,,studies  ,,in  ,,zechariah4   ,,by    
,a4 ,c4 ,,gaebelein4  ,,eighth          
,,edition4  ,,printing ,,by  ,,francis  
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,,new ,,york4     ,copyright #aiaa1 by  
,a4 ,c4 ,gaebelein4     ,,foreword ,,to 
,,the ,,eighth ,,edition4  ,this little 
exposition of the ,prophecies of        
,zechariah was written almost #ae years 
ago4 ,we are thankful to ,god that it   
has been a help to so many4 ,the sixth  
edition has been sold and a seventh has 
become necessary4  ,we were somewhat    
reluctant to print another edition4     
,when this book was written the writer  
did not at all have a clear vision in   
the prophetic ,word concerning the great
 predicted end events of the times of   
the ,gentiles4 ,like so many others he  
did not distinguish between the personal
 ,antichrist and the ,king of the       
,north4 ,he then held the view1 which is
 still taught by many1 that the first   
beast in ,revelation xiii is the        
personal ,antichrist4 ,this belief led  

into incorrect views about that part of 
,revelation4  ,since writing the book it
 has pleased the ,lord to give the      
writer better light on these great      
prophetic unfoldings and for this reason
 some of the interpretations given1     
especially on pages #ace1 #acf and #acg1
 are no longer looked upon by the author
 as being scripturally correct4 ,in our 
later books ,the ,harmony of the        
,prophetic ,word ,joel1 and especially  
,exposition of ,daniel1 the truth as    
revealed in ,prophecy concerning the two
 beasts and the ,king of the ,north1 is 
given4 ,we therefore request the reader 
to consider this when studying this     
volume4  ,we are sure the ,lord will    
continue to bless the simple unfolding  
of the greatest ,post exile ,prophet4   
,so little is written on this great book
 that we feel that we should not        
withhold this imperfect exposition from 
the students of the ,word of ,prophecy4 
,may the ,lord continue to bless it4    
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     ,,introduction4  ,zechariah1 the   
name of the prophet whose visions and   
prophecies we desire to study1 is not an
 uncommon name in divine history4 ,its  
meaning is ,jehovah remembers4 ,he is   
called the son of ,berachiah1 ,jehovah  
blesses1 the son of ,iddo1 the appointed
 time4 ,there is here1 as in many other 
instances in the ,bible1 a great        
significance in the ,hebrew names4 ,the 
name of the grandfather of ,zechariah   
7who probably brought him up1 as his    
father must have died early71 his       
father's name and his own read in       
,english translation1 the appointed     
time1 ,jehovah blesses1 ,jehovah        
remembers4 ,the ,holy ,spirit has       
inspired these very names2 they are in  
themselves a commentary to the          
prophecies and visions ,god gave to     
,zechariah1 for they speak of an        
appointed time of ,god's blessings for  
,jerusalem and of ,his loving           
remembrance4  ,zechariah was born in    
,babylon in the captivity1 for when he  

returned to the land of his fathers he  
was but a child4 ,like some other       
prophets he was a priest as well as a   
prophet4 ,his work as a prophet was     
commenced by him when he was a young    
man1 for thus he is called in one of the
 visions4 ,the time of his opening      
address to the people is two months     
after ,haggai had opened his lips in    
,jehovah's name4 ,haggai received the   
word of the ,lord in the sixth month in 
the second year of ,darius1 and         
,zechariah in the eighth month of the   
same year of the reign of that ,king1   
about #ebj before ,christ4  ,both       
prophets had the same thought given1    
namely1 to encourage the ,jewish remnant
 in the blessed work of rebuilding the  
house of the ,lord4 ,this work had      
suffered an interruption2 the           
,samaritans were the cause of it4 ,they 
had applied to join in the work1 but as 
the remnant considered them idolators   
and as not belonging to ,god's people1  
the application was rejected4 ,these    

,samaritans tried after that in various 
ways to hinder the rebuilding1 which had
 so blessedly begun4 ,at last they      
succeeded in obtaining a decree which   
forbade the building of the ,temple4    
,all work had to be stopped and ceased  
for about fourteen years4 ,but when the 
,king who had forbidden the prosecution 
of the work had died and ,darius became 
,king1 the building of the ,temple was  
once more made possible4 ,the leaders of
 the people in the enterprise were      
,serubbabel and the ,high ,priest       
,joshua4 ,but again they were hindered  
from the outside1 while on the other    
hand the people themselves had lost much
 interest and possessed no longer that  
love and zeal for ,god's house1 which   
was so prominent after their return4    
,thus ,haggai said3 ,this people say1   
,it is not the time for us to come1 the 
time for the ,lord's house to be built4 
4 4 ,it is a time for you to dwell in   
your ceiled houses1 while this house    
lieth waste4 ,haggai1 chapter #a4  ,in  

that critical moment these two prophets 
made their appearance1 and ,god gave    
them visions of comfort and glad tidings
 to encourage the disheartened1 selfish 
and unbelieving people4  ,the visions   
and prophecies of ,zechariah1 however1  
do not only give an assurance that there
 could be no failure in the work the    
remnant had taken up anew1 but more than
 that in them the glorious future of    
,jerusalem and ,zion is unfolded4 ,they 
lead up to the grand finale of the      
history of ,god's ancient people1 the   
time when ,israel1 redeemed and restored
 forever1 will sing the grand and       
glorious ,hallelujah4  ,it is1 of       
course1 true that ,zechariah did a      
blessed work for the people who lived in
 his day2 he had a special mission to   
perform and succeeded in it1 but the    
,spirit of ,god in the message of       
comfort for that time gives the history 
of events then in a distant future4 ,the
 ,babylonian captivity of ,israel       
foreshadows their greater dispersion in 

which they are to-day wanderers all over
 the earth1 and the restoration which   
took place in the time of ,zechariah is 
highly typical of that coming           
restoration for which we hope and pray4 
,zechariah may therefore be fitly called
 the ,prophet of the ,restoration4      
,surely it is a deplorable blindness in 
some teachers of the ,word1 who see in  
the book of ,zechariah nothing but past 
history1 and who claim that all has been
 fulfilled in the return of the small   
,jewish remnant from the captivity1 and 
whatever promises of mercy given to     
,jerusalem and the land of ,judah find  
now their spiritual fulfilment in the   
church4  ,it will be our aim in a series
 of studies in ,zechariah to consider   
mostly the relation of these visions to 
the end of this age1 and the beginning  
of the next1 the millennial glory4 ,we  
shall find that instead of the book of  
,zechariah being all fulfilled prophecy1
 as some would have it1 it is indeed    
mostly unfulfilled1 and even some of the

 prophetic promises which on the surface
 seem to have been seen a fulfilment1   
were only in part realized4 ,and how    
important at this time to study the book
 of ,zechariah6 ,we are living in the   
time when that greater restoration with 
all its events forerunning and connected
 with it are about to come to pass4 ,it 
is needless to say that we firmly       
believe that ,zechariah wrote all of the
 book which bears his name4  ,several of
 the ,jewish commentators confess an    
inability to explain the book4 ,the     
well-known ,jewish commentator ,solomon 
,ben ,jarchi 7generally known by the    
name ,rashi71 says3 ,the prophecy 7of   
,zechariah7 is very dark1 for it        
contains visions much like dreams1 which
 want interpreting1 and we will never   
succeed in finding the true meaning     
until the ,teacher of righteousness     
arrives4 ,abarbanel makes a similar     
confession4  ,we praise ,god that the   
,teacher of righteousness has come1 even
 the ,spirit of ,truth1 who guides into 

all truth and reveals the things to     
come4     ,,chapter ,i4  ,the ,opening  
,address of the ,prophet to ,his        
,nation4 ,the ,night ,visions and ,their
 ,meaning4 ,the ,first ,night ,vision4  
,the opening address of the prophet     
7chapter i3 #a-f7 forms an excellent    
introduction to the visions of comfort  
and warning which he had and revealed to
 the people4 ,it is a very pointed and  
earnest call to repentance3 ,the ,lord  
has been sore displeased with your      
fathers4 ,they were disobedient and     
stiff-necked4 ,the former prophets1     
,jeremiah and ,isaiah1 had called them  
to turn from their evil ways1 but they  
did not hear4 ,and now1 where are the   
fathers8 ,they had passed away like the 
disobedient ones in the wilderness2     
,god's judgment and displeasure had     
overtaken them4 ,but the faithful ,god  
of ,abraham1 ,isaac and ,jacob1 whose   
gifts and calling are without           
repentance1 comes once more to ,his     
chosen people1 the seed of ,abraham1 and

 the ,spirit1 through ,zechariah1 speaks
 a direct message to return1 and utters 
the promise that the ,lord will also    
return unto them4 ,thus saith the ,lord 
of ,hosts3 ,return unto me saith the    
,lord of ,hosts1 and ,i will return unto
 you saith the ,lord of ,hosts4  ,the   
name ,jehovah appears three times in    
this short exhortation4 ,each time the  
name is in another connection4 ,jehovah 
speaks1 they are to return to ,jehovah1 
and ,jehovah will return to them4       
,surely in profane literature such a    
repetition would be rejected as useless 
and superfluous1 but in the ,book where 
every word and phrase is ,god-given1 we 
cannot pass it by as having no          
significance4 ,like in many other       
passages in the ,old ,testament we have 
here a revelation of the one ,god as    
,father1 ,son and ,spirit4 ,this        
revelation was often made in divine     
history1 and when the measure of        
,israel's apostacy was at last filled   
up1 they had indeed rejected ,jehovah in

 rejecting ,jehovah-,jesus1 and also    
,jehovah1 the ,spirit4 ,and while this  
exhortation was one for ,zechariah's    
contemporaries1 it is the great         
exhortation to the ,jewish remnant for  
all times4 ,the nation having forsaken  
,jehovah in ,his revelations as ,father1
 ,son and ,spirit1 will have to return  
and listen to ,jehovah who speaks1 to   
,jehovah whom they rejected1 and        
,jehovah in ,his merciful and loving    
manifestations will return to them as a 
nation and to their land4  ,this return 
of ,israel to which ,zechariah exhorts  
will take place in a set order clearly  
revealed throughout the word of ,god4   
,we hear in ,romans ii4 that ,paul      
speaks of a remnant according to the    
election of grace4 ,that remnant is the 
remnant which turns to ,jehovah now     
during this dispensation1 and1 of       
course1 all ,jews who are now turning to
 ,jehovah-,jesus1 and to whom ,jehovah1 
the ,spirit1 also comes1 are members of 
the body of the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4   

,as soon as the church1 the witnessing  
body in the earth1 is removed by that   
glorious event which is our blessed     
hope1 another ,jewish remnant is called1
 and that remnant will be ,jewish       
throughout1 keeping the commandments and
 having the testimony of the ,lord      
,jesus ,christ4 ,of course that remnant 
will have returned to ,jehovah1 and will
 be the witnessing and the suffering    
body in the great tribulation4 ,the     
believing and longing cry of that       
remnant1 ,blessed is ,he that cometh in 
the name of the ,lord1 will at last     
welcome ,him1 the ,pierced ,one and     
,king of ,israel as well as ,king of    
,glory1 to this earth1 and then the     
remnant of the nation in all lands will 
turn to ,him4 ,this is the divine       
programme for ,israel4  ,after these    
opening words1 delivered probably to the
 assembled people1 ,zechariah received  
his wonderful night visions4 ,they were 
not mere dreams1 but the events which he
 describes passed before him in visions4

 ,he saw them all in one night4 ,they   
are eight in number1 and have not found 
many interpreters4 ,they were not only  
given in one night1 but just as one     
followed rapidly the other1 so are they 
all closely connected1 and giving events
 which are to follow one after the      
other4 ,that we have here a revelation  
which may fitly be termed the           
,apocalypse of ,zechariah is            
unquestionable4 ,after all these visions
 had passed1 ,joshua1 the ,high ,priest1
 is crowned with two crowns             
foreshadowing ,him who is to be a       
,priest upon ,his throne4 ,this crowning
 is a climax in ,zechariah's night      
visions which lead up to that           
coronation4 ,divine interference in     
behalf of ,jerusalem and the land of    
,judah1 ,god's displeasure upon the     
nations for their abominations1 and the 
overthrow of ,israel's enemies are      
clearly depicted in the first two night 
visions1 while in the others we see the 
promised prosperity returning to the    

land1 ,god's glory appearing once more1 
the nation once more inhabiting the land
 and cleansed from their guilt1 filled  
with the ,spirit1 wickedness judged1    
,babylon set up and overthrown1 and the 
chariots of ,god appearing4  ,the first 
night vision is especially suited for a 
close study for our times1 for the      
events and conditions in that first     
vision are a true picture of the        
peculiarities of the times in which we  
live4 ,indeed we are rapidly nearing the
 fulfillment of this first night vision4
  ,this is the vision3 ,zechariah sees a
 man riding upon a red horse and he     
halts in a valley among myrtle trees4   
,he is surrounded by a large army of    
angels upon red1 sorrel and white       
horses1 and the man upon the red horse  
becomes the centre of the hosts of      
heaven4 ,the angels give their reports  
unto the man in the midst1 who is also  
called the ,angel of the ,lord4 ,these  
angels had walked to and fro through the
 earth 7like the evil spirit and his    

demons1 ,job i41 so the good angels walk
 to and fro through the earth71 and they
 report to the ,angel of the ,lord1     
telling him that all the earth sitteth  
still and is at rest4 ,prosperity and   
peace seems to be what the angels saw1  
but over against this bright picture    
there is the dark scene--,jerusalem     
trodden down1 the house of the ,lord    
unfinished1 a persecuted suffering      
remnant4  ,and now the ,angel of the    
,lord becomes the intercessor for       
,jerusalem and turns to ,jehovah1 the   
,lord of ,hosts sitting upon ,his       
throne4 ,o ,lord of ,hosts1 how long    
wilt ,thou not have mercy on ,jerusalem 
and on the cities of ,judah against     
which ,thou hast had indignation these  
three score and ten years8 ,he receives 
an answer of comfortable words4 ,god is 
once more jealous for ,jerusalem1 and   
very angry and sore displeased with the 
nations1 the nations who are in greater 
part responsible for the condition of   
,his inheritance--they have helped      

forward their affliction4 ,god promises 
to return to the city with prosperity1  
and that the house shall be built in it1
 and the ,lord shall yet comfort ,zion  
and shall yet choose ,jerusalem4  ,the  
first question which arises in the      
interpretation of this vision is        
concerning the person who leads the     
angelic hosts4 ,he is called a man      
riding upon a red horse4 ,this does not 
mean that he was nothing but a man1 but 
it means that he appeared in the vision 
to ,zechariah as a man1 he had a human  
body4 ,later he is called the ,angel of 
the ,lord1 and as such1 he acts as      
successful intercessor for ,jerusalem1  
and receives a loving answer from       
,jehovah4 ,the leader must have been a  
divine person incarnate4 ,the name      
,angel of the ,lord is one of the ,old  
,testament names for the ,son of ,god1  
and there can be only one satisfactory  
interpretation of who the rider upon the
 red horse is1 and that is1 ,he must be 
the ,son of ,god4 ,there are three chief

 reasons for this interpretation4 ,in   
the first place1 the color of the horse 
which ,he rode was red2 this denotes    
blood1 and is the color of the ,son of  
,god1 for ,he is the ,lamb of ,god slain
 from the foundation of the world1 and  
,he is the ,lion from the tribe of      
,judah1 who will arise and slay ,his    
enemies1 coming to judge the nations    
7,isaiah lxiii74 ,he is the ,leader as  
well as the ,centre of the heavenly     
hosts1 for to ,him all power is given in
 ,heaven and in the earth1 and all      
things are in ,his hands2 and in the    
third place1 the intercession which the 
,angel of the ,lord makes is the        
intercession which belongs to the ,son  
of ,god4 ,the heavenly company comes to 
a stop in a deep valley1 and the ,angel 
of the ,lord stands there among the     
myrtle trees4  ,jewish interpretation   
7in the ,yalkut7 says3 ,he was staying  
among the myrtles which were in the     
,metzullah 7depths74 ,now myrtles       
7,hadassim7 mean nothing else than      

saints1 as it is said 7,esther ii3 #g71 
and ,he was bringing up ,hadassah       
7,esther71 and the depths means nothing 
else than ,babylon4 ,we believe this as 
correct an interpretation as any4       
,myrtles denote lowliness and sweetness1
 and the dark1 dreary valley stands for 
persecution1 suffering1 and being       
outcast4 ,all this was true of the      
remnant1 and it is true as well of the  
church4 ,what a comfort it must have    
been to the patriotic prophet and to all
 true believers among the returned      
exiles1 to learn that in that vision it 
was made so clear that ,jehovah1 the    
,angel of the ,lord1 was with them in   
all their lowliness and suffering4 ,the 
,angel1 who so wonderfully delivered    
their father ,jacob1 and whom he called 
the ,angel the ,redeemer1 and who had so
 often appeared in the miraculous events
 of the past1 this same ,angel1 with all
 the army of heaven at ,his command1 was
 still with them1 though the cloud of   
glory was missing4  ,may we not forget  

that the ,angel of the ,lord1 the ,son  
of ,god1 our blessed ,lord and ,saviour 
,jesus ,christ1 is still with ,his      
people ,israel4 ,he has indeed not cast 
them away1 whom ,he foreknew4 ,he is    
their ,king and their ,priest1 and for  
all we know1 the mighty angels who are  
under ,his direction1 may be assembled  
now as they were in ,zechariah's vision1
 and ,he ,himself ready to reveal ,his  
love and mercy to ,jerusalem4  ,and what
 is the report of the angels to their   
leader8 ,they have walked to and fro    
through the earth1 they have found      
nothing but prosperity4 ,all the earth  
sitteth still and is at rest1 the       
nations at ease1 a perfect picture of   
prosperity4 ,the nations are seen in a  
flourishing state1 but ,his nation is in
 trouble and ,his inheritance laid      
waste1 the nations having like wild     
beasts trampled it into the dust4 ,while
 the large cities of the nations are    
increased and have plenty1 the city of a
 great ,king is forsaken4 ,history shows

 that indeed at that time there was no  
war1 but peace everywhere and prosperity
 enjoyed selfishly by the nations4      
,should not these nations have an       
interest in that land and in that       
people8 ,but they were living for their 
own ease and comfort4 ,what does it     
matter if there is yonder a poor and    
suffering people8  ,prosperity1         
universal prosperity1 and with it       
universal peace1 is the cry at the close
 of another century1 and will be more so
 as we advance towards the end of this  
age4 ,civilization1 world conquest1     
commercial extension and a universal    
peace1 seem to be the leading thoughts  
among the nations of our times4 ,truly  
it is realized by some that our boasted 
civilization1 liberty and prosperity is 
nothing but a smouldering volcano which 
may burst open at any moment and make an
 end of all boasting1 but the majority  
of the people even in ,christendom are  
sadly deluding themselves with idle     
dreams4 ,and what of ,god's thoughts and

 ,his eternal purposes8 ,what of ,his   
oath-bound covenant promises8 ,they are 
being misinterpreted1 set aside and     
forgotten4 ,thus it will continue till  
the climax is reached1 so clearly       
foretold in the second ,psalm1     ,why 
do the nations rage    ,and the peoples 
imagine a vain thing8    ,the kings of  
the earth set themselves    ,and the    
rulers take counsel together1           
,against the ,lord and against ,his     
anointed4    ,let us break their bands  
asunder    ,and cast away from us their 
cords4  ,this is a true picture of the  
nations as the ,king of ,kings at last  
will find them when ,he returns with and
 in ,his glory4 ,the great sin of the   
nations1 which is ,anti-,semitism1 will 
be considered later4  ,the nations at   
ease1 prosperous and increased1 and     
,jerusalem trodden down1 the land waste 
and desolate1 in the hands of the enemy1
 is the mark of this age up to its end4 
,but now comes the interference of ,him 
who sitteth in the heavens4 ,the angel  

of the ,lord intercedes and cries to the
 ,lord of ,hosts1 ,how long8 ,it has    
been so much overlooked that ,he who is 
our ,intercessor1 the ,great ,high      
,priest in the ,heavens1 is1 according  
to the flesh1 of the seed of ,abraham1  
and ,he stands there in ,his place in   
,his glorified humanity4 ,if the ,high  
,priest in the ,old ,testament carried  
upon a breast-plate nearest to his heart
 the names of the twelve tribes of      
,israel1 may we not assume that the true
 ,high ,priest1 who is the ,king of     
,israel as well1 has them just as near  
to ,his loving heart8 ,he loves ,his    
own1 and longs for the time when they   
will crown ,him ,lord of all4 ,and is it
 not very significant that the ,spirit  
at this present time teaches so many    
children of ,god to pray for the peace  
of ,jerusalem1 that ,he may establish   
and make ,jerusalem a praise in the     
earth8 ,the ,spirit and the ,bride say  
,come1 and surely the dearest thought in
 the ,saviour's heart is being laid upon

 the hearts of ,his children1 in whom   
the ,spirit dwells1 to pray and         
intercede with ,him for the peace of    
,jerusalem4 ,this prayer1 heard from so 
many lips to-day in the church waiting  
for her ,lord1 is but an echo of ,his   
,how long8 and prayer for ,his people4  
,the interceding angel of the ,lord is  
not left without an answer from the     
,lord of ,hosts whom he has addressed in
 behalf of ,jerusalem4 ,it must be      
noticed that the answer is not the one  
which ,jehovah gives to the angel of the
 ,lord1 but the answer is transmitted by
 the ,lord through another angel who    
talked with the prophet4 ,so the angel  
that talked with me said unto me1 ,cry  
thou1 saying1 ,thus saith the ,lord of  
,hosts3 ,i am jealous for ,jerusalem and
 for ,zion with a great jealousy4 ,then 
follows the message in its details4 ,and
 ,i am very sore displeased with the    
nations that are at ease3 for ,i was but
 a little displeased1 and they helped   
forward the affliction4 ,therefore thus 

saith the ,lord3 ,i am returned to      
,jerusalem with mercies2 my house shall 
be built in it1 saith the ,lord of      
,hosts1 and a line shall be stretched   
forth over ,jerusalem4 ,cry yet again1  
saying1 ,thus saith the ,lord of ,hosts2
 ,my cities through prosperity shall yet
 be spread abroad2 and the ,lord shall  
yet comfort ,zion1 and shall yet choose 
,jerusalem4 ,we desire to take up       
separately some of these comfortable    
words4 ,we firmly believe that the time 
of their fulfillment is not only at     
hand1 but that we are really living in  
the days when ,god once more remembers  
,his suffering people and is about to   
rise in judgment upon ,his and their    
enemies1 and turn in mercy to ,zion4    
,first then stands the declaration that 
,god is jealous for ,jerusalem and for  
,zion with a great jealousy4 ,the word  
used in the original for jealous means  
burning1 and is correctly translated    
with that word1 for jealousy is a       
burning emotion4 ,men are jealous of    

that which is their own when it is in   
the hands of another or in danger of    
being taken away and misused4 ,in this  
sense ,god is likewise jealous of ,his  
own4 ,jerusalem is ,his city1 the city  
of a great king2 ,zion is ,his holy     
hill1 and ,israel ,his own people4 ,all 
has fallen into the hands of the        
,gentiles and is injured by them4 ,his  
people scattered and dispersed1 the holy
 hill desecrated and ,jerusalem trodden 
down by the ,gentiles4 ,true1 ,god has  
permitted it all1 prophets have spoken  
of it1 and their prophecies concerning  
,jerusalem's desolation have all been   
literally fulfilled1 but now ,god is    
seen to rise and to claim once more in  
great jealousy that which is ,his ,own4 
,we look away from the partial          
fulfillment of this prophecy in         
,zechariah's time4 ,god looked down from
 heaven then1 and ,his eyes beheld the  
sad picture of the desolate land1 the   
unfinished temple and the disheartened  
and punished people4 ,at the end of our 

dispensation1 ,god looks down from      
heaven1 and while the nations are       
prosperous and at ease1 ,he sees ,his   
city controlled by ,his enemies4 ,the   
holy hill of ,zion1 where ,jehovah      
revealed ,himself so often1 has become  
the place of idolatry4 ,his name is not 
honored but dishonored4 ,indeed1 the    
,land and ,jerusalem attracts once more 
the attention of the world4 ,nations are
 desirous of owning the ,land and       
gaining a foothold there4 ,the visit to 
,palestine of the ,german ,emperor1 the 
representative of ,lutheranism and the  
avowed friend of one of the darkest     
characters of our times1 the man whose  
throne seems almost unshakable1 and who 
holds the ,land in the grasp of his     
bloody hands1 is highly significant4    
,all the other nations have watched this
 visit1 and ,zionism especially rejoices
 in the fact of the friendship of the   
,protestant ,emperor with the ,sultan   
and hopes much from it for the          
realization of its well planned schemes4

 ,it is to be expected that as the end  
draws nearer1 ,palestine will become the
 great centre around which the nations  
gather4 ,scheming nations1 religious and
 political ambitions for world rule and 
world power1 and connected with it      
,commercialism1 which seems to become   
more and more the god of this world1 are
 the programme for the near future1 and 
upon the entire scene are the eyes of   
the covenant-keeping ,god of ,abraham1  
and with ,his burning eyes ,he looks on 
with jealousy for ,jerusalem and very   
great jealousy for ,zion4 7,joel ii3    
#ah47  ,these are only the opening words
 of the revelation which is given to    
,zechariah4 ,it is ,god's attitude4     
,zechariah hears now a very plain and   
important statement from the lips of the
 interpreting angel4 ,the statement is  
threefold4  #a4 ,i was but a little     
displeased4 ,jehovah is speaking        
concerning ,his inheritance that ,he    
was1 on account of their apostasy and   
idolatry1 but a little displeased4 ,this

 was primarily true of the ,babylonian  
captivity4 ,it was but for a moment ,god
 was angry4 ,it is so now1 though the   
children of ,israel have been in        
dispersion for well-nigh twenty         
centuries1 but still it is true even    
now4 ,for a small moment have ,i        
forgotten thee4 ,in overflowing wrath ,i
 hid my face from thee for a moment1 but
 with everlasting kindness will ,i have 
mercy on thee1 saith the ,lord1 thy     
,redeemer4 ,his displeasure with ,his   
people is never final1 it is only       
temporary4 ,this is clearly seen in the 
entire ,word of ,god4 ,if it were final1
 if ,god would be displeased forever    
with ,israel1 we might just as well     
close the ,bible1 join the higher       
critics and end in unbelief1 apostasy   
and perdition4 ,i will make a full end  
of all the nations whither ,i have      
scattered thee1 but ,i will not make a  
full end of thee2 but ,i will correct   
thee with judgment and will in no wise  
leave thee unpunished4 7,jeremiah xxx3  

#aa47  #b4 ,they have helped forward    
their affliction4 ,the ,lord is now     
speaking of the nations who are at ease4
 ,he holds them responsible for a       
greater affliction than ,he really had  
designed to come upon ,his people4 ,by  
their attitude towards chastised ,israel
 they have made their affliction much   
worse than ,god meant it to be4 ,of     
course1 it was true during the seventy  
years ,god's people spent in ,babylon1  
but how much more true is it in the     
dispersion which has been their lot for 
so many sad centuries4  ,where shall we 
begin in treating the awful truth which 
is put here in such simple language8    
,where shall we find words earnest      
enough to picture the terrible facts in 
connection with it and sound a warning  
for our times8 ,some time ago a person  
said1 ,the ,jews are to-day more        
stiff-necked and blinder than ever      
before4 ,who has made them thus8 ,surely
 judicial blindness and hardness of     
heart2 ears which do not hear are given 

by ,god1 but1 alas1 the nations1 or     
so-called ,christendom1 have helped     
forward their affliction2 they have made
 matters worse a thousand times1 and    
,satan1 who hates ,israel1 has been the 
author of all things calculated to      
increase the affliction of poor down    
trodden ,israel4 ,surely the increased  
stiff-neckedness and the increased      
blindness is one which is traceable to  
the nations4 ,every reader knows        
something of the history of the ,jews1  
what it has been since they left the    
home land--a long1 long tale of         
suffering1 tears and blood4 ,most unjust
 outrages have been committed against   
them2 torture upon torture2 the stake   
and worse than that2 and all in the name
 of ,jesus4 ,it is a shameful history4  
,many a time ,jews1 after hearing the   
,word preached1 have stood up and opened
 in answer this awful book of history   
with its blood-stained pages1 asking the
 question1 ,can ,he be our ,redeemer1   
whose followers have treated us thus in 

,his name8 ,and not a few can tell us of
 their own sufferings in being banished 
from foreign lands4 ,hardly a month     
passes without some new outrage upon the
 generally harmless and innocent people 
in ,eastern ,europe4 ,cruelty1          
injustice1 wickedness and crime are     
practiced against them1 and thus their  
affliction has been increased4  ,the    
same is true of the counterfeits of the 
,christian religion4 ,is it a wonder    
that the ,jew turns away in disgust from
 religions which demand worship of      
pictures1 statues1 holy places1 etc48   
,satan has used it all to keep ,israel  
from a true knowledge of ,him1 who is   
the ,king of ,israel4 ,and in           
,protestant lands the ,jew does so      
rarely see that pure and true love of   
,him who came to fulfil the law and in  
whom ,god as love has been manifested4  
,instead of treating the ,jew as a      
brother1 beloved for the ,father's      
sake--nay1 for ,jesus' sake1 who was a  
,jew according to the flesh--he has been

 despised1 ridiculed1 ostracized and    
treated as inferior to ,gentiles4 ,still
 there are worse days coming yet4 ,the  
nations of ,christendom in the past have
 helped forward their affliction1 but   
,satan1 through these very nations1 will
 once more afflict ,israel--once more   
stretch out his hand to touch the nation
 of destiny4 ,as never before in the    
history of the world1 ,god's own chosen 
people--the ,jews--make themselves felt1
 and correspondingly as never before the
 ,gentile nations are getting ready to  
rise up against the ,jew to down him if 
it were possible4 ,the enemy1 thus      
prophecy tells us1 will try to          
exterminate the wonderful nation through
 nations who are doomed to destruction4 
,this is still future4 ,however1 these  
coming events are rapidly approaching4  
,anti-,semitism is increasing all over  
the world1 and only ,god's ,spirit and  
the prayer of the ,church keeps back the
 outbreak which will mark the beginning 
of ,jacob's trouble4 7,jeremiah xxx3    

#g47  #c4--;,i am very sore displeased4 
,this is ,god's anger with the nations  
who have sinned against ,his people4    
,the crowning sin of the nations is     
,anti-,semitism1 which means            
anti-,bible1 anti-,christ and anti-,god4
 ,if ,christendom would believe the     
,word of ,god it could never be the     
enemy of ,israel4 ,our age will end in  
the judgment of nations1 and that       
judgment will be on account of the sins 
committed against ,his people4 ,for     
behold in those days and in that time   
when ,i shall bring again the captivity 
of ,judah and ,jerusalem1 ,i will gather
 all nations and will bring them down   
into the valley of ,jehosophat1 and ,i  
will plead with them there for my people
 and for my heritage1 ,israel1 when they
 have scattered among the nations and   
parted my land4 7,joel iii3 #a-c47      
,haste ye and come all ye nations round 
about and gather yourselves together    
thither2 cause thy mighty ones to come  
down1 ,o ,lord2 let the nations bestir  

themselves and come up to the valley of 
,jehosophat2 for there will ,i sit to   
judge all nations round about4 ,put ye  
in the sickle1 for the harvest is ripe2 
come1 get ye down1 for the wine-press is
 full1 the vats overflow1 for their     
wickedness is great4 ,multitudes1       
multitudes in the valley of decision6   
for the day of the ,lord is near in the 
valley of decision4 ,the sun and the    
moon are darkened1 the stars withdraw   
their shining1 and the ,lord shall roar 
from ,zion and utter ,his voice from    
,jerusalem2 and the heavens and the     
earth shall shake2 but the ,lord will be
 a refuge unto ,his people and a        
stronghold to the children of ,israel4  
7,joel iii3 #ag1 etc47 ,for behold the  
,lord will come with fire1 and ,his     
chariots shall be like the whirlwind1 to
 render ,his anger with fury and ,his   
rebuke with flames of fire4 ,for by fire
 will the ,lord plead and by ,his sword 
with all flesh1 and the slain of the    
,lord shall be many4 7,isaiah lxvi3     

#ae47 ,this judgment of nations is      
likewise referred to in ,matthew xxv4 by
 the lips of our ,lord4 ,generally the  
last part of that chapter is taken to   
mean the universal judgment1 the great  
white throne4 ,this is an error4 ,the   
,son of ,man shall come in ,his glory   
and all the angels with ,him4 ,thus the 
passage reads3 ,then shall ,he sit on   
the throne of ,his glory1 and before    
,him shall be gathered all the nations1 
and ,he shall separate them one from    
another as the shepherd separateth the  
sheep from the goats4 ,the judgment     
takes place and nations are punished and
 rewarded according to their treatment  
of the brethren of the ,son of ,man1 the
 ,king of ,glory4  ,at that time1 when  
the enemies of ,israel are overcome and 
punished for their wickedness1 ,israel1 
once more miraculously saved1 will break
 forth in praise of the ,lord and sing  
the glorious psalms of victory which    
to-day are still prophetic4 ,if it had  
not been the ,lord who was on our side1 

when men rose up against us1 then they  
would have swallowed us up alive when   
their wrath was kindled against us2 then
 the waters would have overwhelmed us1 a
 stream would have gone over our soul2  
then the proud waters would have gone   
over our soul4 ,praise to ,jehovah6 who 
has not given us as prey to their teeth4
 ,our soul is escaped as a bird out of  
the snare of the fowler6 ,the snare is  
broken and we are escaped4 ,our help is 
in the name of ,jehovah1 who has made   
heaven and earth4 7,psalm cxxiv47  ,the 
words which follow1 and which are really
 the good and comfortable words1 contain
 the divine programme of the restoration
 of ,his people ,israel4 ,what is       
mentioned here in a few sentences is    
given in detail in the fourth and fifth 
night vision as well as in the closing  
chapters of the prophet4 ,i am returned 
to ,jerusalem with mercies4 ,this does  
not mean a spiritual return or a return 
of ,god's mercies to ,jerusalem only1   
but it means likewise ,his literal      

return when ,he appears the second time2
 and connected with this second         
appearing of the great ,jehovah in      
,jesus ,christ will be seen the         
,shekinah cloud as ,israel had it in the
 wilderness and the first temple4 ,this 
is seen in the second chapter4 ,the     
,lord had withdrawn from ,his people4 ,i
 will go away and return to my place4   
7,hosea v3 #ae47 ,for behold your house 
is left unto you desolate4 ,for ,i say  
unto you1 ye shall not see me henceforth
 till ye shall say1 ,blessed is he that 
cometh in the name of the ,lord4        
7,matthew xxiii3 #ch1 #ci47 ,the ,lord  
being absent in ,his person from ,his   
people1 ,israel is forsaken1 the land   
desolate4 ,there can be no true         
restoration of ,israel till ,he has come
 whose right it is4  ,so many good      
people think that the present ,zionistic
 movement of the ,jews is that promised 
salvation for the scattered nation4     
,this is not so4 ,it is an attempted    
restoration4 ,here in the good and      

comfortable words ,zechariah hears1 the 
return of the ,lord stands first4 ,then 
,his house is to be built4 ,while it    
meant in the prophet's time the building
 of the second temple1 it means in      
connection with the coming restoration  
the building of that great millennial   
temple which ,ezekiel saw in visions and
 describes in detail--the temple which  
will be indeed a house of prayer to all 
nations1 and the glory of this latter   
house shall be greater than the former4 
,the rebuilding of the city of          
,jerusalem is next in order4 ,a line is 
to be stretched forth upon ,jerusalem4  
,the city is enlarged1 for from         
henceforth ,jerusalem is to be the      
centre of the earth4 7,ezekiel xxxviii3 
#ab47 ,my cities in prosperity shall    
overflow4 ,the blessing will not be     
confined to the ,temple and to          
,jerusalem1 but there will be an        
overflow1 and all the cities in the land
 will flow over with prosperity4 ,for   
the ,lord shall comfort ,zion2 ,he will 

comfort all her waste places1 and ,he   
will make her wilderness like ,eden and 
her desert like the garden of the ,lord4
 ,joy and gladness shall be found       
therein1 thanksgiving and the voice of  
melody4 7,isaiah li3 #c47  ,oh1 happy   
time6 when wilt thou come8 ,even so     
come1 ,lord ,jesus1 our ,lord and       
,israel's ,king6 ,other visions will    
show us that ,jerusalem will then indeed
 be a praise in the earth1 for many     
nations will then be joined to the      
,lord1 and the streams of living waters 
will overflow and bring joy1 salvation  
and healing to the nations around who   
join in the ,hallelujah chorus of       
,jeshurun4     ,,chapter ,,ii4  ,the    
second night vision4 ,the four horns and
 the four smiths4 ,the third vision4    
,the man measuring ,jerusalem4          
,restoration and glory of ,jerusalem    
foretold4  ,the second night vision of  
,zechariah is closely connected with the
 first4 ,in the first vision the time is
 given when the ,lord will turn in mercy

 to ,jerusalem--the time when the       
nations are at ease1 and1 having helped 
forward the affliction of ,his people1  
are ripe for judgment4 ,the scenes have 
passed away1 and now the prophet lifts  
his eyes again and he sees four horns4  
,the question he asks of the angel is   
answered by him1 that these are the     
horns which have scattered ,judah1      
,israel and ,jerusalem4 ,then four      
smiths appear1 and the angel informs the
 prophet that these are come to fray    
them 7the four horns71 to cast down the 
horns of the nations which lifted up    
their horn against the land of ,judah to
 scatter it 7chapter i3 #ah-ba47 ,the   
four horns are the powerful and proud   
enemies of the people of ,god4 ,why four
 horns8 ,some have said because the     
enemies of ,israel have come against the
 land and ,jerusalem from all four      
cardinal points of the compass1 and have
 scattered the people east and west1    
north and south4 ,others mention        
different nations who were at           

