Revelation Part 6
MF Blume (mfblume@ns.sympatico.ca)
Mon, 27 Jan 1997 01:16:21 -0800
THE SEVENTH DAY
(Candlesticks thoughts continued)
The seventh day is the day of rest. Completion. Psalm 91 is a
Psalm for the Sabbath.
A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing
to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto
thy name, O most High:
Psa 92:1
We thank people when they have done something for us. This
describes God's work, not our own. God must accomplish this change
in our lives. It is His Spirit which builds the temple. Zechariah
saw a vision of candlesticks!
And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked,
and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the
top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes
to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: And two
olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl,
and the other upon the left side thereof. So I answered and
spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these,
my lord? Then the angel that talked with me answered
and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I
said, No, my lord. Then he answered and spake unto me, saying,
This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not
by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the
LORD of hosts.
Zechariah 4:2-6
The candlesticks were fed by oil from two olive trees. This means
that the church is the temple Zechariah was prophesying about in
this book, which encouraged the two main personalities, the two
olive trees, who were the ministers of temple restoration, Joshua
and Zerubbabel. Zechariah is a book of prophecy given to these two
men during their efforts to rebuild the temple.
This book has significant truths regarding the temple of the
Church - the extension "branches" of Christ the vine, as the
candlesticks typify. It is not human strength, nor power, but
God's Spirit which does the work. By God's Spirit we are changed
(2 Cor 3:18). By the Spirit the world was renewed (Psalm 104:30).
Spirit ministry is not human intelligence and wisdom, for such
things cause the cross to lose effect in our lives.
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel:
not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be
made of none effect.
1 Cor 1:17
For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom
knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of
preaching to save them that believe.
1 Cor 1:21
So it is His work.
For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will
triumph in the works of thy hands. O LORD, how great are
thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. A brutish man
knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Psa. 92:4-6
Only the spiritually-inclined people, whose hearts have been turned
towards such spirit ministry, can appreciate how God works. The
fleshly, brutish wisdom seekers cannot comprehend this work of
God's Spirit. They exert no faith.
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers
of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed
for ever:
Psa 92:7
The wicked are like the grass that is gone after a season. Compare
the wicked with the saints who have been worked upon by God:
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall
grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in
the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our
God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they
shall be fat and flourishing;
Psa 92:12-14
God rested on the Sabbath day after working the renovation in
Genesis' six days. His work was finished. And when He works upon
the believers, and accomplishes the imprinting of His image into
their hearts, they, His workmanship, shall abide forever. As
Psalm 104 said, the glory of the Lord shall endure forever. The
saints are the glory of God.
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In Christ,
Michael F. Blume
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