And He showed me Joshua, the high priest, the man who, with Zerubbabel, had been the leader of the people when they returned from exile, STANDING BEFORE THE ANGEL OF THE LORD, here pictured as the Judge in a court of law, AND SATAN STANDING AT HIS RIGHT HAND TO RESIST HIM, to accuse the high priest,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE VISION OF THE HIGH PRIEST. The Lord had just referred to the glorification of His people. He now proceeds to show how this would take place.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord, Jehovah, for it is He who is the Angel of the Lord, SAID UNTO SATAN, THE LORD REBUKE THEE, O SATAN, the adversary and accuser being condemned instead of him whom he wanted to condemn, EVEN THE LORD THAT HATH CHOSEN JERUSALEM REBUKE THEE, He has accepted the believers in Him as His peop... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, typical of the sinfulness which was still found in the Lord's people, Isaiah 64:5, AND STOOD BEFORE THE ANGEL, it was thus that he had presented himself in the Lord's court.... [ Continue Reading ]
And He, the presiding Angel of Jehovah, ANSWERED AND SPAKE UNTO THOSE THAT STOOD BEFORE HIM, some of His ministering angels, SAYING, TAKE AWAY THE FILTHY GARMENTS FROM HIM, this signifying the removal of the people's guilt. AND UNTO HIM HE SAID, BEHOLD, I HAVE CAUSED THINE INIQUITY TO PASS FROM THEE... [ Continue Reading ]
And I said, the prophet here suddenly interposing in his eagerness to have, the work of cleansing completed, LET THEM SET A FAIR MITER UPON HIS HEAD, to give him the crowning assurance that the priesthood was restored, that the name of Jehovah was once more borne on the turban of the high priest. SO... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Angel of the Lord protested unto Joshua, testifying with impressive solemnity, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, If thou wilt walk in My ways, as a true child of God, AND IF THOU WILT KEEP MY CHARGE, performing every part of his office with due faithfulness, THEN THOU SHALT ALSO JUDGE MY HOUSE, have charge of the Lord's Temple, AND SHALT ALSO KEEP MY COURTS, in observing every pro... [ Continue Reading ]
Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee, his fellow-priests; FOR THEY ARE MEN WONDERED AT, literally, "men of wonder are they," that is, men about whom one might marvel; FOR, BEHOLD, I WILL BRING FORTH MY SERVANT, THE BRANCH. Cf Jeremiah 23:5; Isaiah 11:1. This... [ Continue Reading ]
For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes, that is, seven eyes, the number of perfection, would be directed upon him, the loving care of Jehovah being indicated, as He observes His people, the believers in Him. BEHOLD, I WILL ENGRAVE THE GRAVING THEREOF,... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig-tree, inviting him in the communion of Christian fellowship, doing mission-work in calling others to enjoy the blessings of the Gospel. We thus have the entire period of the New Testament in o... [ Continue Reading ]