Zechariah 4:1-14, NIV
Obs & Hg:
..angel…Zechariah…vision of the Gold Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees…bowl at the top of the Lampstand and the seven lights on it, with seven channels to the lights….eyes of the LORD, which range throughout the earth…two olives trees are the two anointed to serve the LORD of all the earth vs 13; …these symbols require a separate study.
Mention of the LORD’s message to Zerubbabel (governor of Judaea..rebulding of the Temple of Jerusalem..
‘Not by might nor by power, but by my spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty vs 6.
Luke 9:37-45, NIV
Hgs: n..A spirit seizes him and he suddenly screams…convulsions..foams at the mouth…..his disciples could not drive out this spirit.
“O unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied..But Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, healed the boy…vs 41.
Th: unbelief and perverseness and authority…barrier to healing.
Jesus prophesized himself…the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.” vs 44.
Revelation20:7-10, NIV
Satan’s Doom
When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison..go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth-Gog and Magog…surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them…devil who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulphur where the beast and thecfalse prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.