,zechariah's time in existence and      
instrumental in scattering ,israel4 ,the
 horn is a symbol of power and pride1   
and in prophecy stands for a kingdom and
 for political world power4 ,the ten    
horns which ,daniel saw on the terrible 
fourth beast rising from the sea denote 
ten kingdoms1 and in ,revelation xvii3  
#ab we read1 ,the ten horns that thou   
sawest are ten kings4 ,the four horns in
 this second vision must be therefore   
kingdoms--world powers4 ,the number     
four1 as it is well known to every      
student of the prophetic ,word1 is found
 twice in the book of ,daniel4          
,nebuchadnezzar's great image was       
divided into four parts1 each standing  
for a world power1 namely3 the          
,babylonian1 the ,medo-,persian1 the    
,graeco-,macedonian and the ,roman      
power4 ,the latter is still in existence
 and will be till the stone smites the  
image at its feet and pulverizes it4    
,daniel's vision 7chapter vii7 brings   
before him four mighty beasts1 the last 

having ten horns1 just as the limbs of  
the image ended in feet with ten toes4  
,with such a revelation in the book of  
,daniel it is very easy to understand   
that the four horns can mean nothing    
else than the same powers of ,gentile   
rule and supremacy existing during the  
entire time when the kingdom has been   
taken from ,israel4 ,these four world   
powers are horns4 ,they unite strength  
and pride1 and are bent upon scattering 
,israel4 ,they are the enemies of       
,israel1 and therefore the enemies of   
,god4 ,and now the four smiths appear on
 the scene to fray them--to cast down   
the horns of the nations4 ,four horns   
are overcome and broken down completely 
by four smiths4 ,it does not follow that
 the four smiths must be four other     
powers4 ,the vision seems to teach two  
facts3 first1 the horns will be broken  
and cast down2 and in the second place1 
,god has for every hostile power which  
has sinned and sins against his people a
 corresponding greater power to overcome

 it1 break it into pieces and cast it   
down4 ,however1 we believe the vision   
will have its fulfillment in the time of
 ,jacob's trouble4 ,the elements of all 
the four world powers will then in some 
way be concerned in the onslaught on    
,jerusalem--a confederacy of nations2   
representatives of many nations will    
come up against ,jerusalem1 and it will 
be then that the four horns are broken  
by the four smiths and the casting down 
will be done4  ,the third night vision  
is one of the most interesting and      
instructive4 ,as the third one1 it forms
 the climax of the good and comfortable 
words which were spoken concerning      
,jerusalem4 ,the number three stands in 
the ,word of ,god for resurrection1 life
 from the dead4 ,thus in ,hosea1        
concerning ,israel1 ,after two days     
,thou wilt revive us1 and on the third  
day ,thou wilt raise us up 7,hosea vi3  
#b74 ,in this third vision ,zechariah   
sees the glorious restoration of        
,israel1 which has been the burden of so

 many prophecies1 and the glory which is
 connected with that restoration4 ,in   
this night vision ,zechariah hears of a 
restoration and of a glory which has    
never yet been fulfilled in the history 
of ,god's people4 ,those teachers of the
 ,word who see in ,zechariah's night    
visions nothing but fulfilled prophecy1 
cannot answer certain questions         
satisfactorily1 and their only refuge   
must be a spiritualizing of this        
restoration4 ,another thought before we 
take up this third vision4 ,the vision  
of restoration comes after the enemies  
of ,israel have been cast down4 ,that   
prophecy might be fulfilled2 prophecy   
about a believing1 suffering ,jewish    
remnant2 prophecy concerning ,jacob's   
trouble1 etc41 a mock restoration1      
generally termed a restoration in       
unbelief1 is to take place4 ,there can  
be no doubt whatever that we are        
privileged to see the beginning of this 
restoration of part of the ,jewish      
nation to the land of the fathers in    

unbelief3 ,it is one of the signs of the
 nearness of that event for which the   
,church hopes1 prays and waits--our     
gathering together unto ,him4 ,the world
 and the lukewarm ,christian does not   
see it1 but he who loves the ,word and  
lives in the ,word1 has eyes to see and 
a hearing ear and knows what is soon    
coming4 ,the true restoration1 however1 
will only come as it is seen so clearly 
in these night visions after the enemies
 have been overcome1 the horns cast     
down1 the image smashed--in other words1
 after the ,lord has come4  ,we may     
divide the third night vision into two  
parts4 ,in the first part a man is seen 
with a measuring line measuring         
,jerusalem1 and the restoration of the  
city and its enlargement is promised2   
and in the other part promises of       
blessings are given as well as glimpses 
of the glory which will attend the      
restoration4  ,zechariah sees a man with
 a measuring line in his hand4 ,the     
prophet asks him1 ,whither goest thou8  

,and he answers1 ,to measure ,jerusalem1
 to see what is the breadth thereof and 
what is the length thereof4 ,there is   
nothing here which indicates that the   
man who starts out to measure the city  
is identical with the man on the red    
horse of the first vision4 ,this man    
here seems to be only a person appearing
 to impress the coming enlargement of   
,jerusalem upon the prophet's mind4     
,similar visions where measuring takes  
place are found in ,ezekiel xli1 where  
the temple of the ,millennium is        
measured1 and in ,revelation xi1 where a
 reed is given to ,john to measure the  
temple of ,god1 which is the temple     
standing in ,jerusalem during the time  
of ,jacob's trouble4 ,here in           
,zechariah's vision it is the measuring 
of ,jerusalem4 ,what ,jerusalem is it8  
,of course1 the ,jerusalem in           
,palestine1 which will1 in its          
restoration1 become the centre of the   
earth4 ,in the new earth1 after the     
thousand years1 there will be another   

,jerusalem in the earth1 the new        
,jerusalem come down out of heaven from 
,god 7,rev4 xxi3 #b74 ,of this new      
,jerusalem we read1 ,and the city lieth 
four square1 and the length thereof is  
as large as the breadth3 and he measured
 the city with a reed twelve thousand   
furlongs4 ,the length and the breadth   
and the height thereof are equal 7,rev4 
xxi3 #af74 ,here is the measurement of  
the new ,jerusalem3 ,as long as it is   
broad and extending upward into the air4
 ,what a wonderful city that will be1   
the glorious centre of a new heaven and 
a new earth1 our home for all eternity6 
,the man in ,zechariah's third vision   
measures only the length and the breadth
 of the city because in the coming      
restoration of ,jerusalem there is no   
height to be measured4  ,now follows the
 appearing of another angel who meets   
with the one who had been speaking to   
,zechariah1 and he brings from the      
throne of ,god a message for the        
prophet4 ,he said1 ,run1 speak to this  

young man saying1 ,jerusalem shall be   
inhabited as villages without walls1 by 
reason of the multitude of men and      
cattle therein4 ,the influx of men and  
cattle to ,jerusalem will be so enormous
 that the city must be enlarged and it  
will spread out into the plain4 ,another
 prophet1 the seer of ,israel's glorious
 future1 ,isaiah1 has spoken likewise of
 this enlargement in the following      
beautiful words3 ,as for thy waste and  
desolate places1 and thy land which has 
been destroyed1 surely now shalt thou be
 too strait for the inhabitants1 and    
they that swallowed thee up shall be far
 away4 ,the children of thy bereavement 
shall yet say in thine ears1 ,the place 
is too strait for me1 give place to me  
that ,i may dwell 7,isaiah xlix3 #ai1   
#bj74 ,notice the city is to be         
inhabited as villages4 ,this denotes the
 peace which ,jerusalem will then enjoy4
 ,a blessed security for the city which 
for so long a time was trodden down by  
the ,gentiles4 ,there will be no walls4 

,no need of walls to shelter men and    
cattle1 for the enemies of ,israel have 
been scattered and broken down1 the     
warfare of ,jerusalem is accomplished4  
,at the end of the ,millennium1 which   
will have been a thousand years of      
unbroken peace for the land which for   
thousands of years knew no peace1       
,satan1 with ,gog and ,magog1 will come 
against the land and its inhabitants4   
,this last final struggle the ,holy     
,spirit revealed through the prophet    
,ezekiel 7chapters xxxviii and xxxix74  
,it is interesting to notice there the  
condition of the land and the people as 
the enemy who comes up against the land 
finds them3 ,thus says the ,lord ,god3  
,it shall come to pass in that day1 that
 things shall come into thy 7enemy7     
mind1 and thou shalt devise an evil     
device3 and thou shalt say1 ,i will go  
up to the land of unwalled villages4 ,i 
will go to them that are quiet1 that    
dwell securely1 all of them dwelling    
without walls1 and having neither bars  

nor gates3 to take the spoil and to take
 the prey3 to turn thine hand against   
the waste places that are now inhabited1
 and against the people that are        
gathered out of the nations1 which have 
gotten cattle and goods1 that dwell in  
the centre of the earth 7,ezekiel       
xxxviii3 #aj-ab74 ,what a wonderful     
,word our ,god has given us6 ,how       
everything is harmony6 ,zechariah's     
vision shows what ,jerusalem will be in 
the beginning of the ,millennium1 and   
,ezekiel1 by the ,spirit of ,god1 puts  
before us the same conditions at the end
 of the thousand years4  ,the reason of 
,jerusalem's peace1 security and        
prosperity will be the glory of the     
,lord4 ,this glory will be in the midst 
of the city1 and will also form a wall  
of fire around the city4 ,for ,i1 saith 
the ,lord1 will be unto her a wall of   
fire round about the city1 and ,i will  
be the glory in the midst of her4 ,glory
 and defence are here combined4 ,they   
always go together4 ,this has been in a 

degree already the happy lot of ,israel 
in the past1 for ,he guided them with   
,his glory4 ,it was a cloud by day and a
 fire at night by which the ,lord had   
revealed ,himself to ,his people1 and   
out of that glory cloud ,he protected   
them and punished their enemies4 ,how   
much greater will that glory and defence
 be in that time of fullness when       
,israel is no longer a disobedient1     
stiff-necked people1 but the holy       
people1 the kingly nation4 ,what a glory
 that will be when the ,king comes back 
with ,his kingly glory1 attended by the 
many1 many brethren who have suffered   
with ,him and now share ,his glory6     
,what a glory that will be when ,he1 who
 is our life1 will be manifested1 and we
 with ,him in ,his glory6 ,it will be   
unspeakable glory4 ,cry aloud and shout 
thou inhabitant of ,zion1 for great is  
the ,holy ,one of ,israel in the midst  
of thee4 ,and it shall come to pass1    
that ,he that is left in ,zion and he   
that remaineth in ,jerusalem shall be   

called holy1 even every one that is     
written among the living in ,jerusalem  
when the ,lord shall have washed away   
the filth of the daughters of ,zion1 and
 shall have purged the blood of         
,jerusalem from the midst thereof by the
 blast of judgment and burning4 ,and the
 ,lord will create over the whole       
habitation of ,mount ,zion and over her 
assemblies a cloud and smoke by day1 and
 the shining of a flaming fire by night1
 for over all the glory shall be spread 
a canopy4 ,there shall be a pavilion for
 a shadow in the day time from the heat1
 and for a refuge and for a covert from 
storm and from rain4 7,isaiah iv47 ,this
 glory during the ,millennium will no   
doubt not only hover over the land1 but 
will be visible over the entire earth1  
and the knowledge of the glory of the   
,lord will cover the earth as the waters
 the sea4  ,it is interesting to see how
 ,talmudical literature falls in with   
these thoughts4 ,a few quotations from  
these old writings of the ,jews will no 

doubt be acceptable to the reader4      
,rabbi ,isaac ,napcha says3 ,the ,holy  
,one said1 ,i kindled a fire in         
,jerusalem 7in wrath7 ,lament4 iv3 #aa1 
and ,i am going to build her up again   
with fire1 as it is said1 ,i will be    
unto her1 saith the ,lord1 a wall of    
fire round about4 ,he that kindled the  
fire shall surely make restitution4 ,the
 ,pesikta ,rabethi has this3 ,what is   
this3 ,and for a ,glory ,i am in the    
midst of her4 ,is it not the case that  
the glory of the ,holy ,one is none     
other than on high1 as it is said1 ,his 
glory is above the heavens4 ,the glory  
is in order to show every creature in   
the universe the superior excellence of 
,israel1 since it is on their account   
that the ,holy ,one brings down the     
,shekinah from the highest heaven and   
lets it dwell in the earth4  ,we have   
now in the vision a continued           
description of that happy condition of  
,jerusalem and all that is connected    
with it4 ,first1 we notice the summons  

for the ,jews who are then still in     
dispersion4 ,ho1 ho1 flee from the land 
of the ,north1 saith the ,lord1 for ,i  
have spread you abroad as the four winds
 of the heaven1 saith the ,lord4 ,ho1   
,zion1 escape that dwellest with the    
daughter of ,babylon4  ,it is not to be 
expected that when the glory appears and
 the ,king of ,glory comes again and    
,his feet stand there on the ,mount of  
,olives1 that the entire ,jewish nation 
will then live in the land4 ,this will  
not be the case2 only a part of the     
nation was restored in unbelief1 and in 
the midst of them a believing remnant1  
whose faith1 suffering and salvation we 
hope to describe later4 ,two-thirds of  
all the inhabitants of the land will be 
swept away in the great tribulation4    
,after the ,lord has come1 the others   
will be restored4 ,it is significant    
that the land of the ,north is mentioned
 here1 ,late2 in the eighth chapter1 we 
read3 ,i will save my people from the   
,east country and from the ,west        

country1 but those living in the land of
 the ,north come first4 ,of course1     
,babylon was meant as far as this vision
 had anything to do with the restoration
 which had taken place in part from the 
,babylonian captivity4 ,the ,north      
country1 which figures in the coming    
restoration1 is not ,babylon1 but       
another land4 ,russia is directly north 
of ,palestine1 and in this northern     
land1 the territory once inhabited by   
,gog and ,magog1 about one half of the  
,jews now living have their homes4      
,about six millions of ,jews are living 
to-day in ,european and ,asiatic        
,russia4 ,their deplorable condition in 
that land of the ,north is well known1  
and there1 likewise1 the national       
awakening has been the most marked and  
,zionism has its most ardent advocates4 
,a large multitude is getting ready in  
the ,north country for a mighty exodus4 
,like their forefathers in ,egypt1 they 
will flee from the land of the ,north1  
and thus prophecy is literally to be    

fulfilled4  ,zion is to separate from   
the daughter of ,babylon4 ,what is      
,babylon8 ,we hope to answer this       
question and give a description of her  
when we come to consider the seventh    
night vision1 the woman in the ,ephah4  
,in this third vision of restoration we 
hear next what is to take place after   
the glory4 ,the expression after the    
glory means undoubtedly the glorious    
appearing of the ,lord coming with all  
,his saints1 sitting upon the throne of 
,his glory1 and ,his glory thus         
manifested4 ,after the glory hath ,he   
sent ,me to the nations which spoiled   
you3 for he that toucheth you toucheth  
the apple of ,his eye4 ,who is the one  
who is being sent to the nations8 ,it is
 without a question ,he1 whom the       
,father sent4 ,he sent ,him once1 the   
only begotten1 into the world in the    
form of a servant1 when ,he made        
,himself of no reputation1 but ,jehovah 
will send ,him again4 ,and when ,he     
again bringeth in the ,firstborn into   

the inhabited earth ,he saith1 ,and let 
all the angels worship ,him4 7,heb4 i3  
#f1 #g47 ,the ,father sends ,him again  
to establish ,his glory1 and after the  
manifestation ,he is sent to the nations
 which spoiled ,israel4 ,all ,scripture 
speaks of this4 ,while ,he will in ,his 
coming overcome the armies of nations   
who are gathered in that day against    
,jerusalem1 ,he will likewise continue1 
after ,his glory1 to judge nations4 ,he 
will rule in the midst of ,his enemies4 
,he will do that among the nations what 
the second psalm declares1 thou shalt   
break them with a rod of iron1 ,thou    
shalt dash them in pieces like a        
potter's vessel4 ,for1 behold ,i will   
shake ,mine hand over them1 and they    
shall be a spoil to those that served   
them4 ,in this rule and judgment the    
,lord of glory will be assisted by the  
saints4 ,know ye not that the saints    
shall judge the world8 7#a ,cor4 vi3    
#b47 ,israel will likewise be used in   
that judgment4 ,while ,he is the lion of

 the tribe of ,judah who now roars to   
the dismay of all ,his enemies1 ,israel1
 ,his people1 becomes the lioness4      
,behold the people riseth up as a       
lioness1 and as a lion does he lift     
himself up4 ,he shall not lie down till 
he eat the prey and drink the blood of  
the slain4 7,numbers xxiii3 #bd47       
,israel will then no longer be the tail 
but has become the head4 ,the true form 
of government for the earth has been    
restored1 a ,theocracy through ,his     
chosen and restored people1 the seed of 
,abraham4 ,things will then be changed  
completely4 ,the nations shall take them
 7the children of ,abraham7 and bring   
them to their place1 and the house of   
,israel shall possess them in the land  
of the ,lord for servants and for       
handmaids1 and they shall take them     
captive whose captives they were1 and   
they shall rule over their oppressors4  
7,isaiah xiv3 #b47 ,strangers shall     
stand and feed your flocks and aliens   
shall be your vine dressers4 7,isaiah   

lxi3 #e47  ,we must not overlook the    
loving words concerning ,israel1 ,he    
that toucheth you toucheth the apple of 
,his eye4 ,israel is the apple of the   
eye of ,god4 ,through ,moses ,god       
declared the same truth4 ,he kept him as
 the apple of ,his eye4 7,deut xxxii3   
#aj47 ,in ,hebrew the pupil of the eye  
is called the gate1 because through it  
enters the light4 ,thus ,israel is the  
pupil1 the gate1 through which the light
 has come and comes1 for salvation is of
 the ,jews4 ,and what is so sensitive1  
so delicate and easily injured as the   
apple of the eye8 ,and against this     
apple of the eye of ,god the nations and
 ,christendom have sinned4 ,may we      
believing ,gentiles understand more     
fully that ,israel is the beloved one   
and may we be kept from doing harm to   
,his people4  ,the overcoming of the    
enemies of ,israel1 the spoiling of     
these nations which spoiled ,israel1 and
 all that is connected with it by the   
sent ,one of ,god1 the ,son of ,god will

 be the evidence for ,israel that       
,jehovah has sent ,him4 ,and ye shall   
know that the ,lord of ,hosts has sent  
,me4 ,the same statement is repeated in 
this vision1 but we shall see in another
 connection4 ,it is1 so to speak1       
constitutional with the ,jew that he    
wishes to see and then believe1 and     
surely he will see and believe1 or      
rather know1 when the ,lord comes4  ,in 
the tenth verse of the second chapter of
 ,zechariah we read now that the        
daughter of ,zion will sing and rejoice4
 ,the reason of her song and joy is1    
,for lo1 ,i come and ,i will dwell in   
the midst of thee4 ,to-day orthodox     
,jews are chanting in ,hebrew the       
magnificent psalms which speak of a     
coming deliverance and manifestation of 
,god's glory1 but it is only with their 
lips1 and the heart is still hardened   
and the eye blinded4 ,the dark night is 
rapidly approaching1 the night in which 
a believing remnant of ,jews will       
fulfill much of that suffering1 waiting1

 and blessed assurance of salvation     
which is so clearly outlined in the     
psalms4 ,and after that1 the whole      
nation will break out in mighty songs of
 joy1 and while there1 in the ,father's 
house1 the blood-bought hosts will sing 
their hallelujah1 a delivered1 cleansed 
and spirit-filled nation in the earth   
will shout her hallelujah1 in which     
nation after nation will join1 till at  
last it has been done what seer after   
seer saw and heard1 the earth as well as
 the heavens filled with ,his glory1 the
 ,kingdom come1 and ,his will done in   
the earth as it is done in ,heaven4     
,again1 the promise is given that the   
,lord will dwell in the midst of her4   
,how is this to be understood8 ,will the
 ,lord dwell continually in person1     
after his second coming1 in ,jerusalem8 
,will ,he be seen there in ,his ,holy   
,temple by all who come up to           
,jerusalem8 ,some ,scriptures indicate  
that ,he will be present in ,his blessed
 person at different seasons4 ,the      

strongest statement in this direction is
 ,zechariah xiv3 #af4 ,in this passage  
we have the fact of a yearly coming up  
to ,jerusalem of nations 7probably      
representatives of nations7 to worship  
the ,king1 and that at the feast of     
tabernacles4 ,his throne1 no longer ,his
 ,father's throne1 upon which ,he sits  
now1 but his own throne during the      
,millennium1 will no doubt be in the    
,new ,jerusalem which1 as a bright and  
glorious vision1 will be seen then by   
all who live in the earth way up in the 
firmament1 and the angels of ,god       
ascending and descending upon the ,son  
of ,man4 ,a vice-regent1 a ,son of      
,david1 will occupy ,david's throne in  
,jerusalem4 ,the ,glory of the ,lord    
will appear in the ,holy ,city1 and the 
new name of ,jerusalem will be ,jehovah 
,shamah1 the ,lord is there4 ,it is     
impossible to give the details of these 
glories1 for they are not clearly       
revealed4 ,it is enough to know that the
 ,church1 ,his ,body1 shall truly be    

united with her glorified head1 and meet
 her ,beloved1 her ,bridegroom and her  
,lord4 ,it is enough to know that       
,israel will surely see the ,king in    
,his beauty and crown ,him ,lord of all4
 ,even our brightest imaginations will  
not reach the glories of that day4      
,indeed1 not half has been told4  ,the  
,lord cometh to dwell in ,zion4 ,many   
nations shall join themselves to the    
,lord in that day and shall be ,my      
people4 ,this promise is likewise       
followed that this will be evidence from
 which the people will know that the    
,lord of ,hosts has sent ,him4 ,how     
often the orthodox ,jew has come to us  
and told us that when ,messiah comes all
 their enemies will be cast down--there 
will be peace for ,jerusalem and the    
nation ,israel2 and then saying1 ,ah1   
where is that peace8--behold our        
enemies6 ,when ,messiah comes we shall  
know ,him by what ,he does for us in    
overcoming our enemies4 ,likewise the   
orthodox ,jew will say1 ,where are the  

many nations who join themselves to the 
,lord1 the nations who worship the ,lord
 of ,hosts8 ,when ,messiah has come1 he 
will say1 ,we will know ,him by the fact
 that nations shall join themselves unto
 the ,lord4 ,it will hardly do to tell  
the well informed ,hebrew that there are
 now ,christian nations in existence4   
,thus the ,jew waits for the fulfillment
 of these prophecies at some future     
time1 and seeing them accomplished he   
hopes to know then his ,messiah and     
,king4 ,only the small remnant1         
according to the election of grace1 sees
 ,him now by the eyes of faith--,him who
 is altogether lovely1 and in whom alone
 these prophecies can find their        
fulfillment4 ,to-day individuals from   
,jews and ,gentiles are joining         
themselves to the ,lord1 but in that day
 of ,his appearing and manifestation    
nations will be converted1 and many     
nations shall go and say1 ,come ye and  
let us go up to the mountain of the     
,lord1 to the house of the ,god of      

,jacob1 and ,he will teach us ,his ways 
and we will walk in ,his paths4 ,lift up
 thine eyes and see3 they all gather    
themselves together--they come to ,thee4
 ,thy sons shall come from far and thy  
daughters shall be carried in the arms4 
,then thou shalt see and be lightened1  
and thine heart shalt tremble and be    
enlarged1 because the abundance of the  
sea shall be turned unto thee4 ,the     
wealth of the nations shall come unto   
thee1 the multitudes of camels shall    
cover thee--the dromedaries of ,midian  
and ,ephah1 they all shall come from    
,sheba2 they shall bring gold and       
frankincense1 and shall proclaim the    
praises of the ,lord4 7,isaiah lx3#d-g47
 ,only then will ,india and ,china1     
,south ,america and ,africa be won to   
,christ and the world converted to ,god4
 ,but the land of ,judah is to be the   
portion of the ,lord 7verse #ab74  ,this
 vision of restoration and the coming of
 glory ends with one of the sublimest   
exhortations in the ,word of ,god4 ,be  

silent1 all flesh1 before the ,lord1 for
 ,he is waked up out of ,his holy       
habitation4 ,the exhortation does not   
belong really to the restoration4 ,it is
 an appeal to all flesh to be silent    
before the ,one who is raised up--the   
coming ,one4 ,now is the time when ,god 
is silent4 ,he is silent to the wicked  
deeds of men4 ,he is silent in regard to
 the nations who are treading down      
,jerusalem and who are scattering       
,israel4 ,the flesh speaks now and is   
not silent1 and the language it speaks  
is rebellion against ,god and against   
,his ,anointed4 ,and louder and louder  
speaks all flesh1 and in the midst of a 
boasted civilization1 at the dawn of a  
new century1 the days of ,noah and the  
days of ,lot are at hand4 ,gain1 pride1 
possession1 expansion1 is the universal 
cry--a mad hunt after ,mammon is seen in
 individuals and in nations2 and while  
the flesh speaks thus1 and its language 
becomes more and more defiant1 ,god     
keeps silence4 ,but our ,god shall come 

and keep silence no longer4 ,rapidly    
,his day--the terrible day of the       
,lord--is approaching2 the day in which 
,he will roar out of ,zion4 ,oh1 what a 
hush there will come upon those that    
dwell in the earth when the darkened sun
 and the falling stars will herald the  
approach of a ,god who will keep silence
 no longer4 ,oh1 dear reader1 ,jew or   
,gentile1 listen6 ,the signs of the     
times truly tell us that the ,lord who  
is to come must have already risen from 
,his holy habitation4 ,he is coming4    
,soon ,he will gather ,his saints unto  
,himself before the day of wrath breaks1
 when neither gold nor silver will      
deliver4 ,wilt thou not become silent   
before ,him1 the coming ,one8 ,will not 
every reader yield himself to that      
wooing spirit of ,him1 whose power does 
silence the flesh8 ,be silent all flesh6
 ,he is waked up out of ,his holy       
habitation6     ,,chapter ,,iii4  ,the  
fourth vision4--,joshua the high priest 
accused by ,satan1 but cleansed by the  

angel of the ,lord--,the branch4--,the  
stone and the sewn eyes upon it4--,the  
coming peace4  ,the fourth vision is    
like the first and second1 closely      
connected with the foregoing one4 ,it   
gives the crowning event of ,israel's   
restoration4 ,the prophet recognizes in 
the figure which is seen by him ,joshua 
the high priest1 who is standing before 
the angel of the ,lord1 while at his    
right hand stands ,satan to oppose him4 
,joshua was not clothed with his clean1 
priestly robes1 but he wears filthy     
garments4 ,jehovah rebukes ,satan and   
terms ,jerusalem a brand plucked from   
the fire4 ,after the accuser is rebuked1
 the filthy garments of the high priest 
are removed1 his iniquity is forgiven1  
and he is clothed with festal raiment4  
,the prophet is so carried away with the
 vision that he asks that a clean mitre 
is to be put upon his head4 ,and now1   
after the high priest is thus clothed1  
the angel of the ,lord charges him with 
an important message3 ,if thou wilt walk

 in ,my ways and keep ,my charge1 thou  
shalt judge my house and also keep my   
courts4 ,i will give thee access among  
those standing here1 etc4 ,the          
servant--the branch--is promised1 and   
the stone which is laid before ,joshua  
is to have seven eyes4 ,the iniquity of 
this land is to be removed in one day1  
and the vision closes with the peaceful 
scene1 every man inviting his neighbor  
under the vine and under the fig tree4  
,the authorized version has a           
superscription for this chapter4 ,under 
the type of ,joshua the restoration of  
the church is promised4 ,this is not    
alone very misleading but also          
erroneous4 ,no restoration of the church
 is necessary1 and as far as fallen1    
apostate ,christendom is concerned1     
there is no promise of restoration1 but 
the ,lord will spew her out of ,his     
mouth4 ,others speak of this vision as a
 type of the justification of the       
sinner1 but we need not spiritualize    
,old ,testament visions to get assurance

 of our justification4 ,the ,epistle to 
the ,romans is sufficient for that4 ,the
 ,high ,priest ,joshua stands here for  
,jerusalem and for the sinful nation    
,israel4 ,the calling of ,israel to be a
 nation of priests is too well known1 so
 we need not to enlarge on it4 ,but it  
is a nation stiff-necked1 disobedient1  
unclean and defiled4 ,disobedience and  
sin have been the cause of ,israel's    
misfortune and ,jerusalem's ruin4 ,what 
would be a restoration of ,israel to the
 land without a healing of their sins   
and a regeneration of the nation8 ,it is
 this divine forgiveness and cleansing  
of the nation1 which so many prophets   
uttered in ,jehovah's name1 which is    
here so wonderfully shown in this       
vision4 ,like the priests in the temple1
 standing before ,jehovah1 thus ,joshua 
and ,israel is before the ,lord4 ,though
 ,joshua is standing before the ,lord in
 filthy garments1 yet he is still the   
,high ,priest4 ,the filthy garments do  
not change the office to which ,god had 

called him4 ,oh1 wondrous truth1 which  
we meet all through the ,word6 ,israel1 
though in dispersion and in sin1 is     
still the priest1 called by ,him who is 
a covenant-keeping ,god6 ,and is it not 
a perfect picture of ,israel as it is   
yet to-day8 ,a priest1 but defiled and  
unclean4 ,in ,isaiah lxiv we have part  
of that wonderful prayer which the      
remnant of ,israel is yet to utter4 ,it 
begins with that sublime prayer1 ,oh1   
that ,thou wouldest rend the heavens1   
that ,thou wouldest come1 that the      
mountains might flow down at ,thy       
presence4 ,and then follows the         
confession3 ,we are all become as one   
that is unclean1 and all our            
righteousness is as a polluted garment4 
,alas1 how little ,israel knows at this 
present time of such a confession4 ,on  
the day of atonement the lips confess   
sin and unrighteousness in similar      
words1 but it is still the lips and not 
the heart4 ,but at last ,israel will    
confess her guilt and the               

bloodguiltiness like ,david did4  ,in   
the vision ,satan is seen4 ,this is not 
the enemy who at ,zechariah's time tried
 to hinder the rebuilding of the temple1
 but it is ,satan1 the old serpent1 the 
accuser of the brethren1 the adversary4 
,he is the enemy of ,israel4 ,he has    
tried in the past to hurt and to destroy
 the nation of destiny4 ,he knows the   
purposes of ,god concerning ,israel     
better than many a learned doctor of    
divinity1 and therefore1 he has opposed 
that people and opposes them still4 ,his
 opposition has been mostly through     
nations4 ,how much could be said on this
 topic6 ,the end of this age will reveal
 the enemy of ,israel1 the adversary1 as
 never before in the history of the     
world4 ,there is to be war in heaven2   
,michael and his angels going forth to  
war with the dragon2 and the dragon     
warred1 and his angels1 and they        
prevailed not1 neither was their place  
found any more in heaven4 ,and the great
 dragon was cast down1 the old ,serpent1

 he that is called the ,devil and       
,satan1 the ,deceiver of the whole      
world1 he was cast down to the earth and
 his angels were cast down with him4    
7,rev4 xii3 #g-i47 ,his wrath will be   
directed against ,israel and ,jerusalem4
 ,it is the time of which ,daniel spoke4
 ,and at that time shall ,michael stand 
up1 the great prince which standeth for 
the children of thy people2 and there   
shall be a time of trouble such as never
 was since there was a nation1 even to  
that same time4 7,daniel xii3 #a47 ,once
 more ,satan will try to destroy the    
people1 but the ,lord shall rebuke him4 
,israel will be again1 as so often      
before1 like a brand plucked out of the 
fire4 ,so it has been in the past4 ,way 
back when ,israel was in ,egypt and ,god
 was about to send the deliverer1 ,he   
called ,moses from out of the burning   
bush--,israel's true type1 burning1 but 
never consumed4 ,oh1 how the fire of    
persecution and adversity has been      
raging1 but again and again the hand of 

,god snatched the burning brand out of  
the fire at the right moment4 ,the ,lord
 who hath chosen ,jerusalem will rebuke 
,satan4 ,this has not yet come4 ,the    
coming ,lord will commission an angel   
out of heaven1 having the key of the    
abyss and a great chain in his hand4    
,and he will lay hold on the dragon--the
 old ,serpent which is the ,devil and   
,satan--and bind him for a thousand     
years1 and cast him into the abyss and  
shut it and seal it over him4 7,rev4 xx3
 #a1 #b47 ,then follows the cleansing of
 ,israel and the new charge1 all so     
clearly given in this vision4  ,the     
filthy garments are removed by those    
that stand before the angel of the      
,lord4 ,the iniquity is taken away1 and 
in place of the filthy garments there is
 the rich apparel and the fair mitre    
upon the head4 ,how blessedly all this  
is waiting for its fulfillment in       
,israel's regeneration6 ,when ,he       
appears after the times of overturning1 
,he whose right it is1 ,his people      

,israel will be found by ,him in true   
penitence1 acknowledging their offence4 
,it will be a national repentance1 a    
mourning on account of ,him1 which      
,zechariah describes in detail in the   
twelfth chapter4  ,this will be followed
 by national cleansing1 forgiveness of  
sin for the entire remnant which is     
left1 and the new birth of the nation by
 the outpouring of the ,spirit4 ,israel 
is the nation to be born in a day 7,isa4
 lxvi3 #h74 ,this great miracle of      
divine grace1 the regeneration of       
,israel by the blood of the once        
rejected ,king1 is spoken of again and  
again in the ,word4 ,the ,church has    
taken it all for herself or             
spiritualized these promises4 ,we can   
refer only to a few3 ,he will turn again
 and have compassion upon us2 ,he will  
tread our iniquities under foot2 and    
,thou wilt cast all their sins into the 
depths of the sea 7,micah vii3 #ai74 ,i 
will take you from among the nations and
 gather you out of all countries1 and   

will bring you into your own land4 ,and 
,i will sprinkle clean water upon you1  
and ye shall be clean4 7,how ridiculous 
that teachers and preachers refer to    
this text in defence of sprinkling as a 
mode of baptism47 ,from all your        
filthiness and from all your idols will 
,i cleanse you4 ,a new heart also will  
,i give you1 and a new spirit will ,i   
put within you1 and ,i will take away   
the stony heart out of your flesh and ,i
 will give you a heart of flesh 7,ezek4 
xxxvi3 #bd-bf74 ,i1 even ,i1 am ,he that
 blotteth out thy transgressions for    
,mine own sake1 and ,i will not remember
 thy sins 7,isa4 xliii3 #be74 ,i have   
blotted out1 as a thick cloud1 thy      
transgressions1 and as a cloud thy sins2
 return unto ,me for ,i have redeemed   
thee4 ,sing1 oh ye heavens1 for the     
,lord has done it2 shout ye lower parts 
of the earth2 break forth into singing  
ye mountains1 oh forest1 and every tree 
therein2 for the ,lord has redeemed     
,jacob and will glorify ,himself in     

