1 00:00:01,540 --> 00:00:04,440 One of the nicest places to go and 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:06,480 be with the Lord at the rapture would 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,060 be to go right from here, wouldn't it? 4 00:00:09,300 --> 00:00:10,720 Did anyone say amen? 5 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,020 Well, thank God for that blessed hope. 6 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,340 Shall we turn in our prophecy of Zechariah 7 00:00:19,340 --> 00:00:20,980 to chapter two, please? 8 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,620 The second chapter of this great prophecy, in 9 00:00:24,620 --> 00:00:27,120 which we are, and by the will and 10 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,100 the grace and the help of the Lord, 11 00:00:29,100 --> 00:00:32,180 we trust to go through the prophecy during 12 00:00:32,180 --> 00:00:35,360 our stay this week through next Lord's Day. 13 00:00:36,060 --> 00:00:38,360 Reading in chapter two, shall we read it 14 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:38,760 through? 15 00:00:39,900 --> 00:00:43,300 Zechariah writing by the Spirit and saying, I 16 00:00:43,300 --> 00:00:47,720 lifted up my eyes again and looked, and 17 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,380 behold a man with a measuring line in 18 00:00:50,380 --> 00:00:51,060 his hand. 19 00:00:51,690 --> 00:00:54,020 Then said I, whither goest thou? 20 00:00:54,740 --> 00:00:58,020 And he said unto me, to measure Jerusalem, 21 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:01,480 to see what is the breadth, or how 22 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,379 great is the breadth thereof, and how great 23 00:01:04,379 --> 00:01:06,020 is the length thereof. 24 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,260 And behold the angel that talked with me 25 00:01:09,260 --> 00:01:11,720 went forth, and another angel went out to 26 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:16,780 meet him, and said unto him, Run, speak 27 00:01:16,780 --> 00:01:18,120 to this young man. 28 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:23,180 Say, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without 29 00:01:23,180 --> 00:01:27,400 walls, for the multitude of men and cattle 30 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:28,160 therein. 31 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,260 For I, saith the Lord, will be unto 32 00:01:31,260 --> 00:01:34,700 her a wall of fire, round about, and 33 00:01:34,700 --> 00:01:37,760 will be the glory in the midst of 34 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:38,120 her. 35 00:01:38,980 --> 00:01:42,640 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the 36 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:44,560 land of the north, saith the Lord. 37 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,460 For I have spread you abroad as the 38 00:01:47,460 --> 00:01:49,800 four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord. 39 00:01:50,780 --> 00:01:54,920 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the 40 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:55,900 daughter of Babylon. 41 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:00,760 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, After 42 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:04,820 the glory hath he fed me unto the 43 00:02:04,820 --> 00:02:08,840 nations which spoiled you, for he that toucheth 44 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:12,460 you toucheth the apple of his eye. 45 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,260 For behold, I will shake mine hand upon 46 00:02:16,260 --> 00:02:19,440 them, and they shall be a spoil to 47 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:20,480 their servants. 48 00:02:21,180 --> 00:02:23,600 And ye shall know that the Lord of 49 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:24,880 hosts hath fed me. 50 00:02:25,780 --> 00:02:29,560 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for 51 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,840 lo I come, and I will dwell in 52 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,080 the midst of thee, saith the Lord. 53 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:38,300 And many nations shall be joined to the 54 00:02:38,300 --> 00:02:41,800 Lord in that day, and shall be my 55 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:45,040 people, and I will dwell in the midst 56 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:45,720 of thee. 57 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:48,940 And thou shalt know that the Lord of 58 00:02:48,940 --> 00:02:51,260 hosts hath fed me unto thee. 59 00:02:52,060 --> 00:02:55,800 And the Lord shall inherit Judah, his portion 60 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:00,100 in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem 61 00:03:00,100 --> 00:03:00,720 again. 62 00:03:01,860 --> 00:03:06,300 Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord, 63 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:08,740 for he is raised up out of his 64 00:03:08,740 --> 00:03:09,920 holy habitation. 65 00:03:11,020 --> 00:03:13,340 May God the Spirit bless the reading of 66 00:03:13,340 --> 00:03:15,880 his word, and give the help in the 67 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:17,840 ministry of this wonderful book. 68 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,440 The prophecy of Zechariah, as we've stated in 69 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:25,460 the preceding message, is divided into four distinct 70 00:03:25,460 --> 00:03:26,160 sections. 71 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,940 Chapters 1 verses 1 through 6. 72 00:03:30,340 --> 00:03:33,740 We learned in our mess this morning that 73 00:03:33,740 --> 00:03:37,860 there was a call to national repentance, and 74 00:03:37,860 --> 00:03:40,240 then beginning in chapter 1 and verse 7 75 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,160 and going down to the end of chapter 76 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:47,000 6, we have eight separate visions that were 77 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,820 given to the prophet Zechariah in one night. 78 00:03:50,700 --> 00:03:53,820 Those visions speaking not only in the present 79 00:03:53,820 --> 00:03:57,680 tense of the days in which Zechariah lived, 80 00:03:58,180 --> 00:04:02,140 but more particularly of the future purposes, and 81 00:04:02,140 --> 00:04:06,140 the determined purposes of Jehovah in relation to 82 00:04:06,140 --> 00:04:10,440 Jerusalem, in relation to Judah, and in relation 83 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:12,480 to the nation and land of Israel. 84 00:04:13,740 --> 00:04:16,320 The third section is in chapters 7 and 85 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:20,279 8, where we have a question brought to 86 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:24,740 the prophet by a deputation from Babel, inquiring 87 00:04:24,740 --> 00:04:28,600 in regard to a self-imposed or other 88 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:32,720 beside but one other imposed facts when they 89 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:34,520 were in Babylonian captivity. 90 00:04:35,380 --> 00:04:37,520 To the answer of those facts and its 91 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:40,840 questions, the prophet is told by the Lord 92 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:42,900 that there will come a day when the 93 00:04:42,900 --> 00:04:48,000 fasting will give place to continual feasting at 94 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,260 the coming of the Messiah. 95 00:04:50,180 --> 00:04:52,460 The last section of the prophecy is in 96 00:04:52,460 --> 00:04:54,940 chapters 9 to the end of the book, 97 00:04:55,300 --> 00:04:57,980 which is covered by two great burdens. 98 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:01,500 The first great burden in chapters 9 through 99 00:05:01,500 --> 00:05:04,680 11, and the second in chapters 12 through 100 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:05,440 14. 101 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,560 They again touch, as even the whole prophecy 102 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,960 does, not only upon the people of Israel, 103 00:05:13,460 --> 00:05:17,120 not only upon Judah and Jerusalem, not only 104 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,640 in relation to the nations of the earth, 105 00:05:20,060 --> 00:05:23,160 but they bring before us the purposes of 106 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:27,340 God as they are centered in and around 107 00:05:27,340 --> 00:05:32,160 the blessed Messiah of Israel, even our Lord 108 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:33,240 Jesus Christ. 109 00:05:34,140 --> 00:05:36,020 We saw two of the visions in the 110 00:05:36,020 --> 00:05:38,180 second chapter in our preceding message. 