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Zechariah’s Visions
he saw Jesus interceding for Jerusalem
How long will there not be peace in Jerusalem
How long will Jerusalem be in ruins
this from Zechariahs first vision
he saw Jesus as the king of the earth
with His patrolling angels
He learned about the great compassion the Father has for Jerusalem, and for it’s people
The first 9 apocalyptic visions that Zechariah has, took palace one right after another on the same night
they all are in sequence
lets look at the second
read Zechariah 1 18-21 and Daniel 2 31-35
Pray
Background
remember that Daniel is still alive at this time
it was Darius who put him into the lions den
it was Daniel who interpreted the dream of Nebuchadnezzar
the dream was about 4 kingdoms
Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and the Roman
these are all successive kingdoms with the revival of the Roman empire going on today
Zechariah will know all about the dreams and visions of Daniel
under Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar the people are scattered
under Medo-Persian we have the terror of Haman, who plots to kill all of the Israelites
under the Greek empire we have the Temple and worship system desecrated by Antiochus IV Epiphanes
then under Rome we have the temple destroyed and the people scattered again into the whole world
Daniel prophesies about these 4 empires, and some of what they they are going to do to the people
The 4 Horns
the horn in these times was a representation of a leader of a mighty nation
a mighty man, or a mighty nation
Moab has lost its power, influence, no longer a threat
the four horns of the second vision,
I think are the 4 empires that represent the world kingdoms
we see in the next verse
these 4 empires are going to suppress Israel until the end
but God has plan for Israel
the bull has its power in his horns
they are sometimes fearless, and can do damage with its horns
so they have to be cut off
the calf bulls their horns are sometimes cut off soon after they appear
its easy to do when they are small
but sometimes the bull is full grown and the horns are thick and takes more to cut them off
The Four Craftsmen
these four craftsmen are the de-horners
these are the ones who God has put in place to take down empires
remember back in
God used these nations to punish Israel, He was a little angry with Israel
but He is extremely angry with these nations, Why?
they overstepped their God given boundaries in persecuting Israel
these 4 craftsmen are the ones to strike down the empires
They have been dehorned
they no longer have any power
these are the succeeding empires that took over
Babylon- 1st craftsman is Persia- then Greece- then Rome
no matter how fierce, how powerful, ominous.
here we have 3 craftsmen, then who is the fourth?
turn back to Daniel 2… Chaff
the chaff is the throw away not usable stuff, that burns
the wheat is what is kept
the dream is certain
the final craftsman is the Stone
The Stone
Who or what is this stone?
this stone
is a stumbling stone to those who do not believe
a crushing stone to those who die in their unbelief
a cornerstone to those who believe
a stone cut without hands to the nations
that will steamroll over them
this stone is none other than The Messiah
The rock of our salvation
this stone will crush the whole statue
this stone will pulverize all who are in opposition to Him
the head of gold chest of silver ...
the vast empires of today
China, Russia, USA, Iran, North Korea
to Zechariah, God is telling him that He has a love and compassion for Jerusalem and its people
but there are 2 more kingdoms coming
the end is not yet
but be confident no matter what happens God has not forgotten you
The master Horn Cutter has always been in control
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