,israel 7,isa4 xliv3 #bb1 #bc74 ,and    
this is ,israel's triumphant song3 ,i   
will greatly rejoice in the ,lord1 my   
soul shall be joyful in my ,god2 for ,he
 has clothed me with the garments of    
salvation1 ,he has covered me with the  
robe of righteousness1 as a priest      
decketh himself with a garland1 and as a
 bride adorneth herself with her jewels 
7,isa4 lxi3 #aj74  ,and now comes a very
 solemn charge4 ,thus saith the ,lord of
 ,hosts3 if thou will walk in my ways1  
and if thou will keep my charge1 then   
thou also shalt judge my house1 and     
shalt also keep likewise my courts1 ,i  
will give thee places to walk among     
these that stand by4  ,israel was       
disobedient and did not keep the first  
charge4 ,it is now repeated4 ,it is     
likewise conditionally as was the first1
 but no apostasy can follow1 for a      
complete healing has made that          
impossible4 ,in analyzing this charge1  
we see clearly what ,israel's earthly   
calling is and wherein ,israel's        

millennial glory and work will consist3 
7#a7 ,judging in the house of the ,lord1
 and from there ruling and judging of   
nations1 by ,israel the head of the     
nations4 ,the ,church will be higher    
than this1 sitting with ,him in ,his    
throne1 and likewise judging1 being with
 the glorified ,head over it all2 7#b7  
,israel will keep ,his courts4 ,in the  
new millennial temple there will be     
ordinances1 and that temple will be a   
house of prayer for all nations1 while  
the ,church will be in the temple above2
 7#c7 ,israel will have places to walk  
among these that stand by4 ,this may    
have a double meaning--walking among the
 ministering angels which will ascend   
and descend upon the ,son of ,man1 and  
places to walk among those that stand   
by--the nations4 ,israel's cleansing    
will take place not in heaven but in the
 earth1 and nations as well as angels   
will be witnesses of it4 ,among these   
nations redeemed ,israel will have      
places to walk4 ,the ,church will occupy

 the many mansions in the ,father's     
house1 and go in and out in blessed     
fellowship with the ,lord of glory and  
all ,his saints2 and1 perhaps1 for all  
we know1 there may be places to walk for
 the ,church in distant worlds4  ,the   
whole redeemed and restored nation will 
then be a miracle4 ,hear now1 ,o        
,joshua1 the high priest1 thou and thy  
fellows that sit before thee1 for they  
are men which are a wonder3 for behold  
,i will bring forth my servant the      
,branch4  ,the ,jews are now ,god's     
standing miracle1 but how much more will
 they be a wonder when the ,spirit has  
filled them6 ,they will heal the sick   
and do the same works ,jesus their      
,elder ,brother did4 ,what will then    
come to this sin-cursed earth through   
,israel's fullness8 ,a miracle--life    
from the dead4 ,but never before ,he1   
whose name is the ,branch1 appears4 ,oh1
 how necessary it is for us to be       
reminded that it will take place when   
,he appears and the ,branch is brought  

forth4  ,next comes the stone laid      
before ,joshua1 and upon the stone seven
 eyes1 and engraving is seen on it4     
,generally this stone is interpreted as 
meaning ,christ4 ,one of the names of   
,christ is--a stone1 a rejected stone1  
corner stone1 a precious stone1 etc4    
,the true believers are likewise termed 
stones1 living stones4 ,the stone in    
,nebuchadnezzar's dream1 falling out of 
heaven1 smashing the image and becoming 
a great mountain which filled the entire
 earth1 is both ,christ and ,his        
kingdom1 which is not of this earth 7it 
is and comes from above74 ,however1 it  
seems to us that the only correct       
interpretation of the stone upon which  
are the seven eyes is that it means     
,israel restored1 and as such1 the      
nucleus of the kingdom of ,god and ,his 
,christ in this earth4 ,the seven eyes  
speak of the sevenfold ,spirit which    
will be upon ,israel2 the engraving of  
the stone stands for the beauty and     
glory with which ,god will bless ,his   

covenant people4 ,that this             
interpretation is the only correct one  
becomes at once evident when we reach   
the closing sentence of the ninth verse1
 and ,i will remove the iniquity of that
 land one day4 ,what land8 ,it is       
,israel's land1 and therefore the whole 
vision must stand in vital connection   
with ,his people4 ,the one day1 of      
course1 in the first line1 must be that 
day when ,christ died for our sins and  
,israel's sins as well1 when the veil   
was rent4 ,but alas1 the ,jews cried    
then1 ,his blood be upon us and upon our
 children6 ,how terribly this awful     
prayer has been answered6 ,truly the    
blood has been upon them and their      
children4 ,but soon--oh may it be very  
soon--another day will come when the    
blood shall be once more upon them and  
their children--when the blood shall    
cleanse and wash away ,israel's sin--one
 day when ,calvary's blood1 the blood of
 the ,son of ,god1 will remove the      
iniquity of that land and its           

inhabitants4  ,all is waiting for that4 
,there can be no kingdom of ,god in the 
earth1 no conversion of the world1 no   
millennium before ,israel has been      
cleansed1 redeemed1 restored1 and the   
iniquity of the land is removed4 ,this  
all-important truth is likewise         
mentioned in a few words at the close of
 this1 the fourth night vision of the   
prophet3 ,in that day1 saith the ,lord  
of ,hosts1 shall ye call every man his  
neighbor under the vine and under the   
fig tree4 ,this is the picture of       
prosperity1 peace and love4 ,no         
prosperity and peace till the millennium
 has come1 no millennium until ,israel  
is restored2 no true restoration of     
,israel until the ,lord comes with ,his 
saints4 ,what ,zechariah hears about    
that blessed time of peace ,micah and   
other prophets received also from ,god1 
,every man shall sit under his vine and 
under his fig tree2 and none shall make 
them afraid 7,micah iv3 #d74            
,,chapter ,,iv4  ,the fifth             

vision4--,the candlestick and the two   
olive trees4--,the great mountain       
becoming a plain4--,zerubbabel the      
prince finishing the house of the ,lord4
  ,the first three chapters of          
,zechariah are the foundation of the    
entire book4 ,the events in these       
chapters are again and again touched    
upon in the following visions and       
prophecies of ,zechariah4 ,for this     
reason have we paid special attention to
 these three chapters1 which speak so   
clearly of the time of ,israel's        
restoration1 the restoration itself and 
the different events connected with it1 
and much which might be said on the     
visions of the prophet which now follow 
can be omitted1 as the reader has the   
key to the situation in the studies     
made4  ,there was a rest for the prophet
 between the fourth and fifth night     
vision4 ,he had fallen into a deep      
sleep4 ,he may have been overcome by the
 grand and important visions1 and is now
 awakened by the angel with the         

question1 ,what seest thou8 ,the new    
vision is a very striking one4 ,a golden
 candlestick appears before the seer4   
,an oil receiver is seen on top1 from   
which the oil flows to the seven lamps  
of the candlestick through seven pipes4 
,two olive trees stand alongside of the 
candlestick and hang their fruit-laden  
branches over the golden bowl1 filling  
it with oil1 which flows through the    
seven pipes into the seven lamps4 ,the  
question of the prophet1 ,what are      
these1 my ,lord8 is answered by the     
angel with this statement1 ,this is the 
word of ,jehovah to ,zerubbabel1 saying1
 ,not by might and not by power but by  
my ,spirit1 saith the ,lord of ,hosts4  
,who art thou1 oh great mountain1 before
 ,zerubbabel8 ,be a plain6 ,he shall    
bring forth the topstone with shoutings 
of grace1 grace unto it4 ,the hands of  
,zerubbabel who have laid the foundation
 shall also finish it1 and they shall   
rejoice and see the plummet in the hand 
of ,zerubbabel --even the seven4 ,the   

eyes of the ,lord shall run to and fro  
through the entire earth4 ,for the third
 time the prophet asks for information  
about the two olive trees and receives  
the answer3 ,these are the two sons of  
oil1 that stand by the ,lord of the     
whole earth4  ,the vision of the        
candlestick and the two olive trees is  
one of the most difficult in the ,bible 
and needs prayerful and thoughtful      
study4  ,the general interpretation is  
that the golden candlestick represents  
the ,church1 that she is the golden     
light-bearer1 so valuable and precious4 
,she is the light in the dark world4    
,the oil and the seven pipes are the    
,holy ,spirit who fills the lamps of the
 candlestick2 the two olive trees1      
,joshua and ,zerubbabel1 ,priest and    
,king4 ,the victory which the ,church is
 to gain is one not by power or might   
but by ,his ,spirit1 etc4 ,this         
interpretation seems to fit in with a   
number of passages in the ,new          
,testament1 the seven candlesticks in   

,revelation first chapter and the       
teaching of the ,new ,testament about   
the ,holy ,spirit and ,his work4        
,however1 it is hardly a satisfactory   
explanation4 ,we do not doubt for a     
moment that the ,church is represented  
by a candlestick1 especially the        
,churches2 or rather1 the ,church in her
 seven periods4 ,of course the ,holy    
,spirit's type is oil1 and ,he is the   
one who accomplishes the work1 etc4 ,all
 this we do not and cannot doubt for a  
moment1 but after considering it all it 
does not satisfy us1 and we feel that we
 must look for a better and a deeper    
meaning of the fifth night vision4 ,if  
its fullest meaning is the ,church and  
the work of the ,holy ,spirit in the    
,church1 how could it be then harmonized
 with the first night visions of        
,israel's restoration8 ,the above       
interpretation seems to us overlooks    
entirely the fact that the vision of the
 candlestick being given with the others
 in one night1 must be connected with   

them in some way4 ,in other words1 the  
vision of the golden candlestick must   
have some relation to the restoration of
 ,israel4  ,we desire to call attention 
to the fact that the vision is one which
 speaks of perfection1 completion1      
fullness4 ,the perfect and divine number
 seven is found three times in the      
vision1 seven lamps1 seven pipes1 and   
seven eyes4 ,the seven lamps are united 
to one stem1 this is union1 and above   
it1 is a golden bowl4 ,the ,spirit      
conquers1 and not power or might does   
it1 but ,his power4 ,the great mountain 
becomes a plain4 ,the topstone is       
brought forth and crowns the building   
which is finished by ,zerubbabel4       
,shoutings1 ,grace1 grace1 unto it1 are 
heard1 and the seven eyes run to and fro
 the whole earth4 ,it is a vision of    
fullness and accomplishment4 ,the       
candlestick shines and sheds its        
glorious light1 its pure gold glitters  
and reflects the light of the seven     
lamps4 ,the bowl is filled with oil1 and

 the two olive trees give a continual   
supply4 ,the high mountain removed1 the 
temple finished1 joy and victory abound4
 ,the candlestick in the vision is      
exactly like the one in the tabernacle1 
only the two olive trees are something  
new4 ,the candlestick in the tabernacle 
represents ,christ1 the ,light of the   
world1 and is likewise a type of the    
,jewish theocracy4 ,theocracy1 the      
government of this earth by the         
immediate direction of ,god1 is once to 
be established1 and when it is1 it will 
be like a bright and glorious           
candlestick shedding light and          
dispersing the darkness4 ,we think the  
,yalkut on ,zechariah 7a ,hebrew        
commentary71 is not so very far out of  
the way when it says1 ,the golden       
candlestick is ,israel4 ,it seems to us 
very clear that the vision represents   
the ,jewish theocracy restored1 ,israel 
in their glorious inheritance as the    
light of the world4 ,but what about the 
,church as a candlestick8 ,the ,lord is 

seen in ,revelation to walk among seven 
candlesticks1 which represent the seven 
,churches and prophetically the seven   
periods of this dispensation1 ending    
with ,laodicea4 ,the end of this age    
will not be a bright and glorious       
candlestick1 filled with oil1 conquest  
and glory1 but it will be failure and   
the removal of the candlestick which    
failed in giving the light4 ,the nominal
 ,church is far from being the light of 
the world1 and ,christendom nears       
rapidly a dark and dreary night4 ,the   
true believer1 who is filled with the   
,spirit1 of course1 is the light of the 
world as an individual1 he reflects the 
light and glory of ,his ,master1 and    
thus every child of ,god is a light4    
,but the home of the true ,church1 the  
body of the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 is not
 the earth1 to remain here permanently1 
but her home is the ,father's house1 her
 destination1 union with her glorified  
,head and sharing ,his glory4 ,israel   
and ,gentiles will be left in the earth1

 while the ,church is with her ,lord4   
,when ,he appears1 the ,king of ,israel 
and ,king of ,glory1 it will not be to  
re-establish the ,church in the earth1  
for she is to sit with ,him in heavenly 
places1 but ,israel1 ,his beloved       
people1 will become the light-bearer1   
the light which is to enlighten the     
,gentiles and fulfill its original      
calling4 ,it is a true saying1 whatever 
is spoken of ,christ is also spoken of  
,his ,church1 and it is just as true1   
whatever is spoken of ,christ is also   
spoken of ,israel4 ,of the coming       
,messiah1 we read in ,isaiah xlix41 ,i  
will give thee for a light to the       
,gentiles1 that thou mayest be my       
salvation unto the end of the earth1 but
 this is likewise true of his brethren  
according to the flesh1 ,israel will be 
a light to the ,gentiles4  ,the         
candlestick of pure gold1 precious1 and 
uniting seven lamps filled with oil1    
represents ,israel's glorious fullness4 
,all will be united under one ,head1 and

 no longer seven candlesticks and       
confusion of religions teachings1 but   
there will be one ,shepherd and one     
fold4 ,this will be accomplished not by 
power or might but by ,his ,spirit4 ,he 
will accomplish ,god's blessed purpose  
in ,israel by the wonderful outpouring  
which is promised through ,joel1 and    
which was only partially fulfilled on   
the day of ,pentecost in ,jerusalem1 and
 never since4 ,the ,jew feels still in  
some degree his mission1 and what else  
is this awakened national life as it is 
now known by the name of ,zionism1 than 
a reaching out for it4 ,but there is    
still the blinding1 money1 political    
powers1 in reality their enemies1       
different influences and combinations   
are looked upon by them as the means to 
bring about that which is born into     
every ,jewish heart--supremacy and rule4
 ,it is not by power or might1 but by   
the ,spirit4 ,he will come yet upon the 
nation and fill them with ,his blessed  
power as ,he filled once their own      

rejected ,brother ,jesus1 and what ,he  
was ,israel will be for the nations left
 in the earth4 ,zerubbabel1 who is now  
mentioned1 was ,israel's prince at the  
time of ,zechariah4 ,a mountain is seen 
which is before him1 a mighty obstacle1 
but it sinks and falls1 becomes a plain4
 ,the ,hebrew has it in the form of a   
command--,be a plain6 ,the mountain     
represents a kingdom1 a power1 and seems
 to stand here for anti-,christ and ,his
 power4 ,zerubbabel as prince is the    
type of the ,prince of ,peace1 ,israel's
 ,king4 ,his hands have laid the        
foundation1 just as ,zerubbabel had laid
 the foundation of the temple1 and just 
as ,zerubbabel finished it1 bringing    
forth the headstone which crowns the new
 house of the ,lord1 thus ,jesus of     
,nazareth1 the ,king of the ,jews1 who  
has laid the foundation and who is the  
foundation1 the precious stone1 ,he will
 finish it4 ,he is the ,author and      
,finisher1 and it is all grace4 ,when   
the foundation of the temple was laid   

there were mighty shoutings1 and        
likewise when it was finished4 ,the     
priests and the ,levites sang one to    
another in praising and giving thanks   
unto the ,lord1 for ,he is good1 and    
,his mercy endureth forever toward      
,israel1 and all the people shouted with
 a great shout 7,ezra iii3 #aa74 ,what  
shoutings there will be when at last the
 fullness of the ,gentiles is come in   
and all ,israel is saved1 when the      
headstone will be brought forth1 what   
mighty hallelujahs will be heard in the 
heavens and in the earth1               
praising--grace--all of grace4 ,without 
pointing out the other details of this  
vision which are now easily understood1 
we desire to make a few remarks on the  
two olive trees standing at the right   
and at the left of the candlestick      
supplying the same with oil4 ,there can 
be no doubt that these sons of oil1 as  
they are called1 represented ,joshua and
 ,zerubbabel1 living at the time of     
,zechariah1 the one the priest and the  

other the king4 ,what deeper meaning is 
here8 ,it is probably the easiest       
explanation to say that these two olive 
trees are types of ,him who is a ,priest
 upon ,his throne and whose blessed     
,person will supply the candlestick with
 the oil1 ,his own ,spirit6  ,these two 
olive trees are likewise seen in        
,revelation1 the eleventh chapter4 ,here
 they are the two witnesses who give    
their testimony during the great        
tribulation in ,jerusalem1 and who stand
 in direct relation to that theocracy   
which is then about to be established in
 ,israel4 ,we believe that these two    
witnesses are ,moses and ,elijah1 the   
same who appeared with our ,lord upon   
the mountain of transfiguration4        
,,chapter ,v4  ,the vision of the flying
 roll--,the vision of the woman in the  
,ephah4  ,the three remaining night     
visions are of a different character4   
,the first visions the prophet had were 
visions of comfort for ,jerusalem and   
the dispersed nation1 the overthrow of  

,babylon and all their enemies1 divine  
forgiveness and the theocracy restored4 
,now follow the last three visions1 and 
these are visions of judgment4 ,judgment
 precedes ,israel's restoration1 and is 
very prominently connected with it4     
,the sixth night vision is the one of   
the flying roll4 ,the prophet's eyes    
seem to have been closed after the fifth
 vision1 for we read1 ,and ,i lifted up 
my eyes again4 ,the flying roll he sees 
is twenty cubits long and ten cubits    
broad4 ,the interpreting angel tells the
 prophet that it is the curse that goeth
 forth over the face of the whole land2 
for every one that stealeth shall be cut
 off on this side according to it1 and  
every one that sweareth shall be cut off
 on that side according to it4 ,the     
,lord of hosts has brought it forth and 
it is to enter into the house of the    
thief1 and into the house of him that   
sweareth by ,his ,name to a falsehood1  
and it shall lodge in the midst of ,his 
house and consume it1 both its wood and 

its stone4  ,that this vision means     
judgment is evident at the first glance4
 ,ezekiel had a similar vision4 ,and    
when ,i looked1 behold1 an hand was sent
 unto me2 and1 lo1 a roll of a book was 
therein2 ,and he spread it before me2   
and it was written within and without3  
and there was written therein           
lamentations1 and mourning1 and woe     
7,ezek4 ii3 #i1 #aj74 ,ezekiel was to   
eat that book4 ,this reminds us at once 
of the books in ,revelation 7chapters v4
 and x471 which are likewise connected  
with ,god's judgments in the earth4 ,the
 flying roll is written on both sides1  
signifying the two tables of stone1 the 
law of ,god4 ,stealing and swearing     
falsely are mentioned because the one is
 found on the one side of the two tables
 of stone1 and the other on the other   
side4 ,however1 it is no longer ,thou   
shalt not1 but on the flying roll are   
written the curses1 the awful curses    
against the transgressors of ,god's law 
which are now about to be put into      

execution4 ,the curse is found in its   
awful details1 as it refers to an       
apostate people1 in ,deuteronomy xxvii4 
and xxviii4 ,the roll is of immense     
size1 and on it are the dreadful curses 
of an angry ,god4 ,the vision must have 
been one of exceeding great terror4     
,imagine a roll1 probably illumined at  
night with fire1 moving over the        
heavens1 and on it the curses of an     
eternal ,god--wherever it moves its     
awful message is seen2 nothing is hid   
from its awe-inspiring presence4 ,it    
reminds one of the fiery handwriting on 
the wall in the king's palace4 ,surely  
such an awful judgment is coming by and 
by1 when our ,god will keep silence no  
longer4 ,one of the sublimest judgment  
,psalms1 the fiftieth1 mentions         
something similar to this flying roll4  
,when thou sawest a thief1 then thou    
consentedst with him1 and hast been     
partaker with adulterers4 ,thou givest  
thy mouth to evil1 and thy tongue       
frameth deceit4 ,thou sittest and       

speaketh against thy brother2 thou      
slanderest thine own mother's son4      
,these things hast thou done1 and ,i    
kept silence2 thou thoughtest that ,i   
was altogether such a one as thyself3   
but ,i will reprove thee1 and set them  
in order before thine eyes 7,psalm #a3  
#ah-ba74 ,the flying roll stands        
undoubtedly in connection with          
wickedness1 theft and false swearing1 as
 it is found in so many forms in        
unbelieving ,israel1 but it finds also a
 large application in the judgment of   
wickedness throughout the earth in the  
glorious day of ,his appearing4  ,but   
the roll enters the house of the evil   
doer and remains there to punish not    
only the wicked persons but also to     
consume the timber and the stone4 ,this 
may stand for the two facts3 the secret 
places will be entered in that judgment1
 and it will be a thorough judgment     
which will consume all that is connected
 with wickedness4 ,in ,leviticus xiv4 we
 read of the cleansing of the leper1    

that the leper's house which was        
infected was completely destroyed4      
,elijah's sacrifice was consumed by     
fire1 and not alone the sacrifice but   
also the wood and the stones and the    
very water4 ,god's fire will again fall 
from heaven to consume the wood1 hay1   
and stubble1 nothing will be hid4 ,oh1  
what a burning day that day of the ,lord
 will be when ,his well earned curses   
will be carried out1 and none can       
escape4  ,another application still of  
this vision of the flying roll may be   
made in connection with the established 
theocracy during the coming age4        
,however1 space forbids an enlargement4 
,the next vision is one of great        
interest and not a little difficulty4   
,it claims our attention more than any  
of the other visions4 ,in it we see     
again wickedness and judgment4 ,the     
angel now calls the prophet's attention 
to some startling vision4 ,he sees an   
ephah going forth4 ,and he said1 this is
 their aim 7literally aijn eye7 in all  

the land4 ,and1 behold1 a round piece of
 lead was lifted up1 and this is a woman
 sitting in the midst of the ephah4 ,and
 he said1 ,this is wickedness2 and he   
cast her in the midst of the ephah1 and 
cast the weight of lead in its mouth4   
,and ,i lifted up mine eyes and saw1    
and1 behold1 two women came forth1 and  
the wind was in their wings1 and they   
had wings like stork wings1 and they    
lifted up the ephah between earth and   
heaven4 ,and ,i said to the angel that  
talked with me1 ,whither are these      
taking the ephah8 ,and he said to me1   
,to build for her a house in the land of
 ,shinar2 and it shall be established   
and settled there upon its own base4    
,that we have here a most striking and  
intensely interesting vision is at once 
evident4 ,alas6 that so few students of 
the ,word should pass it by without     
digging down to the depths and comparing
 scripture with scripture to find its   
true and final meaning6 ,the vision is  
generally taken to mean wickedness in   

connection with ,israel1 and having its 
fulfilment in their captivity4 ,many    
other interpretations have been advanced
 which are1 however1 unsatisfactory4 ,we
 have to look deeper and give this      
vision a very prayerful study4 ,after   
much study and research we believe that 
the whole vision is identical with the  
final ,babylon1 the great harlot of     
,revelation1 her fall and judgment1 and 
all that is connected with              
it--wickedness put away1 sealed up1 the 
wicked one destroyed1 and ,satan        
chained4  ,what are the leading figures 
in the vision8 ,an ephah--which is a    
,jewish measure standing here for       
commerce4 ,the aim 7eyes7 of all the    
land 7or earth7 are upon it4            
,commercialism is very prominent in     
,revelation in connection with the full 
measure of wickedness1 the climax of    
ungodliness4 ,in ,revelation xviii      
merchants are mentioned who have grown  
rich through the abundance of her       
delicacies4 ,then the merchants are seen

 weeping1 for no man buys their         
merchandise any more4 ,and then a long  
list follows1 including all the articles
 of modern commerce4 ,compare this with 
the awful description of the last times 
in ,james v4 ,rich men are commanded to 
weep and howl1 for miseries are come    
upon them4 ,they heaped treasure        
together for the last days1 and it was a
 heaping together by fraud1 dishonesty  
in keeping back the hire of the         
laborers4 ,they lived in pleasure       
7luxuriously7 and been wanton4 ,indeed1 
here is that burning question of the    
day1 capital and labor1 and its final   
outcome1 misery and judgment upon       
commercialism1 riches heaped up1 and all
 in wickedness4 ,in ,habakkuk ii3 #ab   
the woe of judgment of that coming glory
 of the ,lord is pronounced upon him    
that buildeth a town with blood and     
establisheth a city by iniquity6 ,the   
people are seen laboring for the fire   
and wearying themselves for vanity4     
,luxuries1 increase1 riches1 etc41 are  

mentioned in the second and third       
chapters of ,isaiah1 chapters of        
judgment4 ,other passages could be      
quoted1 but these are sufficient for our
 purpose4 ,they show us that the climax 
of wickedness as it is in the earth when
 judgment will come1 and ,israel's time 
commences once more1 will be connected  
with commerce1 riches and luxuries4 ,the
 ephah points to this4  ,in the second  
place let us notice that in the midst of
 the ephah there is seen a woman4 ,she  
is called wickedness4 ,the ,hebrew word 
wickedness is translated by the         
,septuagint with anomia4 ,we find that  
the ,holy ,spirit uses the same word in 
#b ,thes4 #b3 #h1 and then shall be     
revealed the wicked one 7anomos7 whom   
the ,lord ,jesus will slay with the     
,spirit of ,his mouth4 ,the woman in the
 ephah personifies wickedness4 ,she has 
surrounded herself with the ephah and   
sits in the midst of it4 ,have we not   
here the great whore having a golden cup
 in her hand full of abominations and   

filthiness of her fornication8          
,undoubtedly4 ,this woman is the type of
 evil and wickedness in its highest     
form4 ,let us glance at that wonderful  
description of that woman in            
,revelation4 ,she is the great whore    
sitting upon many waters4 ,she sits upon
 a scarlet colored beast1 full of names 
of blasphemy1 having seven heads and ten
 horns4 ,the woman is arrayed in purple 
and scarlet decked with gold1 precious  
stones and pearls4 ,upon her forehead is
 seen her name1 ,mystery1 ,,babylon the 
,great1 the mother of harlots and       
abominations in the earth4 ,she is drunk
 with the blood of the saints4 ,the     
woman in the ephah represents the same  
great whore1 ,babylon the great4 ,this  
becomes at once clear when we take into 
consideration that the woman in the     
ephah is carried swiftly away and a     
house is built for her in the land of   
,shinar1 and it shall be established1   
and set there upon her own base4 ,now   
the land of ,shinar is ,babylonia4      

,there it is where the ,god-opposing    
power has its home and when it will end 
in final and total destruction4  ,but it
 is certainly worth the while to follow 
this up4 ,the first city erected after  
the judgment of the first age was the   
city in the plain of ,shinar4 ,there    
they built a city and in it a tower1    
whose top was to reach into the heavens1
 to make themselves a name4 ,self1      
worship of the creature1 had reached its
 climax1 and confusion and judgment came
 swiftly4 ,the ,babylon of the          
,revelation is the very same attempt1   
only in its fullest development4 ,it is 
,cain's city--human strength1 human     
wisdom1 stored in it4 ,a number of the  
wicked generation1 after the confusion  
of tongues1 remained in the land of     
,shinar as inhabitants of ,babylon4 ,in 
it wickedness1 idolatry1 luxuries1      
earthly glory and commerce prospered4   
,only a few of the inspired descriptions
 of ancient ,babylon may be mentioned   
here3 ,the ,golden ,city1 ,isaiah xiv3  

#d4 ,the lady of ,kingdoms1 ,isaiah     
xvii3 #e4 ,stand now with thine         
enchantments1 and with the multitudes of
 thy sorceries1 wherein thou hast       
labored from thy youth1 ,isaiah xlvii3  
#ab4 ,the praise of the whole earth1 li3
 #da4 ,babylon6 a golden cup in the     
,lord's land1 that made all the earth   
drunken1 the nations have drunken of her
 wine1 therefore the nations are mad1   
,jeremiah li3 #g4 ,it is the land of    
graven images1 and they are mad upon    
their idols1 ,jeremiah l3 #ch4 ,o thou  
that dwellest in many waters1 abundant  
in treasures1 ,jeremiah li3 #ac4        
,babylon was in splendor and outward    
glory for the kingdoms of the world1    
,god opposing what ,jerusalem was for   
the land4 ,jerusalem is the city of a   
great ,king and ,babylon may be termed  
the city of the prince of this world4   
,according to ,herodotus1 the walls of  
,babylon were #fj miles in              
circumference4 ,they were #hg feet thick
 and #cej feet high4 ,the city had #be  

gates made of solid brass4 ,the city    
contained #fgf squares1 beautifully and 
symetrically arranged4 ,the river ran   
through the city1 surrounded by high    
walls1 and in it were brass gates and   
steps leading to the river banks4 ,a    
wonderful bridge spanned the river4 ,no 
such city ever stood in the earth again4
 ,even the great cities of our          
days--,paris1 ,london1 ,new ,york and   
,berlin--do not reach the splendor1     
luxury and wealth of ancient ,babylon4  
,the king's palace had a wall around it 
six miles long4 ,the hanging gardens    
were considered the wonder of the world4
 ,the waterworks of ,babylon1 supplying 
the immense city and its hanging gardens
 from the river ,euphrates1 were more   
powerful and larger than any modern     
water supplies4 ,a ,roman historian     
gives a vivid description of the city4  
,nothing could be more corrupt than its 
morals1 nothing more fitted to excite   
and to allure to immoderate pleasures4  
,the rites of hospitality were polluted 

by the grossest and most shameless      
lusts4 ,money dissolved every tie1      
whether of kindred1 respect or esteem4  
,drunkeness and the grossest            
immoralities were practised in public4  
,the worship of ,babylon was idolatry1  
and it is a fact that all idolatry can  
be traced to ,babylon4 ,she is the      
mother of all abominations4 ,babylon was
 destroyed1 but has a promise of        
restoration and return of her glory     
before her final and total destruction  
comes4  ,roman ,catholicism is generally
 taken to be the ,babylon of the        
,revelation4 ,it is more correct to say 
,rome is an offspring of ,babylon4      
,ancient ,babylon had a religious       
ceremonial like the ,rome of to-day1    
,indeed1 the ancient ,babylonian worship
 is revived in modern ,rome4 ,babylon is
 the mother and ,rome is the living     
daughter2 while ,rome again has her     
daughters--the isms of ,christendom4    
,babylon means concentration and        
confusion4 ,a boasting1 high minded     

,christendom--,roman and so-called      
,protestant--is rapidly nearing its     
awful apostacy and judgment4 ,the cry1  
so popular in our times--the ,fatherhood
 of ,god and the brotherhood of men and 
of a social ,christianity--is really the
 cry of old1 ,let us make us a name2 it 
is concentration4 ,money1 riches and    
commercialism play a very important part
 in the popular religious enterprises4  
,all is getting ready for               
,laodicea--increase in riches and proud 
boastings4 ,influential men1 money1     
etc41 control the affairs of            
,christendom4 ,error and loose morals   
are spreading in every direction4 ,great
 schemes are planned2 institutions of   
learning--in which infidelity1 in the   
form of higher criticism1 is taught--are
 erected and endowed by the church with 
millions of dollars1 as if this earth   
were to be the home of the church for   
ever4 ,the twentieth century is         
prophesied to become the most glorious1 
and one would not know where to stop if 

all the beautiful air castles and       
promises of would-be prophets were to be
 named4 ,the supremacy of the           
,anglo-,saxon race1 its civilising      
influences and power for good1 etc41 are
 harped upon at present as being a      
mighty factor in the final conversion of
 the world4 ,but in the midst of this   
boasting ,christendom1 heaping their    
bricks together for their proud tower1  
blindness has already become greater    
than the blindness of the ,jews4 ,in the
 midst of ,christendom1 the sorceries   
and idolatries of ancient ,babylon are  
being strangely revived and leading many
 astray4 ,the luxuries of ,babylon1     
fostered by modern inventions and       
commercialism1 are seen on all hands4   
,one only needs to study statistics to  
see what this ,christian nation expends 
a year for luxuries and what for the    
preaching of the gospel1 the only power 
for salvation4 ,the near future will    
undoubtedly bring the long looked-for   
union of churches1 concentration for    

reformation1 lifting up of humanity1    
etc41 etc41 and when man in his own     
thoughts and making himself a name seems
 almost to have succeeded1 ,he who      
sitteth in the heavens and who laughs at
 their foolish efforts will no longer   
laugh but will speak once more in ,his  
wrath1 and ,babylon will fall4 ,whoever 
has eyes opened by the ,word and the    
,spirit1 must see how well the woman has
 succeeded in putting the leaven of     
error and wickedness into the fine      
flour1 and the leaven is doing its      
perfect work in leavening the whole     
lump4  ,but we must return to the       
vision4 ,the ephah is carried1 and in it
 the woman1 by two women with wings of  
storks into the land of ,shinar1 and    
there a house is built and it is        
established on her own base4 ,babylon as
 it is described in the ,revelation xvii
 and xviii can hardly mean exclusively  
corrupted ecclesiastical systems1       
apostate ,christendom as it is seen     
to-day4 ,the ,babylon of the ,revelation

 is still future1 and its fullest       
development falls in the time when the  
body of the ,lord ,jesus ,christ is no  
longer in the earth4  ,it is remarkable 
that certain prophecies concerning      
,babylon in ,isaiah and ,jeremiah have  
not yet been fulfilled4 ,if we hold to a
 literal interpretation of the          
,scriptures then of necessity ,babylon  
is to be rebuilt4 ,the desolations of   
,babylon prophesied by these two        
prophets have not yet taken place4 ,the 
destruction is to be suddenly by fire1  
and that destruction has never been4    
,still more startling is the fact that  
the prophecies of ,isaiah and ,jeremiah 
concerning ,babylon and its final       
destruction are identical with          
,revelation xvii and xviii4 ,the vision 
of the ephah and the woman in it being  
swiftly carried to ,shinar and housed   
there upon her own base1 as well as     
other prophecies concerning ,babylon1   
point to an actual rebuilding of ancient
 ,babylon as a great commercial center  

and world power as well as religious    
centralization4 ,there are many         
indications in this direction in our    
times4 ,railroads are planned to ,india4
 ,russia is advancing in the same       
direction4 ,maybe the restoration of the
 ,jews in unbelief as it has commenced  
will hasten such a project as it has    
been already mentioned by statesmen1 an 
international center for commerce and   
arbitration in central ,asia4 ,it       
concerns the true believer very little  
what the final ,babylon will be4 ,he    
does not belong to it1 neither to the   
present ,babylon as it exists in        
,christendom2 nor will he see the future
 ,babylon1 for the ,lord will then have 
gathered ,his saints4 ,the removal of   
the church from the earth will bring    
about a great change1 and all that is to
 be done will be done swiftly1 indicated
 by the stork's wings4 ,what men in that
 gross darkness1 when the light of ,god1
 ,his ,spirit1 and ,his praying church  
is removed1 will do in their rebellion  

against ,god and ,his ,anointed no human
 being can now estimate or imagine4     
,finally1 the vision of the ephah and   
the woman1 so to speak1 sealed up in it1
 may denote also the overthrow and      
judgment of wickedness4 ,babylon fallen1
 cast down4 ,anti-,christ1 the man of   
sin1 slain by the brightness of ,his    
coming4 ,satan chained in the pit for a 
thousand years4 ,the last vision of the 
prophet is likewise a vision of         
judgment1 followed by the crowning of   
,joshua with the double crowns of silver
 and gold4     ,,chapter ,,vi4  ,the    
,last ,night ,vision of the             
,prophet4--,the ,vision of the ,four    
,chariots ,coming from ,between the     
,mountains of ,brass4--,the ,crowning of
 ,joshua with ,crowns4  ,the prophet    
lifts up his eyes again and sees four   
chariots which come out from between two
 mountains which were of brass4 ,in the 
first chariot the horses are red1 in the
 second they are black1 in the third    
white1 and in the fourth speckled bay4  

,the angel explains that these are the  
four spirits of the heavens which go    
forth from standing before the ,lord of 
all the earth4 ,the black and the white 
horses go forth into the north country1 
the speckled go to the south country1   
and the bay went forth and sought to go 
that they might walk to and fro through 
the earth1 and so they did4 ,the last   
verse of the vision reads3 ,and he      
called me and spake to me1 saying1      
,behold1 these that go forth in the land
 of the north have caused my spirit to  
rest upon the land of the north4  ,we   
notice first the similarity of the last 
vision with the first contained in the  
opening chapter of ,zechariah4 ,the     
visions opened with the hosts of heaven 
upon red1 speckled and white horses1    
having walked to and fro through the    
earth4 ,we learned from the first vision
 that its meaning was judgment2 that    
,god was displeased with the nations1   
and is once more jealous for ,jerusalem 
and ready to turn in mercy to ,zion1 and

 the hosts of heaven are seen in that   
first vision preparing for judgment4 ,in
 the last vision the chariots of        
judgment are seen coming forth to sweep 
over the earth1 to be followed by the   
crowning with crowns of the high-priest4
 ,the riders of the first vision may be 
termed the advance guards of the        
judgment1 but the chariots now put the  
divine decrees into execution4 ,the     
riders halted in a valley amidst a      
myrtle grove1 but the chariots rush     
forth to execute their terrible work    
from between two mountains of brass4    
,these mountains mean undoubtedly ,mount
 ,moriah and the ,mount of ,olives4     
,they rush through the ,valley of       
,jehoshaphat4 ,the brass is mentioned to
 denote the firmness and stability of   
these mountains1 which shall never be   
moved4 ,we do not think that in the four
 chariots there is an allusion to the   
four world-powers4 ,the judgment of them
 is now come4 ,the stone is falling and 
smiting the image at its feet and       

pulverizing it1 putting it completely   
out of existence4 ,the chariots are     
,god's powers1 agencies for judgment in 
the earth1 which will pass swiftly      
along1 shown by the fast running        
chariots4 ,in ,rev4 vi the seven seals  
are opened1 and there go forth the four 
terrible riders upon white1 red1 black  
and pale horses4 ,the riders in the     
,apocalypse are the riders which go     
through the earth during the great      
tribulation1 but in the eighth night    
vision of ,zechariah we see the chariots
 of ,god's wrath4 ,the vision falls in  
the time when heaven opens and ,he      
appears riding upon a white horse1 ,his 
name ,faithful and ,true1 coming in     
righteousness to judge and to make war4 
,wonderful vision of ,him who is clothed
 with a vesture dipped in blood6 ,he is 
followed by the armies of heaven upon   
white horses1 all clothed in fine linen 
white and clean4 ,and out of ,his mouth 
goeth a sharp sword1 that with it ,he   
should smite the nations1 and ,he shall 

rule them with a rod of iron1 and he    
treadeth the winepress of the fierceness
 and wrath of almighty ,god 7,rev4 xix74
 ,immediately after the appearing of the
 ,king of ,kings and ,lord of ,lords    
with all ,his saints1 ,an angel is seen 
standing in the sun1 and he cried with a
 load voice1 saying1 to all the fowls   
that fly in the midst of heaven1 ,come  
and gather yourselves together unto the 
supper of the great ,god2 that ye may   
eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of 
captains and the flesh of mighty men and
 the flesh of horses1 and of them that  
sit upon them1 both free and bond1 both 
small and great4 ,how terrible that     
wrath will be1 what awful work these    
chariots will work in slaying the       
ungodly1 rebellious people1 and spoiling
 the armies of military ,christendom no 
human pen can describe4 ,before ,him    
went the pestilence1 and burning coals  
went forth at ,his feet4 ,he stood and  
measured the earth4 ,he beheld and drove
 asunder the nations2 and the           

everlasting mountains were scattered1   
the perpetual hills did bow4 ,the sun   
and the moon stood still in their       
habitation4 ,thou didst march through   
the land in indignation4 ,thou didst    
thresh the nations in anger 7,hab4 iii74
 ,o how our hearts as believers should  
praise our ,god and our ,lord ,jesus    
,christ who has delivered us from that  
wrath to come4 ,and while the           
tribulation is not yet1 and wrath will  
come after the tribulation1 how should  
we redeem the time and witness of that  
great salvation to ,jew and ,gentile1   
and teach in the words of the second    
,psalm1 ,kiss the ,son4 ,his wrath shall
 soon be kindled4 ,the time is short1   
and soon the scenes of terror1          
tribulation1 and wrath will be enacted  
in the earth4 ,the removal of the       
,church from the earth will be the      
signal for the beginning4  ,the angel   
interprets to the prophet that the      
chariots are the four spirits of the    
heavens which go forth from standing    

before the ,lord of the earth4 ,these   
agencies for wrath were with ,god       
standing before ,him the ,lord of all   
the earth1 but now at ,his command they 
descend to scatter death and            
destruction4 ,they go forth in sets1 and
 the north country and south country    
both so prominent in the prophetic word 
are mentioned4 ,the bay horses1 however1
 are not confined to one direction1 they
 go through the entire earth4 ,at last  
in the judgment of the land of the north
 the ,spirit is caused to rest4 ,the    
overthrow of the enemies of ,israel is  
complete and the ,spirit is quieted4    
,how long may the wrath last and for how
 long may the chariots do their deadly  
work8 ,perhaps longer than we now think4
 ,the millennial reign of ,christ1 as   
foreshadowed in the bloody rule of      
,david1 followed by the peaceful reign  
of ,solomon1 may teach us lessons in    
this direction4 ,the night visions have 
ended4 ,they may be termed the          
,apocalypse of ,zechariah4 ,daniel1     