111 00:05:39,060 --> 00:05:41,700 We come in chapter 3, or chapter 2 112 00:05:41,700 --> 00:05:45,680 rather, we come to the third vision that 113 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:48,060 the prophet is given in this one night, 114 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,940 and in that third vision we have the 115 00:05:51,940 --> 00:05:55,660 prophet certainly seeing what we have read before 116 00:05:55,660 --> 00:05:56,180 us. 117 00:05:56,620 --> 00:06:00,420 We certainly see him looking upon a man 118 00:06:00,420 --> 00:06:02,460 with a measuring line. 119 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:04,700 May I read verse 1 please? 120 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,640 I lifted up mine eyes again and looked, 121 00:06:07,780 --> 00:06:12,720 and behold a man with a measuring line. 122 00:06:13,740 --> 00:06:16,280 Who is this man with a measuring line? 123 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:18,740 Would you go with me to chapter 1? 124 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:20,920 May I read verse 16 and 17? 125 00:06:21,900 --> 00:06:25,000 For in verses 16 and 17 of chapter 126 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,520 1 we saw that the Angel of Jehovah, 127 00:06:29,380 --> 00:06:33,340 that blessed person who is very divine, the 128 00:06:33,340 --> 00:06:35,320 one who is the second person of the 129 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:39,280 triune Godhead, whose title is given in the 130 00:06:39,280 --> 00:06:42,360 Old Testament again and again as the Angel 131 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,480 of the Covenant, the Angel of his faith, 132 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,700 the Angel of Jehovah, none but the Lord 133 00:06:49,700 --> 00:06:53,700 Jesus in the blessed manifestation of his glory 134 00:06:53,700 --> 00:06:54,440 and deity. 135 00:06:55,260 --> 00:06:57,440 And in these verses we read that he 136 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:02,020 speaks in chapter 1 saying, therefore thus saith 137 00:07:02,020 --> 00:07:05,800 the Lord, I am returned to Jerusalem with 138 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:06,480 my sins. 139 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:09,580 My house shall be built in it, saith 140 00:07:09,580 --> 00:07:12,460 the Lord of hosts, and a line shall 141 00:07:12,460 --> 00:07:15,400 be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. 142 00:07:15,740 --> 00:07:18,940 Why yet saying, thus saith the Lord of 143 00:07:18,940 --> 00:07:23,260 hosts, my cities through prosperity shall yet be 144 00:07:23,260 --> 00:07:26,320 spread abroad, and the Lord shall yet comfort 145 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,480 Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. 146 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,120 My beloved, the very center of this prophecy 147 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,780 is the one whose glory is seen in 148 00:07:35,780 --> 00:07:38,800 the book, and who reveals himself as the 149 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:40,080 Angel of Jehovah. 150 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:43,840 And it is he who declares, as we 151 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,100 have read in verse 16, I am returned 152 00:07:47,100 --> 00:07:48,920 to Jerusalem with my sins. 153 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:53,300 And when you and I contemplate the purposes 154 00:07:53,300 --> 00:07:57,100 of God in relation to Jerusalem, we must 155 00:07:57,100 --> 00:08:00,440 confess that only he who is the Angel 156 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:05,160 of Jehovah will yet come again and return 157 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,240 to Jerusalem with mercy. 158 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:09,780 Now connect it with the verse that we 159 00:08:09,780 --> 00:08:13,580 have read in chapter 2, and recognize with 160 00:08:13,580 --> 00:08:16,740 me that the man with the measuring line 161 00:08:16,740 --> 00:08:20,600 is the same Angel of Jehovah as the 162 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:21,800 prophet sees him. 163 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,700 A man with a measuring line in his 164 00:08:25,700 --> 00:08:26,160 hand. 165 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,640 Reverse 2, then said I with a gorest 166 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:34,299 thou, he said, underneath a measured Jerusalem, to 167 00:08:34,299 --> 00:08:37,220 see what is the breadth, or literally in 168 00:08:37,220 --> 00:08:40,960 the Hebrew rendering, to see how great is 169 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:45,400 the breadth thereof, and how great is the 170 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,440 length thereof. 171 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,860 For the measuring line is in due to 172 00:08:50,860 --> 00:08:55,880 the expansion, and the glorious expansion, and the 173 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,180 indefinite expansion of Jerusalem. 174 00:08:59,300 --> 00:09:02,420 For what the prophet is told is that 175 00:09:02,420 --> 00:09:05,960 the city of Jerusalem will be expanded in 176 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:07,200 a great way. 177 00:09:07,860 --> 00:09:09,500 Read with me, if you please, as we 178 00:09:09,500 --> 00:09:11,760 go to verse 3, and read through verse 179 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:12,240 5. 180 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,360 Behold, the angel that talked with me went 181 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,460 forth, and another angel went out to meet 182 00:09:18,460 --> 00:09:23,240 him, and said unto him, Run, be in 183 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,420 haste, speak to this young man who was 184 00:09:26,420 --> 00:09:30,020 undoubtedly the prophet, speak to this young man 185 00:09:30,020 --> 00:09:36,180 saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without 186 00:09:36,180 --> 00:09:41,020 walls, for the multitude of men and cattle 187 00:09:41,020 --> 00:09:41,640 therein. 188 00:09:42,340 --> 00:09:45,160 For I said, Jehovah will be unto her 189 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:49,640 a warmer fire about, round about, and will 190 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:52,700 be the glory in the midst of her. 191 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:57,520 The man with the measuring line sends an 192 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:00,400 angel with a message to the prophet. 193 00:10:01,310 --> 00:10:03,700 The message concerns Jerusalem. 194 00:10:04,300 --> 00:10:07,780 We have mentioned in our preceding message the 195 00:10:07,780 --> 00:10:12,440 repetition of Jerusalem in this prophecy is marvelous. 196 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,560 For the many times that it is repeated, 197 00:10:16,100 --> 00:10:21,580 and it is a literal Jerusalem, please don't 198 00:10:21,580 --> 00:10:25,940 spiritualize it, as many have attempted to do. 199 00:10:26,740 --> 00:10:29,860 And spiritualize the prophecy in relation to the 200 00:10:29,860 --> 00:10:34,160 heavenly Jerusalem, the spiritual Jerusalem, the holy Jerusalem 201 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:35,280 which is from above. 202 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:39,160 For it is a concern in the heart 203 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:41,680 of the prophet, and it was a concern 204 00:10:41,680 --> 00:10:44,700 in all of the prophets that which was 205 00:10:44,700 --> 00:10:48,540 God's purpose regarding the literal city of Jerusalem, 206 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:52,360 the chosen site of high in the city 207 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:53,080 of God. 208 00:10:54,340 --> 00:10:56,580 Read the great prophecy of the book of 209 00:10:56,580 --> 00:10:59,680 Daniel, and when you read the searching of 210 00:10:59,680 --> 00:11:02,960 Daniel's heart in the presence of God, and 211 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:06,440 the pouring out of his desire, his desire 212 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:10,760 concerns Jerusalem and the people of God. 213 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:14,140 What would be the purpose of God following 214 00:11:14,140 --> 00:11:15,720 the Babylonian captivity? 215 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:20,860 And we have a similar prophecy closing the 216 00:11:20,860 --> 00:11:24,720 Babylonian activity as God deals with the prophet 217 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:28,880 Zechariah, and the city, the literal city of 218 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:32,600 Jerusalem on the earth is before the purposes 219 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,640 of God in the message that is given 220 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:39,480 by the angel who is commanded to run, 221 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,440 take the message with hate, it's a message 222 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:47,420 of good news concerning my purpose regarding Jerusalem. 223 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:53,320 And Jerusalem will be expanded, note particularly it 224 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:58,520 shall be inhabited as towns or villages without 225 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:02,860 walls, for the multitude of men and cattle 226 00:12:02,860 --> 00:12:03,520 therein. 