. Is saying to him. You see the vision. That you have seen. Representing. Those four kingdoms. The Babylonian. With the head. The middle Persian. With the chest. The Grecian. With the thighs. The legs. Which is. The Roman Empire. The ten toes. In the bottom. Then the stone. Coming out of nowhere. From that mountain. And falling upon. This image. And the whole image. Will be destroyed. By that stone. Which the builders. Rejected. None else. But the Lord.

Yeshua. Jesus. The Messiah. Who will ultimately. Destroy. And take over. The kingdom. And establish here. That messianic age. I want to show you this. With another passage. In a. New Testament. In the book of the Revelation. Chapter 19. And I want you to see it. Right there. At the second coming. Of the Messiah. It says. In verse 11. John. Received the revelation. From the glorified Messiah. And Yeshua. Is there. We see him coming. In his second coming. And I saw heaven open. And behold. A white horse. And he. That sat upon him. Was called. Faithful. And true. And in righteousness. He does. Judge. And make war. His eyes.

Were as a flame. Of fire. And on his head. Were many crowns. And he. Had a name. Written. That no man knew. But he himself. And he. Was clothed. With vesture. Dipped in blood. And his name. Was called. The word. Of God. And the armies. Which were in the heaven. Followed him. Upon white horses. Clothes. Fine linen. White. And clean. And out of his mouth. Goes sharp. Sword. And with it. He should. Smite the nations. And he shall rule them. With a rod of iron. And he treadeth. The winepress. Of the fearlessness. And the wrath. Of almighty God. And he hath. On his virtue. And on his thigh.

A name. Written. King. Of kings. And lord. Of lord. Melech ham lachim. Adon. Ha'adonim. This is. The messiah. Who is coming. In his second coming. Beloved. Brothers and sisters. Which. Zechariah. Have seen. In this great vision. That he has seen. In the first chapter. Of his prophecy. This is the second vision. Four horns. Four craft men. The four horns. Dispersed. Judah. Israel. Jerusalem. The four craft men. Came. And frayed out. Those four powers. Four horns. But the final one. Is none else. But our blessed lord. Yeshua the messiah. Who will come. In his second coming. And he will judge. This empire. Who will rise up.

In the coming days. The revived. Roman empire. Headed up. By the antichrist. The counterfeit messiah. And he will be the one. Yeshua will establish. The kingdom. The kingdom. And he will be. The king of kings. Melech ham lachim. And lord of lord. Adon ha adonim. So. Zechariah now. Saw this second vision. And he's amazed. The lord shows him. You see. He took him. Back historically. From his point. Of time. He was in 520. BC. He took him back. To the time. Zechariah came. And took Judah. Away from Jerusalem. Then he brings him. All the way. To beyond. Our time. Beyond the. Church age. Beyond. The tribulation period.

All the way. To the end. Of the tribulation period. And he says. The messiah. Is going to come. And he's going. To destroy. To fray. The kingdom. That will be. Ruling over. This world. In the future day. The kingdom. Of the antichrist. And he will. Ultimately. Establish. The messianic kingdom. Will be the one. That will be. The king of kings. And the lord. Of lords. And so now. That he saw. That second vision. The spirit of God. Shows us here. That he had another one. Because we have. Eight visions. In those first. Six chapters. We saw now. The vision. Of the four horns. And the four craftsmen.

And now. He gives him. A beautiful sight. Of the future. Of Jerusalem. And that's why. In the song. That we sang. Pray. For the peace. That will soon. Come to pass. When Jerusalem. Is going to be. Restored. And Israel. Will be. Established. In its own. Land. And so now. In verses. One to thirteen. The vision. Of the man. With a. Measuring line. Listen to these. Brothers and sisters. The vision itself. Is given to us. In the first. Five verses. It says. In verse. One. And I lifted up. My eyes. Again. He sees. It's not merely a dream. It's a literal. Vision. That he sees. I lifted up.

