Sat.’s Devo - The End of Lebanon and Babylon

Read: Zech. 10:1-11:17; Rev 18:1-24; Ps. 146:1-10; Pr. 30:33 We can ask for the latter rain and God will give it. The latter rain is a spiritual outpouring of His Spirit. God is most upset with the shepherds who don’t teach their sheep truth and don’t care for them. For his people he promises to strengthen them and save them. God will bring them out of bondage into their inheritance. Zechariah prophesied against Lebanon which means deception and those shepherds who tried to deceive the people. When he had finished he asked the true believers that if they believed his word to give him thirty pieces of silver. He took them and threw them to the potter. This represented the price the enemy would pay Judas to betray Jesus. Then Zechariah took his staff and broke it to break the relationship between Judah and Israel. Like Lebanon, Babylon is judged. Babylon means confusion and it is the seat of deception, evil and apostasy. God first calls His people out of her then he sends plagues, mourning, death, famine and fire. Lord, we can truly say, “Happy is he that has You as their help and whose hope is in You.”