Bible Discussion Thread

Ze.11:14-15 (2 of 2)

The Instruments"

In fact there are seven including the Son representing the Spirit of Christ. We see it repeating in the inaugural vision of Zechariah, where the Number 4 commands four cardinal directions. He is there among the myrtle trees on a red horse,"And behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. (1:8)

Now for the passage from the Book of Ezekiel, "And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.

3And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;

4And theLordsaid unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof."

The v.9 makes a chilling reading to what extent the modern churches have not learnt from the apostasy of Israel but adding their own. Their reasonable faith lulls them to say, 'The Lord does not see it.'

"Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, TheLordhath forsaken the earth, and theLordseeth not.

10And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head./And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me."

So when the Roman army marched to ransack Jerusalem in 70 AD the city was ripe for judgment.