My eyes. Again. And I looked. And behold. A man. With a measuring line. In his hand. Then said I. Where they goest thou? And he said unto me. To measure Jerusalem. To see. To see. What. Is the breadth thereof. And what is the length thereof. And behold. The angel. That talked with me. Went forth. And another angel. Went out. To meet him. And he said unto him. Run. Speak to this. Young man. Saying. Jerusalem. Shall be inhabited. As. Towns. Without walls. As multitude of men. And cattle. Therein. For I. Says. Jehovah. I will be unto her. Jerusalem. A wall of fire. Round about. And I will be.

The glory. The kavod. In Hebrew. In the midst. Of her. In the midst. Of Jerusalem. Now what he does. He gives him. Another interesting vision. And the interpretation. Of the vision. Immediately following. He explained. The vision. To Zechariah. And he's giving him. A vision. Of a man. That have. A measuring. Line. Now that is. Extremely. The Hebrew word. For line. Is hevel. And the word. For measuring. Is midah. In other words. There is someone. Who have a rope. And the rope. Have a certain measure. He's using this rope. And he's going now. To take a measurement. You know. You and I. Those of us. That have been carpenters.

I've been a carpenter. I used to use. A lot of tape measure. Many times. Wherever I go. I put a tape measure. I used to build boats. Many years ago. And we used to take. A tape measure. And build. And measure. Cut. To make sure. That we cut. To the right size. When you read. That word. Measuring line. You know. Very well. That that speaks. Of the fact. That God. Beginning. To give us. Indication. That he's going. To begin. To restore. The city. Of Yerushalayim. Now that man. That we have here. In verse one. Again. Sometime. He's called. The angel. Of the Lord. Sometime. He's called.

A man. It's the same. That we read. About him. Earlier. In chapter one. And verse eight. Chapter one. And verse ten. Is the man. Who sat. On that. Red horse. In chapter. One. And verse eight. Is the same man. The Messiah. Himself. The pre-incarnate. Messiah. He's now. Holding this. Rope. In his hand. Ready to go. To take a measurement. And it says here. In verse two. The Zechariah. Asked a question. You know. Zechariah. Was a curious. He sees this vision. He want to know. What's going on. What are those. Visions. What they are going. To teach me. And how. Can I share this. With our people.

Judah. So he said. To this man. That had this. Measuring line. He says. Where do you go. And then. He began to receive. The answer. From this man. You notice. He says here. In verse two. The man answered him. He said unto me. I got to measure. Jerusalem. I want to see. What is the breadth. Of the city. Of Jerusalem. And what is the length. I want to see. How wide. And how long. And how long. And how long. Is the city. Of Jerusalem. He is going to measure. The city. It is in view. Of restoration. And so. As he is. Giving this explanation. To Zechariah.

In verse three. Four. And five. The word of the Lord. Is now. Sharing. With Zechariah. Concerning. Israel. And Jerusalem. Future. I want to emphasize. One more time. That word. Yerushalayim. Again. I want to repeat. What I said before. You notice. The word. Jerusalem. Here. It's mentioned. Consistently. Again. And again. With the word. Zion. In Hebrew. Sometime. The Bible. Called Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Or Shalem. Other time. The Bible. Called Jerusalem. Every time. When you hear. The word. Zion. Or Zion. It is strictly. Speaking. About the same. Thing. Jerusalem. Is Zion. And Zion. Is Jerusalem. And it is. The same. Location. That we know. Today. In the land.

Of Israel. In the land. Of Canaan. It's nowhere. Else. He's not talking. About measuring. The city. Of Jerusalem. The city. Of Zion. Unfortunately. Many people. Take these. Passages. Christians. Without understanding. Its application. And apply this. To the church. You don't have. Any church. Truth here. We have here. The future. Of the restoration. Of the nation. Of Israel. We. As the. Ecclesia. As the church. Have a great hope. We read today. In Revelation. Chapter 21. To be in the. Heavenly Jerusalem. Wonderful hope. But Israel. Israel. Also have a great hope. To be restored. To the very city. Of Jerusalem. As well. Turn with me. To the Psalms.

