Zechariah 3



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Zechariah means Remembered of God, Joshua means The Branch, This is the fourth of eight visions
 
Zechariah 3:1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
  • This isn't Joshua of the Bible, Joshua had passes away 1,000 years after this was written
  • Joshua standing before .. The angel of the Lord = Our Lord
  • Satan standing.. the adversary.. to resist him, or the accuser..to accuse him
  • The accuser was Satan
  • Revelation 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
 2 And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
  • Where will Satan appear, he just told you?
  • Jerusalem
  • The Lord rebuke Satan, He ordered Satan back where he came from.
  • Luke 10:18  And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
    19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
    20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
  • This a brand plucked out of the fire = These are the ones that hold on to God's word
  •  Amos 4:11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
  • Jude1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
  • Filthy a symbol of the defiling nature of our sins
  • Proverbs 30:12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
  • Isaiah 4:4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
    5 And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
  • Those that stood, the ministering spirits who waited on Him
  • 1 Kings 10:8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
  • I have caused thee to be clothed, rich or costly garments, robes of state, or of righteousness.
  • Righteousness acts = your works
  • Fair = clean or pure
  • Raiment = Revelation 19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
    9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God
    Your righteousness acts = your works
  • Revelation 7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
    14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
  • Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
  • God will take away your sins, if you ask Him.
  • The Lord Loves All His Children, God wants to know? Do you love Him.
  • Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
  • Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might .
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  • Ephesians 6:10 For the rest, brothers of me, be empowered in (the) Lord, and in the might of the  strength of Him.
  • You use that power which He has bestowed upon you.
  • 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
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  • Ephesians 6:11 Put on the whole armor of God, for to be able you to Stand against the wiles of the devil.
  • You must put on the whole armour of the truth, before you can stand against the deceit of the false christ in the near future.
  • This is addressing you directly.
  • 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord stood by.

6 And the angel of the Lord protested unto Joshua, saying,
  • Protested = solemnly affirmed, or testified.
  • They will testified unto Joshua
7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.
  • The angel is telling the vision..
  • That's the BIG WORD... IF ... YOU Love God, Thou wilt walk in my ways
8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
  • Fellows = The very elect
9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
  • Seven eyes = God's very elect
  • Roman 11:4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
  • In Roman 11:4 we can see ...these 7000 that will witness in the last hour
  • Revelation 2 = Stone = Truth
  • What day? The Lord's Day
  • 2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
  • What is the day of the Lord?
  • It's the millennium
  • 1000 years =  Millennium
  • Revelation 20 = the Millennium
  • More on the Millennium = The last eight chapters of Ezekiel
  • 9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
  • What day?
  • The Lord's Day
  • The Lord's Day = 1000 years = Millennium
  • 2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
    9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
    10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
  • The Elements is to destroy the evil things, the works of this earth age that is evil.
  • Melt means be dissolved
  • Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.
 
 
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