227 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,120 Oh, this is the message of the angel, 228 00:12:08,340 --> 00:12:14,500 unrestored and an enlarged Jerusalem, and the city 229 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:20,200 will overflow her boundaries in that coming day. 230 00:12:20,660 --> 00:12:22,780 Would you note one expression that is very 231 00:12:22,780 --> 00:12:23,380 important? 232 00:12:24,220 --> 00:12:27,120 For the message declares in the fourth verse, 233 00:12:27,900 --> 00:12:31,700 Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns or villages 234 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:35,840 without walls. 235 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,700 I believe I'm correct when I speak that 236 00:12:40,700 --> 00:12:43,740 the city of Jerusalem has never been a 237 00:12:43,740 --> 00:12:46,400 city without walls, with the exception of when 238 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:47,360 it was destroyed. 239 00:12:48,220 --> 00:12:51,260 But those walls have been rebuilt again. 240 00:12:51,940 --> 00:12:54,160 You can go into the environment of that 241 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,980 city, as I was recently, and you can 242 00:12:56,980 --> 00:12:59,480 find the walls of that city have been 243 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,800 rebuilt and are standing as such, and you 244 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,800 would count perhaps, as it has been estimated, 245 00:13:06,380 --> 00:13:09,560 that the population of that holy city, the 246 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:13,080 old city, is a population of 50,000 247 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:14,840 Arabs living within it. 248 00:13:15,540 --> 00:13:18,820 But the promise of Jehovah is that it 249 00:13:18,820 --> 00:13:22,000 will be a city without walls, and it 250 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,960 will be expanded, and it will be in 251 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:29,340 an indefinite expansion, reaching out across the plains 252 00:13:29,340 --> 00:13:31,980 that should be existent in that day. 253 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:34,660 Oh, may I give you the precious thought, 254 00:13:34,700 --> 00:13:36,220 as you have it in the last chapter, 255 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,980 that when our Lord Jesus comes back, and 256 00:13:39,980 --> 00:13:42,740 if He touches the Mount of Olives, in 257 00:13:42,740 --> 00:13:44,960 that day the Mount of Olives shall cleave 258 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,180 from the east to the west, and there 259 00:13:47,180 --> 00:13:48,820 will be a very great mountain. 260 00:13:50,100 --> 00:13:53,060 In that day, upon which Jerusalem, the city, 261 00:13:53,140 --> 00:13:55,600 shall stand, and the great valley will be 262 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:56,380 before it. 263 00:13:57,260 --> 00:13:58,940 And if you were to read, as I 264 00:13:58,940 --> 00:14:00,840 commend the reading of this chapter in the 265 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:04,900 book of Psalms, chapter 48, when in that 266 00:14:04,900 --> 00:14:07,860 day of the city's glory, and the palace 267 00:14:07,860 --> 00:14:10,040 of the great king will be in that 268 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:14,080 city, the inhabitants of Jerusalem will invite the 269 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:17,160 nations of the earth to come and behold 270 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,480 the glory of the city of the great 271 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:23,960 king, and the palace of the great king. 272 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:28,040 For, without question of doubt, the metropolis of 273 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,280 the world will be the glorious city, the 274 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:34,460 restored and the enlarged city of Jerusalem. 275 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,160 And Jerusalem, which at the present time may 276 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:40,700 have an altitude of twenty-five hundred feet 277 00:14:40,700 --> 00:14:44,260 above sea level, may even be higher as 278 00:14:44,260 --> 00:14:48,120 it stands now, shining in its glory in 279 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:50,780 that coming day as the city of the 280 00:14:50,780 --> 00:14:51,620 great king. 281 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:55,280 Beloved, this is a prophecy of its prosperity. 282 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:59,260 This is a prophecy that its prosperity will 283 00:14:59,260 --> 00:15:03,780 be great, and there will be unwalled villages. 284 00:15:06,410 --> 00:15:08,490 At the present time, and through the ages 285 00:15:08,490 --> 00:15:11,550 of time, the city, and many cities of 286 00:15:11,550 --> 00:15:15,450 old, have been protected by their walls, and 287 00:15:15,450 --> 00:15:20,190 fortified by their fortresses, in order to protect 288 00:15:20,190 --> 00:15:21,410 them from their enemies. 289 00:15:22,330 --> 00:15:25,930 But, in that coming day, there shall be 290 00:15:25,930 --> 00:15:29,850 no need of the wall, for, verse five, 291 00:15:30,610 --> 00:15:33,830 I set the Lord will be unto her 292 00:15:33,830 --> 00:15:37,410 a wall of fire round about, and will 293 00:15:37,410 --> 00:15:41,450 be the glory in the midst of her. 294 00:15:42,410 --> 00:15:45,210 Oh, may I point out two precious facts. 295 00:15:46,270 --> 00:15:50,210 In that glorious day, Jehovah will be the 296 00:15:50,210 --> 00:15:54,570 protector of the city, and God will protect 297 00:15:54,570 --> 00:15:59,930 her without, and also Jehovah will be her 298 00:15:59,930 --> 00:16:02,310 glory within. 299 00:16:03,510 --> 00:16:07,810 He will be the protector without, and he 300 00:16:07,810 --> 00:16:11,710 will be the glory within the city. 301 00:16:12,330 --> 00:16:16,910 The protection and the presence of God is 302 00:16:16,910 --> 00:16:22,550 assured in that coming day, a wall of 303 00:16:22,550 --> 00:16:27,170 fire round about, and the glory in the 304 00:16:27,170 --> 00:16:27,590 midst. 305 00:16:28,450 --> 00:16:31,010 May I transfer the application and the precious 306 00:16:31,010 --> 00:16:32,990 truth of it to the believer of today? 307 00:16:32,990 --> 00:16:38,250 Oh, the joy of knowing the believer has 308 00:16:38,250 --> 00:16:42,330 the Lord himself as the wall of fire 309 00:16:42,330 --> 00:16:48,350 to protect, and indwelling the illuminating presence of 310 00:16:48,350 --> 00:16:53,130 the Holy Spirit, indwelling the believer within. 311 00:16:54,270 --> 00:16:55,950 You know, I'm glad I'm saying. 312 00:16:58,330 --> 00:17:03,829 A protector without, and an illuminator within. 313 00:17:04,430 --> 00:17:09,250 The presence of the glory of God that 314 00:17:09,250 --> 00:17:11,589 I have found shining in the face of 315 00:17:11,589 --> 00:17:12,410 Jesus Christ. 316 00:17:13,950 --> 00:17:17,510 Oh, what a protection, and oh, what a 317 00:17:17,510 --> 00:17:22,390 presence, and the glory of his presence will 318 00:17:22,390 --> 00:17:22,849 be within. 319 00:17:23,790 --> 00:17:26,310 Go with me to Isaiah chapter 60, please. 320 00:17:27,050 --> 00:17:29,190 May I read in chapter 60 of the 321 00:17:29,190 --> 00:17:32,570 book of Isaiah a word or two in 322 00:17:32,570 --> 00:17:35,990 relation to that glory that will be the 323 00:17:35,990 --> 00:17:39,270 presence of Jehovah within the city in that 324 00:17:39,270 --> 00:17:40,010 coming day? 325 00:17:40,150 --> 00:17:44,250 Chapter 60 in the book of Isaiah, reading, 326 00:17:44,450 --> 00:17:46,810 if I may, the 19th verse. 327 00:17:47,470 --> 00:17:50,470 Oh, may I read verse 16 together with 328 00:17:50,470 --> 00:17:54,630 the 19th verse, a contemporary scripture regarding the 329 00:17:54,630 --> 00:17:56,050 glory of that city? 330 00:17:56,630 --> 00:17:59,010 And will you notice something in the 19th 331 00:17:59,010 --> 00:18:02,770 verse that declares the character of the walls? 332 00:18:03,650 --> 00:18:07,470 Verse 19 says, violence shall no more be 333 00:18:07,470 --> 00:18:11,370 heard in my land, wasting nor destruction within 334 00:18:11,370 --> 00:18:15,950 thy borders, but thou shalt call thy walls 335 00:18:15,950 --> 00:18:20,610 salvation, and thy gates praise. 336 00:18:21,930 --> 00:18:24,770 Oh beloved, do you know one of the 337 00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:28,170 most fascinating things about the city now, is 338 00:18:28,170 --> 00:18:31,790 indeed the historic reference that one can recognize 339 00:18:31,790 --> 00:18:32,630 from the scriptures. 340 00:18:33,310 --> 00:18:35,930 The walls of the city, the gates of 341 00:18:35,930 --> 00:18:36,510 the city. 342 00:18:37,050 --> 00:18:40,910 They excavated recently, right near the temple area, 343 00:18:41,190 --> 00:18:43,630 to the very base of the foundation of 344 00:18:43,630 --> 00:18:47,250 its walls, and proved that was the foundation 345 00:18:47,250 --> 00:18:49,050 of the city walls. 