For a moment. And you can see. That the scriptures. At time. Uses. Zion. And Jerusalem. In the very. Same statement. Psalm. Chapter 51. In verse 18. Says this. Do good. In thy good pleasure. Unto Zion. Build. Thou. The walls. Of Jerusalem. Very same. Verse. When he speaks. Of Zion. He's speaking also. Of the city. Of Jerusalem. Psalm. Chapter. 76. Look at this verse. Also. Take a note. Of this. And verse. Two. In Shalem. This is Jerusalem. Also. His tabernacles. And his dwelling place. In Zion. In Zion. In Zion. Same verse. Jerusalem. Zion. The same city. The same place. Every time the Bible teaches. Concerning Jerusalem. And Zion. It is the same.

Verses. There are many other verses. Psalm 102. And verse 21. Psalm 135. And verse 21. Psalm 147. And verse 12. I think I'm going to read that Psalm. This. Praise. The Lord of Jerusalem. Praise thy God. Oh. Zion. Same city. A same place. Which now the Lord. In a vision. Is going to measure. Concerning the future. Restoration. Of the people of Israel. So. He has the line in his hand. He's going to measure. The width. And the length. Of the city of Jerusalem. And then in verse 3. The angel of the Lord. Is met by another angel. It says in verse 3. And behold the angel. That talked with me. Went forth. And another angel.

Went out to meet him. And then notice what he says. In verse 4. To this angel. He said unto him. Run. Speak to this young man. And say to him. Jerusalem shall be inhabited. As towns without walls. For the multitude of men. And cattle therein. The angel of the Lord. The pre-incarnate Mashiach. Speaking to the other angel. And he telling him. Go. Run. Quickly. Speak to this young man. Apparently. Zechariah. Was called here. A young man. Haggai. Must have been. Probably older. Than Zechariah. Because Zechariah. Prophesied to our nation. To Judah. For about 40. 50 years. He shared. The message. Of the word of God. And so. He was a younger man.

And this young man. Zechariah. He looks around. What does he see? Jerusalem is still. Not built. The temple itself. Is not built. The Jewish remnant. Is discouraged. The enemies. Against them. The house of God. Is not being built. He needed. His word. Of encouragement. By the Lord. Himself. Through the angel. That was sent. And so. He. Was told. To listen. To the word. From the Lord. He said. You go. And tell this young man. That Jerusalem. Is going to be. Yet inhabited. As towns. Without walls. And for. A multitude. Of men. In other words. There were. Fewer people. Now. In the city. Of Jerusalem. All to the men.

Inhabiting. The city. Of Jerusalem. And there will be. A town. Without walls. Now. Again. Brothers and sisters. Why do we need. Walls. Walls. Are usually. Surrounding. For protection. Babylon. Had a great. Wall. Of protection. But somehow. It had been destroyed. A wall. Symbolically. Speaks. Of protection. And Israel. Needed. A protection. But. One day. He's saying. Inhabited. As towns. That has no walls. In other words. There will be a time. Where you don't need. To have fear. Of enemies. No longer. Fear. Of those. Who will come. To destroy. The city. And it says here. There will be. Multitude. Of men. And cattle. Therein. Taking over. The future day.

When the city. Of Jerusalem. Will be. Rebuilt. And they will not. Need. The protector. Of the people. Of Israel. And the city. Of Jerusalem. In the future day. He moved on. And he said to him. In verses. Five years. The message. To Zechariah. About Jerusalem. And he says. For I says. The Lord. I will be. Myself. Unto her. A wall of fire. Round about. And I will be. The glory. In the midst. Of her. In verse five. He gives him. The interpretation. He says. In the future day. Jerusalem. Will not need. A physical wall. Because. That's not. What will protect. The city. Of Jerusalem. God.

