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Then God says to Joshua, "Hear now, O Joshua the high
priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are
men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the
BRANCH [Christ]." Then the prophecy uses Joshua to show that in
one day Christ will remove the iniquity of Jerusalem, and God's
people Israel and Judah, and the millennium of PEACE is ushered in.
This prophecy refers, primarily, to OUR TIME, NOW!
Next, chapter 4, Zerubbabel enters the scene again.
In verse 2 a golden candlestick is described (compare
Revelation 1:12) -- signifying a stage of God's CHURCH. And in
verse 3, two olive trees. The chapter makes it evident that the
two olive trees refer to Zerubbabel and Joshua, not actually those
two identical men of more than 500 years before Christ, but the
"Zerubbabel" and the "Joshua" of today, of which they were types.
Then the angel says to the prophet Zechariah, "This is the
word of the Eternal unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by
power, but by MY SPIRIT, saith the Eternal of hosts. Who art thou,
O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and
he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying,
Grace unto it. Moreover, the word of the Eternal came unto me,
saying, The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this
house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that
the Eternal of hosts hath sent me unto you" (verses 6-9).
Brethren and Co-Workers, although building that second
Temple in Jerusalem was very important in God's eyes, the great
Work He is doing through us TODAY, is FAR MORE IMPORTANT -- IN
HIS EYES!!! May God give you UNDERSTANDING to see it as God sees
it.
The GREATEST PART of THIS WORK is yet to be done. God's
last Message is going now to those at the top, responsible for
the spiritual welfare of the great MASSES of their peoples -- who
are mostly illiterate, and unreachable themselves with the true
Gospel.
From here on, WE MUST SPEED UP THIS ALL-IMPORTANT WORK.
It is the Message from GOD to these nations, which they have
NEVER HEARD. WE know it is the only true Gospel. The world
REJECTED this tremendous Message from the Creator of ALL NATIONS
to mankind, when He sent it by Jesus Christ 1900 years ago. After
the first century another gospel OF MEN, not of Christ (but about
Christ), has been going to the world.
That is why I don't even call it "the gospel" in those
countries. Rather, it is the Missing Dimension in Knowledge,
explaining the CAUSE of all the problems, troubles and evils in
the world today, and the WAY to WORLD PEACE and universal
PROSPERITY -- as well as eternal life.
I tell them that my Message for world peace is that which
SCIENCE HAS NEVER DISCOVERED -- RELIGION HAS OVERLOOKED -- AND
EDUCATION HAS NEVER TAUGHT -- and GOVERNMENT HAS NEVER KNOWN! I