346 00:18:50,110 --> 00:18:52,350 I don't know, there's no truth if I 347 00:18:52,350 --> 00:18:54,850 do not believe, but it was told to 348 00:18:54,850 --> 00:18:57,850 me that there was a rumor given that 349 00:18:57,850 --> 00:19:02,570 when the archaeologists excavated that particular place of 350 00:19:02,570 --> 00:19:06,690 the city, outside the wall, they found a 351 00:19:06,690 --> 00:19:11,150 stone upon which was inscribed these words, the 352 00:19:11,150 --> 00:19:17,330 generation that finds this stone will see the 353 00:19:17,330 --> 00:19:18,450 coming of the Messiah. 354 00:19:18,450 --> 00:19:20,890 Well, I don't put much credence in it, 355 00:19:21,090 --> 00:19:24,150 but I do believe He's coming, and that 356 00:19:24,150 --> 00:19:28,410 very soon, for every indication of His return 357 00:19:28,410 --> 00:19:31,070 certainly is given to us in all that 358 00:19:31,070 --> 00:19:33,810 takes place today, according to the word of 359 00:19:33,810 --> 00:19:34,150 God. 360 00:19:34,750 --> 00:19:36,950 But in that coming day, one of the 361 00:19:36,950 --> 00:19:40,030 fascinating things today, is to see those walls, 362 00:19:40,370 --> 00:19:43,470 is to behold those gates on each side 363 00:19:43,470 --> 00:19:46,130 of the city as long ago described in 364 00:19:46,130 --> 00:19:46,750 the scriptures. 365 00:19:48,230 --> 00:19:50,850 But when Isaiah the prophet describes them in 366 00:19:50,850 --> 00:19:53,170 the millennial day, in the day of the 367 00:19:53,170 --> 00:19:57,990 kingdom, thy walls shall be salvation, and thy 368 00:19:57,990 --> 00:19:59,470 gates shall be praise. 369 00:20:00,150 --> 00:20:00,710 Hallelujah! 370 00:20:01,330 --> 00:20:03,990 I'm glad I'm saying my walls are salvation, 371 00:20:04,090 --> 00:20:05,330 and my gates are praise. 372 00:20:08,580 --> 00:20:11,020 You know, you're never safer, you're never more 373 00:20:11,020 --> 00:20:12,880 secure than when you say the walls of 374 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,660 salvation are yours, and when you can lift 375 00:20:15,660 --> 00:20:18,800 your heart in praise and worship to the 376 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:19,960 one who saved you. 377 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,880 Salvation, praise, and then read on in verse 378 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:25,320 20. 379 00:20:26,120 --> 00:20:30,440 Thy sun, or verse 19 rather, thy sun 380 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,000 shall be no more thy light by day, 381 00:20:33,660 --> 00:20:36,260 neither for brightness shall the moon give light 382 00:20:36,260 --> 00:20:39,520 unto thee, but the Lord shall be unto 383 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:45,120 thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy 384 00:20:45,120 --> 00:20:46,160 glory. 385 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:49,060 O beloved one, a day that will be 386 00:20:49,060 --> 00:20:53,240 for Israel, when the Lord shall be unto 387 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:59,100 thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy 388 00:20:59,100 --> 00:21:00,040 glory. 389 00:21:00,700 --> 00:21:03,400 O all that fly around about to protect, 390 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:08,500 and the glory of that everlasting light, and 391 00:21:08,500 --> 00:21:11,460 the God of glory, and stout with it. 392 00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:13,980 You know, that's just exactly what is the 393 00:21:13,980 --> 00:21:15,460 portion of the believer today. 394 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:20,240 I wonder if you believe it, and enjoy 395 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:24,120 it, that you and I, we have to 396 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:27,700 protect her, who round about as if it 397 00:21:27,700 --> 00:21:30,540 was a wall of fire, and who within 398 00:21:30,540 --> 00:21:34,600 us is the everlasting God, who is thy 399 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,780 light, and who is thy glory. 400 00:21:40,170 --> 00:21:42,070 But there's one thing about us as children 401 00:21:42,070 --> 00:21:44,990 of God, we do not manifest as we 402 00:21:44,990 --> 00:21:48,530 should that glory, and that light, and enjoy 403 00:21:48,530 --> 00:21:48,910 it. 404 00:21:49,550 --> 00:21:51,270 And may I say to you that may 405 00:21:51,270 --> 00:21:54,570 not be saved, you can have this salvation. 406 00:21:55,590 --> 00:21:58,750 This same salvation that is coming for Israel 407 00:21:58,750 --> 00:22:02,410 will come through the same blessed person who 408 00:22:02,410 --> 00:22:06,030 can save you tonight, and who desires to 409 00:22:06,030 --> 00:22:07,530 be your savior tonight. 410 00:22:08,270 --> 00:22:12,370 That your salvation may be found in him, 411 00:22:13,150 --> 00:22:15,970 and that your soul may have the joy 412 00:22:15,970 --> 00:22:18,090 of praising him. 413 00:22:18,350 --> 00:22:22,270 As the poet says, praise the savior, ye 414 00:22:22,270 --> 00:22:25,230 who know him, who can tell how much 415 00:22:25,230 --> 00:22:26,050 we owe him. 416 00:22:27,230 --> 00:22:32,410 And beloved, salvation, praise, and the everlasting God, 417 00:22:32,490 --> 00:22:35,590 thy light, and thy glory within. 418 00:22:36,890 --> 00:22:38,930 What a day that will be in that 419 00:22:38,930 --> 00:22:41,150 city of glory which is to come. 420 00:22:41,550 --> 00:22:44,010 Go back to our chapter in Zechariah, please, 421 00:22:44,570 --> 00:22:48,270 and let's continue on as thus we recognize. 422 00:22:49,030 --> 00:22:51,710 In verse four, the prosperity of the city 423 00:22:51,710 --> 00:22:52,330 is promised. 424 00:22:52,650 --> 00:22:54,710 Would you note something precious in that verse? 425 00:22:54,990 --> 00:22:57,870 I value it when you read in verse 426 00:22:57,870 --> 00:23:01,250 four, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without 427 00:23:01,250 --> 00:23:05,730 wall, for the multitude of men, and the 428 00:23:05,730 --> 00:23:08,550 multitude of cattle therein. 429 00:23:09,690 --> 00:23:12,710 Oh beloved, may I say it's a wonderful 430 00:23:12,710 --> 00:23:16,250 thing to see the prosperity even now in 431 00:23:16,250 --> 00:23:21,550 that land, when one looks behind the centuries 432 00:23:21,550 --> 00:23:22,710 that have passed. 433 00:23:23,750 --> 00:23:24,750 It's remarkable. 434 00:23:25,850 --> 00:23:30,570 The productivity of the land is remarkable today. 435 00:23:31,530 --> 00:23:34,310 But beloved, may I say without question of 436 00:23:34,310 --> 00:23:38,210 doubt, all that the Jew is laboring for 437 00:23:38,210 --> 00:23:42,550 will someday come under the judgment of God, 438 00:23:43,250 --> 00:23:46,690 when the nations around them will afflict them. 439 00:23:47,370 --> 00:23:50,570 But when the Messiah comes, when, as we 440 00:23:50,570 --> 00:23:53,610 said in verse 16 of chapter one, I 441 00:23:53,610 --> 00:23:59,470 am returned to Jerusalem with mercy, may I 442 00:23:59,470 --> 00:24:03,490 emphasize, it was not only a temporal visitation 443 00:24:03,490 --> 00:24:06,270 of mercy in the day of Zechariah, in 444 00:24:06,270 --> 00:24:08,790 the days of Haggai, in the day of 445 00:24:08,790 --> 00:24:11,190 Ezra and Nehemiah, when they rebuilt the house 446 00:24:11,190 --> 00:24:13,670 and rebuilt the wall and the city and 447 00:24:13,670 --> 00:24:17,130 the gates, but the Lord is looking down 448 00:24:17,130 --> 00:24:19,370 to that time when he will return in 449 00:24:19,370 --> 00:24:21,950 his power and in his glory at his 450 00:24:21,950 --> 00:24:27,790 second advent to bring prosperity to Jerusalem, and 451 00:24:27,790 --> 00:24:32,810 the inhabitants will stretch out, and for multitude, 452 00:24:33,550 --> 00:24:36,410 as I stated, the old city of Jerusalem, 453 00:24:36,830 --> 00:24:40,070 you cannot accommodate more than 50,000 people 454 00:24:40,070 --> 00:24:43,390 within it approximately, and it is expanding out 455 00:24:43,390 --> 00:24:46,790 even now in its modern expansion. 456 00:24:47,170 --> 00:24:49,630 But it will stretch out, and I think 457 00:24:49,630 --> 00:24:52,510 the Hebrew suggests it will be stretched out 458 00:24:52,510 --> 00:24:57,030 not just as villages, but as plains for 459 00:24:57,030 --> 00:25:01,870 distance, for distance, for distance to the south, 460 00:25:02,010 --> 00:25:03,430 to the north, to the east, and to 461 00:25:03,430 --> 00:25:06,490 the west, in its blessing in that coming 462 00:25:06,490 --> 00:25:07,550 day of the Messiah. 463 00:25:08,670 --> 00:25:12,370 And he will protect, and he will dwell 464 00:25:12,370 --> 00:25:15,570 with his people as the glory in the 465 00:25:15,570 --> 00:25:15,930 midst. 466 00:25:16,570 --> 00:25:18,150 Now, when you come to the sixth verse 467 00:25:18,150 --> 00:25:20,650 of our chapter, to the end of the 468 00:25:20,650 --> 00:25:23,190 chapter you have a more detailed explanation of 469 00:25:23,190 --> 00:25:23,410 it. 470 00:25:24,210 --> 00:25:27,070 First of all, in the sixth verse and 471 00:25:27,070 --> 00:25:29,290 the seventh, there is a call that God 472 00:25:29,290 --> 00:25:32,630 gives to the captives in Babylon to flee 473 00:25:32,630 --> 00:25:33,350 from Babylon. 474 00:25:34,090 --> 00:25:34,550 Ho! 475 00:25:34,690 --> 00:25:34,910 ho! 476 00:25:35,070 --> 00:25:36,950 come forth and flee from the land of 477 00:25:36,950 --> 00:25:40,410 the north, saith the Lord, for I spread 478 00:25:40,410 --> 00:25:43,250 you abroad as the four winds of heaven, 479 00:25:43,910 --> 00:25:44,850 saith the Lord. 480 00:25:45,290 --> 00:25:49,450 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwelleth with the 481 00:25:49,450 --> 00:25:50,350 daughter of Babylon. 