Is saying. He will be. Unto Jerusalem. A wall. Of fire. He will be. Unto Jerusalem. Glory. In the midst. Of the city. Of Jerusalem. Now. Just a couple. Of thoughts here. You notice. That he used. The word. I will be. Unto her. Every time. You see. Israel. In the city. Of Jerusalem. Mentioning scriptures. Always. In a feminine way. Why? Because. Israel. Is the wife. Of Jehovah. Just the same. Like the church. The ecclesia. Is the bride. Of Christ. The bride. Of the Messiah. You see it. Throughout scripture. The church. Is never. Looked upon. In a masculine. Way. Always. A feminine. Always. As the bride. To cherish.

And to love. And to care. Also. To submit. Same thing. With Israel. Israel. As a wife. Of Jehovah. Is to love. And to care. But to submit. To the authority. Of Jehovah. And this is the way. We see. In scripture. The wife. Of Jehovah. Israel. The bride. Of the Messiah. The church. God. Loved Israel. And Christ. The Messiah. Loved the church. And gave himself. For the church. Here we see. Jerusalem. We see. Israel. In a feminine. Way. As a wife. And she. Will be the one. That the Lord. Himself. Will be like. A wall. Of fire. Round. About. The city. Of Jerusalem. When Israel. Left.

Mitzrayim. Left Egypt. On the way. To the promised land. God. Led. His people. With a pillar. Of cloud. By day. And a pillar. Of fire. By night. Thirteen. And that fire. Or that glory. The Hebrew word for glory. Is kavod. Or shechina. The shekinah glory. The presence of God. In the midst. Of his people. And God is saying. To Zechariah. Look. What you see today. It's nothing Zechariah. Yes. You encourage. The Jewish remnant. To rebuild the temple. But I'm taking you. Beyond. This time. Zechariah. I'm going to take you. To the future day. When I will be. To Israel. A wall of fire. And I will be.

To Israel. A glory. In the midst. In the center. Of the city. Of Jerusalem. It takes him. To the future day. To the millennial age. When the Messiah. Will reign. And rule. In the coming day. In light. Of just these. Two thoughts. I want to read. Two passages. Turn with me. To Exodus. Chapter 40. When the tabernacle. Was finished. And the presence. Of the Lord. Came. In the midst. Of the nation. So look. What it says. In chapter 40. Of Exodus. In verse 33. Saw Moses. Finish the work. Verse 34. And a cloud. Covered. The tent. Of the congregation. And the glory. Of the Lord. Filled. The tabernacle. And Moses.

Was not able. To enter. Into the tent. Of the congregation. Because the cloud. Abode. Thereon. And the glory. Of the Lord. Filled. The tabernacle. We see this. Historically. Where God. Set his name. In the tabernacle. And his glory. Rested. The Shekina. In Hebrew. Or Shekina. Glory. Rested. And we will. See it. In the future. When his glory. Is going. Rest. Upon. The future. City of Jerusalem. Where the temple. Will be built there. One more verse please. If you turn to. Ezekiel. Chapter 44. It says. In verse 4. Speaks about. The restoration. Of Jerusalem. And the rebuilding. Of the future. Kingdom. House of God. And. Then brought. He me.

The way. Of the north gate. Before. The house. This is the temple. In the messianic kingdom. And I looked. And behold. The glory. Of the Lord. Filled. The house. Of the Lord. And I fell. Upon. My face. So. Exodus. Gives us. The tabernacle. Historically. In the book of Kings. We have the temple. Where Solomon built. The glory of the Lord rested. In the tabernacle. In the temple. But the temple. Had been destroyed. Now there is no temple. In 520 BC. They were just beginning. To build it. But they stopped. So Zechariah. Encouraging them. To build the temple. But he takes them. To the future day. When he says.

The Lord himself. Will be a wall. Around the city. Of Jerusalem. And the glory. Of the Lord. Will rest there. He will be the one. That will inhabit. The city of Jerusalem. And the temple. In that city. So we have the third. Vision. Of the man. That had in his hand. A measuring line. He is measuring. Jerusalem. He is planning now. To put things in place. He is going to restore. That city. And establish. The messianic kingdom. Gave that vision. To Zechariah. So now. He continued. And he gave the meaning. And he explained. That third vision. To Zechariah. In verses 6. To 13. So in verse 6. And 7.

