Do You Remember the Lord's Love? (Zachariah 1-5)

 

Bruises bring perfume sent. After judgment, grace comes to those who seek the Lord. We broke the commands of the Holy One, and he brought a plague on the land. We must recognize the inherent wickedness of our society to see the need of a savior, for only then can we truly turn from our own evil, as John Calvin wrote in his Commentary on Zechariah, Malachi this:

 

“It must at the same time be noticed that we cannot enjoy the favor of God, even when he kindly offers to be reconciled to us, except we from the heart repent. However graciously God may invite us to himself, and be ready to remit our sins, we yet cannot embrace his offered favor, except our sins become hateful to us; for God ceases not to be our judge, except we anticipate him, and condemn ourselves, and deprecate the punishment of our sins. Hence we then pacify God when real grief wounds us, and we thus really turn to God,without dissimulation or falsehood.” (pg 13-14 Christian Classics Ethereal Library)

 

Likewise, the Almighty has re-established the state.

 

Once horns plowed up the children of Jacob, ten tribes blew to the wind from North Carolina to Bangladesh. Jews steep in foreign lands but as one people. The Lord, in His grace, brought Jews back to the land. Now in our lifetime, we see some of the hidden children of Children of Israel discovering their heritage returning to the land. In this, they see the glory of the Lord. Because the Tribes were lost, many nations found the Almighty.

 

The accuser stands against Jerusalem. At one time a single people and city perverted, Jerusalem has become the city of faith for the whole world as Isaiah 56: 7  states, “Even those I will bring to My holy mountain And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.” The Lord has covered the Jerusalem’s failures with the dress of the angels and reminds her to follow the Bible.

 

Yeshua is the Light of the world. All that we think we accomplish for the Lord was accomplished by the divine Breath as Zechariah 4:6 ‘Then he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel saying, ‘ Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the LORD of hosts.”’ NASU Our faithfulness to the Lord may be small but will we will see one day as greatness. The YHWH hid his light so that in seeking those who search confirm his work.

 

Seek Life. Renounce Lilith. Keep your vows.