482 00:25:51,510 --> 00:25:54,130 May I point out to you, as customary, 483 00:25:54,850 --> 00:25:58,130 with much that is prophetic, the teaching of 484 00:25:58,130 --> 00:26:01,670 prophecy may often have, and usually does, have 485 00:26:01,670 --> 00:26:05,070 a double application, and there is a primary 486 00:26:05,070 --> 00:26:07,670 application in the days of Zechariah. 487 00:26:08,530 --> 00:26:12,550 But in the days of Zechariah, Haggai, Ezra, 488 00:26:13,030 --> 00:26:19,790 Nehemiah, approximately 50,000 Jews returned from Babylon 489 00:26:19,790 --> 00:26:22,650 after the 70 years of captivity. 490 00:26:23,770 --> 00:26:28,370 According to Josephus, approximately one million Jews were 491 00:26:28,370 --> 00:26:32,030 taken into captivity, and when the edict of 492 00:26:32,030 --> 00:26:35,390 King Cyrus came to return and build the 493 00:26:35,390 --> 00:26:37,830 city, to build the house of the Lord 494 00:26:37,830 --> 00:26:41,390 at Jerusalem, there was only a fraction of 495 00:26:41,390 --> 00:26:45,290 those people who came back 50,000 approximately 496 00:26:45,290 --> 00:26:46,110 in number. 497 00:26:46,850 --> 00:26:49,570 The remainder of them had settled down in 498 00:26:49,570 --> 00:26:49,910 Babylon. 499 00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:53,010 They had their businesses in Babylon. 500 00:26:53,830 --> 00:26:55,610 They had accumulated wealth. 501 00:26:56,150 --> 00:26:58,410 They had built houses and homes, and they 502 00:26:58,410 --> 00:27:01,950 desired not to return to the desolate land 503 00:27:03,390 --> 00:27:06,150 of Judea. 504 00:27:06,930 --> 00:27:10,070 And, beloved, God gives a call to come 505 00:27:10,070 --> 00:27:13,490 out of Babylon to return back to the 506 00:27:13,490 --> 00:27:13,730 land. 507 00:27:14,090 --> 00:27:15,530 Now, God had two reasons. 508 00:27:16,870 --> 00:27:20,810 One reason was this, that they should escape 509 00:27:20,810 --> 00:27:24,230 out of Babylon before God's judgment came upon 510 00:27:24,230 --> 00:27:24,730 Babylon. 511 00:27:25,630 --> 00:27:29,650 If you remember back in chapter one, the 512 00:27:29,650 --> 00:27:33,310 rider upon the red horse, the angel of 513 00:27:33,310 --> 00:27:37,980 Jehovah, did you ever stop to think of 514 00:27:37,980 --> 00:27:40,220 the meaning of that red horse upon which 515 00:27:40,220 --> 00:27:40,820 he sat? 516 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:46,260 For it is indicative of the fact that 517 00:27:46,260 --> 00:27:49,600 blessed one is coming to deal in judgment, 518 00:27:50,580 --> 00:27:53,500 and in judgment to deal with a nation 519 00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:56,960 who has oppressed his people Israel. 520 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,400 For, if you recall the words that we 521 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,760 read, may I go back to verse 12 522 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,660 and 13, or 14 rather, and 15. 523 00:28:05,300 --> 00:28:08,000 Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, I am 524 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,320 jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a 525 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:11,460 great jealousy. 526 00:28:12,260 --> 00:28:16,400 I'm very sore displeased with the nations that 527 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,680 are at ease, for I was but a 528 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:23,280 little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. 529 00:28:24,180 --> 00:28:28,060 And, may I say, my beloved, God has 530 00:28:28,060 --> 00:28:33,360 never failed to recognize and to take worthy 531 00:28:33,360 --> 00:28:36,920 note of what the nations have done to 532 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:37,920 his earthly people. 533 00:28:40,110 --> 00:28:40,530 Never! 534 00:28:42,090 --> 00:28:44,890 And, there will be a day of remembrance. 535 00:28:46,090 --> 00:28:48,550 The great prophecy of Joel tells us in 536 00:28:48,550 --> 00:28:51,430 the third chapter, that in that day of 537 00:28:51,430 --> 00:28:56,310 Armageddon, multitudes, multitudes will be in the valley 538 00:28:56,310 --> 00:28:57,010 of decision. 539 00:28:57,930 --> 00:29:00,870 And, in that day, God says, I will 540 00:29:00,870 --> 00:29:03,490 have a controversy with the nations. 541 00:29:06,110 --> 00:29:08,870 And, beloved, may I state the primary reasons 542 00:29:08,870 --> 00:29:10,670 for that call out of Babylon in the 543 00:29:10,670 --> 00:29:14,370 days of Zechariah was that God knew, I'm 544 00:29:14,370 --> 00:29:17,670 going to visit Babylon with judgment, and with 545 00:29:17,670 --> 00:29:18,770 ultimate destruction. 546 00:29:20,900 --> 00:29:22,520 But, you know, it's a sad fact. 547 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:26,640 Too many people will fail to give heed 548 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,960 to the message of God as he gives 549 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,440 the message of judgment. 550 00:29:33,300 --> 00:29:34,620 May I pause for a moment? 551 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,900 May I interject the truth of the gospel? 552 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:42,520 You that may not be saved, may I 553 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,260 say there's a far worse day of judgment 554 00:29:45,260 --> 00:29:48,300 coming to this world than came upon Babylon 555 00:29:48,300 --> 00:29:49,060 long ago? 556 00:29:50,460 --> 00:29:53,220 And, that day of judgment, if it finds 557 00:29:53,220 --> 00:29:57,520 you unheeding, is invitation to flee from the 558 00:29:57,520 --> 00:29:58,420 rastakhan. 559 00:29:58,860 --> 00:30:01,420 That day of judgment will bring you everlasting 560 00:30:01,420 --> 00:30:02,160 destruction. 561 00:30:03,420 --> 00:30:05,900 But then, on the other hand, God had 562 00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:08,800 a second purpose, and that was to bring 563 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,780 his people to the land where he wished 564 00:30:11,780 --> 00:30:13,000 to bless them. 565 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,240 You know, it's amazing today, I've kind of 566 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:21,500 grasped it, but there is a manifestation amongst 567 00:30:21,500 --> 00:30:24,720 the Israelites of today to go back to 568 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:25,440 their land. 569 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,120 Some of them have been driven, we know, 570 00:30:28,540 --> 00:30:32,340 driven by hatred, driven by persecution, but there's 571 00:30:32,340 --> 00:30:35,060 an element, a younger element, within the land. 572 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,280 They have been drawn, they have been attracted, 573 00:30:38,740 --> 00:30:41,640 and they have been brought back because they 574 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:45,880 are curiously interested and vitally concerned to have 575 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,620 a part in what's taking place. 576 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,820 Behind it all is the call of Jehovah, 577 00:30:53,300 --> 00:30:56,480 for through it he's going to bring the 578 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,860 remnant, ultimately, into that blessing that he has 579 00:30:59,860 --> 00:31:01,680 promised even within this chapter. 580 00:31:03,020 --> 00:31:06,620 "'Deliver thyself,' he says in verse 7, "'O 581 00:31:06,620 --> 00:31:10,140 Zion, that dwelleth with the daughter of Babylon!' 582 00:31:10,140 --> 00:31:12,920 and may I again revert to the application 583 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:13,780 of the gospel. 584 00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:18,900 My beloved, if you are not saved, you're 585 00:31:18,900 --> 00:31:21,000 nearer hell than you've ever been in your 586 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:27,250 life, because the day of judgment is very 587 00:31:27,250 --> 00:31:32,370 close, and the coming of the Lord is 588 00:31:32,370 --> 00:31:33,290 on the threshold. 589 00:31:34,190 --> 00:31:36,590 And if our Lord were to come tonight, 590 00:31:37,030 --> 00:31:39,970 and you had heard, and you had had 591 00:31:39,970 --> 00:31:43,170 an opportunity to be saved and received it, 592 00:31:43,610 --> 00:31:45,310 you would never deliver yourself. 593 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:51,240 Take home the words, deliver thyself. 594 00:31:51,340 --> 00:31:52,320 You say, how? 595 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:54,840 We find the wonderful words. 596 00:31:57,190 --> 00:31:59,330 At the cross, at the cross where I 597 00:31:59,330 --> 00:32:02,310 first saw the light, and the burden of 598 00:32:02,310 --> 00:32:05,610 my heart rolled away, it was there by 599 00:32:05,610 --> 00:32:07,970 faith I received my sight. 