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Review
Theme of Zechariah - His name - God Remembers
Third Vision Part 1
Vs 1-2: Zechariah sees a man with a measuring cord going to measure Jerusalem
In the post-exile prophecies God is calling his people to build the Temple and the City - frustrating and difficult task
Faced opposition of the nations
Faced apathy in their own hearts
Faced distractions of the riches and comfort
Haggai 2:9 - Haggai promises that the latter glory of the Temple - which is connected to the city - will exceed that of the glory days of David and Solomon
Vs 3-4: Measuring man goes out and reports to another angel who then orders the measuring man to bring a message to Zechariah - Jerusalem will have no walls - too many men and cattle to contain
No walls?
Ezek 38 prophecies of a future day when the nations will gather against Jerusalem to attack it because it has no walls and they will be crushed by the LORD
Isaiah 54:1-2 - Prophecy of once barren Jerusalem having so many offspring that the city will need to expand and enlarge
Same prophecy as the one containing the victory of the Crafstmen over any weapon formed against Israel
Men and Cattle
Duet 28:4 - God will multiply offspring of men and beast - Old Covenant blessing for Obedience
Ezek 36:11 - Promise to multiply man and beast
Ezekiel 36 is the prophecy of the New Covenant - promise to give them an ew heart and the Holy Spirit
Vs 5 - Angel declares, I YHWH will be a wall of fire and glory in her midst
I will be, Declares YHWH
Same word Pattern as I AM that I AM
Wall of fire
Reference to Israel at the Red Sea where the Angel of the Lord was a wall of fire between Israel and Pharaoh’s Army
Glory in her midst
Reference to God dwelling with Israel at Sinai, and in the Tabernacle
Bottom Line: In this city they have yet to build, God is promising a future where He will dwell with His people intimately, on an even greater level than He did with Moses.
He is promising to protect them on a greater level than He did with Israel at the Red Sea.
He is promising to bless them on a greater level than they experienced in the Old Covenant.
Call To Escape 2:6-9
Woe Woe vs 6-7
“Woe, Woe! Flee from the land of the north,” declares Yahweh, “for I have dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens,” declares Yahweh.
7 “Woe, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.”
Woe, Woe
Most Severe warning - listen to what I am about to say or you will die
Isaiah 55:1 “Woe!
Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat.”
Come to my waters and drink - or else you die
Flee from the land of the north
Israel most vulnerable to attack from the north - Assyria and Babylon both attacked from the north - bad things come from there
Exiled to the land of the north - to Babylon
only a few thousand Israelites left in the first return from Babylon
Most Israelites had become prosperous and comfortable in Babylon
Isaiah 48:20 “Go out from Babylon, flee from Chaldea, declare this with a shout of joy, proclaim it, send it out to the end of the earth; say, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!””
Calls them to flea with a shout of joy because God has redeemed His people - New Exodus
Coming home is the first step of enjoying this intimate relationship with God - can’t experience thsee blessings from the land of the North!
Demonstrates a commitment to siding with God over the gods and pleasures of Babylon
I have dispersed you
Run away from the North because I dispersed you - exiled you
Four winds - scattered Israel throughout all creation
Also reference back to the four horns - scattered Israel to the nations who oppressed God’s people
This land you must flee from is the land of curse - why would you want to stay there?
Flee from there!
Come home and experience blessing!
This is not a land of comfort - it is the land of our cursing - Run away!
Escape living with the daughter of Babylon
Daughter of Babylon
Jeremiah 51:33 “For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while and the time of her harvest will come.””
Daughter of Babylon will be crushed like grain on a threshing floor
In same prophecy God calls His people to, Jeremiah 51:45 ““Go out of the midst of her (the Daughter of Babylon), my people!
Let every one save his life from the fierce anger of the Lord!”
Isaiah 47:1-3 “Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans!
For you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
Take the millstones and grind flour, put off your veil, strip off your robe, uncover your legs, pass through the rivers.
Your nakedness shall be uncovered, and your disgrace shall be seen.
I will take vengeance, and I will spare no one.”
As we just saw, in Isaiah 48 - God calls Israel to flee from Babylon
Historically speaking - Babylon has been defeated already - Daughter of Babylon is a reference to the offspring of Babylon
Neb’s dream - Babylon is the head - Everyone else comes after but is still connected back to the figure head
This is why Babylon continues to show up - i.e. 1 Peter, Revelation
Escape!
Why? Don’t stay in the land of your judgement because if you stay in that land, you will experience the full anger of the Lord
Come to Zion - the city of God - the place where the Ultimate King will rule on the Throne - the place of blessing, and intimacy, and protection
Spoilers to Spoiled - vs 8-9
8 For thus says Yahweh of hosts, “After glory He has sent me against the nations which have taken you as spoil, for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.
9 For behold, I will wave My hand over them so that they will be spoil for their slaves.
Then you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent Me.
For He has sent me
This is ultimately why you must flee and escape the Land of Babylon
Who is the Me?
Zechariah - me most recently referred to Zechariah in 2:2 and 3
Zechariah has power to wave his hand over the world to judge them?
Zechariah sent after glory?
Angel of the Lord?
Thus says YHWH - Remember that the Angel of the Lord is speaking for YHWH here
He has sent me - He is referring to YHWH, and the angel of the LORD is YHWH talking like YHWH
The “Me” in reference to YHWH is significant in book of Isaiah - Zechariah has already referenced Isaiah 47, and Isaiah 48, what comes in Isaiah 49?
The Second Servant Song.
Isaiah 49:1-3 “Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar.
The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name.
He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he hid me away.
And he said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
After glory - in pursuit of YHWH’s glory - “in whom I will be glorified”
He has been sent against the nations who have enslaved His people
Reference to the judgement coming upon the daughter of Babylon
They have touched the apple of God’s eye - term of endearment - reference back to the Song of Moses
Deut 32:10 “He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.”
In that song, Moses prophecies of Israel’s idolatry and of their eventual exile, as well as God’s judgement upon the nations who enslaved and oppressed His people
Deut 32:35-36 “Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.’
For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone and there is none remaining, bond or free.”
Waves His hand
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