Zion. Is called. To flee. From the north. The Jewish people. Are called. To flee. From Babylon. It says here. In verse 6. Ho! Ho! Come forth. And flee. From the land. Of the north. Says the Lord. For I have spread. You abroad. As the four winds. Of heaven. Says the Lord. Deliver thyself. O Zion. That dwelleth. With the daughter. Of Babylon. So what we really see here. That now. Just the same. As the Jewish remnant. Had to leave. Babylon. And come to establish. The land again. At that time. When they left. In the time of Zechariah. But now. He's really taking us. To the future day.

The Jewish people. Are still scattered today. They have been scattered. In Zechariah time. They are scattered today. They will still be scattered. Until the time. Of the end. Of the church age. But the call of God. Is for Israel. Restoration. So he's calling them. He says. Ho ho. Flee. From the land of the north. Sayeth the Lord. I have spread you. In other words. God says. I have scattered you. Yes. I disciplined you. But I want you now. To be restored. Flee from these places. Deliver yourself. And again. He's using now the word. O Zion. O Zion. They dwell. With the daughters of Babylon. You notice that?

What does that mean? Zion. Are really. Representing. The people. Of Israel. The Jewish people. The Hebrews. Who are now. Dwelling. As it says here. In verse 7. With the daughter. Of Babylon. Scattered around. Dispersed. Among the nation. And he's saying. To them. Come. Deliver yourself. From the people. With whom. You are dwelling. Right now. That takes us. Really. To a time. Of the. Awakening. Of the Jewish people. To realize. The need. Of being restored. To the land. If we can see that. In our times. Today. There seem to be. There is. A fresh. Awakening. Call. For the Jewish people. To go back. To the land. Now I know.

That more than half. Of Jewish people. Is still. Scattered. The world. Today. We have. Over 7 million. Jewish people. Who are in the land. Of Israel. But it's not. Everything. It's only the. Awakening. The beginning. But. There will be a time. Where all. The Hebrews. Going to have to come back. To the land. Of Israel. God. Who scattered them. He. Will. Gather. chapter 31. And verse 10. We read. He that scattered. Israel. Will. Gather. Him. And will. Keep him. As a shepherd. Does his flock. The same. God. Who has. Scattered. The Jewish people. He will. Awaken them. And he's calling them. Oh. Zion. Flee. Deliver yourself. Flee. From the north.

To the promised land. Because. I am going. To establish. The city. Of Jerusalem. In the coming day. So. We read. Now. In verse 8. Jehovah. Will. Send. The Messiah. To deal. With. Israel's enemies. For that says. The Lord of hosts. After. The glory. Have he. Sent. Me. Unto the nations. Which spoiled you. For he. That touches. You. The apple. Of his eye. This is a precious verse. This is a verse. That I believe. Everyone. Have to really. Take. Seriously. To recognize. That when. The nations. Have persecuted. Israel. They really. Touched. The apple. Some use. The word. The pupil. The very delicate. Part. Of the eye. Of God.

It is only. An expression. How dear. Is the nation. Of Israel. To the heart. The apple. Is the delicate part. Of the human eye. Today. The pupil. That very sensitive. In fact. In Hebrew. It's called. Bavat. I know. If I'll touch your eye. This little pupil. You will immediately. Desire. To move that hand. Or to move that finger. Immediately. Because it is affecting. Your eyesight. It's something. That is very dear to you. You would not want. Anybody. To touch. The apple. Of your eye. And really. What we learn. Here. That. He is going. To send. The Messiah. Who is going. To come. To judge. The nations.