600 00:32:08,610 --> 00:32:10,970 Now I'm happy all the day. 601 00:32:12,830 --> 00:32:15,830 My beloved, the invitation of the gospel is 602 00:32:15,830 --> 00:32:16,950 still going on. 603 00:32:17,590 --> 00:32:19,170 I can't save you. 604 00:32:19,590 --> 00:32:21,950 You know, I read the story one time 605 00:32:21,950 --> 00:32:25,030 of a man that was saved, and he 606 00:32:25,030 --> 00:32:28,730 was a prize-fighter by occupation, and the 607 00:32:28,730 --> 00:32:32,690 night that he was saved, his evangelistic friends 608 00:32:32,690 --> 00:32:34,750 told him, now you try to win others. 609 00:32:36,110 --> 00:32:37,470 Bring others to Christ. 610 00:32:38,330 --> 00:32:42,570 And the next night, after the evangelistic service 611 00:32:42,570 --> 00:32:45,490 had finished, some of the brethren heard a 612 00:32:45,490 --> 00:32:47,250 commotion on the outside of the building. 613 00:32:47,430 --> 00:32:49,770 They went out, and as they went out 614 00:32:49,770 --> 00:32:51,890 to see what was taking place, here was 615 00:32:51,890 --> 00:32:53,570 this man that had been saved the night 616 00:32:53,570 --> 00:32:55,910 before, and he was sitting on the chest 617 00:32:55,910 --> 00:32:57,930 of another man, and he was beating him, 618 00:32:58,090 --> 00:32:59,930 and he was saying, will you believe? 619 00:33:00,190 --> 00:33:00,810 Will you believe? 620 00:33:01,170 --> 00:33:01,790 Will you believe? 621 00:33:03,350 --> 00:33:05,750 Well, they pulled him up and said, you 622 00:33:05,750 --> 00:33:06,850 can't do that. 623 00:33:07,070 --> 00:33:08,450 Well, he says, I only know how to 624 00:33:08,450 --> 00:33:09,130 use my fists. 625 00:33:12,410 --> 00:33:16,770 Look, there is no question of doubt that 626 00:33:16,770 --> 00:33:19,370 if it were possible physically for some of 627 00:33:19,370 --> 00:33:21,190 us to save you, we'd be glad to 628 00:33:21,190 --> 00:33:21,630 do it. 629 00:33:22,450 --> 00:33:23,290 We cannot. 630 00:33:25,110 --> 00:33:31,900 Deliver thyself, my beloved sinner friend. 631 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:38,580 Within the power of your own choice lies 632 00:33:38,580 --> 00:33:41,720 your salvation, if you'll only come to Christ 633 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:42,260 tonight. 634 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:46,780 And say just as I am without one 635 00:33:46,780 --> 00:33:50,680 plea, for that thy blood was shed for 636 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:53,460 me, and that thou bid me come to 637 00:33:53,460 --> 00:33:56,280 thee, O Lamb of God, I come. 638 00:33:57,340 --> 00:33:58,960 Now, go on to verse eight of our 639 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,860 chapter, for, oh, here we have the greater 640 00:34:01,860 --> 00:34:07,340 explanation continuing, as we find the Messiah's character, 641 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:09,699 as well as his mission described. 642 00:34:10,100 --> 00:34:14,300 For thus saith Jehovah the Most, and please 643 00:34:14,300 --> 00:34:17,139 let me re-emphasize, I cannot help but 644 00:34:17,139 --> 00:34:20,060 magnify, this is the person of the Son 645 00:34:20,060 --> 00:34:23,739 of God, the Angel of Jehovah, the Angel 646 00:34:23,739 --> 00:34:26,560 of the Covenant, the Angel of His Faith, 647 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,159 the very second person of the Divine Trinity, 648 00:34:30,699 --> 00:34:33,040 the Eternal Son of God. 649 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,540 O beloved, as you recognize who the person 650 00:34:37,540 --> 00:34:41,580 is, what joy and what character it gives, 651 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,679 here is Jehovah, as it were, sending another 652 00:34:45,679 --> 00:34:46,760 person of the Trinity. 653 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:50,120 Read chapter sixty-one of Isaiah. 654 00:34:51,179 --> 00:34:53,940 Couple it together with Luke chapter four, where 655 00:34:53,940 --> 00:34:57,420 the Lord speaks in the synagogue at Nazareth, 656 00:34:57,540 --> 00:35:00,620 His first message, the first sermon He ever 657 00:35:00,620 --> 00:35:04,020 preached, from Isaiah sixty-one, when He says, 658 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,480 Jehovah hath sent me. 659 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:10,000 My beloved, may I solemnly say, it is 660 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,560 the person of Jehovah sending another person whose 661 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:14,480 name is Jehovah. 662 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:16,540 Hallelujah! 663 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:22,000 Beful with the Father, the Lord hath sent 664 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:27,930 me, and after the glory hath He sent 665 00:35:27,930 --> 00:35:28,290 me. 666 00:35:29,570 --> 00:35:32,210 And though it is the Jehovah Lord of 667 00:35:32,210 --> 00:35:35,070 hosts who is the person, and His mission, 668 00:35:35,170 --> 00:35:35,850 what is it? 669 00:35:36,490 --> 00:35:41,210 After the glory hath He sent me. 670 00:35:42,530 --> 00:35:47,310 Now, what Jehovah has sent Christ for, and 671 00:35:47,310 --> 00:35:49,830 what He will yet send Him for in 672 00:35:49,830 --> 00:35:52,690 the day of His second coming, for that's 673 00:35:52,690 --> 00:35:57,170 what is indicated here, is to vindicate, as 674 00:35:57,170 --> 00:36:01,250 well as to display, the glory of God. 675 00:36:02,350 --> 00:36:03,790 Oh, may I go back? 676 00:36:04,170 --> 00:36:06,010 You know, it's a joy to realize, as 677 00:36:06,010 --> 00:36:09,430 a believer in Christ, the two advects of 678 00:36:09,430 --> 00:36:10,210 the Savior. 679 00:36:11,630 --> 00:36:14,850 Oh, when we think of our beloved rabbinical 680 00:36:14,850 --> 00:36:18,370 leaders of long ago, some of the ancient 681 00:36:18,370 --> 00:36:21,350 rabbis, they stumbled over the Scriptures. 682 00:36:22,990 --> 00:36:26,070 They so stumbled over the Scriptures, they're told 683 00:36:26,070 --> 00:36:29,450 of a suffering Messiah, and then told of 684 00:36:29,450 --> 00:36:33,270 a glorious Messiah, that some of them believed 685 00:36:33,270 --> 00:36:35,270 that there were two Messiahs to come. 686 00:36:35,950 --> 00:36:39,270 One who would be called Messiah, Ben-Joseph, 687 00:36:39,770 --> 00:36:43,110 who would have a ministry of suffering only, 688 00:36:43,710 --> 00:36:46,750 and later a Messiah whom they called Messiah, 689 00:36:46,910 --> 00:36:50,590 Ben-David, who would come to conquer and 690 00:36:50,590 --> 00:36:52,610 reign in glory. 691 00:36:53,870 --> 00:36:59,110 Beloved, there's not two Messiahs, there's only one, 692 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:04,080 and that blessed one has come. 693 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:07,720 And when you think of the presentation of 694 00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:12,180 His glory in the Gospel of John, John 695 00:37:12,180 --> 00:37:15,180 writes in that 14th verse, the word was 696 00:37:15,180 --> 00:37:19,480 made flesh and dwelt among us, and we 697 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:25,540 beheld His glory, the glory of the only 698 00:37:25,540 --> 00:37:30,800 begotten of the Father, full of grace and 699 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:31,300 truth. 700 00:37:33,260 --> 00:37:36,100 My beloved, may I say that blessed one 701 00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:38,020 has been on the earth, and He has 702 00:37:38,020 --> 00:37:44,100 displayed, He has manifested the glory of God, 703 00:37:44,380 --> 00:37:47,000 and it shines in the face of Jesus 704 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:48,020 Christ. 705 00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:50,680 For all to look upon, if they will, 706 00:37:53,350 --> 00:37:56,210 and that glory has been revealed in all 707 00:37:56,210 --> 00:37:57,150 of its perfection. 708 00:37:58,830 --> 00:38:02,050 No man cometh unto the Father, said he, 709 00:38:02,090 --> 00:38:02,950 but by me. 710 00:38:03,610 --> 00:38:06,150 And when Philip said, Lord, show us the 711 00:38:06,150 --> 00:38:09,050 Father, He said, Philip, have I been so 712 00:38:09,050 --> 00:38:10,310 long time with you? 713 00:38:10,630 --> 00:38:12,810 Yet sayest thou to me, show us the 714 00:38:12,810 --> 00:38:13,210 Father? 715 00:38:13,210 --> 00:38:16,670 He that hath seen me hath seen the 716 00:38:16,670 --> 00:38:17,330 Father. 717 00:38:18,310 --> 00:38:19,130 Hallelujah! 718 00:38:19,870 --> 00:38:23,030 What a revelation of the manifestation of God 719 00:38:23,030 --> 00:38:26,210 displayed in all the great love of His 720 00:38:26,210 --> 00:38:29,770 Father, heart to the world and to His 721 00:38:29,770 --> 00:38:30,270 own. 722 00:38:32,610 --> 00:38:34,130 And when you and I look at the 723 00:38:34,130 --> 00:38:38,110 display of that infinite love upon Calvary's tree, 724 00:38:38,110 --> 00:38:42,310 you have the complete display of the affection 725 00:38:42,310 --> 00:38:44,090 of the Father's heart. 726 00:38:44,910 --> 00:38:47,450 O my beloved, you and I can never 727 00:38:47,450 --> 00:38:48,930 fathom how much He loves. 728 00:38:49,950 --> 00:38:52,990 You and I can never fathom the greatness 729 00:38:52,990 --> 00:38:54,810 of that infinite heart of love. 730 00:38:55,350 --> 00:38:58,050 He loves me, and He loves you. 731 00:38:58,950 --> 00:39:02,170 And the display of that love and grace 732 00:39:02,170 --> 00:39:05,790 was manifested by the first advent of the 733 00:39:05,790 --> 00:39:07,250 Lord Jesus Christ. 