Read: Zechariah 2:1-3:10; Revelation 13:1B-18; Psalm 141:1-10; Proverbs 30:18-20
Zechariah met a man with a measuring tool sent to measure the Body of Christ or Jerusalem. The measuring tool is God’s grace poured out through the blood of Jesus. Jerusalem was to be a church without walls or boundaries and God would be it’s protection around it. It would stand in the court of God to be a witness against Satan who had accused it day and night. Jesus, our High Priest will stand as a defense against Satan in the court of heaven and be given back his robe of righteousness and turban of purity. These are his vestments of authority the new High Priest of heaven. The associates with Jesus were symbolic of things yet to come meaning the church members yet to come. The stone had the seven eyes of the Spirit of God in Isaiah 11:2 (wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge, the fear of the Lord and the spirit of all of them.
In Revelation, John sees a beast coming out of the sea of humanity. This beast raises up ten nations lead by seven leaders to do his work. One of the leaders has a fatal wound that is healed causing the world to follow him. This leader will wreck havoc on the Church and blaspheme the name of Jesus and God.
It will be a great time of persecution and tribulation for the true saints of God. Another leader will arise to align with the first. He will cause the earth to worship the healed leader who will do miracles to deceive the world. The world will be ordered to worship the healed leader and take his mark on their hand or forehead. The mark will be the number of his name which is 666. Many men throughout history have had the number of their name be 666 but this will be the last and most vicious. The church will be gone by this time but the new believers will have to endure this time. God will be their fortress and safe tower.
Lord, prepare us to be overcomes and leave a legacy in your name.
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