,zechariah and ,revelation go together  
in a wonderful harmony and explain each 
other4 ,alas6 that just these three     
parts of the ,bible should be so little 
studied and so little understood4  ,the 
long night of visions for the young     
prophet ,zechariah had passed by and the
 noise of the speeding chariots had left
 his ears4 ,the morning must have been  
when he opened his eyes after beholding 
such wonderful things1 and now the ,word
 of the ,lord comes to him4  ,a command 
is given to the prophet1 which has a    
sublime prophetic meaning4 ,the command 
will surely be once more carried out by 
,israel on that glorious morning when   
the ,sun of righteousness has risen     
after a dark and dreary night of sin and
 tribulation as well as wrath is past4  
,what is the command8 ,take from the    
exiles1 from ,cheldai1 from ,tobiah1 and
 from ,jedaiah1 and go thou on that day1
 go into the house of ,josiah the son of
 ,zephaniah1 whither they have come from
 ,babylon4 ,take silver and gold and    

make crowns1 and set them upon the head 
of ,joshua the son of ,josedek1 the high
 priest1 and speak to him1 saying1 ,thus
 speaketh the ,lord of ,hosts1 saying1  
,behold a man whose name is ,branch1 and
 from his place he shall grow up and    
build the temple of ,jehovah4 ,even ,he 
shall build the temple and bear majesty1
 and shall sit and rule upon ,his       
throne1 and shall be a priest upon ,his 
throne1 and the counsel of peace shall  
be between them both4 ,and the crowns   
shall be to ,chelem1 and to ,tobiah1 and
 to ,jedaiah1 and to ,hen1 the son of   
,zephaniah1 for a memorial in the temple
 of ,jehovah4 ,and they that are afar   
off shall come and shall build in the   
temple of ,jehovah1 and ye shall know   
that the ,lord of ,hosts has sent me to 
you1 and it will come to pass if ye will
 hearken unto the voice of ,jehovah your
 ,god4  ,some consider this to be the   
ninth vision of the prophet4 ,it is1    
however1 the ,word of the ,lord which   
comes to the prophet4 ,there can be no  

doubt but the command was actually      
carried out and ,cheldai 7robust71      
,tobiah 7,god's goodness71 and ,jedaiah 
7,god knows71 gave their silver and     
gold1 and crowns were made out of it and
 placed upon the head of ,joshua the    
high priest4 ,but the action had a much 
deeper meaning4 ,it was a highly typical
 one4 ,it must have astonished ,joshua  
and the people to hear such a command1  
for the royal crown did not belong to   
the high priest but to the descendant of
 ,david4 ,he must have understood that  
the whole command had a symbolical      
bearing4 ,joshua hears it from the ,word
 of the ,lord that another person is    
only typified by him1 ,behold the man   
whose name is the ,branch4 ,it is this  
man the ,branch who will be a priest    
upon the throne4 ,this1 of course1 is   
our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,the name of  
the high priest ,joshua is in itself    
very significant1 for the meaning is1   
,god is salvation1 ,saviour1 ,jesus4    
,pontius ,pilate was fulfilling prophecy

 when he stood there leading out ,jesus 
of ,nazareth before that tumultuous     
multitude1 and when he said ,behold the 
man4 ,if the assembled ,jews had known  
the ,scriptures they would have         
recognized the phrase4 ,but how did he  
then come forth8 ,he wore a crown of    
thorns upon ,his meek and loving brow1  
and the people gazed into the           
blood-stained face of the ,lamb of ,god 
now ready to be placed upon the altar   
and slain4 ,but once again it will sound
 forth1 ,behold the man1 for when ,he   
appears it will be after ,he has        
gathered ,his saints1 and then ,he will 
come as the ,son of ,man in the heavens1
 and the sign of the ,son of ,man will  
be seen there4 ,he will be crowned      
again1 too1 but not with the crown of   
suffering and shame1 but with the crowns
 of glory4 ,thus he is seen in          
,revelation xix3 #ab as wearing many    
crowns4  ,he comes to build the temple  
of ,jehovah1 bearing majesty1 sitting   
and ruling upon ,his throne4 ,he is now 

the builder of the spiritual temple     
which is composed of living stones      
7,eph4 ii3 #ba2 #a ,peter ii3 #e74 ,but 
when ,he comes again there will be the  
building of another temple4 ,it is now  
no longer ,his ,father's throne but ,his
 own1 upon which ,he is a priest as     
well4 ,the ,king of ,kings and the ,lord
 of ,lords has now taken possession of  
,his inheritance4 ,the times of         
overturning are over and ,he whose right
 it is has come4 ,there is a very       
instructive thought in the fact that the
 persons of the exile1 as mentioned     
above1 were to bring the silver and the 
gold out of which the crowns were to be 
made4 ,the time will come when the whole
 exiled nation1 so long scattered and   
peeled1 though even in dispersion1 the  
richest nation of the earth1 will bring 
their silver and gold1 their glory and  
their all and lay it at the feet of the 
,king4  ,the ,,cx ,psalm will then find 
its fulfillment3 ,thou art a priest     
forever after the order of ,melchizedek4

 ,melchizedek united the offices of a   
king and a priest in one person4 ,for   
this ,melchizedek1 king of ,salem1      
priest of the ,most ,high ,god1 who met 
,abraham returning from the slaughter of
 the kings and blessed him2 to whom also
 ,abraham gave a tenth part of all2     
first1 being by interpretation ,king of 
,righteousness1 and after that also     
,king of ,salem1 which is ,king of      
,peace4 ,without father and without     
mother1 without descent1 having neither 
beginning of days1 nor end of life1 but 
made like unto the ,son of ,god2 abideth
 a priest continually 7,heb4 vii3 #a-c74
 ,the whole will be realized in the     
restoration of the kingdom to ,israel4  
,perhaps the fourteenth verse will also 
find a literal fulfillment then after   
the crowning of the ,king by ,his own   
people who rejected ,him once1 and a    
memorial of that event will be seen in  
the temple throughout the millennium4   
,they that are afar off are now seen    
coming1 and build not the temple of the 

,lord but in the temple4 ,the ,gentiles1
 of course1 are they that are afar off  
and who are even now building in a      
certain sense in the temple of the      
,lord1 but when ,he has returned and    
sits upon ,his throne this prophecy will
 find its final fulfillment4 ,and when  
shall it all come to pass8 ,an answer is
 given which refers us to the opening   
words of the first chapter4 ,and this   
shall come to pass1 if ye will          
diligently obey the voice of the ,lord  
your ,god4  ,in the whole command of the
 crowning of the high priest1 ,israel's 
future glory is likewise seen4 ,their   
great and high calling will be realized 
in that day when the man the ,branch    
comes forth and turns away ungodliness  
from ,jacob4 ,israel will be as ,his    
earthly people like the ,priest upon    
,his throne1 a royal priesthood1 a holy 
nation1 a peculiar people4 ,the kingdom 
has then come1 and the will of ,god is  
being done in earth as it is done in    
heaven4 ,and oh how blessedly for the   

believer's heart to think ,god's own    
thoughts and move in the purposes of    
,god4 ,our own individual salvation     
eternally assured1 we ought to cry      
continually ,even so1 come ,lord        
,jesus4--,amen1 ,amen6     ,,chapter    
,,vii4  ,the question put to the        
,prophet concerning the ,fast4--,the    
,rebuke given and their ,failure shown4 
,the night visions had come to an end4  
,in them1 as we have seen1 the whole    
future of ,israel1 their restoration to 
the land and regeneration1 as well as   
the theocracy and the judgments         
connected with it1 were revealed4       
,nearly two years had passed by since   
that memorable night of visions1 and    
during these two years the people had1  
obedient to the heavenly visions and    
encouraged by them1 built the house of  
the ,lord4 ,soon the temple was to be   
completed and worship once more to be   
restored4 ,a question rose then in the  
minds of some of the people about the   
keeping of certain fast days by which   

they commemorated events of judgments   
upon their nation and city4 ,the        
principal day of fasting was the day set
 apart for remembering the destruction  
and burning of the city of ,jerusalem by
 ,nebuchadnezzar4 ,this day was kept by 
the ,jews on the tenth day of the fifth 
month4 ,messengers are sent with this   
question to the prophet1 and this       
occasion is used by the ,lord to give a 
new message to the nation through the   
prophet4  ,the seventh chapter is       
divided into three sections4 #a4 ,the   
occasion for the prophecy 7verses #a-d74
 #c4 ,the rebuke 7verses #d-h74 #c4     
,looking over the past 7verses #h-ad74  
,but the seventh chapter does not answer
 the question put to the prophet4 ,if a 
reader of the word stops reading with   
the seventh chapter1 and does not       
continue to read the eighth1 he will be 
much perplexed4 ,the seventh and eighth 
chapters of ,zechariah go together2 in  
fact they should form only one chapter4 
,the eighth chapter contains two        

sections4 #a4 ,promises of blessings    
again and teachings concerning their    
walk 7verses #a-ag74 #b4 ,the solemn    
fast days will be no more2 instead of   
them there will be feast days4 ,whole   
nations will seek the ,lord and be      
joined to ,israel4 ,thus the end of     
chapter eight answers the question of   
the people concerning the fast days4 ,at
 the first glance we notice that these  
two chapters1 though starting from a    
desire of the people in the prophet's   
day1 are yet awaiting their final and   
greatest fulfillment4 ,israel still     
fasts and is still the forsaken4 ,still 
there is mourning and weeping over the  
departed glory1 and once a year is the  
solemn fast kept which reminds the seed 
of ,abraham of the sad fate of          
,jerusalem and the ,temple1 twice       
destroyed on the same day4  ,but let us 
glance at these sections in these       
chapters1 and make a short comment on   
them4  ,chapter ,,vii3 #a-d4 ,the       
question--,it comes from the people of  

,bethel4 ,the two men who represent the 
people have ,assyrian names--,sherezer1 
meaning prince of the treasury1 and     
,regemmelech1 the official of the ,king4
 ,perhaps they were born in exile and   
received their names there1 and may have
 held the position indicated by their   
names4 ,their concern for a human       
institution not at all commanded in the 
word of the ,lord1 as it was the case   
with the fast day in question1 shows the
 lack of spirituality in them4 ,they    
should have been more concerned about   
true obedience than with an             
insignificant ceremony4 ,it has always  
been so with the people4 ,when the ,lord
 came ,he said to the leaders1 ,ye blind
 guides1 which strain at a gnat and     
swallow a camel 7,matthew xxii3 #bd74   
,and they are still concerned with      
ceremonials and know not the true       
obedience4 ,but the same conditions1    
alas6 exist too in ,christendom4 ,the   
question itself about weeping on that   
day for so many years shows that they   

were tired of it4 ,it was a burden to   
them4 ,if they had the true faith and in
 it obedience1 they would not have come 
with that question at all1 but with joy 
and gladness would they have looked to  
the future1 and known that the promised 
restoration as seen by the prophet was  
surely to come4  ,,ii4 ,the reproof4    
,verses #d-g4--,the word of the ,lord   
comes now to the prophet4 ,the message  
is for all the people and for the       
priests4 ,the two fasts are mentioned4  
,the one in the fifth month as already  
stated was the one in remembrance of the
 destruction of the city4 ,the fast of  
the seventh month was kept on the       
anniversary of the murder of ,gedaliah  
at ,mizpah 7,jeremiah xli74 ,but why did
 they keep these fast days8 ,why do they
 keep these days indeed still8 ,the     
,lord asks1 ,is it unto me1 unto me8    
,no1 it was not for the honor and glory 
of ,god1 but their own selfish interests
 were at the bottom of it4 ,indeed ,god 
had never asked them to fast4 ,these    

institutions were manmade1 and highly   
displeasing to ,jehovah4 ,and is it not 
so now1 not alone with the ,jews but    
with ,christendom8 ,oh1 the manmade     
institutions and outward observances    
which only dishonor ,god and are for the
 selfish interests of the people6 ,the  
eating and drinking1 the fast being     
over1 was not unto the ,lord1 but unto  
themselves4 ,it was obedience the ,lord 
required4 ,had they listened to the     
words spoken by the prophets they would 
not have been in captivity1 there would 
have been no need for a solemn fast4    
,unbelief was at the bottom of it all1  
and so it is still with the nation in   
dispersion4  ,,iii4 ,the closing verses 
of the seventh chapter look over past   
history4 ,in the first place the ,lord  
says what he desires to see done by     
them3 ,true judgment executed1 mercy and
 truth shown by every man to his        
brother1 oppress not the widow and the  
fatherless1 the stranger nor the poor1  
let none of you imagine evil against his

 brother in your heart4 ,these precepts 
were spoken to them by the prophets     
before the captivity4 ,wash ye1 make you
 clean2 put away the evil of your doings
 from before mine eyes2 cease to do     
evil2 learn to do well2 seek judgment1  
relieve the oppressed1 judge the        
fatherless1 plead for the widow 7,isaiah
 i47 ,but they did the very opposite1   
and continued in an outward service     
without obedience of the heart4  ,this  
disobedience became their ruin and      
brought on the disaster4 ,the           
description of their waywardness fits   
that people in their entire history4    
,they refused to attend and offered a   
rebellious shoulder4 ,they made their   
ears too heavy to hear1 their heart they
 made an adamant that they might not    
hear the law and the words which        
,jehovah of hosts sent by ,his ,spirit4 
,these conditions prevailed in a still  
intenser form when our ,lord ,jesus     
,christ appeared among them4 ,at last   
,god ,himself put judicial blindness    

upon them and still their heart is like 
adamant1 but that heart of stone will be
 removed at last by the ,spirit of ,god 
and a heart of flesh given in its place4
 7,ezek4 xxxvi74  ,and now follows the  
manifestation of the wrath of ,jehovah  
of hosts4 ,he had cried and they did not
 hear1 and now they called but ,he did  
not hear4 ,the prayers of orthodox      
,judaism especially on their fast days  
are beyond description and pleading for 
mercy4 ,still there is no answer to the 
many prayers4 ,your new moons and your  
appointed feasts my soul hateth3 they   
are a trouble unto me2 ,i am weary to   
bear them4 ,and when ye spread forth    
your hands1 ,i will hide mine eyes from 
you2 yea1 when ye make many prayers1 ,i 
will not hear2 your hands are full of   
blood4 7,is4 i3 #ad1 #ae4 7 ,alas6 it is
 worship with the lips4 ,the believing  
remnant alone in the future will be     
heard in their pleadings1 and the ,lord 
will send at last the salvation out of  
,zion1 and the ,deliverer will come who 

turns away ungodliness from ,jacob4 ,the
 fourteenth verse puts the dispersion   
and the judgment before us in a         
nutshell4 ,they are whirled among all   
the nations whom they know not4 ,the    
land itself becomes desolate behind     
them4 ,as soon as the people leave whose
 land it is1 the land flowing with milk 
and honey becomes a wilderness1 and when
 they return it will be again the land  
of blessing4  ,what a testimony the land
 and the people is6 ,both speak of      
,god's righteous judgment1 and the truth
 of ,his word4 ,a whole nation scattered
 among all the nations and still kept   
intact4 ,their land trodden down by the 
,gentiles1 waste and desolate4 ,the land
 mourneth1 indeed4 ,prosperity will come
 to that land again1 but not by human   
efforts and human wisdom4 ,the attempts 
of unbelieving ,israel now in           
transforming the wilderness may prove   
successful1 and colonies after colonies 
will be established4 ,the time of       
,jacob's trouble1 however1 will sweep it

 all away4  ,the question concerning the
 fast is answered in the next chapter4  
,the great and wonderful future of the  
land1 the people1 and of ,jerusalem1    
prosperity and blessing is clearly shown
 in it4 ,no more mourning1 but joy2 no  
more shame1 but honor2 no desolation1   
but restoration and ,his people saved   
from the ,east and ,west1 nations at    
last being converted through ,israel's  
blessing and testimony4 ,we will look at
 these promises and let them pass before
 us in our next chapter4     ,,chapter  
,,viii4  ,the ,gracious ,answer to their
 ,question4--,promises of ,blessing1    
,restoration1 ,prosperity and           
,salvation4--,no more ,fast             
,days4--,nations to be added to         
,jerusalem4  ,the eighth chapter        
contains the most blessed promises      
concerning the future of ,jerusalem and 
the people ,israel4 ,now the question   
concerning the fasts is answered in a   
way the petitioners never expected4 ,the
 promises which are given in this       

chapter were only partially fulfilled in
 ,zechariah's day in the returned and   
believing remnant1 the actual           
fulfillment is still future4 ,in the    
first night vision we heard the words1  
,cry yet saying1 ,thus says the ,lord of
 hosts1 ,my cities through prosperity   
shall yet be spread abroad1 and the     
,lord shall yet comfort ,zion and shall 
yet choose ,jerusalem4 ,the eighth      
chapter gives the details of the        
promised prosperity4 ,the perfect       
picture of ,jerusalem's glorious future 
is unrolled before our eyes4 ,though    
still future1 with the eyes of faith we 
can look at it and rejoice in the vision
 when at last the covenant keeping ,god 
of ,abraham has established ,jerusalem  
and made her a praise in the earth4 ,it 
is a grand and glorious prophecy which  
is before us1 and while we now consider 
it as believers and members of ,his     
heavenly people1 we may well think of   
the time when ,he1 who is our ,lord and 
,israel's ,king1 shall come and we with 

,him1 and when in ,him all these        
blessings will be carried out4 ,not long
 ago we saw teachings on this chapter   
consisting of entirely spiritual        
applications for believers' comfort1    
prosperity and increase1 etc4 ,the ,new 
,testament contains all the comfort and 
blessing for believers1 and we need not 
rob ,israel of promises belonging to    
them and connected with their future4   
,we divide the chapter into eight       
sections1 which we will now briefly     
review3  #a4 ,the ,restoration          
,announced4 ,verses #a-c4 ,the jealousy 
of the ,lord for ,jerusalem is again    
stated1 like in the first chapter1 ,i am
 jealous for ,jerusalem 7#adth verse74  
,here1 however1 is the word fury added4 
,the ,hebrew verb signifies1 ,i have    
been and am still jealous of her with   
great fury4 ,the fury denotes the wrath 
which fell upon the ungodly nations1 the
 horns of the second night visions1     
which are now passed out of existence1  
broken to pieces4 ,now to ,jerusalem1 no

 longer trodden down by the ,gentiles1  
the enemies being scattered1 the ,lord  
,himself has returned and ,his glory is 
seen there again4 ,it had departed1 but 
now the sign of his presence and favor  
is again given4 ,the city becomes a new 
city1 called ,the ,city of ,truth4 ,how 
different this name is from the others  
which ,jerusalem bore and which so      
fittingly described her fallen condition
 and abomination4 ,she was called the   
city which had grievously sinned1 like  
an unclean woman 7,lament4 i3 #h1 #ag71 
a harlot and a murderer 7,isaiah i3 #ba7
 spiritually called ,sodom and ,egypt   
7,rev4 xi71 but now a new name is given 
her1 ,the ,city of ,truth4 ,he who is   
the ,truth has turned the lie and       
ungodliness from ,jacob1 and truth is   
the characteristic of the city4 ,the    
mountain of the ,lord of hosts becomes  
the holy mountain4  #b4 ,jerusalem will 
have ,rest and be ,largely ,inhabited4  
,verses #d and #e4 ,what a picture in   
comparison with the former desolation6  

,jerusalem was forsaken and a           
desolation1 a city of heaps4 ,it is even
 so now1 few cities of the earth present
 such an awful misery as modern         
,jerusalem does4 ,it will all be        
changed1 and just as great as the misery
 and desolation was the blessing and the
 increase will be4 ,old men in the      
streets1 bowed down by old age1 and     
alongside of them boys and girls who run
 about in childish play4 ,no more fear1 
they shall dwell safely and none shall  
make them afraid4 ,the increase in      
descendants is even now very great among
 the ,jews and the city is rapidly      
becoming a ,jewish city again1 and thus 
everything is preparing for the final   
conflict4 ,only after ,jerusalem's      
warfare is ended will there be peace4   
#c4 ,they are ,brought back from the    
,captivity4 ,verses #g1 #h4 ,when they  
heard of a restoration they thought this
 very marvelous4 ,had they not been     
scattered into the four winds8 ,could   
they ever be brought together again8    

,therefore the ,lord says1 ,because it  
is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant 
of this nation in those days1 shall it  
be marvelous in ,my eyes also8 saith the
 ,lord of hosts4 ,at this present time  
,jews and ,gentiles doubt the promises  
of restoration1 it is marvelous in their
 eyes4 ,but ,he who scattered ,israel   
will gather them again4 ,he knows also  
where the so called ,lost ,tribes are1  
the house of ,israel1 and we need not   
try to help ,god to find them4 ,when the
 time comes ,he will bring them all     
back4 ,in the second chapter we noticed 
that the ,north ,country is mentioned1  
and we called attention to the fact that
 the ,north ,country1 ,russia1 is       
inhabited by nearly one-half of the     
entire ,jewish race4 ,in that land the  
persecutions are the greatest and also  
the desire for a return to the land4    
,the restoration in unbelief is one     
especially from the ,jews in the ,north 
,country4 ,here in the eighth chapter   
the ,east and the ,west countries are   

mentioned1 the far ,east1 ,india1       
,china1 etc41 and the ,west1 our own    
country and the isles of the sea4 ,the  
rich ,jews may now be satisfied in the  
countries1 away from the homeland1 where
 they prospered1 but at last they will  
return and the ,lord will send fishers  
to fish them and hunters to hunt them   
out4 7,jer4 xvi3 #af47 ,the ,gentiles   
will bring them back to their own land  
7,isaiah lxvi3 #bj74 ,all will then be  
,his people and ,he will be their ,god4 
#d4 ,the ,land is                       
,blessed4--,fruitfulness and            
,plenty4--,the ,remnant to ,possess all 
these ,things4 ,verses #i-ab4 ,what a   
contrast there is now seen6 ,for before 
these days there was no hire for man1   
nor any hire for beast4 4 4 ,little     
fruit was had from the ground1 there was
 nothing for man and beast4 4 4 ,neither
 was there any peace to him that went   
out or came in on account of the        
affliction4 4 4 ,there was no rest1 no  
peace1 but uncertainty and affliction4  

,those that went out from the land had  
no peace1 and they that came into the   
land found no peace4 ,the curse said1   
,no rest for the sole of their feet1 and
 how literally it has been fulfilled4   
,again the people seek a resting place  
in the land without their ,god and their
 ,saviour1 all in the confidence of the 
flesh4 ,they will succeed in their      
restoration plans only to find          
themselves at last in greater           
difficulties and facing worse           
afflictions than ever before4 ,then     
every one will be against his neighbor  
7verse #aj74 ,money spent by the        
millions in building channels for       
irrigation1 planting of trees and vines1
 building railroads1 etc4 7just what    
modern ,zionism proposes and has        
undertaken to do71 may succeed in       
transforming the land in spots into a   
fruitful garden1 but the time of        
,jacob's trouble will sweep that all    
away4 ,the ,lord will be gracious to the
 very land in the day of ,his           

manifestation4 ,there will be a seed of 
peace1 the vine will give her fruit1 the
 ground her increase1 the heavens their 
dew4 ,they shall build houses and       
inhabit them1 they shall plant vineyards
 and eat the fruit of them 7,isaiah lxv3
 #ba74 ,for ye shall go out with joy and
 be led forth with peace1 the mountains 
and the hills shall break forth before  
you into singing1 and all the trees of  
the field shall clap their hands4       
,instead of the thorn shall come up the 
firtree1 and instead of the briar shall 
come up the myrtle tree1 and it shall be
 to the ,lord for a name1 for an        
everlasting sign that shall not be cut  
off 7,isaiah lv3 #ab-ac74 ,the remnant  
of the people left after the great      
tribulation will inherit this all4  #e4 
,the ,curse ,changed into ,blessing4    
,verses #ac-ae4 ,they had been a curse  
among the nations1 but now at last the  
nations of the earth blest in the seed  
of ,abraham4 ,as ,he had punished them  
so ,he blesses them now4 ,comfort ye1   

comfort ye my people1 says your ,god1   
speak ye to the heart of ,jerusalem and 
cry unto her1 that her warfare is       
accomplished1 that her iniquity is      
pardoned1 for she has received of the   
,lord's hand double for all her sins    
7,isaiah xl3 #a1 #b74 ,literal were the 
curses threatened concerning ,israel and
 ,israel's land1 literally they were all
 fulfilled4 ,and are there not many more
 promises of blessing for the people and
 for the land spoken by the same true   
and faithful ,god who uttered the       
threatenings and carried them out to the
 very last8 ,and will not the ,lord     
fulfill these promises of blessing      
literally to the minutest details8      
,assuredly ,he will4 ,it is remarkable  
that this simple truth is not seen and  
understood in ,christendom of to-day4   
,according to the popular idea ,god has 
punished the ,jews and will continue to 
do so1 and the church has taken         
,israel's place and inherited all the   
blessings4 ,it is this false notion     

which is responsible in a great measure 
for the dreadful confusion existing in  
,christendom4 ,the thing against which  
,paul warned is practiced in            
,christendom1 ,boast not against the    
branches4 4 4 ,be not highminded1 but   
fear4 ,for if ,god spared not the       
natural branches 7,jews7 take heed lest 
,he also spare not thee 7,gentiles74    
,god is able to graft them 7,israel7 in 
again4 7,romans xi47  #f4 ,israel will  
be a ,holy ,people4 ,verses #af and #ag4
 ,these are the words ye are to do1     
speak ye every man the truth to his     
neighbor1 execute the judgment of truth 
and peace in your gates2 let none of you
 imagine evil in your hearts against his
 neighbor and love no false oath1 for   
all these are things which ,i hate1     
saith the ,lord4 ,untruth1 false oath1  
speaking one against the other are      
characteristic sins of ,israel4 ,but the
 character of the nation is now to be   
entirely changed4 ,they are now indeed  
to be a holy people1 with hearts        

circumcised1 loving ,god with all their 
hearts and their neighbors as           
themselves4 ,a new heart also will ,i   
give you1 and a new spirit will ,i put  
within you2 and ,i will take away the   
stony heart out of your flesh1 and ,i   
will give you an heart of flesh4 ,and ,i
 will put ,my ,spirit within you and    
cause you to walk in my statutes1 and ye
 shall keep my judgments and do them4   
7,ezekiel xxxvi3 #bf1 #bg47  #g4 ,no    
more ,fast ,days1 but ,feast ,days4     
,verses #ah and #ai4 ,the fast of the   
fourth month and the fast of the fifth  
and the fast of the seventh and the fast
 of the tenth1 shall be to the house of 
,judah joy and gladness and cheerful    
feasts2 therefore love the truth and the
 peace4 ,this is now the answer to their
 question4 ,the fasts of the fifth and  
seventh month were the fasts            
commemorating the burning of the temple 
and the taking of the city by           
,nebuchadnezzar1 and the other the      
anniversary of the murder of ,gedeliah  

and his friends4 ,the fast of the tenth 
month was kept in remembrance of the    
siege of ,jerusalem which was commenced 
in that month and the fast of the fourth
 month was kept on account of the taking
 of ,jerusalem4 ,these fasts            
commemorated therefore all national     
calamities4 ,a greater calamity happened
 of course later when at the same time  
,jerusalem was destroyed by the ,roman  
armies1 the temple and the city burned  
to the ground and not a stone left upon 
another4 ,the ,jews are still keeping   
national fasts on account of these      
calamities4 ,not alone in ,jerusalem are
 there ,jews and ,jewesses going to the 
small piece of ancient stone masonry1   
which is said to be all left of the     
magnificent temple in ,jerusalem1 to    
mourn there especially on the ninth day 
of ,ab1 but the mourning among the      
orthodox ,jews on that day is           
world-wide4 ,in the synagogues of       
,russia and ,new ,york1 ,san ,francisco 
and in ,south ,africa1 everywhere where 

there are orthodox ,jews the            
,lamentations of the prophet ,jeremiah  
are chanted in a mournful tone4 ,but the
 time is coming when all will be        
changed4 ,with ,jerusalem rebuilt and   
peacefully inhabited1 a temple full of  
,god's glory1 and over it all the       
heavenly glory and the angels of ,god   
ascending and descending upon the ,son  
of ,man1 there will be no more need of  
fasting and mourning1 but all will be   
changed in gladness and joy4 ,the ,songs
 of praise which are found at the close 
of the book of ,psalms will then        
undoubtedly be sung by restored ,israel4
  #h4 ,the ,conversion of the ,world and
 ,conquest for the ,lord will follow    
,through ,converted and ,restored       
,israel4 ,verses #bj-bc4 ,these verses  
have often been spiritualized4 ,how much
 harm there is done by taking such words
 and promises out of their connections  
and fitting them to a time and people   
for which they were never meant4 ,can   
,god give ,his blessing to such teaching

 of ,his ,word8 ,we believe not4 ,thus  
saith the ,lord of hosts1 ,it shall yet 
be that nations will come1 the          
inhabitants of many cities4 ,and the    
inhabitants of one city shall go to     
another saying1 ,let us go speedily to  
pray before the ,lord and to seek the   
,lord of hosts3 ,i will go also4 ,and   
many peoples and strong nations shall   
come to seek the ,lord of hosts in      
,jerusalem and to pray before the ,lord4
 ,this the world has not yet seen4      
,individuals have turned to the ,lord1  
and ,his own are gathered out of all    
nations and languages1 but such a       
picture as it is seen here has not yet  
been seen4 ,the conversion of peoples   
and strong nations is still future4 ,it 
will not come by modern missionary      
efforts1 consisting not alone of        
preaching1 but as it is done to-day1 by 
educational work in heathen countries1  
as well as other humanitarian           
institutions1 such as hospital work1    
orphanages1 etc4 ,nations can never be  

converted by these efforts1 nor has ,god
 given ,his ,church promises that       
nations and the world is to be converted
 by the preaching of the ,gospel of     
grace4 ,individuals1 of course1 are     
converted and will be converted by the  
,word faithfully preached4 ,a people is 
thus taken out for ,his name4 ,and to   
this agree the words of the prophets1 as
 it is written1 ,after this ,i will     
return and will build again the         
tabernacle of ,david1 which is fallen   
down 7,israel's time commencing again1  
in restoration and regeneration7 and ,i 
will build again the ruins thereof and  
,i will set it up2 that the residue of  
men might seek after the ,lord1 and all 
the nations upon whom my name is called1
 saith the ,lord1 who doeth all these   
things4 7,acts xv3 #ad-ag47 ,it is sad  
to think that ,christendom ignores such 
a revelation of the divine purpose and  
order and goes on in entirely different 
lines4 ,we are living now in the time of
 the outcalling of a people1 the        

,church1 the body of the ,lord ,jesus   
,christ is formed4 ,when that body is   
completed1 which does not mean the      
conversion of the world1 the ,lord will 
come for ,his outcalled saints and then 
with ,his saints in glory4 ,this will be
 followed1 according to the words of the
 prophets1 as we have so clearly seen in
 these studies by the building again of 
the tabernacle of ,david and all that is
 connected with it1 and then the residue
 of men1 the nations1 will seek the     
,lord4 ,it is also to be noticed that   
these nations will seek the ,lord of    
hosts in ,jerusalem and worship there   
before ,him4 ,this means that ,jerusalem
 will become the great center of not    
alone world government but also of      
worship4 ,the last chapter in this book 
of ,zechariah shows nations coming up to
 ,jerusalem on the feast of tabernacles4
  ,the last verse of the eighth chapter 
is the grandest of all4 ,thus saith the 
,lord of hosts1 in those days it shall  
be that ten men shall take hold out of  

all languages of the nations1 even shall
 take hold of the skirt of him that is a
 ,jew saying1 we will go with you for we
 have heard that ,god is with you4 ,this
 shows clearly what so often is doubted1
 namely1 that the ,jew converted and    
filled with the ,spirit will be the     
instrument for the conversion of the    
nations4 ,at this present time when a   
poor ,jew shows himself1 even in a      
so-called ,christian 787 land like ours1
 he will occasionally be followed by ten
 men or more who will mock him and call 
him names and perhaps assault him 7by no
 means a rare occurrence74 ,but it will 
all be changed in the day of ,israel's  
glory4 ,it will then be known that      
,israel is the blessed people1 and ten  
men out of all languages will beseech   
the ,jew to take him along to the most  
blessed spot in the earth1 to           
,jerusalem4  ,thus ends one of the most 
striking prophecies concerning the      
future of the ,seed of ,abraham and     
,abraham's land4 ,how strange that so   

few ,christian people care to study     
these sublime revelations1 which tell us
 how true and faithful our ,god is and  
which make it so clear and plain that   
the ,bible is divine1 the ,word of ,god4
 ,may ,he teach us1 who love these      
truths1 who love ,him and ,his          
appearing1 who is not only ,our ,hope   
but ,israel's ,hope as well1 may ,he    
teach us more and more to know ,his     
thoughts and purposes and to find our   
delight in them4     ,,chapter ,,ix4    
,the ,second ,part of the               
,prophecies--,the ,first                
,burden--,judgment upon ,hadrach1       
,hamath1 ,tyre and ,sidon--,his ,people 
,kept--,the ,king of ,peace and         
,righteousness ,announced--,victory over
 the ,enemies4  ,with the ninth chapter 
begins the second part of the book4 ,in 
it ,god shows through the prophet new   
and glorious visions of the ,kingdom1   
the conflicts which ,his people ,israel 
will have1 their victories and final    
deliverance1 ending with the sublime    

visions in the fourteenth chapter4 ,the 
,deliverer1 the ,king ,messiah1 is seen 
here likewise1 suffering1 rejected1     
pierced and slain1 the ,shepherd is     
smitten and rejected1 false shepherds   
take charge of the flock1 and calamities
 follow till the true ,shepherd appears 
again and they look upon ,him whom they 
pierced4 ,the ,gentiles are seen at last
 coming up to ,jerusalem to worship the 
,king1 the ,lord of ,hosts4 ,like the   
first part of the book1 we have in the  
second a series of prophecies which are 
progressive1 leading up higher and      
higher till the whole purpose of ,god is
 made known1 and the summit of ,glory to
 ,god in the ,highest1 ,peace on earth1 
is reached1 in the establishment of the 
,throne of ,jehovah in and over the     
earth4 ,oh1 how blind man is6 that he   
passes by the thoughts of his ,god and  
does not consider them1 nor find delight
 and pleasure in them4 ,the words of man
 are read and studied1 and the ,word of 
,god is set aside4 ,the great mass in   

,christendom is wise in their own       
conceits and hastens on to the great    
waking up1 when it will be too late4 ,it
 is for the few to look into these      
things and to know the secrets of our   
,god4 ,let us do it faithfully and      
prayerfully4  ,twice in this second part
 of ,zechariah we meet with the phrase  
,the burden of the ,word of ,jehovah4   
,the first time it stands in the        
beginning of the ninth chapter1 and the 
second time in the twelfth chapter4 ,we 
may conclude from this that the ninth1  
tenth and the eleventh chapters were    
given as one prophecy1 and the twelfth  
to the fourteenth were perhaps given    
some time later4  ,the land of ,hadrach 
against which the first burden in       
chapter ix4 commences cannot be         
correctly located4 ,its close connection
 with ,damascus and ,hamath show that   
the land of ,hadrach must have been a   
province of the ,syrian kingdom then in 
existence4 ,the ,phoenician cities ,tyre
 and ,sidon are next1 and then mention  

is made of four ,philistine cities4     
,against these1 ,syria1 ,phoenicia1 and 
the cities of the ,philistines1 a great 
calamity and overthrow is prophesied by 
,zechariah4 ,they are conquered by the  
hosts of an enemy1 and the rich         
treasuries of ,tyre are heaped together 
in the streets--silver as the dust and  
gold as the mire--the bulwarks are      
smitten1 and she herself consumed by    
fire4 ,from there the conquest goes on  
rapidly to the ,philistinian cities1 and
 the ,king of ,gaza perishes4 ,the      
question arises1 ,what conquest and     
calamity is this8 ,is it accomplished or
 is it still future8 ,history records   
one great conqueror who rapidly         
overthrew the countries and cities      
mentioned in this burden4 ,alexander the
 ,great and his expedition so           
successfully carried on is undoubtedly  
meant here4 ,all students of the        
prophetic ,scriptures know how          
prominently he likewise stands out in   
the ,book of ,daniel4 ,the young        

monarch1 after the battle of ,issus1    
besieged and quickly captured ,damascus4
 ,sidon was easily taken1 but ,tyre     
resisted him some seven months and was  
burned to the ground4 ,gaza and the     
other cities came next4 ,thus the burden
 of the ,word of ,jehovah as uttered    
here by ,zechariah was literally        
fulfilled in the ,syrian conquest of    
,alexander the ,great4 ,however1 history
 tells us that the armies of the        
youthful monarch passed by ,jerusalem a 
number of times without doing harm to   
the city4 ,this is remarkable1 and in   
accord with the prophecy of ,zechariah1 
for we read in the eighth verse1 ,and ,i
 will encamp against mine house1 against
 the army1 against him that passes      
through and returns1 and no oppressor   
shall come over them any more1 for now  
,i have seen it with mine eyes4  ,the   
,jewish historian ,josephus gives a very
 interesting account of the oppressor1  
and how ,alexander the ,great punished  
the ,samaritans1 and the reason why he  

did not besiege and conquer ,jerusalem4 
,the account which ,josephus gives is so
 important that we have to quote from   
it4  ,after the destruction of ,tyre1   
the conqueror marched against ,gaza1    
which was razed to the ground4 ,while   
,alexander was at the siege of ,tyre1 he
 sent to demand the surrender of        
,jerusalem4 ,the ,high ,priest sent an  
answer in which he stated that          
,jerusalem had entered into an alliance 
with the ,persian monarch4 ,after taking
 ,gaza1 ,alexander advanced suddenly    
against ,jerusalem4 ,jaddua1 the ,high  
,priest1 and the entire city were much  
frightened4 ,but in a vision ,god told  
the ,high ,priest to be of good cheer1  
to decorate the city and open the gates 
wide1 and to go forth in his priestly   
robes with all the priests in his train1
 and the people of the city clad in     
white garments4 ,jaddua obeyed and the  
doors were opened1 and the astonished   
enemy beheld a startling spectacle4 ,no 
sooner had ,alexander seen the ,high    

