Fri.’s Devo - By My Spirit

Read: Zechariah 4:1-5:11; Revelation 14:1-20; Psalm 142:1-7; Provers 30:21-22 Zechariah’s angel aroused him and asked him what he saw. It was a solid gold lamp stand with bowls of oil on top of the seven lamps (a menorah). An olive tree was on both sides. The angel told him that the meaning of what he was looking at. This candlestick represented the Spirit of God. It would allow Zerubbabel to build the Temple and nothing would be able to stop him. He laid the cornerstone and he would complete it. The seven lamps represented God’s eyes that search the whole earth. The trees provided oil for the lamps. They represented two anointed ones who stood in the court of the Lord. Next, Zechariah saw a scroll flying through the air. It was 30 feet long and 15 feet wide. It was a proclamation of a curse on the land. One side of the scroll said that those who steal would be banished from the land. The other side said that those who swore falsely would be banished from the land. This curse was being sent out to every house that had someone in it who did either of these things. Zechariah was told to look up and see what was coming next. It was a basket full of grain which stood for the sins of the people. The lid was lifted off the basket and there was a woman sitting in the basket. Her name was Wickedness. The angel pushed her back into the basket and flew away with it to Babylon. In Revelation, John witnessed the Lamb standing on Mt. Zion with 144,000 of his followers. A roar of mighty ocean waves sounded from heaven. It also sounded like many harpists playing together. This great people became God’s choir who sang a song only they knew because they had kept themselves pure as virgins following the Lamb wherever he went. They were the only ones who could sing this song because they had told no lies and were without blame. An angel flew through the air carrying the Good News to all the people of the world. He encouraged everyone to worship the Lord. A second angel followed shouting that Babylon had fallen. A third angel came shouting the judgment that would fall on those who accepted the beast and took his mark. They would be tormented forever and ever. with fire and burning sulfur. This should encourage those living in that day to patiently endure the persecution and stay faithful. Zachariah was told to write that those who die in the Lord from that time on would rest from their hard work and their good deeds would follow them. The Son of Man came down on a white cloud with a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. An angel came from the Temple telling the Son of Man that it was time to harvest the earth so he put his sickle into the earth and harvested the earth of the righteous grapes. Then another angel came from the Temple in heaven and was told to harvest the ones ripe for judgment. The grapes were put in God’s winepress of his wrath and were trampled outside the city. Blood flowed in a stream 180 miles long and as high as a horse’s bridle. Lord, this is all so overwhelming but I know it is going to happen just as you say it will. May are hearts always be pure and our devotion be for you. Thank you that we are a part of your Kingdom.