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! INTRODUCTION

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#. *We come now to the final vision of the ten which were given to Zechariah in one night.

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#. *So far we have seen: *

#. (1) The riders under the myrtle trees;

#. (2) The four horns;

#. (3) The four smiths;

#. (4) The man with the measuring line;

#. (5) Joshua and Satan;

#. (6) The Branch and the Stone with seven eyes;

#. (7) The lamp stand and the two olive trees;

#. (8) The flying scroll; and

#. (9) The woman in the ephah;

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And now the tenth, the four chariots.

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*VISION OF THE FOUR CHARIOTS*

*And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass [Zech.

6:1].*

#. *“I … lifted up mine eyes, and looked” indicates again that his eyes were wide open; *

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We ended last week with the judgment of Babylonian commerce – the woman in the ephah

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This vision follows closely

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The prophet simply turned and lifted up his eyes

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Again, he saw these things

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This was not a dream.

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*“Two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.”

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The majority of commentators say that these two mountains are Mount Zion and the Mount of Olives,

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But we can all agree that they symbolically represent the place where God dwells and from which the chariots are sent

 

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*“There came four chariots”*

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These are the divine messengers God used as His instruments in executing His judgment and pouring out His wrath on the earth

 

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* “And the mountains were mountains of brass.”

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These mountains were of brass, or literally of bronze.

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Symbolically, bronze is used in the Old Testament to represent judgment.

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It was one of the metals that were used in the tabernacle in the two articles of furniture, which were used in the judgment of sin.

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The brazen altar   

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The laver of brass.

2.      Both stood in the outer court of the tabernacle,  

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Both had to do with the judgment of the sin of the people.

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Since the mountains in this vision are mountains of brass,

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These mountains speak of judgment.

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Judgment is going to come from God   

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There are four judgments - they are pictured here as four chariots.

*In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;* *And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses  Zech.

6:2–3*

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The colors of these horses  *

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We have the same colors in the four horsemen of the Apocalypse in Revelation 6.

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The red horse in John’s vision represents war.

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The black horse represents famine  

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The pale horse is identified as picturing death.

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All of these picture judgments from almighty God.

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The white horse symbolizes victory.

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This tenth vision was given to Zechariah for the encouragement of his people,

a.       God would judge the gentile nations as he would judge His own people.

*Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?* *And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth [Zech.

6:4–5].*

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“These are the four spirits of the heavens.”

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a.       Speaking of the 4 chariots

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The “spirits” - the angels are in charge of the judgments which will be coming upon the gentile nations

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We see this in the Book of Revelation.

*The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.*

*And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth.

So they walked to and fro through the earth [Zech.

6:6–7].*

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Using Jerusalem as the reference point

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The black and white horses will go forth into the North Country - Babylon

2.      The “grisled” will go forth into the south country - Egypt

3.      The red horse (bay)?

Goes to and fro - Literally war throughout the world

 

*Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country [Zech.

6:8]*

#. *The black horse goes up into the North Country.

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The judgment of the Great Tribulation period begins with Russia coming down into the land of Israel, #.

Judgment will first go to the king of the north, to Gog and Magog in the north.

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Judgment will also go south toward Egypt.

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*In the Book of Revelation we are given the series of events in the Great Tribulation period, *

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When the white horse rides forth,

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He will bring a victory that will set up a false peace upon the earth.

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The world will think that it is entering the Millennium when actually it will be entering the Great Tribulation period.

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Immediately after the white horse there will come the red horse of war

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War breaks out worldwide

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Followed by the black horse of famine.

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Famine follows war

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As do plagues and death, which are symbolized by the fourth, the pale horse.

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*God intends to judge /all/ the nations of the earth, and the four chariots represent those judgments.

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All take place during the Tribulation period.

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*This concludes the visions given to Zechariah.*

*THE CORONATION OF JOSHUA*

 

*And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,* *Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah [Zech.

6:9–10].*

#. *Three men from Babylon.

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They come bearing gifts from the exiles remaining in Babylon