,priest in his gold embroidered robes   
with the holy name engraved on the      
turban1 then he fell upon his face and  
worshipped4 ,his attendants were greatly
 astonished4 ,the ,syrian kings who     
stood around feared that ,alexander had 
lost his reason4 ,one at length asked   
why he1 whom all the world worshipped1  
should do homage to the ,high ,priest of
 the ,jews4 ,alexander replied that he  
did not worship the ,high ,priest but   
his ,god4 ,in a vision in ,macedonia    
that figure in that very dress appeared 
to me4 ,he exhorted me to conquer       
,persia4 ,alexander entered with the    
priest into the city to offer           
sacrifices4 ,the ,high ,priest then     
acquainted him with the prophecies of   
,daniel1 showing that a ,greek was to   
overthrow the ,persian empire4 ,the     
account is without doubt a correct one1 
and we relate it here because this      
prophecy of the ,alexandrian conquest   
shows the wonderful escape of ,jerusalem
 that the oppressor shall not come over 

it4  ,however1 it is to be noticed that 
the eighth verse says that no oppressor 
shall come over them any more4 ,this    
puts before us again the final          
deliverance of ,jerusalem and ,israel's 
land as it is seen in the last chapter4 
,it is said that history repeats itself1
 but divine prophecy again and again    
announces events for the near future1   
and in it is seen a foreshadowing of    
other events1 and the original prophecy 
awaits a greater and final fulfillment4 
,the sentence quoted1 that no oppressor 
shall come over them any more1 brings   
the first burden of the word of ,jehovah
 in connection with the coming final    
deliverance of ,israel when they shall  
be planted upon their land1 and they    
shall no more be plucked up4 ,a final   
destructive visitation will be upon the 
enemies of ,israel and ,jerusalem2 in   
fact1 many of the ancient foes of       
,israel are seen revived in prophecy in 
the latter days then to be swept away1  
while ,jerusalem will again be          

miraculously saved4 ,in our exposition  
of the fourteenth chapter we hope to    
show the details of this4  ,the second  
section of the ninth chapter1 verses    
#i-aa1 which is so closely connected    
with the burden from verses #a-h1       
strengthens the above exegesis4 ,who    
would say that verses #i-aa have seen a 
complete fulfillment8 ,the greater part 
of it is still future1 and so it is     
likewise with the third section of the  
ninth chapter4 ,let us quote first      
verses #i-aa3     ,rejoice greatly1     
daughter of ,zion1    ,shout aloud      
daughter of ,jerusalem1    ,behold thy  
,king cometh to thee1    ,just and      
having salvation1    ,meek and riding   
upon an ass1    ,even upon a colt1 the  
she-ass's foal1    ,and ,i will cut off 
the chariot from ,ephraim1    ,and the  
horse from ,jerusalem1    ,and the      
battle bow shall be cut off1    ,and ,he
 shall speak peace unto the nations1    
,and ,his dominion shall be from sea to 
sea1    ,and from the river to the ends 

of the earth4    ,as for thee also1 for 
the sake of thy covenant blood1    ,i   
send forth thy prisoners from the       
waterless pit1    ,return to the        
stronghold--,prisoners of hope    ,even 
to-day ,i declare ,i will render double 
unto thee4  ,this stands in contrast to 
the ,grecian conqueror1 and it needs no 
proofs that the coming ,king whom       
,zechariah beholds is the ,king         
,messiah4 ,the ,jews acknowledge it as  
such4 ,one of the greatest ,jewish      
commentators says 7,rashi73 ,it is      
impossible to interpret it of any other 
than ,king ,messiah4 ,an interesting    
fable is based upon this prophecy1 and  
well known among orthodox ,jews4 ,rabbi 
,eliezer says1 commenting on the words  
lowly and riding upon an ass1 ,this is  
the ass1 the foal of that she-ass which 
was created in the twilight4 ,this is   
the ass which ,abraham our father       
saddled for the binding of ,isaac his   
son4 ,this is the ass upon which ,moses 
our teacher rode when he came to ,egypt1

 as it is said1 ,and he made them ride  
upon the ass 7,ex4 iv3 #bj74 ,this is   
the ass upon which the ,son of ,david   
shall ride4 ,other interesting          
quotations could be given from ,jewish  
writings1 but this is sufficient to show
 that the ,jews believe it to be a      
,messianic prophecy4 ,and what blindness
 that they do not see ,him who is the   
,messiah2 but is not the so-called      
higher criticism existing to-day in     
,christendom being taught in churches   
and schools1 that there are no          
,messianic prophecies in the ,old       
,testament1 much greater blindness8     
,alas6 so it is1 and the outcome can be 
nothing else in the end than the denial 
of the divinity of our ,lord1 or        
,unitarianism4  ,every reader of the new
 ,testament knows that this prophecy is 
quoted in the ,gospels4 ,let us look to 
the ,gospels and see its application4   
,first1 in the ,gospel of ,matthew1     
chapter xxi3 #e3 ,all this was done that
 it might be fulfilled which was spoken 

by the prophet1 saying1 ,tell the       
daughter of ,sion1 ,behold thy ,king    
cometh unto thee1 meek1 and sitting upon
 an ass1 upon a colt the foal of an ass4
 ,the context shows a great multitude   
there crying1 ,hosanna to the ,son of   
,david3 ,blessed is he that cometh in   
the name of the ,lord2 ,hosanna in the  
highest4 ,but soon the cry is changed   
into1 ,this is ,jesus the prophet from  
,nazareth of ,galilee4 ,notice the ,holy
 ,spirit quoting from ,zechariah leaves 
out the sentence1 ,he is just1 having   
salvation4 ,this is not an error1 but it
 is the divine right of the ,spirit who 
gave the prophecies in olden times to   
apply them correctly in the ,new        
,testament4 ,in the ,gospel of ,mark in 
the eleventh chapter there is likewise  
the description of ,christ's entry into 
,jerusalem1 but ,zechariah is not       
quoted4 ,the same is true of the account
 given by ,luke1 chapter xix41 and here 
,he is mentioned as the ,king that      
cometh in the name of ,jehovah1 peace in

 heaven and glory in the highest4 ,in   
the fourth ,gospel1 chapter xii3 #ae1   
the account of ,his coming to ,jerusalem
 is much shorter than in the other      
,gospels4 ,it says there1 ,fear not1    
daughter of ,sion2 behold1 thy ,king    
cometh1 sitting upon an ass's colt4  ,we
 see from this that the four ,gospels   
give each an account of the entry of the
 ,lord into ,jerusalem2 two of them     
quote from ,zechariah and the other two 
do not4 ,the quotations themselves are  
differing from the prophecy in          
,zechariah ix4 in two respects4 ,the    
first words1 ,rejoice greatly1 is not at
 all used4 ,in ,matthew it is1 ,tell the
 daughter of ,sion1 and in ,john1 ,fear 
not daughter of ,sion4 ,the sentence1   
,he is just and having salvation1 is    
left out in both4  ,a superficial       
exposition of the ,word claims that     
,zechariah's prophecy was fulfilled in  
the event recorded by the ,gospels4 ,as 
far as ,his entry into ,jerusalem is    
concerned1 riding upon the colt the foal

 of an ass 7and note in ,matthew it is  
shown that both the colt and the ass are
 brought to ,him4 ,he could ride of     
course only upon one1 but the she-ass   
had to go along in fulfillment of       
prophecy71 and the way ,he came1 meekly1
 in this respect the prophecy was       
fulfilled4 ,this entry of the ,son of   
,man into ,jerusalem was ,his formal    
presentation to ,jerusalem as its ,king1
 but1 as stated above1 the ,messianic   
cry of welcome ,blessed is ,he1 soon    
changes into1 ,jesus the prophet from   
,nazareth in ,galilee1 and that again in
 the final cry of rejection1 ,crucify   
,him1 crucify ,him6 ,there was no       
salvation for ,israel then1 and no      
kingdom for ,him1 hence no rejoicing is 
mentioned in the quotations4  ,it is    
,his second coming to ,jerusalem as the 
,son of ,man in ,his glory which will   
bring the fulfillment of ,zechariah ix3 
#i-aa4 ,true1 the colt1 the she ass's   
foal1 will not be the animal ,he rides1 
but ,he will come upon a white horse    

followed by the armies of heaven4 ,he   
comes then truly for ,jerusalem1        
fulfilling the prophecy1 ,just is ,he   
having salvation 7marginal reading1     
,victory74 ,there will be again the     
welcome cry of the #aahth ,psalm1       
,blessed is ,he that cometh in the name 
of ,jehovah1 preceded by the plea1      
,hosanna1 save now4  ,the tenth and     
eleventh verses show clearly that the   
prophecy is yet to be fulfilled and can 
be only fulfilled in the coming of the  
,son of ,man in ,his glory4 ,one of the 
reasons why modern ,judaism rejects     
,jesus of ,nazareth1 and does not       
believe ,him to be the promised         
,redeemer1 is in this prophecy4 ,rabbi  
,f4 ,de ,sola ,mendes1 of ,new ,york1   
brings in a little book1 ,a ,hebrew's   
,reply to the ,missionaries1 the        
following argument3 ,we reject ,jesus of
 ,nazareth as our ,messiah on account of
 ,his deeds4 ,he says of ,himself3      
',think not that ,i am come to send     
peace on the earth2 ,i came not to send 

peace but a sword1' etc4 ,but we find   
that our prophets ascribe to the true   
,messiah quite different actions4       
,zechariah says 7ix3 #aj71 ,he shall    
speak peace to the nations4 ,jesus says 
,he came to send the sword on the earth2
 whereas1 ,isaiah says of the true      
,messianic time1 ,they shall beat their 
swords into ploughshares1 and their     
spears into pruninghooks2 nation shall  
not lift up sword against nation2       
neither shall they learn war any more4  
,of course the ,jew is right in         
expecting the literal fulfillment of    
this prophecy1 and it will be fulfilled 
when ,he comes again and the restoration
 of all things will follow1 as spoken by
 the mouth of all his holy prophets4    
,when ,he appears again1 in like manner 
as ,he went into heaven1 that is not for
 ,his saints but with ,his saints1 there
 will be peace for ,ephraim and for     
,jerusalem1 and the kingdom is then     
restored to ,israel1 that is1 to the    
house of ,judah and the house of        

,israel4 ,the chariot1 the horse1 and   
the battlebow will be cut off4  ,not    
alone will ,he bring peace to the       
covenant people but to the nations4 ,he 
will speak peace4 ,and ,he shall stand1 
and shall feed ,his flock in the        
strength of the ,lord1 in the majesty of
 the name of ,jehovah ,his ,god1 and    
they shall abide2 for now shall ,he be  
great unto the ends of the earth4 ,and  
this man shall be our peace 7,micah v3  
#d1 #e74 ,there will be abundance of    
peace 7,ps4 lxxii3 #g74 ,his dominion   
will be from sea to sea and to the ends 
of the earth4  ,the prisoners of hope to
 be released1 by the blood of the       
covenant1 from the pit wherein there is 
no water1 is the nation whose captivity 
is now ended4 ,how strange that people  
should take a passage like this and     
interpret it as meaning the restitution 
of the wicked and the ungodly from the  
pit4 ,there is nothing taught in the    
,word like that which some people term a
 larger hope4 ,the restitution          

7restoration7 of all things is not left 
to the fanciful interpretation of the   
human mind1 but is clearly defined by   
the ,word itself1 as spoken by the      
prophets4 ,in the vision of the dry     
bones in ,ezekiel xxxvii1 ,israel's     
complaint is1 ,our hope is lost4 ,but   
when ,he is manifested1 who is indeed   
the ,hope of ,israel1 the prisoners 7the
 captives71 will be released and        
cleansed4 ,refrain thy voice from       
weeping and thine eyes from tears4 4 4 4
 ,there is hope for thy latter end1     
saith the ,lord1 and thy children shall 
come again to their own border 7,jer4   
xxxi3 #ag74 ,the exhortation to return  
to the stronghold follows4 ,israel will 
then sing1 ,he brought me up out of an  
horrible pit1 out of the miry clay1 and 
,he set my feet upon a rock1 and        
established my goings 7,ps4 xl3 #b74    
,double will be rendered unto them1 as  
promised1 ,speak to the heart of        
,jerusalem1 and cry unto her that her   
warfare is accomplished1 that her       

iniquity is pardoned1 that she has      
received of the ,lord's hand double for 
all her sins 7,is4 xl3 #b74 ,for your   
shame ye shall have double1 and for     
confusion they shall rejoice in their   
portion2 therefore in their land they   
shall possess double2 everlasting joy   
shall be unto them 7,is4 lxi3 #g74  ,and
 now we come to the third section of    
this chapter4 ,the scene changes once   
more4 ,the chapter commences with scenes
 of war1 strife1 battles and overthrow1 
and it ends with scenes of war and words
 of cheer for ,zion4 ,in the middle     
stands the ,king and ,his advent1 the   
kingdom of peace1 which ,he will        
establish4  ,alexander's successor1     
,antiochus ,epiphanes1 and ,zion's      
successful resistance1 is undoubtedly   
the first fulfillment of the third      
section4 ,the ,prophet ,daniel speaks   
likewise of this terrible man of sin1   
,antiochus ,epiphanes 7chap4 viii74 ,not
 like ,alexander1 passing by ,jerusalem1
 he invaded the land of ,judah1 and     

endeavored to force the idolatry of     
,greece upon the ,jews4 ,entering       
,jerusalem1 he slew #dj1jjj of the      
inhabitants1 and a larger number were   
sold as slaves4 ,he then entered the    
temple1 seized the rich treasures stored
 there1 and commanded a big swine to be 
sacrificed upon the altar of            
burnt-offering1 and with the blood the  
sacred place was defiled4 ,a bitter     
struggle commenced1 for ,antiochus tried
 to exterminate the ,jews and their     
religion as well4 ,every observance of  
the ,jewish religion was forbidden1 the 
,sabbath had to be profaned1 and unclean
 food had to be eaten4 ,idols were set  
up in the temple4 ,instead of the       
,jewish feasts1 the feasts of idols1    
with all their shocking abominations and
 immoralities1 were introduced1 and the 
,jews were forced to join in them4      
,thousands suffered martyrdom4 ,but all 
at once a few people stood up against   
the abominations1 the ,maccabeans1 and  
in a struggle lasting about twenty-five 

years1 they fought successfully against 
the enemies4 ,miraculous victories were 
achieved1 and thousands and tens of     
thousands of the idolators slain1 and   
,jerusalem and the land freed from the  
abomination4  ,this terrible visitation 
of the land and the wonderful victory of
 the ,maccabeans is foretold by the     
prophet in the closing verses of the    
ninth chapter4 ,we will quote the       
passage3     ,i bend for me ,judah and  
fill the bow with ,ephraim1    ,and ,i  
will stir up thy sons1 ,zion1 against   
thy sons1 ,greece1    ,and make thee    
like the sword of a mighty man4         
,jehovah shall be seen over them1       
,and ,his arrow shall go forth like     
lightning1    ,and the ,lord ,jehovah   
shall blow the trumpet4    ,he shall go 
with whirlwinds of the ,south4    ,the  
,lord of ,hosts shall cover them2       
,they shall devour and tread down       
slingstones1    ,and they drink and make
 a noise as from wine1    ,and they     
shall be filled like bowls1 as the      

corners of the altar4    ,and ,jehovah  
their ,god saves them in that day1 as   
the flock of       ,his people2    ,for 
jewels of a crown shall they be1        
glittering over ,his land1    ,for how  
great is ,his goodness and how great    
,his beauty6    ,corn shall make the    
young men flourish1 and new wine        
maidens4  ,but again we have to remark  
that this prophecy is only partially    
fulfilled4 ,the terrible tribulation of 
the land of ,judah when ,antiochus      
,epiphanes invaded the land1 is but a   
type of the great tribulation1 the time 
of ,jacob's trouble4 ,antiochus         
,epiphanes1 in his awful fight against  
,jehovah and the ,lord's people1 is a   
type of the final ,antichrist1 and the  
,jewish saints slain by him are types of
 the ,jewish saints which will be       
beheaded during the tribulation4        
,jehovah will fight then1 as it is      
stated here1 against those nations in   
that day 7,zech4 xiv74 ,the remnant of  
,israel will then be victorious4 ,thus  

everything is seen in this chapter in a 
past fulfillment1 but only partial1 and 
in it a future fulfillment1 which will  
be complete4  ,we cannot leave this     
chapter without calling attention to the
 blessed statement3     ,for jewels of a
 crown they shall be1 glittering over   
,his land4  ,the slain who suffered     
martyrdom are meant1 and all those who  
fought for ,jehovah's name and honor4   
,may not the statement in ,hebrews xi4  
refer to this time8 ,others had trials  
of mockings and scourgings1 yea moreover
 of bonds and imprisonment3 they were   
stoned1 they were sawn asunder1 they    
were tempted1 they were slain with the  
sword they went about in sheepskins1 in 
goatskins3 being destitute1 afflicted1  
evil entreated1 of whom the world was   
not worthy1 wandering in deserts and in 
mountains and caves and the holes of the
 earth 7,heb4 xi3 #cf-ci74  ,and all    
will find a repetition during the coming
 tribulation4 ,but the time for reward  
has not yet come4 ,the throne of glory  

is not yet revealed1 and the jewels1 the
 saints made up in a crown1 glittering  
over the land are not yet seen4 ,but the
 assurance is given1 ,they shall be     
,mine1 saith the ,lord of ,hosts1 in    
that day when ,i make up my jewels      
7,mal4 iii3 #ag74 ,thou shalt also be a 
crown of glory in the hand of ,jehovah1 
and a royal diadem in the hand of thy   
,god 7,isa4 lxii3 #c74 ,and ,i saw the  
souls of them that were beheaded for the
 witness of ,jesus and for the word of  
,god1 and which had not worshipped the  
beast1 neither his image1 neither had   
received his mark upon their foreheads  
or in their hands1 and they lived and   
reigned with ,christ a thousand years4  
,revel4 xx3 #f4 ,oh1 blessed hope of all
 the saints6 ,to be with ,christ in     
,glory1 in ,his throne1 and sharing ,his
 rule4 ,in that day of manifestation1   
when ,christ our life is manifested1 and
 we shall be manifested with ,him in    
glory--glory never ceasing1 but ever    
increasing1 in the countless ages to    

come1 redeemed sinners will be the      
jewels of ,his crown1 and ,he shall see 
the travail of ,his soul and be         
satisfied4     ,,chapter ,x4  ,more     
,blessings promised to ,judah and       
,israel4--,the ,nation                  
,victorious4--,judah and ,ephraim       
blessed1 gathered and restored1 and     
their enemies overcome4  ,the tenth     
chapter continues to unfold ,israel's   
future blessings and restoration1 and in
 it ,ephraim1 the house of ,israel1 is  
especially mentioned4 ,the chapter      
begins with a contrast4 ,in the first   
verse there is a call to prayer1 and the
 assurance of an answer given2 in the   
second verse the idols are mentioned    
which ,israel worshipped and which give 
no comfort4  ,ask of ,jehovah rain in   
the time of the latter rain4 ,the former
 rain and the latter rain are often     
spoken of in the ,word4 ,it is of course
 first to be understood of the natural  
rain coming from the clouds upon the    
land4 ,the rain withheld and the land   

becomes a desert1 the rain given and the
 land flows again with milk and honey4  
,i will give you the rain of your land  
in his due season1 the first rain and   
the latter rain1 that thou mayest gather
 in thy corn1 thy wine and thine oil4 4 
4 4 ,take heed to yourselves that your  
heart be not deceived1 and ye turn      
aside1 and serve other gods1 and worship
 them2 and the ,lord's wrath will be    
kindled against you and ,he shut up the 
heavens1 that there be no rain and that 
the land yield not her fruit2 and lest  
ye perish quickly from off the good land
 which the ,lord giveth you4 7,deut4 xi3
 #ad-ag47  ,the first rain came upon the
 seed placed into the ground1 while the 
latter rain was necessary to ripen the  
fruit4 ,israel's sin1 unbelief1         
disobedience and apostacy have shut the 
heavens and keep them shut so that there
 is no rain and the land is a           
wilderness1 waste and desolate4 ,an     
abundance of rain is promised to them   
when ,jehovah appears again4 ,much of   

late has been said that ,palestine      
becomes fruitful once more4 ,it is said 
that the statistics show that during the
 last years the rainfall has increased  
by so many inches4 ,this statement is   
denied by others4 ,some believers make  
much of this rainfall and think that it 
is a sign of ,his coming1 an indication 
that ,god's favor is being restored to  
the land4 ,this is incorrect4 ,the      
abundance of rain1 the latter rain1 is  
not promised for the land at this       
present time1 but it will come after the
 great tribulation1 and is closely      
connected with the manifestation of the 
,lord from heaven in the clouds4 ,the   
fruitfulness as it is seen now in the   
land--by no means general1 but only in  
spots--is brought about mostly by       
artificial means1 such as irrigation4   
,during the great tribulation there will
 be no rain4 7,rev4 xi3 #f47 ,modern    
,zionism1 in its ,god-dishonoring       
unbelief1 with its immense resources of 
wealth and influence1 may succeed in    

transforming the land of the ,fathers4  
,indeed this is their scheme--building  
railroads1 channels for irrigation1     
factories1 mines1 institutions of       
learning1 etc4 ,but the great           
tribulation will sweep it all away once 
more1 and disaster will come swiftly    
when the plan of a ,jewish ,kingdom1    
without ,him who is the ,king of the    
,jews1 seems to be realized4 ,it is not 
for the believer to look now for the    
promised latter rain4 ,all this looking 
for signs has a tendency to foster the  
idea that the church will pass through  
the tribulation4 ,if that were the case 
we might well look to the signs around  
us and look 7as some believers do7 where
 ,antichrist is to come from4  ,the     
latter rain stands in connection with   
the ,lord's manifestation for ,israel4  
,let us know1 follow on to know         
,jehovah3 like the morning ,his coming  
is sure1 and ,he shall come like the    
rain for us1 like the latter rain       
watering the earth4 7,hosea vi3 #c47 ,o 

ye children of ,zion1 rejoice and be    
glad in ,jehovah your ,god2 ,he gives   
you the former rain in a just measure1  
and sends you in showers the early and  
the latter rain as in times of old4     
7,joel ii3 #bc47 ,it is time to seek    
,jehovah1 until ,he come to rain        
righteousness upon you4 7,hosea x3 #ab47
 ,but the latter rain is also a type of 
spiritual blessings4 ,it includes all   
the blessed promises in spiritual       
things1 and especially does it stand for
 the full harvest which comes in after  
the heaven is opened and that great     
outpouring of the ,spirit takes place4  
7,joel ii3 #bh47 ,it is unscriptural to 
expect now in this time such a latter   
rain1 just as it is unscriptural to     
expect now the rain upon the land of    
,israel4 ,how many prayers there are now
 in ,christendom1 well meant            
undoubtedly2 prayers for the outpouring 
of the ,holy ,spirit1 prayers for a new 
,pentecost1 even prayers for the outward
 manifestations2 all these prayers have 

no scriptural foundation1 and cannot be 
answered now in the dispensation in     
which we live4 ,there will be the latter
 rain1 the outpouring of the ,spirit    
upon all flesh2 but it stands in        
connection with the day of the ,lord and
 with ,god's earthly people4  ,truly1 as
 the beginning of ,zechariah x4 has it1 
in the time of the latter rain there    
will be prayer for it1 but the prayer   
does not come from the lips of          
church-saints1 but it comes from the    
lips of the ,jewish remnant4 ,the       
assurance is given that ,jehovah will   
send the showers of rain1 and before    
they come ,he will create the lightning4
 ,the lightnings stand for ,his wrath   
and judgment1 which will proceed before 
the showers of blessing4 ,in ,his coming
 ,he will be like the lightning falling 
from the clouds4  ,the second verse puts
 before us another picture4 ,the        
apostacy of the nation and their        
idolatry are now brought before us4 ,the
 original word for idols is teraphim1   

and these were household gods1 which    
were consulted by them4 ,spiritism 7or  
as it is also called ,spiritualism71    
this awful delusion so strong in the    
last times1 is not a new thing4 ,we can 
trace it to the remotest ages1 and the  
nations which are still in the darkness 
of heathendom still practice it4 ,it is 
very powerful in ,india and in ,china1  
and upheld by the father of lies from   
where it springs4 ,israel knew it       
likewise1 and was closely connected with
 its abominations4 ,the teraphim were   
little figures which in some way by     
movements or mysterious noises gave an  
answer to questions4 ,men did then go   
about as sorcerers1 and mediums had     
visions and dreams4 ,hearken not to your
 prophets1 nor to your diviners1 nor to 
your dreamers1 nor to your enchanters1  
nor to your sorcerers1 which speak unto 
you1 saying1 ,ye shall not serve the    
,king of ,babylon4 ,they prophesy a lie 
unto you4 7,jer4 xxvii3 #i47 ,let not   
your diviners that are in the midst of  

you deceive you4 4 4 4 ,i have not sent 
them1 7,jer4 xxii3 #h1 #i47 ,what an    
awful sin it was that ,israel could thus
 join themselves to idols and practice  
the abominable things4 ,soon the        
punishment fell upon them and they were 
carried into captivity1 as the second   
verse states4 ,therefore they have      
wandered like a flock1 they are         
oppressed because there is no shepherd4 
,jehovah had been rejected by them1 and 
in this rejection is seen the rejection 
which followed when they rejected the   
,son4 ,here ,hosea iii3 #d is to be     
taken into consideration4 ,the children 
of ,israel shall abide many days 7the   
dispersion in which they are now7       
without a king and without a prince1    
without a sacrifice and without an      
image1 without an ephod and teraphim4   
,the next verse speaks of their         
conversion in the latter days4 ,during  
their dispersion they will have neither 
the old worship of ,jehovah nor will    
they hold any longer to the teraphim and

 ask guidance of them4 ,how truly it has
 all been fulfilled1 ,however there is a
 word which the ,lord spoke1 which is   
here likewise to be mentioned4 ,it is   
one of the many misunderstood passages  
in the ,new ,testament4 ,we find it in  
,matthew xii3 #dc-de4 ,when the unclean 
spirit is gone out of a man1 he walketh 
through dry places1 seeking rest and    
findeth none4 ,then he saith ,i will    
return to my house from whence ,i came  
out2 and when he has come he findeth it 
empty1 swept and garnished4 ,then he    
goeth and taketh with himself seven     
other spirits more wicked than himself1 
and they enter in and dwell there1 and  
the last state of that man is worse than
 the first4 ,even so shall it be unto   
this wicked generation4 ,the unclean    
spirit of idolatry had left the nation  
after the return from the captivity1 but
 there is in that wicked generation at  
last a return of the same evil spirit   
with seven others worse than the spirit 
of idolatry1 and the last of that man   

7unbelieving ,israel7 is worse than the 
first4 ,this seems to us is the true    
application of this passage4 ,israel is 
rapidly nearing the time when unclean   
spirits with idols will have control    
over them4 ,he who comes in his own     
name1 the false ,messiah1 the devil's   
masterpiece with all his delusions and  
lying wonders1 will be worshipped by    
them and the outcast demons will enter  
the house again4 ,this is clearly seen  
in ,zech4 xiii3 #b4 ,it shall be in that
 day 7after the nation has looked upon  
the pierced one71 saith ,jehovah of     
hosts1 ,i will cut off the names of the 
idols from the land1 and they shall be  
remembered no more2 and also the        
prophets and the spirits of uncleanness 
will ,i cause to pass out of the land4  
,a return to teraphim1 sorcery1         
divination1 etc41 is already noticeable 
in our day4 ,the superstitions of       
talmudical ,judaism are many1 and the   
modern revival of the ancient teraphim1 
in ,spiritism1 through mediums1 tables1 

etc41 finds not a few followers among   
the ,jews4 ,what will it be when the man
 of sin is in the earth8 ,all the world 
will wonder after the beast4  ,in verses
 #c-e we see once more the events which 
belong to ,israel's future4 ,mention is 
made first of the ,house of ,judah4     
,against the shepherds ,his anger is    
kindled1 and the he-goats will be       
punished 7false leaders of the people   
and their enemies47 ,then ,jehovah      
visits ,his flock1 the house of ,judah1 
and ,he will make them like ,his goodly 
horse in war4 ,like heroes they are     
treading down the foes4 ,they fight     
successfully against the enemies1 for   
,jehovah is once more with them and the 
day of vengeance has come1 and the      
riders on horses are put to shame by    
them4 ,the parables of ,balaam tell us  
what ,israel will be at last1 and how   
like a young lion they will spring upon 
the prey4 ,even now in dispersion the   
,jew inspires terror and is feared by   
the nations4 ,this fear1 which produces 

anti-,semitism 7so strong in our times71
 has a good reason1 for they will soon  
be the head of the nations and no longer
 the tail4  ,the words in the fourth    
verse1 ,from him 7,judah7 the           
cornerstone1 from him the nail4 4 4 have
 been differently interpreted4 ,the nail
 is in the oriental house a large pin1  
often very beautifully ornamented1 and  
the most costly things are hanged       
thereupon4 ,and ,i will fasten him as a 
nail in a sure place and he shall be for
 a glorious throne to his father's      
house4 ,and they shall hang upon him all
 the glory of his father's house4       
7,isaiah xxii3 #bc1 #bd47 ,the ,shemeth 
rabbah1 a ,jewish interpretation1 says  
on this verse1 this is ,king ,david2 as 
it is said1 the stone which the builders
 rejected is become the chief           
cornerstone4 ,some say it is spoken     
concerning the ,lord1 that ,he is the   
cornerstone and the nail4 ,it refers to 
,him no doubt1 but what is spoken of    
,him finds also a fulfillment in        

restored ,israel4 ,thus ,israel is yet  
to be the cornerstone upon which        
everything rests in the earth1 and the  
nail upon which hangs the glory4  ,the  
rest of the chapter speaks of           
restoration of the house of ,judah and  
the house of ,israel4 ,the house of     
,judah will be strengthened1 and the    
house of ,joseph 7the ten tribes7 will  
be saved4 ,ephraim1 standing likewise   
for the house of ,israel1 shall become  
like a hero1 and their heart shall      
rejoice1 and their sons shall see and   
rejoice1 their heart shall exult in     
,jehovah4 ,i will hiss to them and will 
gather them1 for ,i have redeemed them1 
and they shall increase as they did     
increase4 ,and ,i will sow them among   
many peoples1 and in far countries they 
shall remember me1 and with their       
children they shall live and return4    
7,verses #g-i47 ,their bringing back    
will be from the land of ,egypt and from
 ,assyria4 ,with it is the judgment of  
the nations2 they will be cast down and 

the restored people shall walk in ,his  
name4  ,the prophecy brings before us   
the old question concerning the ten     
tribes or the house of ,israel4 ,these  
tribes are generally called the lost    
tribes1 and as such they have been found
 perhaps a hundred times by as many     
different persons4 ,the ,north ,american
 ,indians1 the ,afghans1 the            
,nestorians1 tribes in the interior of  
,africa as well as in ,china1 and even  
the ,hottentots of ,south ,africa1 have 
been declared to be the lost tribes4 ,we
 believe that this looking for the lost 
tribes and to locate them is something  
against which the ,holy ,spirit warns   
when ,he declares1 ,but avoid foolish   
questions and genealogies and           
contentions and striving about the law1 
for they are unprofitable and vain4     
7,titus iii3 #i47 ,neither give heed to 
fables and endless genealogies1 which   
minister questions rather than godly    
edyfing which is in faith4 7#a ,tim3    
#a-d47 ,we think it wrong to go into    

such speculations on matters which the  
,lord purposely has hid in ,his ,word4  
,we would have nothing else to say on   
this topic were it not for a very       
strange teaching which has fascinated   
many minds and which has become very    
popular both in ,england and in         
,america4 ,we have reference to the     
so-called ,anglo-,israel theory4        
,according to this theory the lost      
tribes have been found in the           
,anglo-,saxon race1 and that ,god has   
kept ,his promises made to the house of 
,israel and fulfilled them and fulfills 
them now in the two nations1 ,america   
and ,england4 ,it is a theory1 and the  
,word of ,god is used to prove it4 ,this
 may be done with any theory1 and       
scripture twisted out of its place can  
be made to prove almost anything4       
,anglo-,israel is a delusion1 and it is 
strange that so many believers have     
become infatuated with it and suffer    
consequently from it4 ,the theory is    
based upon a very serious mistake in the

 exposition of the prophetic ,word4 ,all
 through prophecy we find promises which
 belong to the house of ,israel 7and to 
,judah likewise71 the conflicts1 the    
victories over their enemies1 temporal  
blessings1 etc4 ,these promises are to  
be realized in the latter days4 ,the    
phrase latter days1 however1 is         
misunderstood1 and believed to be the   
days in which we live2 while in fact the
 latter days are still future and have  
not yet been reached4 ,prophecies which 
are spoken concerning the future are    
looked upon as already fulfilled4  ,in  
this way the ninth verse in our chapter 
is misunderstood1 ,and ,i will sow them 
among the peoples1 and in far countries 
they shall remember me1 and with their  
children they shall live and return4    
,this passage is often quoted in        
,anglo-,israel literature1 and is always
 put down as being fulfilled in the     
,anglo-,saxon race4 ,we claim that it   
has not yet been fulfilled1 but will be 
fulfilled when the house of ,judah has  

been restored1 and they as well as the  
house of ,israel are in the land and    
form one people1 ,god's earthly kingdom 
people4 ,this is true of all the        
promises which ,anglo-,israelism claims 
to have found a fulfillment4  ,it is    
true they are now scattered among the   
nations and the ,lord knows them and ,he
 knows where they are and in due time   
,he will send hunters to hunt them out  
and fishers to fish them in 7,jer4 xvi3 
#af72 and they will be brought back to  
the land upon horses and in chariots1   
etc4 7,isaiah lxvi3 #bj47 ,after that   
they will be sown among the peoples4    
,they are then in the far countries and 
increase as they did before and are a   
blessing to the nations and not a curse4
 ,their seed shall be known among the   
,gentiles and their offspring among the 
people1 all that see them shall         
acknowledge them that they are the seed 
which the ,lord has blessed4 7,isaiah   
lxi3 #i47 ,judah's return will be from  
all directions1 but according to the    

tenth verse ,ephraim will be brought    
back from ,egypt and ,assyria4          
,anglo-,israel is a very poor ,ishmael  
attempt to help ,god to keep ,his       
promises4  ,when all this takes place   
the ,lord will pass through the sea and 
there will be affliction4 ,the ,nile is 
mentioned1 and in ,assyria the pride    
will be brought down1 no sceptre any    
longer in ,egypt4 ,only then after this 
manifestation will they walk 7,judah and
 ,israel7 in ,his name1 and not before4 
,,chapter ,,xi4  ,scenes of overthrow   
and slaughter4--,the ,shepherd with the 
two staves1 ,beauty and ,bands4--,he is 
rejected4--,the thirty pieces of        
silver4--,the foolish shepherd and his  
punishment4  ,the eleventh chapter      
presents a very dark scene4 ,so far we  
have seen that the prophet saw in       
visions and heard from the ,lord nothing
 but blessings and mercies for ,israel1 
restoration both national and spiritual1
 overthrow of all their enemies1        
destruction of the world powers1        

establishment of the theocracy and world
 conquest2 but now the scene changes    
completely4 ,that which precedes all    
these blessed events1 the events for    
which indeed the earth and groaning     
creation is waiting1 is now unfolded in 
all the terrible details1 ,israel's     
apostacy and dreadful punishment on     
account of the rejection of the         
,shepherd1 and instead of ,him there is 
given a foolish shepherd4  ,we will     
briefly review the entire chapter before
 taking up the study of it in details4  
,the first three verses contain a       
sublime description of the visitation   
which was to come upon the land of      
,israel4 ,in the fourth verse the nation
 is seen as a flock of slaughter1 and   
the buyers who slaughter them are not   
guilty1 and their sellers are getting   
rich by it4 ,the inhabitants of the land
 are not spared2 all is waste and there 
is no deliverance4 ,in the seventh verse
 the reason of all this judgment is     
seen4 ,the ,prophet does a symbolic act4