734 00:39:08,980 --> 00:39:12,140 But our verse refers to the coming second 735 00:39:12,140 --> 00:39:14,140 advent of our Lord Jesus Christ. 736 00:39:15,100 --> 00:39:18,240 For, go on to read, after the glory 737 00:39:18,240 --> 00:39:22,880 hath He sent me unto the nations which 738 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:24,020 spoiled you. 739 00:39:26,530 --> 00:39:28,570 Why may I say this? 740 00:39:29,950 --> 00:39:33,070 The Lord Jesus, in His second advent, is 741 00:39:33,070 --> 00:39:38,090 going to justify and display and vindicate the 742 00:39:38,090 --> 00:39:39,230 glory of God. 743 00:39:39,470 --> 00:39:41,970 He's going to vindicate it and display it 744 00:39:41,970 --> 00:39:42,650 in two ways. 745 00:39:43,110 --> 00:39:46,390 He will vindicate the glory of God in 746 00:39:46,390 --> 00:39:50,050 visiting the nations and the ungodly with judgment. 747 00:39:51,630 --> 00:39:53,930 Judgment is the strange word of God. 748 00:39:55,990 --> 00:40:00,130 But may I say, contrary to many that 749 00:40:00,130 --> 00:40:03,350 blaspheme the precious name of our beloved Savior, 750 00:40:04,450 --> 00:40:06,690 contrary to the fact that the word of 751 00:40:06,690 --> 00:40:09,690 God is denied, and not only denied, it 752 00:40:09,690 --> 00:40:14,510 is defied, the judgment of God will yet 753 00:40:14,510 --> 00:40:17,030 fall upon this ungodly earth. 754 00:40:17,990 --> 00:40:22,430 Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of 755 00:40:22,430 --> 00:40:27,570 His saints to execute judgment upon all the 756 00:40:27,570 --> 00:40:28,730 ungodly. 757 00:40:29,710 --> 00:40:33,470 And beloved, the Lord Jesus is coming to 758 00:40:33,470 --> 00:40:37,810 execute judgment upon the nations, judgment upon even 759 00:40:37,810 --> 00:40:39,530 the ungodly of Israel. 760 00:40:40,810 --> 00:40:44,950 But then, He's going to not only vindicate 761 00:40:44,950 --> 00:40:47,730 the glory of God by the way of 762 00:40:47,730 --> 00:40:51,090 judgment, He's going to display the grace and 763 00:40:51,090 --> 00:40:54,750 the glory of God by delivering His earthly 764 00:40:54,750 --> 00:40:55,230 people. 765 00:40:56,530 --> 00:40:58,650 And what a day of deliverance that will 766 00:40:58,650 --> 00:40:58,850 be. 767 00:40:58,990 --> 00:41:02,790 Nobody says, after the glory hath He sent 768 00:41:02,790 --> 00:41:05,690 me unto the nations which spoiled you, for 769 00:41:05,690 --> 00:41:09,390 He that touches you touches the apple of 770 00:41:09,390 --> 00:41:11,210 His eye. 771 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:16,000 Beloved, these are the most solemn words and 772 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:19,780 precious words in relation to Israel. 773 00:41:22,260 --> 00:41:25,780 Deuteronomy chapter 32 and verse 10, the Mosaic 774 00:41:25,780 --> 00:41:29,960 prophecy declared how God brought down Jacob in 775 00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:33,000 a wilderness, brought him out of that howling 776 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:37,060 wilderness, and He says, I preserve thee as 777 00:41:37,060 --> 00:41:38,740 the apple of mine eye. 778 00:41:40,140 --> 00:41:42,660 What's the meaning of this wonderful expression? 779 00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:46,260 The apple of mine eye, the apple of 780 00:41:46,260 --> 00:41:49,780 God's eye, meaning the pupil of God's eye 781 00:41:49,780 --> 00:41:51,840 in the Hebrew original word. 782 00:41:52,660 --> 00:41:54,600 And always, you and I think of that. 783 00:41:55,140 --> 00:41:56,660 Well, you should think of it, the word 784 00:41:56,660 --> 00:41:58,520 pupil and the eye. 785 00:41:58,820 --> 00:42:01,540 The pupil, or the apple of the eye, 786 00:42:01,540 --> 00:42:05,040 is the proverbial figure for that which is 787 00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:10,860 most precious, most easily injured, the hardest to 788 00:42:10,860 --> 00:42:15,620 repair, and also demanding protection and care. 789 00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:20,860 All the light that comes into your body 790 00:42:20,860 --> 00:42:25,060 physically comes through your eye, the pupil of 791 00:42:25,060 --> 00:42:25,620 the eye. 792 00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:29,940 God says, my people Israel, they're the apple 793 00:42:29,940 --> 00:42:31,560 of the pupil of my eye. 794 00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:36,260 And may I tell you of the light 795 00:42:36,260 --> 00:42:38,540 of salvation you and I owe to the 796 00:42:38,540 --> 00:42:38,900 Jews. 797 00:42:40,660 --> 00:42:43,520 The light of salvation came through God's earth 798 00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:44,760 to people, to you and me. 799 00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:49,540 The woman at the well, Jesus said, ye 800 00:42:49,540 --> 00:42:52,300 worship that ye know not what we Jews 801 00:42:52,300 --> 00:42:55,700 know what we worship, for salvation is of 802 00:42:55,700 --> 00:42:56,320 the Jews. 803 00:42:59,330 --> 00:43:03,510 And my beloved, from the light of that 804 00:43:03,510 --> 00:43:08,470 pupil of the eye, God's eye, Israel, has 805 00:43:08,470 --> 00:43:11,030 come the light of salvation to you and 806 00:43:11,030 --> 00:43:11,150 me. 807 00:43:11,230 --> 00:43:11,670 Hallelujah. 808 00:43:13,710 --> 00:43:16,290 And then when you think of that pupil 809 00:43:16,290 --> 00:43:19,870 of the eye, the divine provision even to 810 00:43:19,870 --> 00:43:24,950 protect the pupil of the eye physically, God 811 00:43:24,950 --> 00:43:29,470 has given strong frontal bones to protect it 812 00:43:29,470 --> 00:43:30,790 from serious blows. 813 00:43:31,790 --> 00:43:35,310 God has given, put upon it, the eyebrow 814 00:43:35,310 --> 00:43:37,890 and the eyelashes to keep the dust out 815 00:43:37,890 --> 00:43:39,090 of that tender pupil. 816 00:43:40,110 --> 00:43:42,870 God has given a lid to that eye 817 00:43:42,870 --> 00:43:45,610 to keep the painful glare of the sun 818 00:43:45,610 --> 00:43:49,470 from penetrating, and then God has given tear 819 00:43:49,470 --> 00:43:54,490 glands to cleanse it, and thus to continuously 820 00:43:54,490 --> 00:43:55,810 to cleanse it. 821 00:43:56,610 --> 00:43:59,010 And the expression, the apple of the eye, 822 00:43:59,110 --> 00:44:01,710 sometimes is translated the little man of the 823 00:44:01,710 --> 00:44:01,810 eye. 824 00:44:01,970 --> 00:44:03,470 Where does the word pupil come from? 825 00:44:03,650 --> 00:44:05,710 A pupil means a boy, a boy. 826 00:44:06,310 --> 00:44:09,450 And the pupil of the eye is sometimes 827 00:44:09,450 --> 00:44:11,790 translated the little man of the eye. 828 00:44:12,010 --> 00:44:13,990 And when God, you look in God's eye 829 00:44:13,990 --> 00:44:16,890 in the Old Testament, you see Israel reflected. 830 00:44:18,730 --> 00:44:20,570 Israel, the apple of his eye. 831 00:44:22,330 --> 00:44:27,810 Oh, but this signifies the tender affection of 832 00:44:27,810 --> 00:44:29,570 God for his people Israel. 833 00:44:30,050 --> 00:44:31,370 But I don't want to leave it just 834 00:44:31,370 --> 00:44:31,910 for that. 835 00:44:33,550 --> 00:44:35,690 Oh, thank God I can say with the 836 00:44:35,690 --> 00:44:38,430 psalmist myself, the words of the psalmist, I 837 00:44:38,430 --> 00:44:41,910 think in Psalm 17 and verse 8, keep 838 00:44:41,910 --> 00:44:45,430 me as the apple of thine eye, hide 839 00:44:45,430 --> 00:44:47,630 me under the shadow of thy wings. 840 00:44:49,030 --> 00:44:50,830 My beloved, I want to ask a question. 841 00:44:51,830 --> 00:44:54,130 Are you in the apple of God's eye? 842 00:44:56,170 --> 00:44:58,730 Are you under the shadow of his almighty 843 00:44:58,730 --> 00:44:59,450 wings? 844 00:45:01,770 --> 00:45:04,650 For thank God that every soul who trusts 845 00:45:04,650 --> 00:45:10,510 Christ is brought into the same tender affection 846 00:45:10,510 --> 00:45:14,430 and place of consideration and safety and security, 847 00:45:15,690 --> 00:45:19,590 when thus they can say indeed, keep me 848 00:45:19,590 --> 00:45:22,650 as the apple of thine eye, and hide 849 00:45:22,650 --> 00:45:25,730 me under the shadow of thy wings. 850 00:45:26,690 --> 00:45:28,490 I want to tell you Christians something. 851 00:45:29,170 --> 00:45:31,730 You don't know, and neither do I know, 852 00:45:31,930 --> 00:45:34,410 how much and how dearly we honor God. 853 00:45:36,540 --> 00:45:37,360 You don't. 854 00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:41,480 You might think he's neglecting you. 855 00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:44,600 You might think that he's forgetting you. 856 00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:46,160 So did Israel. 857 00:45:47,260 --> 00:45:51,040 No, said Jehovah, I've engraven thee upon the 858 00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:54,600 palms of my hands, and I'll keep thee 859 00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:56,260 as the apple of mine eye. 860 00:45:57,340 --> 00:45:57,940 Hallelujah! 861 00:45:58,240 --> 00:46:00,520 I'm glad I'm that precious to God. 862 00:46:03,830 --> 00:46:05,970 You know, if I wasn't saved tonight, I'd 863 00:46:05,970 --> 00:46:06,550 get saved. 864 00:46:10,820 --> 00:46:16,040 To be so considered by Jehovah God, by 865 00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:18,640 the Savior who loved me and gave himself 866 00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:23,080 for me, and say, John, you're the apple 867 00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:28,490 of mine eye, you're under the shadow of 868 00:46:28,490 --> 00:46:29,170 my wings. 