That spoiled. The nation. Of Israel. The Jewish people. Yes. And our brothers. And sisters. Just look. At history. Nation. Of the nation. Every nation. That rose. Against. Israel. End up. Under the disciplinary. Act of God. Every nation. Do you know. That the feasts. That Israel. Keep today. Almost every feast. Came as an outflow. Of a judgment. That came upon. Another nation. Beginning. With Passover. Pesach. Pesach. God. Passed over. The homes. Of the Hebrews. But did not pass. Over the homes. Of those. Who are. The Hebrews enemies. In this case. The Egyptian. Assyrians. Who have. Destroyed. The temple. By. Giving. The people. Of Israel. A feast.

Called. Hanukkah. In the judgment. Of those. Nations. That came. Against. The Jewish people. Even. The independent. Day. 1948. Where Israel. Became. A state. In Hebrew. We call it. Yom HaAtzmaut. Israel. Became. Independent. After. The judgment. That God. Judged. The nations. That have. Ended up. Persecuting. The Jewish people. Those who have. Persecuted. The Jewish people. Are not there. In the same power. As they have. Had before. And what we really. Learned here. In verse 8. The two. Jehovah's. You can see here. After the glory. Hath he. Jehovah. Sent me. Jehovah the son. And to the nations. Which spoiled you. Why? In judgment. Judgment. Because he. That touches you.

Touches the apple. Of his eye. That reminds me. Of the covenant. That God had made. With Abraham. In Genesis. Chapter 12. In verse 2. And 3. I will make you. A great nation. And I will bless thee. And make thy name. Great. And you shall be a blessing. And I will bless them. That bless you. And I will curse him. That curses you. Now I want to apply it. To the church. Because the church. Is just as dear. As Israel. To Jehovah. To the Lord. You and I. Who are part of the body. Of Christ. The body of Messiah. Are just as dear. To the heart. Of our blessed Lord Jesus.

The Messiah. And when. There will be a persecution. Of Christians. Of believers. In Yeshua. God. Is going to deal. With those nations. With those people. In his time. In his ways. Because he. That touches you. Touches the upper. Of his eye. This is amazing. When we see. That vision. That Zechariah. Has seen here. In this chapter. So now. Verses 9. 10. 11. 12. And 13. Notice. He developed this. By giving him. The meaning. And the interpretation. Explanation. The Lord. Will judge. His. People's. Enemies. For behold. I will shake. Mine hand. Upon them. And they shall be. A spoil. To their servants. And ye shall know. That the Lord. Of hosts.

Has sent. Me. Again. The Messiah. Is speaking. The Lord of hosts. Has sent. Me. And he says. That he will shake. His hand. Upon them. It's like. When a teacher. Is shaking his hand. On his student. Or when a parent. Says. No, no, no. To you. You watch it. You're going to get it. And when God's. Hand. Is being shaken. Against the enemies. Of his people. He surely. Is going to bring about. This discipline. This judgment. Again. The word. Jehovah. Of hosts. Adonai. Tsevaot. The Lord. Of the armies. He has the power. To bring. This to fruition. So in verse 9. He gives them. The assurance.

That he will judge. Israel's enemies. In verse 10. Beloved brothers. And sisters. He is now telling. Jerusalem. To sing. And rejoice. You know. There is not much rejoicing. To be done. When there are so many enemies. And so many. People are against you. But there is. Much reason. To sing. When God. Brings about. The restoration. And the redemption. Of Israel. So he says. Sing and rejoice. Rani. Vesimchi. Sing and rejoice. O daughter. Of Zion. For lo I come. And I. Will. Dwell. In the midst of thee. Sayeth. The Lord. Do you know. The first time. The word. Song. Is found. In the Bible. Do you know.

Whenever. The Bible teaches. The first time. Really. When. Redemption. Came. Then. Saying. Moses. And the people. Of Israel. This song. Unto the Lord. Oh. They sing. Why. They could sing. Well. They couldn't sing. In Egypt. They couldn't sing. Away. From God. It was noise. When someone. Is singing. Without. The song. Of redemption. But once. Israel. Had been. And they crossed. The Red Sea. They began. To sing. There is a peace. In the heart. The joy. In the heart. Knowing that now. We have been redeemed. By blood. And we have been redeemed. By power. In the Red Sea. And we are on the other side. We can sing.