 ,as a shepherd he represents the good  
,shepherd of ,israel1 the ,messiah4 ,he 
comes to save them from the terrible    
calamity1 but he is rejected4 ,the      
shepherd has two staves1 ,beauty and    
,bands4 ,he breaks one first and asks   
his price1 and they offer him the price 
of a slave1 thirty pieces of silver1    
which he at the word of ,jehovah casts  
from himself4 ,the second staff is      
broken4 ,instead of the staves the      
,prophet takes the instruments of a     
foolish shepherd1 undoubtedly weapons of
 destruction4 ,they perish1 they stray1 
they are wounded1 they suffer and are   
devoured4 ,at last the foolish shepherd 
is punished4 ,this is a birdseye view of
 the chapter4 ,we will consider the     
details under three divisions3 ,the     
judgment upon the land and the slaughter
 of the flock2 the cause of it4 ,the    
,shepherd rejected and set aside4 ,and  
in the third place the foolish shepherd4
  ,i4 ,the judgment upon the land1 the  
temple1 and the slaughter of the flock  

7verses #a-f74     ,open thy doors1     
,lebanon2    ,let the fire devour thy   
cedars4    ,howl1 fir tree2 for the     
cedar is fallen2    ,because the lofty  
ones are spoiled4    ,howl1 oaks of     
,bashan1    ,for the high forest is come
 down4    ,a voice of the howling of the
 shepherds3    ,for their glory is      
spoiled4    ,a voice of the roaring of  
young lions1    ,for the pride of       
,jordan is spoiled4  ,what an awful     
picture these three verses present to   
us1 and how sublime the language6       
,everything is swept away by a mighty   
conflagration4 ,it starts among the     
lofty cedars of ,lebanon2 the fir tree  
is its prey1 and the oaks of ,bashan as 
well as the high forest come down1 and  
it ends at the ,jordan4 ,in the midst of
 it is heard the howling of the         
shepherds and the roaring of the young  
lions4 ,we have in these three verses a 
description of the terrible and complete
 judgment which was to fall and which   
has fallen upon the land of ,israel on  

account of their disobedience and       
wickedness4 ,the destruction of the     
temple by fire is of course included in 
this scene of burning and devastation4  
,jewish interpretation sees especially  
in these verses the prophecy of the     
destruction of the temple in ,jerusalem4
 ,the following is a quotation from the 
,talmudical tract ,yoma4 ,our ,rabbis   
have learnt from tradition that forty   
years before the destruction of the     
temple the lot never used to fall to the
 right hand but to the left4 ,the lamp  
of the evening light would not burn1 and
 the doors of the temple used to open of
 their own accord1 until ,rabbi         
,yochanan1 the son of ,zakkai1 rebuked  
them4 ,he said to it1 ,o ,temple1       
,temple1 why art thou terrifying        
thyself8 ,i know well that thy end is to
 be destroyed1 for already ,zechariah1  
the son of ,iddo1 hath prophesied1 ,open
 thy doors1 ,o ,lebanon1 and let a fire 
consume thy cedars6 ,as the time of     
,jerusalem's overthrow and the          

devastation of the land drew nearer1    
after the rejection of the ,lord ,jesus 
,christ and ,his apostles1 strange signs
 in heaven and earth were seen in       
,jerusalem and throughout the land4     
,they were signs of warning of the      
coming doom1 and must have had a special
 significance for the remnant of        
,jewish-,christians who still were in   
the doomed city4 ,josephus mentions a   
series of these signs3 ,a comet which   
had the appearance of a huge sword hang 
over the city for a whole year4 ,while  
the people were assembled at the feast  
of unleavened bread1 at the sixth hour  
of the night1 a sudden bright light     
shone about the temple4 ,on ,pentecost1 
when the priests entered by night into  
the temple they said that they heard    
many voices proclaim1 ,let us depart    
hence4 ,a certain ,jew1 the son of      
,ananus1 began suddenly to cry in the   
temple3 ',a voice from the ,east and a  
voice from the ,west6 ,a voice from the 
four winds6 ,a voice against ,jerusalem 

and against the ,temple6 ,a voice       
against the bridegrooms and the brides6 
,a voice against the whole people6' ,day
 and night in the narrow streets he     
repeated this cry in a loud voice4 ,he  
was severely beaten4 ,he uttered neither
 shriek nor pain nor prayer for mercy1  
but raising his sad and broken voice he 
cried at every blow of the scourge1     
',woe1 woe to ,jerusalem6' ,for four    
years the son of ,ananus paid no        
attention to anyone1 and never spake    
excepting the same words1 ,woe to       
,jerusalem6 ,he neither cursed anyone   
who struck him nor thanked anyone who   
gave him food1 but continued to cry1    
',woe1 woe to the city and to the       
temple6' 7,milman's ,history of the     
,jews1 ,vol4 ,,ii47 ,the above event    
spoken of in the tract ,yoma1 which the 
pious ,rabbi ,yochanan thought to be in 
fulfillment of ,zechariah xi3#a1 is also
 mentioned by ,josephus4 ,he says1 ,the 
eastern gate of the inner temple1 which 
was of brass and very heavy1 and had    

been with difficulty shut by twenty men1
 was seen to open by itself about the   
sixth hour of the night4  ,once more    
,jerusalem is to be compassed about by  
armies and then there will be signs in  
earth and in the heavens4 ,earthquakes  
will shake the city1 mountains will sink
 down and valleys will be exalted1 the  
sun will be darkened and the moon turned
 into blood1 fire and smoke will arise4 
,the climax of it all will be the       
manifestation of the ,lord who will     
overthrow ,israel's enemies4  ,other    
interpreters among the ,jews declare    
that this prophecy speaks of the        
destruction of the temple4  ,the correct
 interpretation is that it includes all 
the devastation of the land1 the burning
 of the temple1 the slaughter of the    
flock1 the spoiling of the shepherds1   
the ,jewish leaders and the complete    
overthrow of the land and of the people4
 ,how awful the fulfillment of the      
prophecy has been6 ,the ,lord's voice   
full of tears cried1 long after         

,zechariah's mournful vision1 ,if thou  
hadst known1 at least in this thy day1  
the things which belong to thy peace6   
but now they are hid from thine eyes4   
,for the days shall come upon thee that 
thine enemies shall cast a trench about 
thee and compass thee round1 and keep   
thee in on every side4 ,and shall lay   
thee even with the ground1 and thy      
children within thee1 and they shall not
 leave in thee one stone upon another4  
,the measure was full4 ,after terrible  
wars amongst themselves1 the fire       
advanced in the direction from ,lebanon1
 in the form of the ,roman army full of 
vengeance1 spreading ruin and misery    
wherever they went1 till after a long   
and dreadful siege ,jerusalem fell1 the 
temple was burnt1 and over a million    
human beings were slain4 ,not one stone 
was left upon another4 ,up to now this  
judgment has been the most appalling1   
the tribulation then1 the greatest2 but 
there is another tribulation coming of  
which the former destruction of         

,jerusalem is but a faint type1 and that
 tribulation which is even now so close 
at hand will find a climax in the day of
 wrath1 the day of vengeance of our     
,god4 ,the next three verses speak of   
the flock of slaughter and the last     
attempt divine love made to save the    
doomed nation4 ,zechariah is commanded  
to feed them4     ,thus saith ,jehovah  
my ,god2    ,feed the flock of          
slaughter2    ,their possessors slay    
them and are not guilty3    ,and they   
that sell them say1    ,blessed be      
,jehovah1 for ,i am getting rich2       
,their own shepherds pity them not4     
,i will no more pity the inhabitants of 
the land1 saith ,jehovah2    ,i will    
deliver the men every one into his      
neighbor's hands1    ,and into the hand 
of his king3    ,and they shall smite   
the land1    ,and out of their hand ,i  
will not deliver them4  ,what a dreadful
 condition of the sheep of ,his pasture1
 the lost sheep of the house of ,israel1
 ,god's flock6 ,even so it was1         

strangers ruled over them1 and they were
 their prey1 getting rich on them and   
not guilty4 ,still worse their own      
shepherds1 the civil and ecclesiastical 
rulers of the nation1 spared them not4  
,god had indeed given them up4 ,well may
 we stop and think for a moment of the  
apostacy of ,christendom and its final  
overthrow and judgment so clearly seen  
in the book of ,revelation4 ,even now   
the flock of slaughter is seen and all  
getting ripe for the day of wrath6  ,the
 action of ,zechariah by divine command1
 like the crowning of the high priest in
 the sixth chapter1 is a typical one4   
,zechariah is a type of the good        
,shepherd of ,israel1 the ,messiah4 ,the
 disobedient nation1 the flock of       
slaughter1 had taken ,god's servants and
 beat one and killed another and stoned 
another4 ,when ,he sent servants more   
than the first1 they did unto them in   
like manner 7,matt4 xxi3 #ce74 ,after   
this came the last attempt of divine    
love4 ,god sent ,his ,son as a ,shepherd

 to seek and feed the lost sheep4 ,he   
was not accepted1 but they rejected     
,him4 ,we will consider this now in the 
second section4  ,,ii4 ,the ,shepherd   
set aside and rejected 7verses #g-ad74  
,so ,i fed the flock of slaughter1      
verily the most miserable sheep4 ,and ,i
 took to myself two staves2 the one ,i  
called ,beauty1 the other ,i called     
,bands2 and ,i fed the flock4 ,and ,i   
cut off the three shepherds in one      
month2 for my soul became impatient with
 them1 and their soul also abhorred me4 
,and ,i said1 ,i will not feed you3 the 
dying1 let it die2 and the cut off1 let 
it be cut off2 and the left over1 let   
them devour each the flesh of the other4
 ,and ,i took my staff1 ,beauty1 and cut
 it asunder1 that ,i might break my     
covenant which ,i had made with all the 
peoples4 ,and it was broken in that day1
 and thus the wretched of the flock who 
gave heed to me knew that this was the  
word of ,jehovah4 ,and ,i said unto     
them1 ,if ye think good1 give me my     

wages2 and if not1 forbear4 ,so they    
weighed as my wages thirty pieces of    
silver4 ,and ,jehovah said to me1 ,throw
 it unto the potter2 the goodly price at
 which ,i am valued of them4 ,and ,i    
took the thirty pieces of silver1 and   
threw them into the house of ,jehovah1  
to the potter1 ,then ,i broke my second 
staff1 ,bands1 that ,i break the        
brotherhood between ,judah and ,israel4 
,much has been written on this difficult
 passage4 ,the very first sentence in   
the paragraph speaks of divine love4 ,he
 came1 the mighty ,god1 the everlasting 
,father1 and ,prince of ,peace1 in the  
likeness of man1 as a servant and a     
gentle shepherd to feed the miserable   
ones4 ,looking at the multitudes who    
followed ,him when ,he had come1 ,he was
 moved with compassion1 for they were   
distressed and scattered as sheep having
 no shepherd 7,matt4 ix3 #cf74 ,true    
shepherds indeed they had not4 ,prophets
 sent by ,jehovah had long before ceased
 to come1 and those who ruled them were 

miserable leaders of the blind1         
concerning whom ,jehovah spoke through  
,ezekiel1 ,woe unto the shepherds of    
,israel that do feed themselves2 should 
not the shepherds feed the sheep8 ,you  
eat the fat and clothe yourselves with  
the wool1 ye kill the fatlings1 but ye  
feed not the sheep4 ,the diseased have  
ye not strengthened1 neither have ye    
healed that which was sick1 neither have
 ye bound up that which was broken1     
neither have ye brought again that which
 was driven away1 neither have ye sought
 that which was lost 7,ezekiel xxxiv3   
#c-e74 ,but now ,jehovah ,himself has   
come to be their ,shepherd1 ,behold1 ,i 
,myself1 even ,i1 will search for ,my   
sheep and find them out 7,ezekiel xxxiv3
 #aa74 ,and when ,he came and ,god was  
manifested in the flesh1 ,he turned     
indeed to the most miserable of the     
sheep--the publicans and the outcasts1  
sinners and harlots1 gathered around    
,him4 ,the ,prophet as the type of the  
good ,shepherd has two staves4 ,the one 

is called ,beauty 7marginal reading1    
graciousness74 ,the second one is       
,bands4 ,the ,shepherd carries a staff  
to protect and guide ,his flock4 ,in the
 second ,psalm the returning ,lord is   
seen shepherding the nations with a rod 
of iron1 but here the two staves cannot 
mean instruments for correction1 but    
they are the staves of comfort and love4
 ,god's mercy and favor are clearly     
indicated in these two staves4 ,the     
first one1 ,beauty1 which is cut asunder
 first1 and that before the wages of the
 ,shepherd1 the thirty pieces of silver1
 are given1 stands no doubt for the     
gracious offer with which the ,king1    
preaching the kingdom1 came among ,his  
people1 to ,his own4 ,he proclaimed that
 which prophets had spoken before1      
,god's mercy and love1 long promised1   
now to be carried out4 ,he ,himself had 
come to redeem ,his people and deliver  
them from their mighty enemies as well  
as from the false leaders4 ,but the     
offer1 the kingdom preaching1 is        

rejected1 the staff1 ,beauty1 is cut    
asunder1 the covenant with the peoples  
7,amim in ,hebrew71 ,his own1 is now    
broken4 ,the kingdom is to be taken away
 and given to another nation4 ,after the
 breaking of the staff1 ,beauty1 there  
comes the giving of the wages1 the      
thirty pieces of silver4 ,the ,shepherd 
who broke the staff is treated like a   
slave4  ,the second staff in ,his hands1
 ,bands1 speaks of union1 binding       
together1 bringing into fellowship4 ,it 
typifies the priestly side of the good  
,shepherd who died for the flock4 ,this 
staff is broken after the thirty pieces 
were given for ,him1 and cast into the  
temple4 ,they cried1 ,away with ,him6 we
 have no ,king save ,caesar6 ,crucify   
,him6 ,his blood be upon us and upon our
 children6 ,the cross bears the         
superscription1 ,this is ,jesus of      
,nazareth1 the ,king of the ,jews1 and  
from the lips of the rejected ,king and 
,shepherd there came the prayer for ,his
 people1 ,father1 forgive them1 for they

 know not what they do4 ,the doom came  
not at once upon the nation4 ,once more 
the love of the ,shepherd is preached to
 the miserable sheep1 and the remission 
of sins offered in the name of the ,lord
 ,jesus ,christ1 but it ends in         
rejection too2 no bringing together into
 ,one followed4 ,the foolish shepherd   
appears next1 and after him the good    
,shepherd will appear again with ,his   
two staves1 ,beauty and ,bands1 kingdom 
and mercy1 bringing and binding         
together4 ,he will then be a ,priest    
upon ,his throne4 ,this interpretation  
is the most satisfactory one1 and in    
harmony with the entire scope of        
,zechariah's visions and prophecies4    
,who are the three shepherds to be cut  
off in one month by the ,shepherd8 ,are 
they persons or not8 ,many answers have 
been given to these questions1 and many 
theories have been advanced to solve the
 difficulty4 ,it is not necessary to    
mention any of them4 ,the three         
shepherds are not persons1 but they     

stand for the three classes of rulers   
which governed ,israel1 and were in that
 sense shepherds4 ,we read of these     
shepherds in ,jeremiah ii3 #h1 priests1 
rulers1 and prophets4 ,the ,lord        
likewise mentions them in ,matthew xvi3 
#ba1 elders1 chief priests and scribes4 
,when ,he came ,he was indeed weary with
 them1 and denounced their hypocrisies  
and wickedness4 ,they in turn hated and 
abhorred ,him1 and conspired to put ,him
 to death4 ,the ,lord ,himself cut them 
off4 ,he pronounced ,his woes and       
judgments upon them1 but the judgment   
was not at once carried out4 ,when      
,jerusalem was taken their rule came to 
an end and they were cut off4  ,but     
there are mentioned the wretched of the 
flock that gave heed unto the ,shepherd1
 and they knew that it was the word of  
,jehovah4 ,these wretched ones are the  
faithful ones who followed the          
,shepherd1 the small remnant4 7,compare 
with chapter xiii3 #g47 ,the others who 
rejected the ,king and the ,shepherd    

were indeed not fed1 but were dying and 
cut off4  ,the wages of the good        
,shepherd1 thirty pieces of silver1 and 
these thrown into the house of ,jehovah 
to the potter is to be considered next4 
,thirty pieces of silver was the price  
of a slave who had been killed4 ,if the 
ox gore a manservant or a maidservant1  
the owner shall give unto their master  
thirty shekels of silver 7,exodus xxi3  
#cb74 ,oh1 what unfathomable love6 ,the 
,lord from heaven became like a slave4  
,the love ,he looked for ,he found not4 
,it was refused to ,him1 and instead ,he
 was insulted1 mocked1 and treated like 
a miserable slave4 ,there was one of the
 twelve who was called ,judas ,iscariot4
 ,he went to the chief priests and said1
 ,what are you willing to give me1 and  
,i will deliver ,him unto you8 ,and they
 weighed unto him thirty pieces of      
silver 7,matt4 xxvi3 #ad74 ,the money at
 the command of ,jehovah is thrown away 
by the prophet with indignation1 into   
the house of ,jehovah1 to the potter4   

,perhaps the prophet never knew the real
 significance of his act1 but we know it
 from the ,new ,testament4 ,then ,judas 
which betrayed ,him1 when he saw that   
,he was condemned1 repented himself and 
brought back the thirty pieces of silver
 to the chief priests and elders1       
saying1 ,i have sinned in that ,i       
betrayed innocent blood4 ,but they said1
 ,what is this to us8 ,see thou to it4  
,and he cast down the pieces of silver  
into the sanctuary1 and departed and    
hanged himself ,and the chief priests   
took the pieces of silver and said1 ,it 
is not lawful to put them into the      
treasury since it is the price of blood4
 ,and they took counsel and bought with 
them the potters' field to bury         
strangers in4 ,wherefore that field was 
called the field of blood unto this day4
 ,then was fulfilled that which was     
spoken by ,jeremiah1 the prophet1       
saying1 ,and they took the thirty pieces
 of silver1 the price of ,him that was  
priced1 whom certain of the children of 

,israel did price1 and they gave them   
for the potters' field1 as the ,lord    
appointed me 7,matt4 xxvii3 #c-i74 ,how 
striking the fulfillment4 ,however1 here
 is a difficulty4 ,in ,matthew it is    
stated that ,jeremiah spoke the         
prophecy1 and ,zechariah's name is not  
mentioned at all4 ,how can this be      
explained8  ,the prophecy certainly as  
it was fulfilled was not given by       
,jeremiah at all1 but through           
,zechariah4 ,there can be doubt that his
 name should appear here instead of     
,jeremiah1 but that ,jeremiah's name is 
quoted must have a meaning4 ,rotherham  
in his translation of the ,new          
,testament makes a foot note in which he
 says1 ,zech4 xi3 #ab1 #ac3 ,perhaps as 
included in a scroll headed by          
,jeremiah4 ,but this is not             
satisfactory4 ,the question would be if 
there is anything in ,jeremiah which    
could have a connection with the typical
 action of ,zechariah4 ,there is a      
similar action in ,jeremiah1 which1 as a

 whole1 speaks of the same event which  
,zech4 xi3 #ac has1 and which is seen in
 fulfillment in ,matt4 xxvii4 ,read in  
,jeremiah the eighteenth and nineteenth 
chapters4 ,the word ,topheth in         
,jeremiah means an unclean place1 a     
burial ground4 ,it seems as if          
,jeremiah's name appears here so as to  
call attention to the fact that the     
prophet spoke of the event likewise1 and
 that ,zech4 xi4 and ,jer4 xviii4 and   
xix4 must be compared and read together4
  ,,iii4 ,the foolish shepherd 7verses  
#ae-ag74  ,and ,jehovah said to me1     
,take unto thee again the instruments of
 a foolish shepherd4 ,for1 behold1 ,i   
raise up a shepherd in the land2 the    
perishing he will not visit1 the        
scattered ones he will not seek for1 the
 wounded he will not heal1 the strong he
 will not feed1 but he shall eat the    
flesh of the fat1 and their hoofs he    
will break off4 ,woe to the worthless   
shepherd that leaveth the flock6 ,the   
sword upon his arm and upon his right   

eye4 ,his arm shall be utterly withered 
and his right eye completely blinded4   
,the prophet now impersonates another   
shepherd1 one who is foolish and wicked1
 and in his hands he does no longer hold
 the staves of ,beauty and ,bands1 but  
the instruments of the foolish shepherd 
to wound and to hurt are in his         
possession4 ,this foolish shepherd is   
the opposite from the good shepherd4 ,he
 came to heal1 to seek1 to save1 and to 
feed1 but the foolish shepherd scatters1
 does not heal1 nor does he feed the    
flock2 but he eats the flesh of the fat4
 ,the description of this false shepherd
 is like the description of the         
shepherds in ,ezek4 xxxiv41 as quoted   
before4 ,ezekiel's prophecy concerning  
the gathering of the flock is future    
still1 but before ,he gathers the lost  
and scattered sheep of ,israel and      
brings them back to their land and gives
 them the one ,shepherd and ,david ,his 
servant1 there will be false shepherds4 
,the true ,one rejected1 the nation     

becomes the prey of the foolish         
shepherds4 ,poor1 blinded ,israel6 ,how 
many wicked shepherds they have had1 and
 how often the prey of wicked leaders4  
,false ,messiahs appeared among them    
again and again to find strong and      
numerous following4 ,still the foolish  
shepherd1 the last one1 the very        
embodiment of ,satan himself2 the       
accuser1 has not yet come4 ,forerunners 
there have been many4 ,herod was one of 
them1 but not that man of sin1 the son  
of perdition who will appear and be     
worshiped as ,god1 right before the     
,king of kings and the true ,shepherd of
 ,his flock appears to slay that wicked 
one with the breath of ,his mouth and by
 the brightness of ,his coming 7#b      
,thess4 ii474 ,the ,lord said1 ,i am    
come in ,my ,father's name1 and ye      
receive ,me not2 if another shall come  
in his own name1 him ye will receive    
7,john v3 #dc74 ,that one who comes in  
his own name has not yet come1 and when 
at last he is here1 it will be for      

,israel the time of greatest trouble and
 tribulation for all them that inhabit  
the earth4 ,the third section of our    
chapter finds its complete fulfillment  
in the ,antichrist1 the false ,messiah1 
the beast1 the little horn1 the leader  
of the enemy1 the false prince of       
,israel2 thus the foolish shepherd is   
called throughout the prophetic word4   
,the dreadful punishment will be        
executed upon the foolish shepherd in   
the day of the ,lord's coming with ,his 
saints for the salvation of ,his people 
,israel4  ,the eleventh chapter in      
,zechariah is the darkest in ,israel's  
history4 ,the night began with their    
apostasy and rejection of the ,lord of  
,glory1 their own brother1 their loving 
,shepherd1 the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,it
 ends in darkness greater still under   
the regime of the foolish shepherd4 ,but
 the morning cometh after that dark     
night1 and ,israel's sun will never set 
again4     ,,chapter ,,xii4  ,the second
 burden1 from ,chapter                  

xii-xiv4--,jerusalem and the            
nations4--,the conflict of the          
end4--,the chiefs of ,judah and the     
strength promised to the                
feeble4--,nations                       
destroyed4--,outpouring of the ,spirit  
and looking upon ,jehovah1 the pierced  
,one4--,the great national mourning4    
,we have before us the second burden1   
which begins with the eleventh chapter  
and closes with the fourteenth4 ,the    
events seen in the first burden1 that is
 in chapters ix41 x4 and xi41 were in   
part fulfilled1 but in the second burden
 we find prophecies which have seen no  
fulfillment whatever2 they are all      
future4 ,there is only one prophecy     
which is fulfilled1 the one of the      
smitten shepherd at the end of the      
thirteenth chapter4 ,the great future   
events which are recorded in the second 
burden are3 ,the victory of ,jerusalem  
over the hostile nations1 the outpouring
 of the ,holy ,spirit1 the appearing and
 beholding of the pierced ,one1 the     

national repentance of ,israel1 the     
cleansing of the nation1 the final      
conflict and the ,lord coming with ,his 
saints1 the complete overthrow of the   
enemies and the establishment of the    
kingdom in the earth1 with ,jerusalem as
 a center4 ,these three chapters form   
indeed a glorious finale to the         
wonderful visions and prophecies which  
,jehovah gave to the prophet4 ,the      
fourteenth chapter is the summit4  ,not 
a few interpreters have committed the   
serious error and have tried to find a  
fulfillment of these chapters somewhere1
 and if no historical events could be   
made to suit the occasion1 a spiritual  
application had to be made and a        
spiritual fulfillment in the so-called  
,israel of the ,new ,testament1 the     
church1 invented1 which of course never 
satisfies the prayerful student of the  
word4  ,in reading the twelfth chapter  
carefully1 it will be seen at once that 
here we have prophecies which not alone 
refer to ,jerusalem and ,judah          

exclusively1 but which cannot yet have  
seen a fulfillment4 ,the end of the     
chapter shows ,israel's conversion4 ,the
 ,spirit is poured out4 ,they look upon 
the pierced ,one1 ,jehovah2 repentance  
and cleansing follows throughout the    
land4 ,this brings before us the hour of
 ,israel's salvation1 the same which the
 ,holy ,spirit unfolds through ,paul1 in
 ,romans xi4 ,it is an event which will 
take place after the fullness of the    
,gentiles will have come in 7the church 
removed from the earth74 ,and so all    
,israel shall be saved2 even as it is   
written1 ,there shall come out of ,zion 
a ,deliverer2 ,he shall turn away       
ungodliness from ,jacob3 ,and this is my
 covenant unto them1 when ,i shall take 
away their sins 7,rom4 xi3 #be-cg74     
,there is no saved ,israel now and there
 can be no national turning of ,israel  
unto the ,lord at this present time1 but
 when the ,lord comes and they shall    
look upon ,him1 that salvation will be  
at hand4 ,this coming of the ,lord to   

,israel when they shall see ,his glory  
will be preceded by nations rising      
against ,jerusalem4 ,not one nation1 but
 nations1 will make war once more with  
,jerusalem2 nor will ,jerusalem in that 
future siege fall into the hands of the 
enemies1 but the city and the people    
will be victorious4 ,the period of the  
,maccabees is not meant1 nor is there   
anything in the past which could even be
 a partial fulfillment of ,zech4 xii4   
,it is all future4  ,let us look now at 
the details of the chapter4 ,thus saith 
the ,lord1 who stretcheth forth the     
heavens1 and layeth the foundation of   
the earth1 and formeth the spirit of man
 within him 7verse #a74 ,the speaker is 
,jehovah1 the ,almighty ,one who created
 the heavens and the earth1 and who     
formeth the spirit of man within him4   
,why such a beginning of this second    
burden8 ,to show that ,he who has given 
all these promises is able to do it4    
,men may fail and are powerless to give 
help4 ,indeed1 ,israel will be utterly  

helpless then when the enemy comes in   
like a flood1 but in that hour of       
extremity ,jehovah ,himself1 the        
,omnipotent ,one1 the ,one through ,whom
 and in ,whom and for ,whom heaven and  
earth were created1 will come1 and in   
,his majestic appearing deliver         
,jerusalem and ,his people at last4 ,but
 when ,he appears for their salvation   
and they look upon ,him1 they see       
,jehovah whom they pierced1             
,jehovah-,jesus1 the ,one who was once  
rejected1 but who now comes in power and
 in glory4 ,this first verse shows the  
speaker in the entire chapter is        
,jehovah1 and is one of the strongest   
,old ,testament passages which show that
 the ,redeemer1 the ,one who came as an 
obedient servant to suffer and to die1  
is ,jehovah4     ,behold1 ,i make       
,jerusalem a cup of reeling    ,to all  
the nations round about2    ,upon ,judah
 also shall it be1    ,in the siege     
against ,jerusalem4    ,and it shall    
come in that day1 ,i make ,jerusalem    

,a burdensome stone for all the peoples3
    ,all that are burdened with it shall
 be wounded2    ,all the nations of the 
earth shall gather against it4          
7,verses #b and #c47  ,this brings us   
back to the first and second night      
visions concerning the nations that are 
at ease1 and thus helped forward their  
affliction1 the four horns which        
scattered ,judah and ,israel4 ,the      
ending three chapters bring out much of 
the details of what we saw in the first 
three chapters in an outline4 ,what an  
unfolding there is now6 ,jehovah        
remembers ,jerusalem and is jealous for 
her1 and ,jerusalem is now to become a  
cup of reeling 7like a drunken man7 unto
 all the nations round about4 ,isaiah   
long before ,zechariah saw the judgment 
coming4 ,the cup of fury which          
,jerusalem drank is now to be emptied by
 the enemies1 and they will have to     
drink the cup of reeling4 ,awake1 awake1
 stand up1 ,o ,jerusalem1 which hast    
drunk from the hand of the ,lord the cup

 of ,his fury2 thou hast drunken the    
bowl of the cup of reeling and drained  
it4 4 4 4 ,behold1 ,i have taken out of 
thine hand the cup of reeling1 even the 
bowl of the cup of ,my fury2 thou shalt 
no more drink it again4 ,and ,i will put
 it in the hand of them that afflict    
thee1 which have said to thy soul1 ,bow 
down1 that we may go over2 and thou hast
 laid thy back as the ground1 and as the
 street to them that go over 7,isaiah   
ii3 #ag1 #bb1 #bc74 ,what a wonderful   
harmony in the prophetic word6          
,jerusalem has been drinking all along  
the cup of reeling1 the cup of ,his     
fury1 even drained the cup2 but while   
,jerusalem is thus drinking divine      
displeasure1 the nations1 and with them 
that awful monstrosity called           
,christendom1 are getting ripe for the  
cup of wrath4 ,a judgment is hastening  
rapidly1 and ,jerusalem will be for the 
nations the cup of reeling4 ,we saw in  
the first night vision that the nations 
at ease were condemned by ,jehovah4 ,he 

is sore displeased with them4 ,they have
 hurt ,his people and ,his inheritance4 
,terrible accusation against            
,christendom too1 which has always been 
and is now the great stumbling block to 
the ,jew1 with its man-made             
institutions1 creeds and                
self-exaltation4 ,the reader will       
understand we do not mean the church1   
the one body2 this is not applicable to 
true believers4 ,man-made ,christendom  
is the enemy of ,jerusalem1 and hates   
,god's loving thoughts for the peace of 
,jerusalem4 ,if there is blindness in   
part upon ,israel1 it is equally true   
that blindness is upon the ,gentiles4   
,there is planning and scheming for     
expansion1 world reformation and        
possession in ,christendom1 which leaves
 out and ignores completely ,god's      
purposes1 and sets aside1 as higher     
criticism does1 the oracles of ,god4 ,no
 thought in ,christendom that ,jehovah  
will ever make good ,his promises to the
 seed of ,abraham1 therefore no thought 

of the ,jew1 no love for poor ,israel2  
on the other hand they are despised and 
hated4 ,it is startling1 indeed1 to see 
how ,europe1 the territory of the ,roman
 ,empire1 which will form yet the       
confederacy of kingdoms under one head1 
is at present boiling over with         
antisemitism1 and the heart of ,europe1 
,france1 is the very hotbed of it4      
,there was never a time when            
antisemitism was so strong and so       
universal as it is now at the end of the
 much boasted of nineteenth century4    
,what will it be when the salt of the   
earth1 the church1 is removed8 ,the     
restraint is then taken away and the    
outbreak will come4 ,the ,jew is the    
thorn in the flesh of the nations2 he is
 hated and feared4 ,however1 the second 
and third verses of our chapter do not  
speak of the enemies of ,israel1 as they
 are away from the land of ,israel1 but 
the prophecies show the nations having  
come up against the city of ,jerusalem4 
,before this can be fulfilled ,jerusalem

 must be once more not alone inhabited  
by ,jews1 but be the city of the nation 
again as it was in the past1 a partial  
return of the ,jews to ,palestine must  
have taken place1 and great prosperity  
resting upon their endeavors for a time4
 ,mighty armies are seen then coming up 
against the city and the land1 and while
 in the land and in the city there will 
be tribulation1 the reign of the false  
,messiah1 outside the armies sent out by
 the confederacy of nations will be     
gathered4 ,it is of this gathering of   
the nations before ,jerusalem in the    
tribulation the great1 the twelfth      
chapter speaks4 ,in the exegesis of the 
fourteenth chapter we will have occasion
 to describe this coming siege of       
,jerusalem4  ,in speaking of these      
coming events it is necessary to bear in
 mind that they have nothing to do with 
the church4 ,believers sometimes are    
confused in this respect in not holding 
strictly to the coming of the ,lord for 
,his saints1 and the absence of the     

church in the earth during the          
tribulation1 and after this--,his coming
 with ,his saints4 ,because the ,jews   
are not yet in possession of the land   
and ,jerusalem is not yet a ,jewish     
city1 some have reasoned that the coming
 of our ,lord must be a good ways off   
yet1 and on account of these events not 
being seen now1 they say we cannot say  
that the ,lord can come any moment for  
,his church4 ,there is not one scripture
 which teaches that before the ,lord    
comes for ,his church the ,jews must    
have returned or ,jerusalem be a        
national headquarter for ,israel once   
more1 etc4 ,it is true a partial        
restoration of the ,jews in unbelief has
 commenced1 and there is a remarkable   
national awakening such as has never    
been before1 but the full development of
 this restoration will come after the   
church has left the earth and has been  
joined to her ,lord in the air4 ,an     
exodus of ,jews will take place1 the    
land will become theirs1 and the well   

laid plans and schemes of the present   
time will be all carried out4 ,political
 combinations will be their chief hopes 
as well as others for success4 ,as      
,pharaoh of olden times did hasten after
 the children of ,israel when they had  
left his domain1 so it seems the nations
 will come after them and besiege       
,jerusalem4 ,everything is getting ready
 for this4 ,let every believer rejoice  
in the blessed hope that no saint will  
be in the earth when at last these sad  
scenes of a passing dispensation are    
enacted4     ,in that day1 saith        
,jehovah1    ,i will smite every horse  
with astonishment1    ,and his rider    
with madness3    ,i will open mine eyes 
upon the house of ,judah1    ,and every 
horse of the peoples ,i will smite with 
blindness1    ,and the chiefs of ,judah 
shall say in their heart1    ,the       
inhabitants of ,jerusalem are my        
strength1    ,in ,jehovah of hosts their
 ,god4    ,in that day ,i will make the 
chiefs of ,judah    ,like a pan of fire 

among wood1    ,and as a torch of fire  
among sheaves2    ,and they shall devour
 all the peoples round about1    ,on the
 right hand and on the left2    ,and    
,jerusalem shall dwell in her own place1
 even in ,jerusalem       7verses #d-g74
  ,these verses are descriptive of the  
calamity which will befall the enemies  
of ,israel4 ,jehovah will smite them4   
,the stone falling from heaven will     
smite the image at its feet and will    
pulverize it4 ,the enemies of ,israel   
will suffer as complete a defeat and    
destruction as ,pharaoh and his army in 
the ,red ,sea4 ,in pride and blindness  
they had rushed on1 and while pursuing  
,israel the face of the ,lord looked out
 of the cloud and confused the ,egyptian
 hosts1 and the returning waters swept  
them all away1 the horse and the rider  
and the chariots4 ,it is but a faint    
type of what it will be when ,jehovah   
will roar out of heaven1 and ,his glory 
will appear4 ,the slain of the ,lord    
will then indeed be many4 ,judah and the

 chiefs will be used in that judgment4  
,they shall be a devouring fire4 ,the   
fourteenth chapter will lead us into a  
closer investigation4  ,the following   
two verses speak of the order how the   
coming of ,jehovah will save ,his       
waiting people4     ,jehovah shall save 
the tents of ,judah first1    ,that the 
glory of the house of ,david    ,and the
 glory of the inhabitants of ,jerusalem 
,may not lift itself up over ,judah4    
,in that day shall the ,lord defend the 
inhabitants of ,jerusalem2    ,and the  
feeble one among them in that day shall 
be as ,david2    ,and the house of      
,david shall be as ,god 7,elohim71      
,as the angel of ,jehovah before them4  
,and it shall come to pass in that day1 
,that ,i will seek to destroy all the   
nations1    ,that came against          
,jerusalem 7verses #g-i74  ,judah will  
inhabit the land and many will dwell in 
tents1 while ,jerusalem will be a strong
 and fortified city4 ,the danger from   
the hostile armies will be the greatest 

with the dwellers in the tents4         
,accordingly1 ,jehovah will save the    
tents of ,judah first4 ,jerusalem will  
come next4 ,the purpose is that the     
house of ,david and the inhabitants of  
,jerusalem may not lift themselves up   
over ,judah4 ,the house of ,david is    
especially mentioned4 ,we have not had  
,david brought before the prophet in the
 night visions nor in the prophecies    
which followed1 but here in the twelfth 
chapter the house of ,david is mentioned
 not less than five times1 which is very
 significant4 ,we have the glory of the 
house of ,david in verse seven1 the     
strength of ,david and the supremacy of 
it in verse eight4 ,the spirit of grace 
and supplication is given to the house  
of ,david1 and the family of the house  
of ,david will mourn4 ,jews have a      
tradition which states that the last    
descendant of the house of ,david died  
in ,spain centuries ago4 ,there are no  
genealogies at present to prove that the
 kingly house of ,david is extinct or   

not1 but prophecies like the one we have
 in consideration1 and many others which
 speak of the prominence of ,david and  
the house of ,david in the day when     
,jehovah will be manifested1 make it    
very clear that among the wandering sons
 of ,israel there are yet lineal        
descendants of the house of ,david4 ,if 
they do not know it themselves1 ,jehovah
 knows it1 and they will know it through
 ,him4 ,the feeble ones1 literally the  
stumblers1 among ,his people in that day
 of manifestation will be like ,david4  
,what a hero ,david was6 ,a man of war  
and strength conquering always and never
 conquered4 ,and now the stumbler in    
,israel1 the weakest one1 will have     
strength and courage like ,david4 ,and  
,david shall be as ,god1 as the angel of
 ,jehovah before them4 ,this is a       
startling promise4 ,a similar word is   
found in ,exodus vii3 #a1 ,and the ,lord
 said unto ,moses1 ,see1 ,i have made   
thee a god to ,pharaoh2 and ,aaron thy  
brother shall be thy prophet4 ,the house

 of ,david will during the millennium be
 supreme in rule and in glory4 ,a lineal
 descendant of ,david1 a prince1 will   
sit upon the throne of his father ,david
 and rule as a vice-regent of the ,lord 
,jesus ,christ1 whose throne is then in 
the heavens over the earth4 ,thus in the
 earth the house of ,david will be as   
,god and as the angel of ,jehovah before
 them 7,ezek4 xxxiv3 #bc1 #bd2 xlvi474  
,the closing verses of the chapter claim
 our special attention1 for in them we  
have a fundamental prophetic passage4   
,the spiritual side of the salvation of 
,jerusalem is now brought out4     ,and 
,i will pour out upon the house of      
,david1    ,and upon the inhabitants of 
,jerusalem1    ,the spirit of grace and 
supplication2    ,and they shall look   
upon ,me whom they pierced1    ,and they
 shall mourn for ,him as the mourning   
for an only son1    ,and be in          
bitterness for ,him as one in bitterness
 for the first-born4    ,in that day    
there shall be a great mourning in      