869 00:46:30,150 --> 00:46:30,690 Hallelujah! 870 00:46:31,030 --> 00:46:32,730 That's where every believer is. 871 00:46:35,300 --> 00:46:38,540 My, I'm glad I don't have to be 872 00:46:38,540 --> 00:46:39,380 an Israelite. 873 00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:43,840 The joy of knowing when I trust the 874 00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:48,740 Savior, that's my place forever. 875 00:46:51,770 --> 00:46:57,630 Oh beloved, if Israel can be so tenderly 876 00:46:57,630 --> 00:47:03,050 and affectionately loved by Jehovah, how much more 877 00:47:03,050 --> 00:47:05,050 the bride of our Lord Jesus. 878 00:47:07,650 --> 00:47:09,530 And I'm glad I belong to the rye. 879 00:47:10,710 --> 00:47:15,390 Love with everlasting love, led by greatest love 880 00:47:15,390 --> 00:47:19,950 to go, spirit breathing from above, thou has 881 00:47:19,950 --> 00:47:20,950 taught me. 882 00:47:21,170 --> 00:47:22,370 It is so! 883 00:47:24,170 --> 00:47:28,210 My beloved, won't you let the word speak 884 00:47:28,210 --> 00:47:28,670 to you? 885 00:47:29,170 --> 00:47:33,310 Believer and unbeliever, God wants you to know 886 00:47:33,310 --> 00:47:36,370 you're the apple of his eye, and you're 887 00:47:36,370 --> 00:47:38,690 under the shadow of his almighty wings. 888 00:47:39,170 --> 00:47:42,790 And he that touches you, touches the apple 889 00:47:42,790 --> 00:47:43,790 of mine eye. 890 00:47:45,930 --> 00:47:47,550 Better be careful what you do to a 891 00:47:47,550 --> 00:47:47,730 Jew. 892 00:47:48,430 --> 00:47:51,070 You remember what God told Abraham, then that 893 00:47:51,070 --> 00:47:53,810 cursed thee will I curse, then that blessed 894 00:47:53,810 --> 00:47:54,890 thee will I bless. 895 00:47:55,570 --> 00:47:58,210 Now go on and see what God is 896 00:47:58,210 --> 00:48:00,910 going to do in his love for Israel. 897 00:48:01,090 --> 00:48:03,890 He's going to give them a deliverance. 898 00:48:04,150 --> 00:48:06,970 For behold, I shake mine hand upon them, 899 00:48:07,330 --> 00:48:08,890 the nations that have touched you. 900 00:48:09,210 --> 00:48:11,550 They shall be a spoil to their servant, 901 00:48:12,070 --> 00:48:14,450 and ye shall know that the Lord of 902 00:48:14,450 --> 00:48:15,430 hosts has sent me. 903 00:48:16,350 --> 00:48:20,470 May I say with confidence that the tables 904 00:48:20,470 --> 00:48:21,370 will be reversed? 905 00:48:22,030 --> 00:48:25,450 The nation that has been despised will then 906 00:48:25,450 --> 00:48:28,270 in that coming day be elevated and exalted, 907 00:48:28,790 --> 00:48:32,730 and Israel will be the greatest nation upon 908 00:48:32,730 --> 00:48:33,250 the earth. 909 00:48:34,150 --> 00:48:37,970 Oh yes, you can talk about the western 910 00:48:37,970 --> 00:48:42,190 powers, the eastern powers, the northern powers, the 911 00:48:42,190 --> 00:48:43,130 southern powers. 912 00:48:44,150 --> 00:48:46,690 The day is coming when Israel will be 913 00:48:46,690 --> 00:48:50,190 the greatest of all the nations, that little 914 00:48:50,190 --> 00:48:53,750 land of 200 miles running north and south, 915 00:48:54,130 --> 00:48:56,470 and not more than 50 or so miles 916 00:48:56,470 --> 00:48:57,790 running east and west. 917 00:48:58,510 --> 00:49:02,470 And that nation will be above all the 918 00:49:02,470 --> 00:49:03,650 nations of the earth. 919 00:49:04,370 --> 00:49:06,730 Well might the prophet close with a song 920 00:49:06,730 --> 00:49:09,550 of praise as the prophet is told in 921 00:49:09,550 --> 00:49:10,170 verse 10. 922 00:49:10,490 --> 00:49:13,630 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for 923 00:49:13,630 --> 00:49:17,030 lo, I come, and I will dwell in 924 00:49:17,030 --> 00:49:19,050 the midst of thee, saith the Lord, and 925 00:49:19,050 --> 00:49:21,510 many nations shall be joined to the Lord 926 00:49:21,510 --> 00:49:24,230 in that day, and shall be my people, 927 00:49:24,570 --> 00:49:26,370 and I will dwell in the midst of 928 00:49:26,370 --> 00:49:28,890 thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord 929 00:49:28,890 --> 00:49:31,390 of hosts has sent me unto thee, and 930 00:49:31,390 --> 00:49:35,190 the Lord shall inherit Judah, his portion in 931 00:49:35,190 --> 00:49:39,850 the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. 932 00:49:40,530 --> 00:49:42,810 May I say this verse that we have 933 00:49:42,810 --> 00:49:45,230 read, the 12th, is the only one in 934 00:49:45,230 --> 00:49:47,250 the whole Bible where you have the expression, 935 00:49:47,430 --> 00:49:48,130 the holy land. 936 00:49:49,290 --> 00:49:52,310 When I was invited some years ago to 937 00:49:52,310 --> 00:49:56,430 visit the holy land, I always said I'd 938 00:49:56,430 --> 00:49:58,070 like to go when it was really holy, 939 00:49:59,650 --> 00:50:01,950 because I can't call it the holy land 940 00:50:01,950 --> 00:50:04,230 today and speak truthfully. 941 00:50:05,290 --> 00:50:07,410 But when the Lord will be on his 942 00:50:07,410 --> 00:50:09,010 throne, as you may read at the end 943 00:50:09,010 --> 00:50:12,970 of Zechariah, which we ultimately will reach, holiness 944 00:50:12,970 --> 00:50:16,610 unto the Lord will be manifested in all 945 00:50:16,610 --> 00:50:19,510 Jerusalem, and in all the land, and it 946 00:50:19,510 --> 00:50:23,370 will be literally the holy land. 947 00:50:24,750 --> 00:50:27,110 I wouldn't mind living in one right now 948 00:50:27,110 --> 00:50:30,430 like that, when I think of the conditions 949 00:50:30,430 --> 00:50:31,590 we have around us. 950 00:50:31,590 --> 00:50:37,590 Now, oh, in that day, Jehovah shall inherit 951 00:50:37,590 --> 00:50:42,430 Judah, his portion in the holy land, and 952 00:50:42,430 --> 00:50:45,870 shall choose Jerusalem again. 953 00:50:47,270 --> 00:50:51,650 The prophet closes by saying, Be silent all 954 00:50:51,650 --> 00:50:55,670 ye who hold all flesh, be silent before 955 00:50:55,670 --> 00:50:59,430 the Lord, for he is awaiting to rise 956 00:50:59,430 --> 00:51:01,870 up out of his sabotage. 957 00:51:03,650 --> 00:51:07,850 My beloved, thank God that Jehovah Messiah is 958 00:51:07,850 --> 00:51:11,550 coming again, and the prophecy that he gave 959 00:51:11,550 --> 00:51:14,170 to his own, I will come again and 960 00:51:14,170 --> 00:51:17,070 receive you unto myself, that where I am 961 00:51:17,070 --> 00:51:18,390 there ye may be also. 962 00:51:18,390 --> 00:51:21,810 That will be fulfilled, but then when he 963 00:51:21,810 --> 00:51:24,070 comes in his power and glory to the 964 00:51:24,070 --> 00:51:27,470 earth, he will deliver his earthly people. 965 00:51:28,330 --> 00:51:31,610 Oh, may I close with an appeal, a 966 00:51:31,610 --> 00:51:34,850 twofold appeal, an appeal to you and I 967 00:51:34,850 --> 00:51:36,390 who belong to the Lord. 968 00:51:36,990 --> 00:51:40,910 Shall we not go homeward tonight to our 969 00:51:40,910 --> 00:51:45,510 places of abode, saying, Lord, keep me as 970 00:51:45,510 --> 00:51:47,170 the apple of thine eye. 971 00:51:47,750 --> 00:51:50,650 Lord, I thank thee that I'm precious to 972 00:51:50,650 --> 00:51:55,030 thee, and I'm hid under the shadow of 973 00:51:55,030 --> 00:51:56,870 thine almighty wings. 974 00:51:57,670 --> 00:51:59,130 What a place of comfort! 975 00:52:00,030 --> 00:52:01,610 What a place of safety! 976 00:52:02,630 --> 00:52:07,390 But then, sinner friend, how is it with 977 00:52:07,390 --> 00:52:08,190 your soul? 978 00:52:09,150 --> 00:52:11,190 Do you not wish to be in that 979 00:52:11,190 --> 00:52:15,530 place of security, where salvation is found in 980 00:52:15,530 --> 00:52:18,430 that person and through the work of the 981 00:52:18,430 --> 00:52:20,610 Lord Jesus on the cross? 982 00:52:21,790 --> 00:52:23,850 And may I say to you tonight, the 983 00:52:23,850 --> 00:52:27,750 Lord Jesus waits, that you come to him 984 00:52:27,750 --> 00:52:30,690 just as you are, and receive him as 985 00:52:30,690 --> 00:52:33,910 your savior, make him your own. 986 00:52:33,910 --> 00:52:38,990 Say, Lord, I want to be sure I'm 987 00:52:38,990 --> 00:52:43,030 under thine almighty wings, I'm under the shadow 988 00:52:43,030 --> 00:52:48,570 of those wings trusting, I'm being kept as 989 00:52:48,570 --> 00:52:51,010 the apple of mine, of thine eye. 990 00:52:52,050 --> 00:52:56,790 You know, I'm glad I'm saved, and I 991 00:52:56,790 --> 00:53:01,870 pray that if you are not, please, will 992 00:53:01,870 --> 00:53:05,890 you listen to an invitation which our brethren 993 00:53:06,850 --> 00:53:11,430 are going to sing at this time, inviting 994 00:53:11,430 --> 00:53:13,650 you to Christ. 995 00:53:14,330 --> 00:53:17,030 Oh, how we'd like you to go home, 996 00:53:17,990 --> 00:53:24,590 saying, I found the savior, I'm his forever, 997 00:53:25,430 --> 00:53:27,170 the apple of his eye. 998 00:53:27,730 --> 00:53:28,310 Hallelujah! 999 00:53:28,910 --> 00:53:31,870 I'm glad he loves me, I'm glad he 1000 00:53:31,870 --> 00:53:36,010 saved me, I'm glad he keeps me, I'm 1001 00:53:36,010 --> 00:53:40,610 glad, just as all believers, I'm precious to 1002 00:53:40,610 --> 00:53:41,010 him. 1003 00:53:42,170 --> 00:53:46,290 Sinner friend, listen to the song that our 1004 00:53:46,290 --> 00:53:49,830 brethren will sing, as the invitation is given 1005 00:53:49,830 --> 00:53:52,950 you, and come to the savior tonight.