Fri.’s Devo - The Cornerstone

Read: Zechariah 10:1-11:17; Revelation 18:1-24; Psalm146:1-10; Proverbs 30:33
God holds the prophets and the leaders responsible for the people. They were the ones that were suppose to be God’s voice and his example on the earth but instead they spoke lies and oppressed the people unfairly. Everything they did was for their own selfish gain.
God promised that from the tribe of Judah would come the cornerstone for his temple on the earth. He, Jesus, would be the foundation for a new kingdom. His people would overthrow Satan’s kingdom. Through Jesus, restoration and joy would come to all who believed in him. God would bring his people back to Israel and bring down the kingdoms of the earth.
In Chapter Eleven, God called the angels to gather the people marked for destruction. In one month, God promised to get rid of three of the shepherds. These three men were John the prophet, Simon the priest and Eleazar the king. They stood for the three offices that the Messiah would overthrow and take dominion of. Jesus filled the offices of both prophet, priest and king as the Messiah. Jesus came to bring unity and peace to Jerusalem but when the religious leaders rejected him, he broke his covenant with Israel. They sold him for thirty pieces of silver. Instead of bringing unity, his death brought division and persecution.
Israel would be turned over to a foolish shepherd who would bring harm to the people.
Thirty-seven years after Jesus died, Jerusalem was overthrown by the Roman Empire. They set up the papal system of government. The antichrist will come from this empire in the end.
Revelation gives the last call for the righteous people to come out of Babylon and be saved because judgment was about to fall. The foolish shepherd, the Anti-christ will be taken over by her own plagues. When she falls, all the earth will look in astonishment and fear. The economy of the whole earth will be shaken. Babylon’s destruction will be permanent and quick.
Lord, thank you that you watch over your people and frustrate the ways of the wicked. Open our eyes to see what is really happening on the earth and take refuge in You! You are our cornerstone.