Zechariah 11:1-17, NziV
Hg:
Worthless shepherds, God will destroy.
Two staff : Favour and Union. Symbols stands for.
The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them..
Requires a separate study.
6. For I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” declares the LORD. “I will give everyone into the hands of their neighbors and their king. They will devastate the land, and I will not rescue anyone from their hands.”
7. So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter, particularly the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs and called one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.
8. In one month I got rid of the three shepherds. The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them
9. and said, “I will not be your shepherd. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish. Let those who are left eat one another’s flesh.”
10. Then I took my staff called Favor and broke it, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.
11. It was revoked on that day, and so the oppressed of the flock who were watching me knew it was the word of the LORD.
12. I told them, “If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.” So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.
13. And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the LORD.
14. Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the family bond between Judah and Israel.
Obs: remind me Judas betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.
Th: God too has a limit to his patience and anger; there come a time for God’s fearsome wrath and judgment.
Luke 10:1-12, NIV
Jesus appointed seventy two..sent them out..lambs anong wolves..
Hgs:
Sent workers to the harvest fields.. the harvest is plentiful…workers are few…intructions to them…not to bring anything..greeting..”Peace to this house…welcoming…food and drink..peace will rest on him..otherwise it will return to you…the worker deserves his wages…Heal the sick…the kingdom of God is near you…if not welcomed…say. .dust…sticks to our feet we wipe off against you…more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town…