And rejoice. And sing this. Song. Unto the Lord. You know. The same thing for. Us today. You know. I used to sing. Many songs. Before I became. A believer.

but those songs were not songs of joy and eternal relationship with god it was a worldly songs was an earthly songs songs that you know cannot lift up above the ceiling can lift us up above the ceiling and no more but when a person become a believer and his affection is set with the lord jesus the messiah you can sing because you have someone that you can sing about someone who love you who paid a price for your sin and sins who was willing to go to judgment at the cross on your behalf you have a reason to sing as a forgiven person and that jehovah here that we have is none else of jehovah

the son god the son in the person of yeshua the messiah as we know his hebrew name today he is the one that is seen here as coming in a future day to dwell and to be in the midst and notice that he will dwell in the midst of the people you know when we read today in the new testament yeshua said to the disciples in matthew 18 in verse 20 for where two or three are gathered together unto my name there am i in the midst of them in fact we believe that when we are sincerely and honestly gathering around the lord today he is the center of the gathering saints who gather around

him in submission to his will not in pride and arrogance not in self-justification no but in humility he's promised to be in the midst of his people you see israel in a future day will be broken before the lord and he's promised then you can sing and rejoice because i am going to dwell in the midst of you but not only israel beloved brothers and sisters you see israel is called to be a priestly nation that through the nation of israel through our nation israel blessing out to flow to the nations of the world so he continues here with this third vision it says many nations look at this verse 11 many nations and shall

be joined unto the lord in that day and shall be my people and i will dwell in the midst of thee this is jerusalem and you shall know that the lord of hosts has sent me unto thee you see you have jehovah is speaking sometimes we hear jehovah that has a reference to the father other time jehovah sent me in a person of the son you see here the triunity of the godhead we see here the teaching concerning the persons of the godhead now the thought of many nations let's not mix between israel and the church in the church we have many people who gather from all the nations of the world jew and gentile

and we are part of the body of christ but with respect to israel in the future it is israel will be established as a nation and there will be many nations who will recognize the god of israel and will be the ones that will desire to be in the midst along with the nation of israel and they will come to be joined unto the lord and to the nation of israel a verse that i must read again the prophet isaiah we are talking about prophetic word concerning the future days look what isaiah said including the nations of the world that he prophesied in chapter 2 of the prophet isaiah the lord is speaking and he

says this in verse 1 the word that isaiah the son of amots saw concerning judah and jerusalem and it shall come to pass in the last days that the mountain of the lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains and shall be exalted above all hills when all nations shall flow unto it and many people shall go and say come come ye and let us go up to the mountain of the lord to the house of the god of jacob and he will teach us of his ways and we will walk in his path for out of zion shall go forth the law and the word of the lord from jerusalem from

yerushalayim again you notice the word zion and jerusalem interchanging it has to do with the very same city in a very same locality you know it will be a day to see the nations now not opposing israel anymore not preparing ammunition to try to shoot directly into the land of israel not to shoot from gaza strip or from lebanon or from syria or from iran or from egypt or from any other nation the surrounding the city of jerusalem and the land of israel no more in fact the opposite will happen they will come and we say come let us go up to the mountain of the lord to the house of the god of jacob

why because out of jerusalem the law will come the word of the lord from zion from jerusalem this is the place where god set his name and many nations shall be joined unto the lord what a day that will be how far are we today from this day today you talk about the lord people don't want to hear even to our own people you talk about yeshua he's despised and rejected by our nation and by many people in the world nations do not want to hear about him men love to have their own religious systems but not joining themselves unto the word of god unto the lord himself but that will end beloved brothers and