,jerusalem1    ,as the mourning of      
,hadad-rimmon in the valley of          
,megiddon4  ,the mourning then is       
described as a universal one4 ,all the  
families will mourn2 family by family   
apart1 and their wives apart4 ,such a   
mourning and weeping has never before   
been seen in the earth nor will there be
 one like it again4  ,but why mourning  
and weeping8 ,should there not rather be
 joy and feasting1 gladness and         
hallelujahs8 ,the hallelujahs will come 
during the entire millennium1 but the   
beginning will be mourning1 national1 by
 ,israel4 ,the mourning is on account of
 ,him1 ,jehovah1 who has appeared in    
,his glory and whom they now behold4    
,the long expected ,messiah has at last 
appeared1 and ,he is ,jehovah4 ,his     
coming for their salvation is as ,daniel
 saw ,him1 after the last beast1 the    
terrible one1 the nondescript with its  
ten horns and the little horn between1  
had risen from the sea4 ,i saw in the   
night visions1 and1 behold1 there came  

with the clouds of heaven1 one like unto
 a ,son of ,man1 and ,he came even unto 
the ,ancient of days1 and they brought  
,him near before ,him4 ,and there was   
given ,him dominion1 and glory1 and a   
kingdom1 that all the people1 nations1  
and languages should serve ,him2 ,his   
dominion is an everlasting dominion     
which shall not pass away1 and ,his     
kingdom that which shall not be         
destroyed 7,daniel vii3 #ac1 #ad74 ,a   
cloud appears in the heaven over        
,jerusalem4 ,it is at once recognized as
 no common cloud1 but as the divine     
glory cloud1 7the ,shekinah1 which had  
been with ,israel of old and was always 
the sign of ,jehovah's presence with    
,his people74 ,we can imagine in some   
measure how this sign will be welcomed  
by the remnant of ,israel in the hour of
 their extremity when there is and      
cannot be help from man4 ,the cloud     
speaks as of old1 of divine             
interference4 ,our ,lord puts the whole 
scene before us when ,he said in ,his   

,olivet discourse1 ,but immediately     
after the tribulation of those days the 
sun shall be darkened1 and the moon     
shall not give her light 7what an awful 
darkness that will be6 well may then the
 rejecters of the ,gospel seek death    
from the wrath which is now coming71 and
 the stars shall fall from heaven1 and  
the powers of the heavens shall be      
shaken3 and then shall appear the sign  
of the ,son of ,man in heaven4 ,then    
shall all the tribes of the earth mourn1
 and they shall see the ,son of ,man    
coming in the clouds of heaven1 with    
power and great glory4 ,and ,he shall   
send forth ,his angels with a great     
sound of a trumpet1 and they shall      
gather together ,his elect 7not the     
church7 from the four winds1 from one   
end of heaven unto the other 7,matthew  
xxiv3 #bi-ca74 ,the sign of the ,son of 
,man which is spoken of here will       
undoubtedly be the cloud of glory which 
will bring ,him from heaven to the      
earth4 ,some believers in the coming of 

the ,lord have mentioned the sign of the
 ,son of ,man to be seen in the heaven  
as if that sign stood in relation to the
 church and would be welcomed by        
believers1 the saved ones1 as the sign  
that their redemption is now at hand4   
,we read not long ago in a pamphlet in  
which certain coming signs in           
constellation of stars1 etc41 were      
mentioned1 as being foretold in         
prophecy1 and teaching the church that  
the coming of the ,lord must be at hand4
 ,this is a mistake4 ,there is nowhere  
in prophecy a sign mentioned appearing  
in the heaven to show the church that   
the ,lord is at hand4 ,the church1 that 
is the one body1 does not need such a   
sign4 ,when the sign of the ,son of ,man
 appears in the heaven there will be no 
more church in the earth to see it4 ,it 
will be immediately after the           
tribulation of these days2 the church   
will not be in that tribulation4 ,the   
sign is for ,israel4 ,ezekiel beheld    
that glory which is then to be seen in  

the heavens4 ,i looked1 and1 behold1 a  
stormy wind came out of the north1 a    
great cloud with a fire infolding       
itself1 and a brightness round about it1
 and out of the midst thereof as the    
color of amber out of the midst of the  
fire4 ,and out of the midst thereof came
 the likeness of four living creatures4 
4 4 4 ,and above the firmament that was 
above their heads was the likeness of a 
throne1 as the appearance of a sapphire 
stone2 and upon the likeness of the     
throne was a likeness as the appearance 
of a man upon it above4 ,and ,i saw as  
the color of amber1 as the appearance of
 fire within it round about1 from the   
appearance of his loins and upward1 and 
from the appearance of his loins and    
downward1 ,i saw as if it were the      
appearance of fire1 and there was       
brightness round about him4 ,as the     
appearance of the bow that is in the    
cloud in the day of rain1 so was the    
appearance of the brightness round      
about4 ,this was the appearance of the  

likeness of the glory of the ,lord      
7,ezekiel i3 #e1 #bf1 #bh74 ,this vision
 will actually be seen by ,israel in the
 day of the manifestation of the ,lord4 
,he will return in like manner upon a   
cloud as the glorified ,son of ,man as  
,he went up into heaven4 ,in ,acts i3   
#aa1 where the promise of ,his return is
 given1 it is likewise to be remarked   
that that promise does not present the  
,hope of the church1 our blessed ,hope1 
as believers4 ,it is very often used as 
speaking of that ,hope which is so dear 
to every believer's heart4 ,however1 the
 promise given by the two men in white  
apparel1 in ,acts i41 is a promise to   
,israel4 ,it is the coming in like      
manner as ,he went into heaven1 that is 
the coming of the ,lord with ,his saints
 and not for ,his saints4 ,there is     
still another passage which is in close 
connection with the appearing of        
,jehovah1 the pierced ,one1 in          
,zechariah xii41 namely1 ,revelation i3 
#g1 ,behold ,he comes with the clouds1  

and every eye shall see ,him1 and they  
which have pierced ,him and all the     
tribes of the land shall wail because of
 ,him4 ,yea4 ,amen4 ,this passage       
corresponds with the one before us in   
,zechariah4 ,the tribes in ,revelation  
are the same as mentioned in ,zechariah1
 and the wailing in ,revelation stands  
for the mourning with which the twelfth 
chapter in ,zechariah closes4 ,what a   
scene that will be when at last ,israel 
will look upon ,him6 ,when the signs of 
,his coming1--the coming of the         
,redeemer--,jehovah increase1 and ,his  
coming for their salvation draweth nigh1
 perhaps their hearts will be gladdened1
 and there will be rejoicing4 ,they see 
the sign in the heavens and there will  
be the glad shout1 ,blessed is ,he that 
cometh in the name of ,jehovah1 this is 
our ,god1 we have waited for ,him4 ,and 
now they behold a person upon that      
cloud4 ,he is a ,son of ,man4 ,again    
they look and they see that ,his hands  
and ,his feet and ,his side are pierced4

 ,who can this be with pierced hands1   
feet and side1 who cometh thus in power 
and glory from the heavens to save ,his 
people8 ,the truth so long denied by    
them flashes upon them1 ,this is ,jesus 
of ,nazareth1 the ,king of the ,jews1   
the rejected ,one1 the ,one who suffered
 that shameful death on yonder hill1    
whose hands and feet were pierced1 and  
from whose loving side and heart the    
,roman spear drew forth blood and water4
 ,jehovah-,jesus1 the pierced ,one1 is  
seen again4 ,there way up in the heavens
 ,he is seen6 ,sun and moon have been   
darkened1 as we quoted above from       
,matthew xxiv41 but instead of their    
light there flashes another light over  
the heavens4 ,the veil is lifted4 ,god1 
,jehovah1 has broken the long1 long     
silence4 ,he speaks again4 ,the proud   
nations tremble1 fear and trembling     
seize hold upon all the children of men4
 ,the day of vengeance1 the day of      
wrath1 the day of burning and recompense
 is at hand4 ,all eyes are turned upward

 to behold that startling vision4 ,the  
cloud1 and in that cloud a throne1 and  
upon the throne the ,lamb of ,god1 the  
,lion of the tribe of ,judah1 ,jehovah1 
the pierced ,one1 the ,lord ,jesus      
,christ4 ,not alone are ,his eyes like a
 flaming fire1 but according to         
,habakkuk's vision 7,habukkuk iii471    
,his glory covereth the heavens1        
brightness is round about ,him and rays 
7of glory7 come out of ,his hands and   
,his side1 and there was the hiding of  
,his power4 ,long1 long ago ,david had  
by the ,spirit of the ,lord entered into
 the sufferings of his ,son1 whom he    
called ,lord1 and in the ,psalm which   
begins with the cry of the forsaken     
,one1 ,my ,god1 ,my ,god1 why has ,thou 
forsaken ,me8 he speaks of ,his hands   
and ,his feet pierced4 ,it is true that 
the unbelieving ,jews and all the       
enemies of a verbal inspiration of the  
word of ,god1 higher critics1 etc41 with
 them1 have tried to change the word    
pierced in the twenty-second ,psalm1 and

 make something else out of it4 ,but it 
is pierced and will be so in all        
eternity4 ,the ,one of whom ,david spoke
 came and was rejected1 suffered1       
sacrificed ,himself to put away sin1 was
 nailed on the cross1 and was pierced   
through4 ,on the third day ,he was      
raised from the dead1 and for forty days
 ,he showed ,himself in ,his glorified  
body to ,his friends4 ,in that body of  
the risen ,lord the nailprints and the  
pierced side were seen4 ,thomas1        
unbelieving as he was1 and as such a    
type of ,israel abiding in unbelief     
still1 would not believe the testimony  
of his brethren1 and demanded the return
 of the ,lord and to put his hands into 
,his side and to see in ,his hands the  
prints of the nails4 ,the second time   
the ,lord appears1 and ,thomas is called
 to ,his side to touch ,his body1 to see
 the nailprints4 ,convinced because he  
sees he cries out1 ,my ,lord and my     
,god6 ,and when ,he took ,his own to the
 mountain where ,he gave them ,his      

command and ,his blessing1 when ,his    
loving hands were spread out in         
blessing1 they all saw the marks of ,his
 passion in ,his hands and there in ,his
 side4 ,and thus ,he went into heaven1  
and while you read this1 dear friend1   
,he is there in the ,holy of ,holiest1  
appearing now in the presence of ,god   
for us1 the all-sufficient ,one4 ,can   
then there be a doubt that when ,he does
 appear again1 the second time1 to build
 the tabernacle of ,david which is      
fallen down1 that these marks of ,his   
suffering will not be seen8 ,they will  
be the marks for ,israel4 ,they will    
know ,him by the nailprints as the ,one 
so long rejected and hated without a    
cause4  ,the conversion of ,saul of     
,tarsus is a little sample of what is   
yet to be with the seed of ,abraham4    
,the light which shone around this      
blinded1 self-righteous ,pharisee on his
 way to ,damascus1 a light brighter than
 the ,oriental noonday sun1 will then   
shine out of heaven in the ,lord's own  

glory4 ,the ,voice which spoke to him1  
,i am ,jesus whom thou persecutest1 will
 speak again out of that light to the   
prostrated nation4 ,it does likewise    
remind us of the rejected brother who   
became great and a saviour after his    
rejection by his own1 and who in loving 
words said to his brethren1 so guilty   
and conscience stricken1 ,i am ,joseph  
your brother4 ,what a wonderful event   
that will be when at last they that     
pierced ,him shall behold ,him4         
,suspended somewhere in the air will be 
seen the vision of the ,lord in ,his    
glory1 and thus every eye shall see     
,him4 ,it will be the day when a nation 
is born4 ,the ,spirit poured out1 they  
will look upon ,him1 and the great      
national mourning follows4  ,this great 
mourning will be like the mourning in   
,hadad-rimmon in the valley ,megiddon4  
,to what events do these places refer8  
,the second book of ,chronicles1 chapter
 xxxv41 verses #bb-cg1 give us the      
history of that great mourning4         

,nevertheless1 ,josiah would not turn   
his face from him 7the ,king of ,egypt71
 but disguised himself1 that he might   
fight with him1 and hearkened not unto  
the words of ,neco1 from the mouth of   
,god 7these words are found in the      
twenty-first verse71 and came to fight  
in the valley of ,megiddon4 ,and the    
archers shot at ,king ,josiah2 and the  
,king said to his servants1 ,have me    
away1 ,i am sore wounded4 ,so his       
servants took him out of the chariot and
 put him into the second chariot that he
 had and brought him to ,jerusalem2 and 
he died and was buried in the sepulchres
 of his fathers4 ,and all ,judah and    
,jerusalem mourned for ,josiah4 ,and    
,jeremiah lamented for ,josiah1 and all 
the singing men and singing women spake 
of ,josiah in their lamentations unto   
this day2 and they made them an         
ordinance in ,israel1 and behold they   
are written in the ,lamentations4       
,likewise in #b ,kings xxiii3 #bi4 ,in  
,josiah's days ,pharaoh-,neco1 ,king of 

,egypt1 went up against the ,king of    
,assyria to the river ,euphrates1 and   
,king ,josiah went against him2 and he  
slew him at ,megiddon when he had seen  
him4 ,and his servants carried him in a 
chariot dead from ,megiddon and brought 
him to ,jerusalem4  ,hadad-rimmon was a 
village nearby in the valley of         
,megiddon4 ,the pious ,king ,josiah     
died1 pierced by an arrow on account of 
the evil deeds of the nation4 ,after his
 death there was a great mourning       
because he had been slain1 and his death
 was soon followed by greater           
calamities1 ending with the ,babylonian 
captivity4 ,the application to the ,lord
 ,jesus ,christ and the coming national 
mourning of the nation every reader can 
make for himself4  ,it is interesting to
 read the ,jewish interpretations of    
this important chapter4 ,we quote from  
the ,babylonian ,talmud3 ,that mourning1
 what was it about8 ,rabbi ,yose and the
 ,rabbis differ on the point4 ,the one  
says it is for ,messiah1 the ,son of    

,joseph1 when ,he is killed2 and the    
other says1 ,it is for the ,yetzer ,horo
 7evil desire1 sin71 when it is killed4 
,all is clear in the case of him that   
says1 ,it is for ,messiah1 the ,son of  
,joseph1 when ,he is killed1 for then we
 can understand what is written1 ,and   
they shall look upon ,me whom they      
pierced1 and they shall lament for ,him 
7,zech4 xii3 #aj74 ,but in the case of  
him that says it is for sin when it is  
killed8 ,would it be mourning that is   
needed8 ,surely rejoicing would then be 
needed4 ,thus expounded1 ,rabbi         
,jehudah1 of the ,western house1 in the 
,messianic times1 the ,holy ,one1       
blessed be ,he1 is going to bring forth 
the evil desire and slay him in the     
presence of the righteous and the       
wicked4 ,unto the righteous the evil    
desire appears like a mountain1 and unto
 the wicked he appears like a hair4 ,the
 righteous weep and the wicked weep4    
,the righteous say1 ,how did we ever get
 the better of this high mountain8 ,and 

the wicked say1 ,how is it that we did  
not get the better of this hair8        
7,yalkut on ,zechariah47  ,the ,jews    
have invented a double ,messiah1 one who
 is called the ,son of ,joseph and the  
other the ,son of ,david4 ,the ,son of  
,joseph is pierced1 and after ,he has   
been slain1 ,jehovah will send ,messiah1
 ,son of ,david4 ,it is not denied that 
the ,son of ,joseph is a ,messiah1 an   
anointed ,one4 ,this teaching is to     
solve the difficulties they have in     
explaining the suffering ,messiah and   
the victorious ,messiah4 ,we have often 
talked with orthodox ,jews for hours on 
the fact that there is only one         
,messiah1 and ,he whom they expect as   
,son of ,david is truly the ,one who    
died and was pierced through for our    
sins4 ,human words cannot describe the  
great mourning when at last it is known 
by ,his appearing in the clouds1 that   
,jesus1 the ,son of ,david1 is the once 
rejected stone and now become the head  
of the corner4 ,the first verse of the  

thirteenth chapter belongs to the       
twelfth4 ,however1 we will leave it for 
the next chapter4     ,,chapter ,,xiii4 
,the fountain against sin and           
uncleanness opened--,idols and false    
prophets destroyed--,the smitten        
,shepherd and the sheep scattered--,the 
,remnant saved--,two-thirds cut off and 
a third part refined by fire4  ,as      
mentioned in the closing sentence of the
 exposition of the last chapter1 the    
first verse of the #acth chapter belongs
 to the #abth chapter4 ,the division of 
the ,bible into chapters is very often  
at fault and helps much to obscure the  
real meaning4 ,in that day there shall  
be a fountain opened to the house of    
,david and to the inhabitants of        
,jerusalem for sin and for ,uncleanness4
 ,that day will be the day when they    
have looked upon ,him1 ,jehovah1 the    
pierced ,one1 and the fountain which is 
opened is the same blessed fountain of  
which the saints now sing3     ,there is
 a fountain filled with blood           

,drawn from ,emanuel's veins1    ,and   
sinners plunged beneath that flood      
,lose all their guilty stains4  ,the    
fountain was indeed in existence        
throughout all the long centuries of    
,israel's dispersion4 ,but ,israel in   
blindness did not see it1 only the      
remnant according to the election of    
grace did realize the precious blood of 
the ,lamb of ,god1 which has taken away 
the sins of the world4 ,now all is      
changed4 ,upon the inhabitants of       
,jerusalem and the house of ,david the  
,spirit is poured out4 ,they have seen  
,him who is the first-born among many   
brethren1 the second ,adam1 the ,one who
 is the ,head of a new creation1 and the
 blood of ,him1 the ,lord ,jesus        
,christ1 is now cleansing them from all 
sin and uncleanness4 ,their guilt is    
pardoned and all unrighteousness and    
impurity is completely removed4 ,this   
great event is everywhere spoken of in  
the ,old ,testament4 ,we had it under   
consideration in the third chapter1     

containing the night vision of the      
cleansing of ,joshua1 the ,high priest4 
,in that vision the blood which cleanses
 was not mentioned4 ,now1 however1 it is
 seen1 that the cleansing is by the     
blood of the ,lamb4 ,it is the same     
precious blood which cleansed and washed
 the glorified saints4 ,the great       
multitude1 which no man can number1 out 
of every nation and of all tribes and   
peoples and tongues2 the saints arrayed 
in white robes with palms in their      
hands1 who washed their robes in the    
blood of the ,lamb1 and who appear with 
,him4 ,and while they sing their song of
 praise1 ,salvation unto our ,god which 
sitteth on the throne and unto the      
,lamb1 ,israel will be washed by the    
same blood and join into the song of    
worship heard from the glorified lips of
 the saints of ,god4 ,in the #ajc;d     
,psalm we have a prophetic expression of
 what ,israel will rejoice in when that 
fountain is opened4 ,the cleansed nation
 will break forth and sing3     ,bless  

,jehovah1 oh my soul1    ,and all that  
is within me bless ,his holy name2      
,bless ,jehovah1 oh my soul1 and forget 
not all ,his benefits4    ,who forgiveth
 all thine iniquities1    ,who healeth  
all thy diseases1    ,who reedeemeth thy
 life from destruction1    ,who crowneth
 thee with lovingkindness and tender    
mercies4  ,the cleansing and healing of 
,israel in that day will be complete and
 final4 ,no more going back to sin and  
apostasy after that4 ,now they are      
indeed a holy people1 a kingdom of      
priests4 ,perfect healing is theirs1 not
 alone in spiritual things1 but also    
healing from their diseases4 ,jehovah is
 their healer the moment ,he1 as the    
,sun of ,righteousness with healing     
under ,his wings1 has risen upon them4  
,and the inhabitant shall not say ,i am 
sick2 the people that dwell therein     
shall be forgiven their iniquity 7,isa4 
xxxiii3 #cd74 ,neither will ,i hide ,my 
face any more from them2 for ,i have    
poured out ,my ,spirit upon the house of

 ,israel1 saith the ,lord ,god 7,ezekiel
 xxxix3 #bi74 ,and the ,redeemer shall  
come out of ,zion1 and unto them that   
turn from transgression in ,jacob1 saith
 the ,lord4 ,and as for ,me1 this is ,my
 covenant with them1 saith the ,lord1   
,my ,spirit that is upon thee1 and ,my  
words which ,i have put in thy mouth1   
shall not depart out of thy mouth1 nor  
out of the mouth of thy seed1 nor out of
 the mouth of thy seed's seed1 saith the
 ,lord1 from henceforth and forever     
7,isa4 lix3 #bj1 #ba74 ,for behold ,i   
create ,jerusalem a rejoicing and her   
people a joy1 and ,i will rejoice in    
,jerusalem and joy in ,my people1 and   
the voice of weeping shall be no more   
heard in her nor the voice of crying    
7,isa4 lxv3 #ai74  ,the cleansing of    
,his people is followed by the cutting  
off of the names of the idols from the  
land of ,israel4 ,the false prophets who
 were indwelt by the spirit of          
uncleanness are destroyed4 ,it is the   
consequence of the outpouring of the    

,spirit upon ,israel4 ,the entire       
paragraph beginning the #acth chapter   
speaks of this3     ,and it shall be in 
that day1 saith the ,lord of ,hosts1    
,i will cut off the names of the idols  
from the land1    ,and they shall no    
more be remembered2    ,and also ,i will
 cause the prophets and the unclean     
spirits    ,to pass out of the land4    
,and it shall be if a man still         
prophesy1    ,his father and his mother 
who begat him shall say to him1    ,thou
 shalt not live1    ,for thou hast      
spoken a lie in the name of ,jehovah2   
,and his father and his mother who begat
 him    ,shall pierce him through when  
he prophesieth4    ,and it shall be in  
that day the prophets shall be ashamed  
,each of his vision when he prophesies2 
,and shall no more put on a hairy mantle
 to lie1    ,and shall say ,i am no     
prophet1 ,i am a tiller of the ground1  
,for a man has sold me from my youth4   
,and one shall say to him    ,what are  
these wounds between thine hands8       

,and he shall answer1 those with which  
,i was wounded    ,in the house of my   
lovers 7verses #b to #f74  ,we have seen
 before in the #ajth chapter that       
,israel will return to idolatry in the  
last days4 ,the unclean spirit of       
idolatry which was cast out will at last
 return with seven others and will find 
the house empty1 swept and garnished4   
,and the evil spirit1 with the seven    
others more evil than himself2 will     
enter in and dwell there1 so that the   
last state of ,israel becometh worse    
than the first4 ,this will happen to    
this evil generation4 ,this section of  
the #acth chapter makes it very clear   
that when the fountain is opened against
 sin and uncleanness1 that idols will   
have been in the land1 and false        
prophets prophesy there immediately     
before the manifestation of the ,lord   
from heaven2 for how could the names of 
the idols be cut off from the land if   
there were none there8 ,palestine may   
well be put down now as the great centre

 of false worship4 ,greek and ,latin    
crosses are seen on all sides in        
,jerusalem and other places1 while      
saints1 holy houses and places are      
worshipped and adored4 ,on the spot     
where the ,lord's house stood1 there    
stands to-day the mosque of the false   
prophet4 ,all is idolatry4 ,of course   
when the ,lord returns these false      
temples will be destroyed1 and the      
,greek and ,latin idolatries1 as well as
 ,islam1 will forever pass out of       
existence4 ,there will be a purging of  
the land from these abominations4 ,this 
may be included in the prophecy here4   
,still1 it is the people of ,israel who 
are especially concerned in the prophecy
 before us4 ,the land has often been the
 scene of idol worship1 and the people  
engaged in that which ,jehovah despises4
 ,it will be so again1 only in a much   
worse form1 when false prophets who are 
inspired by the unclean spirit1 and     
demons themselves will be their guides4 
,we must look to ,revelation for a key4 

,it is well known to all students of the
 prophetic word that all which comes    
after the third chapter in the last book
 of the ,bible is future still4 ,we are 
yet in the things which are present4    
,when the ,lord has taken the ,church to
 ,himself then the great visions1       
tribulations1 wrath and judgment will be
 fulfilled4 ,aside from the scenes in   
heaven we learn from ,revelation the    
events in the earth during the great    
tribulation which ends with the wrath   
from heaven4  ,now in the #ith chapter  
and the #bjth verse of ,revelation we   
read1 ,and the rest of mankind which    
were not killed with these plagues      
repented not of the works of their hands
 that they should not worship demons and
 the idols of gold1 and of silver1 and  
of brass1 and of stone1 and of wood2    
which can neither see nor hear nor walk4
 ,scripture is to be explained by       
scripture4 ,the ,holy ,spirit declares  
through ,paul the very same when he     
writes in #a ,timothy iv3 #a1 ,but the  

,spirit says expressly that in the      
latter times some shall fall away from  
the faith1 giving heed to seducing      
spirits and doctrines of devils through 
the hypocrisy of men that speak lies    
branded in their own conscience as with 
a hot iron4 ,for this cause ,god shall  
send them strong delusions that they    
should believe a lie1 that they all     
might be damned which believed not the  
truth1 but have pleasure in             
unrighteousness 7#b ,thess4 ii3 #aa1    
#ab74  ,these words have not yet been   
fulfilled1 nor has the time come4 ,truly
 there are many indications around us4  
,doctrines of demons are seen in more   
than one respect4 ,mysterious influences
 are felt in the earth4 ,the hindering  
power1 the ,holy ,spirit1 is still      
present1 and ,he is keeping back the    
full manifestation of evil 7#b ,thess4  
ii3 #g74 ,but when at last ,he has gone1
 in the removal of the body1 then       
darkness indeed will cover the earth4   
,the unclean spirits1 and who can count 

their numbers1 will be thrown out of    
heaven into the earth and take          
possession of mankind4 ,the voice from  
heaven declares1 ,woe for the earth and 
for the sea1 because the devil is gone  
down unto you1 having great wrath1      
knowing that he hath but a short time   
7,rev4 xii74 ,when our ,lord was in the 
earth preaching the kingdom of heaven   
,he found many persons in the possession
 of demons1 evil spirits1 who had       
complete control of them1 and ,he cast  
them out4 ,some cried out in terror1    
demanding to know if ,he had come to    
torment them before the time4 ,they knew
 ,him as the ,one who would at last send
 them to their final doom4 ,but when ,he
 comes again in ,his glory from heaven1 
conditions will be a great deal worse4  
,satan and his hosts will be in the     
earth1 having deceived the inhabitants  
of the earth1 and seducing with lying   
wonders and strong delusions those who  
would not believe the truth1 and lead   
them back to idol worship and to the    

carnal abominations connected with such 
a worship4 ,spiritualism1 ,christian    
,science1 ,buddhism in the very midst of
 ,christendom1 as well as the sect of   
devil worshipers in ,paris1 ,london1 and
 ,berlin1 are but faint samples of the  
gross darkness which will be when the   
,church has been removed4 ,there is no  
human mind which can imagine the        
condition of things during that time of 
tribulation1 nor is there a pen which   
could describe the delusions and        
wickedness which will then flourish for 
a short time in this world4  ,what      
praises1 then1 should be in the hearts  
of the ,saints for having escaped that  
tribulation and the wrath to come4 ,no1 
the ,lord will never leave ,his ,church 
in the earth when ,satan and his demons 
have control4 ,the presence of the      
,church in the earth makes it impossible
 that these days can come4 ,but while   
this will be true in the earth          
generally1 the land of ,israel will be  
the center of that great storm1 and     

there the false worship1 idolatry1 will 
be established4 ,it is to be remembered 
that a part of the nation will have been
 restored to the land in unbelief1 and  
will rebuild a temple1 which is the     
fourth temple4 ,sacrifices are brought  
again1 but they are an abomination1 and 
the ,lord hates them4 ,the #ffth chapter
 of ,isaiah in its beginning speaks of  
this fact4 ,we have to turn once more to
 the book of ,revelation to find there a
 commentary4 ,in the first quotation    
from the book we learned of the         
conditions in the earth in a general    
sense1 but when we read the #acth       
chapter we find ourselves on ,jewish    
ground1 in ,jerusalem4 ,in that chapter 
we read of the worship of one who is    
termed the dragon1 and this dragon gives
 power to a beast1 who is likewise      
worshiped4 ,and there was given him a   
mouth speaking great things and         
blasphemies2 and there was given him    
authority to continue forty and two     
months 7verse #e74 4 4 ,and all that    

dwell on the earth shall worship him1   
everyone whose name hath not been       
written in the book of life of the ,lamb
 that hath been slain from the          
foundation of the world 4 4 4 7#hth     
verse74 ,after this we read in the #aath
 verse of a second beast4 ,and ,i saw   
another beast coming up out of the      
earth2 and he had two horns like unto a 
lamb1 and he spake as a dragon4 ,and he 
exerciseth all the authority of the     
first beast in his sight1 and he maketh 
the earth and them that dwell therein to
 worship the first beast1 whose deadly  
wound was healed4 ,and he doeth great   
signs1 that he should even make fire    
come down out of heaven upon the earth  
in sight of men4 ,an image of the beast 
is made4 ,and he deceiveth them that    
dwell on the earth by reason of the     
signs which it was given him to do in   
the sight of the beast2 saying to them  
that dwell on the earth1 that they      
should make an image to the beast1 which
 hath the stroke of the sword and lived4

 ,and it was given unto him to give     
breath to it1 even to the image of the  
beast1 that the image of the beast      
should both speak1 and cause that as    
many as should not worship the image of 
the beast should be killed 7#adth and   
#aeth verses74 ,we see here a trinity   
revealed4 ,the first is the dragon1 the 
second the beast1 and after that beast1 
which is called the first beast1 the    
other1 or the second beast4 ,the dragon 
is the father of lies1 the devil1 the   
first beast is his son1 the ,antichrist1
 and the second beast is the evil       
spirit1 which causes the dwellers in the
 earth to worship the beast4 ,it is the 
trinity of evil as it is yet to be seen 
in the earth1 and worshipped by those   
who rejected the ,father1 the ,son1 and 
the ,holy ,spirit4 ,this beast is the   
false ,messiah4 ,the one of whom we read
 in #b ,thes4 ii4 ,the son of perdition1
 he that upholdeth and exalteth himself 
against all that is called ,god1 or that
 is worshipped2 so that he sitteth in   

the temple of ,god1 setting himself     
forth as ,god4 ,now this is the great   
abomination of the great tribulation4   
,the #acth chapter of ,revelation       
speaks1 as we have seen1 of ,antichrist 
having received a deadly wound by a     
sword1 but he lived4 ,it was a miracle  
that he lived4 ,the dragon gave him     
power to overcome it4 ,but not alone    
does he raise up the beast again from   
death1 but he imparts life to the image 
of ,antichrist1 which is to be          
worshipped1 so that it could speak1 and 
all who refuse to worship the image are 
to be killed4 ,antichrist is a perfect  
counterfeit of the true ,christ4 ,the   
devil will then place him before the    
world as a substitute of ,christ4 ,the  
wound of the beast was made perhaps by  
those who pretended to love him4 ,with  
the light from ,rev4 xiii1 ,zech4 xiii  
becomes very plain1 for the false       
prophets and idols mentioned in our     
chapter are connected with the winding  
up of this dispensation4 ,the sixth     

verse does not speak of the ,lord ,jesus
 ,christ4 ,it is generally taken to be a
 ,messianic prophecy and often quoted as
 such4 ,the context1 however1 shows     
beyond a doubt that the person mentioned
 is the false prophet4 ,and one shall   
say to him--the false prophet--,what    
then are these wounds between thy hands8
 ,and he shall say1 ,those for which ,i 
was wounded in the house of my lovers4  
,nowhere is this prophecy quoted in the 
,new ,testament as being ,messianic4    
,surely if it had any reference to the  
,lord1 the ,holy ,spirit would have     
quoted it somewhere in the ,new         
,testament4 ,we have here the           
description of the false shepherd1 the  
,antichrist1 the beast with the deadly  
wound4 ,of course there will be many    
false ,messiahs in that day when        
,antichrist reigns4 ,false messengers1  
lying prophets1 with their delusions    
will go throughout the land and to the  
nations likewise4 ,but when ,he appears 
whose right it is1 ,antichrist1 all     

false prophets1 and all the idols will  
be forever cut off and the land will be 
thoroughly cleansed of all these        
abominations4 ,if it were possible that 
a man after this manifestation should   
still prophesy 7speaking falsely1 a lie 
in the name of ,jehovah71 his own father
 and mother would slay him for it4 ,the 
true ,shepherd is now seen once more in 
the closing of this chapter1 and with   
him mention is made of the remnant4     
,awake1 ,o sword1 against ,my shepherd1 
,and against a man1 ,my fellow1 saith   
,jehovah of ,hosts2    ,smite the       
shepherd and the sheep shall be         
scattered1    ,and ,i will bring back   
,my hand upon the little ones4    ,and  
it shall be in all the land1 saith      
,jehovah1    ,two parts therein shall be
 cut off and die1    ,and the third     
shall be left therein4    ,and ,i will  
bring the third part through the fire1  
,and ,i will refine them as silver is   
refined1    ,and will try them as gold  
is tried2    ,he shall call upon ,my    

name and ,i will answer2    ,i will say1
 ,it is ,my people1    ,and he shall    
say1 ,jehovah is my ,god4  ,the question
 comes to every student of the word1 why
 is here an interruption in the events  
which we have followed and which are    
given chronologically8 ,why is there no 
continuation bringing out other phases  
of ,israel's salvation and the coming of
 the ,lord8 ,the change is very abrupt1 
and there is a going back to events     
which are the events of ,his first      
coming and ,his rejection4 ,the solution
 of the difficulty would be almost      
impossible if we would interpret the    
sixth verse of the wounded one as       
referring to the ,lord1 the ,messiah4   
,but the fact that in the sixth verse we
 have the person of ,antichrist answers 
the question which we have asked4 ,the  
change and the interruption is made to  
show the contrast between the ,good     
,shepherd and the false shepherd4 ,the  
devil's masterpiece had been in the     
earth2 perhaps he pointed to his wounds 

in his hands and to the fact that he was
 dead and became alive again1 and       
mockingly he spoke of ,jesus of         
,nazareth and ,his claim of having been 
dead and now living4 ,the true ,shepherd
 has appeared4 ,he too is pierced1 but  
,he was pierced for their sins1 and to  
make the whole complete a new thought is
 brought out which has not been seen so 
far in ,zechariah4 ,it is the same as in
 ,isaiah liii1 the suffering ,one1 who  
is a man1 and called ,my fellow1 the    
fellow of ,jehovah of ,hosts1 ,jehovah  
,himself2 who speaks here1 and what does
 ,he speak8 ,the sword is to work       
against ,his ,shepherd and against ,his 
own ,fellow4 ,the blessed mystery of the
 atonement is thus brought out4 ,indeed 
it is the heart of the ,gospel here4    
,for ,god so loved the world that ,he   
gave ,his only begotten ,son1 that      
whosoever believeth on ,him should not  
perish but have life eternal4 ,the      
,lord1 laid on ,him the iniquity of us  
all4 ,it speaks of ,him1 the forsaken   

,one1 the ,son of ,god1 forsaken in the 
hour of ,his agony1 the sword upon ,him 
and against ,him4 ,in the ,new          
,testament we find the passage quoted in
 the ,gospel of ,matthew1 #bfth chapter 
and #acth verse3 ,then saith ,jesus unto
 them1 all ye shall be offended because 
of ,me this night2 for it is written1 ,i
 will smite the ,shepherd and the sheep 
of the flock shall be scattered abroad4 
,in the last verses of the #acth chapter
 we have once more teachings concerning 
the remnant4 ,these verses are not alone
 applicable to the remnant and the sheep
 in the time when our ,lord was in the  
earth and immediately after he had      
suffered1 they are not alone applicable 
to the remnant1 which was in ,jerusalem 
when the ,roman armies came for         
destruction1 but the application is to  
be made in connection with the people   
living in the land when ,antichrist will
 reign1 and the suffering of the        
remnant1 the one-third1 and the glorious
 privileges of that remnant are likewise

 future4     ,,chapter ,,xiv4  ,the last
 conflict--,jerusalem surrounded by     
armies and besieged and                 
taken--,jehovah's intervention--,the    
escape of the remnant--,living waters   
flowing out of ,jerusalem--,the enemies 
punished--,the remnant of nations live  
as worshipers in ,jerusalem--,jerusalem 
the holy city4  ,the last chapter in    
,zechariah is a very important one4 ,it 
is a grand summing up and description of
 the events which stand at the close of 
the great tribulation1 and as such it is
 one of the most striking chapters in   
the ,old ,testament4 ,post-millennialism
 surely fails here in trying to find    
some explanation for these prophecies4  
,the chapter is unfulfilled throughout4 
,anyone who does not acknowledge this   
has only one other way of               
interpretation1 and that is to          
spiritualize the whole and make out of  
it the development of the ,church1 the  
holiness of the ,church1 etc4 this1 of  
course1 is a failure and cannot be done4

