SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 6/7/2016 6:19 PM
My Worship Time Focus: Intro to Zech. Chapter Six
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Zechariah 6:1
Message of the verse: “Now I lifted up my eyes again and looked,
and behold, four chariots were coming forth from between the two mountains; and
the mountains were bronze mountains.”
Dr. Warren
Wiersbe writes the following to help us understand this eight vision in the
book of Zechariah. “The images in this
vision are similar to those described in 1:7-17, but the details are
significantly different. The emphasis
here is on the horses and chariots rather than the riders, and their ministry is
that of accomplishing. God’s purposes
rather than reporting on conditions in the Gentile world. In the first vision, there were many horses
and riders but here, there are only four chariots, each with their horses.
“The four
chariots with their horses represent the ‘four spirits’ from God, that is four
angels (Heb. 1:14) (‘Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render
service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?), assigned to
different parts of the world to do God’s bidding. ‘The chariots of God are twenty thousand,
even thousands of angels’ (Ps. 68:17).
The presence of chariots suggests battle, and this implies
judgment. ‘For behold, the Lord will
come with fire and with His chariots, like a whirlwind, to render [bring down,
NIV] His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire (Isa. 66:15,
NKJV).”
John
MacArthur writes the following in his study Bible which I will quote, but my
plan is to also look later at his sermon on this section and then we will do
another introduction. “The eight and
final vision completes the cycle and connects with the first vision. It pictures 4 chariots with the horses
introduced in the first vision (1:8), symbolizing God’s angelic agents (cf. v.
5) swiftly carrying out His judgment on the nations just prior to the
establishment of the messianic kingdom.”
6/7/2016 6:45 PM
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