Zechariah 2:1 I. The prophet Habakkuk defines for us what the position of that man's mind must be, who would catch the deep, still messages of which everything is full what it is to be waiting for heavenly signs. (1) There must be an individuality and solitude; you must be, and feel, alone with God... [ Continue Reading ]
Zechariah 2:3 The word "wait" is the one word which the Divine wisdom often seems to utter, in rebuke of human impatience. God is never in haste. In Holy Scripture men are often counselled to wait; to wait upon God, to wait for God; language which supposes delay and the need of patience. I. (1) Th... [ Continue Reading ]
Zechariah 2:3 A large space of the Church's history, and of every believer's experience, is occupied by waiting. The whole of the Old Testament was a waiting for one dispensation. The whole of the New is waiting for another. David speaks of his waiting for God more than twenty-five times. Isaiah is... [ Continue Reading ]
Zechariah 2:4 This is one of those texts of which there are so many in the Bible, which, though they were spoken originally to one particular man, yet are meant for every man. They are worldwide and world-old. They are the law by which all goodness and strength and safety stand either in men or ang... [ Continue Reading ]
Zechariah 2:20 The mystery of the Holy Trinity. I. The Holy Trinity is the foundation-stone of our faith. All religious truth is little more than the expansion of the Trinity. The Trinity, as a fact, is beyond all controversy. It is shadowed out in nature in leaves, flowers, and many creatures. It... [ Continue Reading ]