 ,the only true way of interpretation is
 the literal one1 and that will teach us
 that the events seen in this chapter   
are future4 ,this ought to be seen by   
any reader of the ,word of ,god at the  
first glance4 ,there is no siege and    
capture of ,jerusalem in history which  
corresponds to the siege and capture    
which stands in the beginning of this   
chapter4 ,the ,lord never intervened in 
behalf of ,jerusalem in the way that it 
is said here in going forth and fighting
 against those nations1 nor did ,his    
feet stand upon the ,mount of ,olives   
for the purpose of completely destroying
 the enemies of ,his people4 ,the whole 
chapter is of such significance that we 
have to take it verse by verse and      
illustrate it by many scriptures taken  
from different parts of the prophetic   
word4     ,verse #a4 ,behold a day      
cometh for ,jehovah when thy spoils     
shall be divided in the midst of thee4  
,the time when this prophecy will be    
enacted is here given4 ,a day is coming 

for ,jehovah4 ,now it is man's day and  
,god keeps silence1 but ,his day1 the   
day of ,jehovah1 is coming and will be a
 day of manifestation1 glory1 and power4
 ,that day is a day of wrath1 a day of  
trouble and distress1 a day of wasteness
 and desolation1 a day of darkness and  
gloominess1 a day of clouds and thick   
darkness 7,zeph4 i3 #ae74 ,blow ye the  
trumpet in ,zion and sound an alarm in  
my holy mountain2 let all the           
inhabitants in the land tremble1 for the
 day of ,jehovah cometh1 it is nigh at  
hand 7,joel ii3 #a74 ,there shall be a  
day of the ,lord upon all that is proud 
and haughty 7,isa4 ii3#d74 ,the great   
tribulation is about past1 and now when 
,jerusalem is not alone besieged but    
taken1 the spoil being divided by the   
victors in the midst of the city1 and   
when the enemy seems to have succeeded1 
then the day for ,jehovah will come and 
,he will roar out of the heavens4       
,verse #b4 ,i will gather all nations   
against ,jerusalem for battle1    ,and  

the city shall be taken1 and the houses 
rifled1 and the women       shall be    
ravished1    ,and half of the city shall
 go forth into captivity1    ,and the   
residue of the people shall not be cut  
off4  ,this puts before us the last     
scenes of the times of the ,gentiles1   
the great conflict which in ,daniel and 
other prophecies is likewise described4 
,there are difficulties1 especially in  
regard to ,antichrist4 ,if he is then in
 ,jerusalem1 and sitting in the temple1 
worshipped as ,god1 having complete     
control of ,jerusalem1 how can he be the
 leader of the hostile armies of the    
nations which come against ,jerusalem8  
,it is nowhere said that ,antichrist is 
to have this place in the temple for any
 length of time4 ,we likewise do not    
know the exact time when he will thus be
 worshipped4 ,he hears while away from  
the land of the appearing of the two    
witnesses in ,jerusalem1 their success  
in preaching1 and that many ,jews become
 believers in ,him who is the ,hope of  

,israel4 ,he invades the land1 takes the
 city1 and slays the witnesses4 ,the    
armies of the nations are associated    
with him4 ,daniel gives the history of  
these events4 7,daniel xi47  ,the armies
 which gather against ,jerusalem in that
 day are the armies of the confederation
 of nations1 sprung out of the territory
 of the old ,roman ,empire4 ,it was     
stated not long ago from post-millennial
 sides that this in itself was beyond   
belief4 ,how could it be possible that  
the progress of civilization could be   
arrested to such an extent1 that the    
nations of ,christendom would unite to  
march up against the ,holy ,city8 ,the  
,gospel leaven 787 was at work as never 
before1 and it would be impossible that 
these nations who will become more and  
more thus leavened could be occupied    
with such a campaign4 ,this indeed is   
the thought of man1 but the word of ,god
 speaks in an entirely different        
language4 ,true the leaven is at work1  
but truth is not leaven1 but leaven is  

evil4 ,we must not forget that ,jehovah 
,himself says1 ,i will gather all       
nations against ,jerusalem4  ,much      
reminds us here in chapter xiv of       
,egypt1 and we shall have to refer a    
number of times to the story of         
,israel's deliverance from the house of 
bondage4 ,pharaoh1 though he had        
witnessed the judgments of ,god upon his
 own land1 tribulation and wrath1 yet he
 rushed on in blindness to his doom4 ,so
 it will be once more with the          
antisemitic nations4 ,blinded they will 
be1 though they have also witnessed     
tribulation and wrath4 ,perhaps special 
commercial and financial as well as     
political interests are at stake1 and   
will be the causes of the campaign      
against the land and the city4 ,joel iii
 speaks of this gathering of nations3   
,proclaim ye this among the nations2    
prepare war2 stir up the mighty men2 let
 all the men of war draw near2 let them 
come up4 ,beat your plowshares into     
swords1 and your pruninghooks into      

spears2 let the weak say1 ,i am strong4 
,haste ye1 and come all ye nations round
 about1 and gather yourselves together2 
thither cause ,thy mighty ones to come  
down1 ,o ,lord4 ,let the nations bestir 
themselves1 and come up to the valley of
 ,jehosaphat1 for there will ,i sit to  
judge all the nations round about4 ,put 
ye in the sickle1 for the harvest is    
ripe2 come1 tread ye2 for the winepress 
is full1 the fats overflow2 for their   
wickedness is great4 ,multitudes1       
multitudes in the valley of decision1   
for the day of the ,lord is near in the 
valley of decision4 ,the sun and the    
moon are darkened1 and the stars        
withdraw their shining4 ,and the ,lord  
shall roar from ,zion1 and utter ,his   
voice from ,jerusalem2 and the heavens  
and the earth shall shake3 but the ,lord
 will be a refuge unto ,his people1 and 
a stronghold to the children of ,israel4
  ,the twenty-fourth chapter of ,matthew
 is to be considered in connection with 
the last chapter in ,zechariah1 for it  

relates to the same events4 ,some take  
,matthew xxiv as having been in part    
fulfilled1 others as being now          
fulfilled4 ,both are incorrect4 ,the    
chapter will be fulfilled after the     
church is taken from the earth to be    
with the ,lord in the air4 ,ye shall    
hear of wars and rumors of wars2 see    
that ye be not troubled1 for these      
things must needs come to pass2 the end 
is not yet4 ,for nation shall rise      
against nation1 and kingdom against     
kingdom2 there shall be famines and     
earthquakes in divers places4 ,but all  
these things are the beginning of       
trouble4 ,then shall they deliver you up
 unto tribulation and shall kill you1   
and ye shall be hated of all nations for
 ,my name's sake4 4 4 4 ,all this is    
predictive of the great tribulation4    
,the twenty-fourth chapter of ,matthew  
makes it clear that there will be a     
,jewish-,christian remnant--not         
church--in the land1 and a testimony    
will be given by them4 7,see verse #ad  

and compare with ,revelation xiv3 #f1   
#g47 ,neither ,zechariah xiv nor        
,matthew xxiv has seen a fulfillment4   
,jerusalem has never been besieged by   
all nations1 nor was only a part of the 
people destroyed in its last siege by   
,titus4     ,verse #c4 ,then shall      
,jehovah go forth and fight against     
those       nations1    ,as when ,he    
fought in the day of battle4  ,the hour 
of their extremity has come and this    
brings the intervention4 ,the great     
tribulation in its beginning found a    
good part of the ,jewish people restored
 in unbelief in the land4 ,jerusalem had
 become again a ,jewish city1 and a     
temple stands in the city4 ,the         
tribulation ends with ,jerusalem taken1 
ruin once more1 terrible slaughter and  
suffering1 and in the midst a remnant   
hopeful1 waiting for salvation from     
above4 ,when there seems to be no escape
 ,jehovah will appear and fight against 
those nations4 ,the heavens will be     
opened and ,jehovah's glory and power   

manifested4 ,it will be as it was in the
 day of battle4  ,and the ,lord hardened
 the heart of ,pharaoh1 ,king of ,egypt 
and he pursued after the children of    
,israel2 for the children of ,israel    
went out with an high hand4 ,and the    
,egyptians pursued after them1 all the  
horses and chariots of ,pharoah and his 
horse-men1 and his army overtook them   
encamping by the sea4 4 4 ,and the      
children of ,israel cried unto the ,lord
 4 4 4 ,and ,moses said unto the people1
 ,fear ye not1 stand still1 and see the 
salvation of the ,lord1 which ,he will  
work for you to-day4 4 4 ,the ,lord     
shall fight for you and ye shall hold   
your peace4 4 4 ,and it came to pass in 
the morning watch that the ,lord looked 
forth upon the host of the ,egyptians   
through the pillar of fire and of cloud1
 and discomfited the host of the        
,egyptians4 4 4 4 ,the ,lord overthrew  
the ,egyptians in the midst of the sea4 
4 4 4 ,there remained not so much as one
 of them4 7,exodus xiv47 ,hearken ye1   

all ,judah1 and ye inhabitants of       
,jerusalem1 and thou ,king ,jehosaphat1 
,thus saith the ,lord unto you1 ,fear   
not ye1 neither be ye dismayed by reason
 of this great multitude2 for the battle
 is not yours1 but ,god's4 ,ye shall not
 fight in this battle1 set yourselves1  
stand still1 and see the salvation of   
the ,lord with you 7#b ,chronicles xx3  
#ae-ag74 ,these are only two samples of 
what ,jehovah will do in ,his day and   
how ,he will save ,his people4 ,in      
,matthew xxiv we find the intervention  
in the twenty-seventh verse1 ,for as the
 lightning cometh forth from the east   
and is seen even unto the west1 so shall
 be the coming of the ,son of ,man4     
,verse #d4 ,and ,his feet shall stand in
 that day upon the ,mount       of      
,olives1    ,which is before ,jerusalem 
on the east2    ,and the ,mount of      
,olives shall be parted in the middle1  
,toward the east and toward the west1 a 
great valley1    ,and half of the       
mountain shall be removed northward     

,and the other half southward4  ,the    
east1 the place where the sun rises1 is 
made prominent in this manifestation4   
,from the east to the west the lightning
 flashes1 thus shall be the coming of   
the ,son of ,man4     ,god cometh from  
,teman1    ,and the holy ,one from      
,paran    ,his splendor covereth the    
heavens1    ,and the earth is full of   
,his glory 7,habbak4 iii74  ,teman is   
the country of the sons of the east1 and
 ,paran the desert region extending from
 the frontiers of ,judah to the borders 
of ,sinai4 ,but there towards the east  
from ,jerusalem stands a mountain4 ,it  
overlooks the whole city1 and right in  
front1 there is the valley of           
,jehosaphat1 the valley where the       
nations are assembled 7,joel iii74 ,what
 a view from this mountain top6 ,there  
is the city1 and its burning ruins are  
seen1 there are the camps of the        
nations1 with their banners and cannons 
gathered now in fear and in trembling1  
for the heavens declare the glory of the

 ,lord4 ,immediately after the          
tribulation of these days1 the sun shall
 be darkened and the moon 4 4 4 and then
 shall appear the sign of the ,son of   
,man in the heavens4 ,and now ,he       
,himself has descended from the heavens4
 ,his blessed feet stand again upon the 
,mount of ,olives4 ,he stands upon the  
mountain1 and perhaps on the very spot  
where ,he stood centuries1 many         
centuries1 before1 after ,his passion   
and ,his resurrection when ,he blest    
,his disciples and had been removed from
 them with outstretched arms4 ,there    
stood the two heavenly visitors in that 
day with their message1 ,ye men of      
,galilee1 why stand ye here looking into
 heaven8 ,this ,jesus which was received
 up from you into heaven shall so come  
in like manner as ye beheld ,him going  
into heaven4 ,a long1 long time past4   
,has ,he forgotten ,his promise8 ,no1   
the hour had not come4 ,but men         
disbelieved the word of promise1 ,i will
 come again4 ,and in the last days      

mockers came with mockery1 walking after
 their own lusts1 saying1 ,where is the 
promise of ,his coming8 for from the    
days that the fathers fell asleep1 all  
things continue as they were from the   
beginning of the creation 7#b ,peter ii3
 #c1 #d74 ,but now the ,lord has come4  
,he1 the ,son of ,man1 in ,his glory1 is
 seen plainly from the city and from the
 valley1 and with ,him the heavenly     
company1 ,his saints4 ,the moment ,his  
feet touch the ,mount of ,olives there  
is an earthquake which splits the       
mountain into two halves1 and a great   
valley is formed between these two      
parts4 ,the mountains quake at ,him1 and
 the hills melt2 and the earth is       
upheaved at ,his presence1 yea1 the     
world and all that dwell therein 7,nahum
 i3 #e74 ,as in the day of battle when  
the ,egyptian hosts were destroyed and  
,he divided the sea1 thus will ,he      
divide the mountain and make a way for  
,his trusting people1     ,verse #e4    
,and ye shall flee by the valley of ,my 

mountains1    ,for the valley of the    
mountains shall reach unto ,azal2    ,ye
 shall flee as you fled before the      
earthquake1    ,in the days of ,uzziah1 
,king of ,judah3    ,and ,jehovah my    
,god shall come1    ,and all the saints 
with ,thee6  ,the valley is the way by  
which the remnant will flee from the    
city4 ,the earthquake is mentioned only 
in another passage in the prophets4     
,amos received the words of the ,lord   
and the visions two years before the    
earthquake4 ,the details of the         
earthquake are not mentioned4 ,perhaps  
the pious in the city1 the              
,messiah-expecting ,jews1 hoped then    
that the ,promised ,one would appear1   
and they fled from the city4 ,it was    
during the reign of ,uzziah 7,jehovah is
 strength7 that it happened4  ,jehovah  
who shall come refers us back to the    
fourth verse1 where ,he stands upon the 
,mount4 ,here ,he is seen not alone in  
,his manifestation1 but ,his saints are 
with ,him4 ,it is an exclamation of     

joyous surprise1 ,all the saints with   
,thee6 ,there above the ,mount of       
,olives a startling picture is seen4    
,countless human beings1 glorified1     
gathered out of all languages1 nations1 
tribes and countries1 great and small1  
in white and shining robes1 are seen    
flowing down from the opened heaven4    
,what multitudes6 ,no man can count     
them4 ,what light and what glory6       
,brighter than the noonday sun4 ,and1   
oh6 what hallelujahs1 what wonderful    
singing in joy and praise and adoration6
 ,when the shepherds were on the fields 
near ,bethlehem they heard the angels'  
song1 but when ,he comes again there    
will be singing and rejoicing1 grander  
still4 ,then it will be indeed1 ,glory  
to ,god in the highest1 ,peace on earth1
 good will towards men4 ,the singing of 
the redeemed will be heard4 ,the mighty 
angels will not be silent in their wake1
 and all the armies of heaven will      
escort the ,king of kings and ,lord of  
lords upon white horses4 ,what a scene  

in view of the places where ,he once    
suffered and died1 and beheld by the    
nations and ,israel6  ,and every saint  
will share ,his glory then4 ,oh1        
wonderful grace for redeemed sinners1   
which lifts them up to such glory1 to   
come with the ,son of ,man in ,his      
glory1 and to share ,his throne4 ,why is
 there now so little praise with ,his   
own1 ,his redeemed ones8 ,why so often  
coldness8 ,perhaps if we would gaze more
 into these visions of glory it would be
 different1 and there would be not only 
praise but in all the wilderness        
experiences joy and patience1 the       
patience of the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4   
,thus ,he1 our ,lord1 the ,leader and   
,perfecter of faith1 went through this  
life4 ,who for the joy that was set     
before ,him endured the cross1 despising
 shame1 and hath sat down at the right  
hand of the throne of ,god4 ,and when   
the ,lord comes with ,his saints the    
remnant of ,israel leaving the city will
 not be silent4 ,their song will be1    

,lo1 ,he is our ,god2 we have waited for
 ,him2 we will be glad and rejoice in   
,his salvation4 ,for in this mountain   
shall the hand of the ,lord rest        
7,isaiah xxv3 #i74     ,verses #f and   
#g4 ,and it shall come to pass in that  
day    ,that the light shall not be with
 brightness and with gloom1    ,and the 
day shall be ,one4    ,it shall be known
 unto ,jehovah4    ,not day and not     
night    ,and at evening time there     
shall be light4  ,many different        
interpretations of these two verses have
 been attempted1 most of them in        
spiritual teachings4 ,the details of the
 coming manifestation1 can hardly be now
 all understood4 ,this seems to be clear
 in regard to the above that we have a  
prophetic description of the phenomena  
in nature1 in the heavens in that day4  
,the ,septuagint translates1 ,there     
shall not be light1 but cold and ice4   
,this translation is incorrect4 ,that   
day will be a day of darkness1          
gloominess1 followed by twilight and    

ending in the bursting forth of a new   
light4 ,woe unto you that desire the day
 of the ,lord6 ,wherefore would you have
 the day of the ,lord8 ,it is darkness  
and not light 7,amos v3 #ah74 ,and it   
shall come to pass in that day1 saith   
the ,lord ,god1 that ,i will cause the  
sun to go down at noon1 and ,i will     
darken the earth in a clear day 7,amos  
viii3 #i74 ,the sun shall be turned into
 darkness and the moon into blood before
 the great and terrible day of the ,lord
 come 7,joel ii3 #cd 74 ,it is the same 
as in ,matthew xxiv1 the darkening of   
the sun and moon1 the falling of the    
stars4 ,it will be one day1 a peculiar  
day1 such as has never been before4 ,in 
the hour of ,his agony upon the cross   
there prevailed a darkness over         
,jerusalem and the land2 the same will  
be the case in ,his manifestation and   
will inspire terror4 ,at evening time   
the light will shine1 the ,son of       
,righteousness1 now fully risen1 with   
healing under his wings4     ,verse #h4 

,and it shall be in that day    ,that   
living waters shall go out from         
,jerusalem1    ,half of them to the     
eastern sea    ,and half of them to the 
western sea4    ,in summer and in winter
 shall it be4  ,living waters flowing   
out from ,jerusalem speak of the        
blessings which the ,lord will give     
through the city and the inhabitants to 
the nations of the earth4 ,jerusalem    
established will indeed be a praise in  
the earth4 ,the ,holy ,spirit has been  
poured out and living waters flow from  
the place which is the center of the    
world4 ,the living waters will never    
stop flowing4 ,it will be for summer and
 winter4 ,what a fruitfulness there will
 follow4 ,the whole earth will be       
fruitful then1 not alone in nature but  
in spiritual things4 ,for as the earth  
bringeth forth her bud1 and as the      
garden causeth the things that are sown 
in it to spring forth1 so the ,lord ,god
 will cause righteousness and praise to 
spring forth before all the nations4    

,out of ,zion there shall go forth the  
law and the word of the ,lord from      
,jerusalem4 ,the wilderness and the     
solitary place shall be glad1 and the   
desert shall rejoice and blossom as a   
rose4 ,it shall blossom abundantly and  
rejoice even with joy and singing2 the  
glory of ,lebanon shall be given unto   
it2 the excellency of ,carmel and       
,sharon2 they shall see the glory of the
 ,lord1 the excellency of our ,god 4 4 4
 7,isaiah xxxv74 ,and he brought me back
 unto the door of the house 7the        
millennial temple72 and behold waters   
issued out from under the threshold of  
the house eastward1 for the forefront of
 the house was toward the east2 and the 
waters came down from under1 from the   
right side of the house1 on the south of
 the altar4 ,then brought he me out by  
the way of the gate northward1 and led  
me round by the way without unto the    
outer gate by the way of the gate that  
looketh toward the east2 and behold     
there ran out waters on the right side4 

4 4 4 ,now when ,i had returned1 behold 
upon the bank of the river were very    
many trees on the one side and on the   
other4 ,then said he unto me1 ,these    
waters issue forth toward the eastern   
region1 and shall go down into ,arabah1 
and they shall go toward the sea2 into  
the sea shall the waters go which were  
made to issue forth1 and the waters     
shall be healed 7,ezekiel xlvii74 ,the  
waters flowing from the threshold of the
 house empty into the sea 4 4 4         
representing the nations of the earth1  
and they receive healing and life4      
,verse #i4 ,and ,jehovah shall be ,king 
over all the earth4 ,in that day shall  
,jehovah be one and ,his name one4  ,the
 true form of government is established4
 ,jehovah is ,king4 ,his throne is then 
established over the earth1 and from    
that place ,he rules over all the       
nations in righteousness4 ,the shepherd 
with the rod of iron and the saints     
share this rule1 while in the earth     
,israel governs with a ,prince of the   

house of ,david at their head4 ,true    
unity has come4 ,the shameful divisions 
of ,christendom1 the work of the enemy1 
the harvest of the flesh ended in a mock
 union of a ,fatherhood of ,god and     
brotherhood of man4 ,man attempts now to
 bring about a unity of the race and    
unity in religions4 ,he the glorified   
,head of ,his body and ,his blessed     
atonement is denied4 ,true ,christendom 
ends in a unity1 under one head1 but he 
is the ,antichrist4 ,in that day of ,his
 coming again in glory there will be    
,his name ,one1 and ,he will be known as
 the ,one ,god1 and worshipped as such4 
,idolatry is abolished4 ,the            
abominations connected with it have     
ceased4 ,satan1 the seducer of the      
nations1 is chained and seduces the     
nations no more4 ,confusion is forever  
ended4 ,then will ,i return to the      
nations a pure language1 that they may  
call upon the name of ,jehovah1 to serve
 ,him with one consent 7,zeph4 iii3 #i74
     ,verse #aj4 ,all the land shall be 

changed like the plain    ,from ,geba to
 ,rimmon1 south of ,jerusalem1    ,and  
she shall be lifted up and dwell in her 
place1    ,from ,benjamin's gate unto   
the gate of the first place1    ,unto   
the corner gate1    ,and from the tower 
of ,hananeel unto the king's wine       
presses4  ,it is of little profit to    
understand the exact location of the    
places mentioned in this verse2 there is
 some difficulty in doing that4 ,the    
prophecy shows that in that day when the
 ,lord has appeared there will be a     
great change in the surface of          
,palestine4 ,everything will become a   
plain4 ,now it is a land of mountains   
and hills4 ,but then the hills and      
mountains will be lowered and become a  
plain4 ,jerusalem1 however1 is lifted   
up1 and is seen shining in her earthly  
splendor and in it the magnificent      
temple4 ,in the midst of the millennial 
,jerusalem in the earth will be another 
high place1 still higher than the city4 
,it is the glorious ,mount ,zion4 ,but  

in the latter days it shall be that the 
mountain of the ,lord's house shall be  
established in the top of the mountains1
 and it shall be exalted above the hills
 7,micah iv3 #a74 ,upon this high place 
the glory will rest4 ,thus it will be   
seen and cover the earth as the waters  
cover the deep4 ,and the ,lord will     
create over the whole habitation of     
,mount ,zion and over her assemblies a  
cloud and smoke by day1 and the shining 
of the flaming fire by night2 for over  
all the glory shall be spread a canopy  
7,isaiah iv3 #e74 ,from that high and   
glorious place in the earth the         
communications and intercourse between  
the heavenlies and the earth will       
perhaps take place1 it will be the      
ladder upon which the angels of ,god    
ascend and descend upon the ,son of     
,man4     ,verse #aa4 ,and they shall   
dwell therein1    ,and there shall be no
 more curse1    ,but ,jerusalem shall   
dwell safely4  ,the happiness of the    
,jerusalem in the earth4 ,the curse is  

entirely removed4 ,while now ,jerusalem 
is one of the most miserable places in  
the earth1 desolate and forsaken1 and   
during the tribulation it will be the   
place of misery1 sin1 and curse1 it will
 become the most blessed place in the   
,millennium4 ,the ,lord will show forth 
there ,his great lovingkindness1 and all
 the blessings we have reviewed in the  
visions of ,zechariah will all be       
fulfilled4 ,there shall be no more      
thence an infant of days nor an old man 
that hath not filled his days2 for the  
child shall die an hundred years old1   
and the sinner being an hundred years   
old shall be accursed4 ,and they shall  
build houses and inhabit them1 and they 
shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit 
thereof4 ,they shall not build and      
another inhabit2 they shall not plant   
and another eat2 for as the days of a   
tree shall be the days of ,my people and
 ,my chosen people shall long enjoy the 
work of their hands4 ,they shall not    
labor in vain1 nor bring forth for      

calamity2 for they are the seed of the  
blessed of the ,lord and their offspring
 with them4 ,and it shall come to pass  
that before they call ,i will answer1   
and while they are yet speaking ,i will 
hear4 ,the wolf and the lamb shall feed 
together1 and the lion shall eat straw  
like the ox1 and dust shall be the      
serpent's meat4 ,they shall not hurt nor
 destroy in all ,my holy mountain1 saith
 the ,lord 7,isaiah lxv74 ,but that     
wonderful city in the earth1 the city of
 ,jerusalem1 in all her blessing1 joy1  
peace1 prosperity1 praise1 and worship1 
is but a faint type of that still more  
glorious ,jerusalem which is then above4
 ,the new ,jerusalem1 our glorious home1
 dear reader 7if you are in ,christ71 is
 then in the air1 and at the end of the 
thousand years it will come down and    
find its eternal resting-place in the   
new earth4     ,verses #ab-ae4 ,and this
 shall be the plague    ,with which     
,jehovah will smite all the nations     
,that have warred against ,jerusalem3   

,his flesh shall consume away while they
 stand upon their feet1    ,and their   
eyes shall consume away in their        
sockets1    ,and their tongue shall     
consume away in their mouth4    ,and it 
shall be in that day    ,there shall be 
a great confusion among them from       
,jehovah1    ,and they shall lay hold   
everyone on his neighbor's hand1    ,and
 his hand shall rise up against the hand
 of his neighbor1    ,and ,judah also   
shall fight at ,jerusalem1    ,and the  
wealth of all the nations round about   
shall be gathered1    ,gold1 and silver 
and apparel in great abundance4    ,and 
so shall be the plague of the horse1    
,of the mule1 of the camel1 and of the  
ass1    ,and of all the beasts that     
shall be in those camps as this plague4 
,this is the description of the dreadful
 punishment which will befall the       
enemies in that day4 ,it is to be read  
in connection with the third verse1 the 
,lord fighting against those nations1   
and the punishment will be upon them    

when ,he appears4 ,thus it is seen in   
,revelation xix4 ,he appears1 and after 
,his appearing there is the scene of    
punishment of the enemies4 ,and ,i saw  
an angel standing in the sun2 and he    
cried with a loud voice to all the birds
 that fly in mid heaven1 ,come and be   
gathered together unto the great supper 
of ,god2 that ye may eat the flesh of   
kings1 and the flesh of captains1 and   
the flesh of mighty men1 and the flesh  
of horses and them that sit thereon1 and
 the flesh of all men1 both free and    
bond and small and great 7,rev4 xix3    
#ag1 #ah74 ,what an awful judgment it   
will be6 ,in ,ezekiel we have likewise a
 description of it4 ,it is however to be
 remarked that the vision of ,ezekiel   
xxxviii and xxxix speaks of the judgment
 which will fall upon the rebels of the 
last revolt at the end of the thousand  
years4 ,still that second punishment is 
foreshadowed in the first4 ,and thou1   
,son of man1 thus saith the ,lord ,god1 
,speak unto the birds of every sort1 and

 to every beast of the field1 ,assemble 
yourselves1 and come2 gather yourselves 
upon every side to my sacrifice that ,i 
do sacrifice for you1 even a great      
sacrifice upon the mountains of ,israel1
 that ye may eat flesh1 and drink blood4
 ,ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty1 
and drink the blood of the princes of   
the earth4 4 4 4 ,and ye shall be filled
 at my table with horses and chariots1  
with mighty men and all men of war1     
saith the ,lord ,god 7,ezek4 xxxix3     
#ag-bc74  ,and they shall go forth1 and 
look upon the carcasses of the men that 
have transgressed against me2 for their 
worm shall not die1 neither shall their 
fire be quenched2 and they shall be an  
abhorring unto all flesh 7,isa4 lxvi3   
#bd74  ,how wonderful the prophetic     
,word is6 ,what a harmony6 ,how dare men
 who call themselves ,christians deny   
its divinity and infallibility8 ,the    
wealth of the nations belongs then again
 to ,israel4 ,the nations spoiled them1 
and now all the riches of the ,gentiles 

become theirs4 ,even so it is now during
 their dispersion4 ,the nations who     
persecuted and robbed the ,jews during  
the middle ages have become the most    
miserable and impoverished1 while the   
,lord has given greater riches to the   
,jews1 and often drawn from the very    
countries who stole their goods4 ,from  
,egypt of old they came forth laden with
 silver and gold4 ,it will find a       
repetition1 only on a grander scale1 in 
the day of their restoration4 ,now in   
unbelief and in dispersion they are the 
richest of all nations4 ,oh6 that the   
nations would now understand it--the    
nations called ,christendom--that they  
are laboring for the fire1 and wearing  
themselves with vanity 7,habak4 ii3     
#ab71 and that the wealth and glory     
accumulated by them will fall a prey to 
the ,jews4 ,ye shall eat the wealth of  
the nations1 and to their glory shall ye
 succeed 7,isa4 lxi3 #f74     ,verse    
#af4 ,and it shall come to pass    ,all 
that is left of the nations which came  

against ,jerusalem    ,shall go up from 
year to year    ,to worship the ,king1  
,jehovah of ,hosts1    ,and to keep the 
feast of ,tabernacles4  ,nations will be
 left after the tribulation and the     
wrath--this is clear from many passages 
of the ,word4 ,in the ,new ,testament we
 have the statement made at the first   
council in ,jerusalem4 ,brethren1       
hearken unto me2 ,simeon hath rehearsed 
how ,god at first did visit the         
,gentiles1 to take out of them a people 
for ,his name4 ,and to this agree the   
words of the prophets2 as it is written1
 ,after these things ,i will return1 and
 ,i will build again the tabernacle of  
,david1 which is fallen2 and ,i will    
build again the ruins thereof1 and ,i   
will set it up2 that the residue of men 
may seek after the ,lord1 and all the   
,gentiles1 upon whom my name is called1 
etc4 7,acts iv3 #ae-ah74 ,number one is 
the visitation of the ,gentiles1 a      
calling out of a people for ,his name1  
and we are still living in number one4  

,number two is ,his return1 the building
 again and setting up of the tabernacle 
of ,david1 which can only come after the
 calling out of a people is accomplished
 the fullness of the ,gentiles come in2 
and number two and the events connected 
with it we have learned from the studies
 in ,zechariah4 ,then follows number    
three1 the residue of men seeking after 
the ,lord4 ,in verse #af1 they that are 
left of the nations correspond with the 
residue of men in ,acts iv4 ,the temple 
will then stand in ,jerusalem as the    
house of glory and a house of prayer for
 all nations4 ,there will be a perfect  
worship1 grand and glorious1 and it will
 not be confined to ,israel1 but the    
nations will join in it4 ,we may learn  
perhaps from this verse that the ,lord  
will leave every year once ,his place on
 ,his throne over the earth and come    
down to ,jerusalem and show ,himself in 
,his glory before the worshipping       
multitudes in the earth1 as ,he is seen 
in the ,new ,jerusalem above4 ,the      

occasion is the feast of ,tabernacles4  
,it is the millennial feast4 ,it is a   
feast kept in remembrance of ,israel's  
wanderings through the wilderness for   
forty years and all their subsequent    
wanderings4 ,it stands also for the     
ingathering of the full harvest4 ,a     
feast of joy1 praise1 and thanksgiving4 
,the ,jews keep it to the present day1  
though few know the full meaning of it4 
,every year when it comes again they    
read this #adth chapter of ,zechariah4  
,it is strange indeed4 ,what a glorious 
feast that will be1 kept there in       
,jerusalem1 when the fullness at last   
has come6 ,the fullness of the ,gentiles
 has been gathered in1 and is in the    
,new ,jerusalem2 the fullness of ,israel
 has come in the earth1 and their       
receiving has been life from the dead1  
and the ,gentiles know the glory of the 
,lord4 ,some find a difficulty here in  
the fact that it is stated that the     
nations1 the residue of men1 are to come
 up to ,jerusalem1 and the difficulty is

 that it will be impossible for all of  
them to do that4 ,it is not at all      
necessary that every individual must go 
up to ,jerusalem once in a year4        
,perhaps every nation will send         
representatives to the feast of         
,tabernacles1 and they come in the name 
of the different nations and bring their
 presents4 ,this seems to be indicated  
in the visit of the wise men from the   
,east1 who came to ,bethlehem to worship
 the new-born ,king 7,matthew ii74 ,they
 brought gold1 frankincense1 and myrrh1 
,in ,isaiah lx3 #f we read of the coming
 of the ,gentiles to ,jerusalem when the
 ,lord has come again4 ,they shall come 
from ,sheba2 they shall bring gold and  
frankincense 7the myrrh is left out     
here1 for it speaks of suffering71 and  
shall proclaim the praises of the ,lord4
 ,as the wise men who came to ,bethlehem
 were representatives of nations1 so    
during the ,millennium the nations will 
send delegations to the feast of        
,tabernacles4 ,what a scene that must   

be6 ,how crowded ,jerusalem will be by  
those from ,greenland and from the      
interior of ,africa1 from ,india and the
 islands of the sea1 as well as from the
 nations which composed the ,roman      
empire4 ,the ends of the earth have seen
 the salvation of ,god1 and now their   
praise is heard in the city and mingling
 with the psalms sung by ,his own       
redeemed people4     ,verses #ag-ai4    
,and it shall be that whoso of all the  
families       of the earth    ,shall   
not go up to ,jerusalem    ,to worship  
the ,king1 ,jehovah of ,hosts1    ,upon 
them there shall be no rain4    ,and if 
the family of ,egypt go not up and come 
not1    ,upon them shall be none4       
,there shall be the plague    ,wherewith
 ,jehovah will smite the nations        
,which go not up to keep the feast of   
,tabernacles4    ,this shall be the sin 
of ,egypt1    ,and the sin of all the   
nations    ,which go not up to keep the 
feast of ,tabernacles4  ,this is the    
other side4 ,all those who refuse will  

be punished1 and the punishment will be 
very swift4 ,from this and other        
prophecies it is seen that not          
everything will go so smoothly as it is 
generally believed during the           
,millennium4 ,god's messengers in that  
day will be the ,jews going forth to    
proclaim the truth of ,god1 and what    
preachers they will make6 ,still some   
will be forced to submit4 ,the end of   
the thousand years brings a revolt from 
the side of the nations1 which is not a 
small matter4 ,and when the thousand    
years are finished1 ,satan shall be     
loosed out of his prison1 and shall come
 forth to deceive the nations which are 
in the four corners of the earth1 ,gog  
and ,magog1 to gather them together to  
the war2 the number of whom is as the   
sand of the sea 7,rev4 xx3 #g1 #h74     
,from this we see that many of the      
nations1 ,gog and ,magog1 are only too  
willing to side once more with the      
enemy1 and to shake off1 if it were     
possible1 the yoke of the rule of       

,jehovah's earthly people4  ,the last   
two verses we have to consider make the 
whole prophecy perfect4 ,it is the      
declaration that ,jerusalem will be     
holy4     ,in that day there shall be on
 the bells of the horses    ,holiness to
 ,jehovah1    ,and the pots in the house
 of ,jehovah    ,shall be as the bowls  
before the altar4    ,every pot in      
,jerusalem and in ,judah    ,shall be   
holy unto ,jehovah of ,hosts4    ,and   
all they that sacrifice shall come      
,and take of them and sacrifice therein1
    ,and there shall be no more         
,canaanite    ,in the house of ,jehovah 
of ,hosts in that day4  ,the most holy  
person in ,israel1 the high-priest1     
carried the inscription1 ,holiness to   
,jehovah around his mitre1 but now even 
the little bells of the horses bear that
 inscription4 ,in that temple which     
stands during the ,millennium sacrifices
 will be brought1 but there will be no  
difference in the vessels1 which are    
used in ,jerusalem1 the meanest and     

smallest will be holy4 ,in one word all 
will be holy1 all will be consecrated to
 ,jehovah4 ,what a perfect service that 
will be of the people which are then1 in
 truth1 a holy people4 ,application can 
be made of this to believers now4       
,surely everything the saint has1 and   
his whole life1 must be thus consecrated
 to ,jehovah1 to the ,lord4 ,no         
,canaanite will be there1 nothing       
unclean4 ,the ,vulgate translates the   
word ,canaanite with merchant4 ,it      
stands1 however1 with everything that is
 unclean and an abomination4 ,the city  
will be completely purged from it4  ,and
 of the new ,jerusalem it is written1   
,there shall in no wise enter into it   
any thing unclean1 or he that maketh an 
abomination and a lie2 but only they    
that are written in the ,lamb's book of 
life4 4 4 4 ,without are the dogs1 and  
the sorcerers1 and the fornicators1 and 
the murderers1 and the idolaters1 and   
every one that loveth and maketh a lie4 
7,rev4 xxi3 #bg and xxii3 #ae47  ,we    

have reached the end of the visions and 
burdens of ,zechariah1 the son of ,iddo1
 the prophet1 who1 indeed1 may be termed
 the ,prophet of ,glory4 ,we praise our 
,lord for what ,he has taught us in     
these studies1 and for ,his ,spirit1 who
 guides ,his children into all truth and
 shows us things to come4 ,may he use   
this volume for the edification of the  
saints and for a better understanding of
 the words of prophecy4 ,we are living  
on the very threshold of the fulfillment
 of all these visions and words4 ,soon  
,he will come for ,his saints1 and even 
now the ,spirit groans within us4 ,even 
so1 come1 ,lord ,jesus4 ,amen4