sisters it will end one day when they will end up to recognize who yeshua is bowing to his authority and will ultimately accept him and will join to the lord and to the lord's people who will be restored the jewish people you shall be my people i will dwell in in the midst of thee you shall know that the lord of hosts have sent me unto thee and that's also a touching word they will know that the lord have sent him to be there now turn to the gospel of luke you remember when jesus came at the first coming in luke chapter 19 verse 41 remember it says in zecharia they will know that the

lord has sent me but when he first came you see it says here in chapter 19 of luke verse 41 when he was come near he beheld the city this is jesus the messiah he wept over the city and he said saying if you had known even thou at least in this thy day the things that belong unto your peace but now he says they are hid from thine eyes for the days will come upon thee he says that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee and compass around and keep thee in on every side and they shall lay thee even with the ground and thy children with thee and they shall not leave

in thee one stone upon another because you had not known the time of thy visitation you see when yeshua came at his first coming israel did not wait for his coming they did not recognize him and did not acknowledge him they didn't know that he was the promised mashiach and that's why he wept over the city of jerusalem and he said crying desiring to restore the nation he said you didn't know now the time of your visitation they were blinded to the fact that the messiah has come and so earlier in the same book of luke in chapter 13 he cried this cry and he said that luke chapter 13 in verse 34 he says

oh yerushalayim yerushalayim which killeth the prophets and stones them that are sent unto thee how often would i have gathered thy children together as a hen does gather her brood under her wings but ye would not behold your house shall be left unto you desolate and verily i said to you ye shall not see me until until when until zechariah chapter 2 and verse 11 and they will know that the lord of hosts has sent me unto thee they will know it in the future zechariah prophesied this concerning the second coming of the messiah in the first coming of the messiah israel rejected yeshua the messiah the son of god and he said to them

you will not see me until ad asher until the time cometh when you will say that's what the angel of the lord revealed to zechariah concerning the second coming of the messiah in the first coming he was rejected in the second coming he will be accepted by the nation of israel and so brothers and sisters in conclusion verse 12 the lord shall inherit judah he will yet choose jerusalem listen to this and jehovah shall inherit judah his portion in the holy land and shall choose jerusalem again you know many times i take tours to israel to visit the holy land but the only time in the bible that the word holy land is mentioned is

right here zechariah chapter 2 and verse 12 admat hakodesh in hebrew it is the land of israel it is the land of canaan most of our people our own families are very secular the vast majority haven't accepted the messiah and they need to await the day when they will come to know the messiah know god then when god has his name there and establish the messianic kingdom where yeshua have his rightful place it will be admat kodesh the land where there will be holiness unto the lord but the bible calls it here in this text and the lord's portion is the holy land to god it is set apart for him men have abused it

men have caused all kind of things to happen there but as far as god's concern he will establish this land his name is going to be there and it's going to be recognized as the holy land and he shall choose jerusalem again this expression choose jerusalem again is mentioned in chapter 1 you remember in verse 17 cry yet saying thus saith the lord of hosts my cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad and the lord shall yet comfort zion and shall yet choose jerusalem he is yet going to do so as we have here in this verse and let no one ever tell you that god that god had finished with israel that the

church replaced israel that is not bible the church is the church ecclesia is israel is israel two companies distinct from another yet in harmony in light of the truth of the word of god god is yet going to restore israel to choose jerusalem and notice what he says to the the world around us there ought to be silence upon the world because the lord is going to rise there in the midst of the nation he says be silence all flesh the hebrew word is has kol basar all flesh be silent you don't have to say anything be silent before the lord why because whatever we say if it's not in accordance with his will if

it's not in accordance with his will he will put us to silence men will have to be silenced before the lord to recognize let god be true and every man a liar god's word will surely come to pass be silent all flesh before the lord for he is raised up out of his holy habitation he will establish the land establish the people establish the kingdom establish the mashiach the messiah and he will be the one that will be established in his holy habitation in the holy land of israel and in the city of jerusalem may the lord hasten this day and bring about the day of jerusalem restoration and the jewish people being established back

in the land