Posted on 03/10/2021 5:46:28 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6
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CH. 4 | GOLD LAMPSTAND & OLIVE TREES |
Ch. 5-6 | Zechariah's Final Four Visions |
Ch.9-14 | Prophecies of Jesus |
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LAMPSTAND & TWO OLIVE TREES |
New International Version, emphases added Abrdgd: the complete text is in your Bible . |
To read ZECHARIAH 4 in full To hear MAX McLEAN reading it To hear a DRAMATIZATION of it HIGHLY recommended by Maudeen! To see an ANIMATION of Zecharia |
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CHAPTER 4
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The Gold Lampstand and Two Olive Trees 1 Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep. 2 He asked me, “What do you see?”
I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven channels to the lamps. 3 Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”
4 I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”
5 He answered, “Do you not know what these are?”
“No, my lord,” I replied.
6 So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.
7 “What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’”
8 Then the word of the LORD came to me: 9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands will also complete it. Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me to you.
10 “Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the LORD that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone in the hand of Zerubbabel?”
11 Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?”
12 Again I asked him, “What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?”
13 He replied, “Do you not know what these are?”
“No, my lord,” I said.
14 So he said, “These are the two who are anointed to serve the Lord of all the earth.”
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"Fifth Vision of Zechariah--
The Lampstand and Olive Trees". .
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NOTES ON MY SELECTION CRITERIA
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Q u a l i t y
The Bible and its Author are my focus, not the art: this is The Bible in Paintings, not "Great Paintings" nor even "Good Paintings." Indeed, occasionally photographs actually illustrate the text. So, works need not be masterpieces to qualify for inclusion here—they don't need to be housed at the Louvre nor auctioned by Sotheby's. They only need to illustrate successfully some aspect of the Biblical text or, frankly, just tickle my fancy, which I'm always asking the Holy Spirit to guide.Often, artists misrepresent the Scripture, but unless the error is material, licentious or heretical I usually include the artwork, trusting that the Spirit is perfectly capable of defending Himself. So, with such forgiving filters, it means that you're seeing practically everything I'm finding.
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S e q u e n c i n g
The Protestant Canon does not (for several reasons) follow a strictly chronological sequence. There are many examples where, for God's good purposes, stories are told out-of-order. Nevertheless, for the sake of simplicity, clarity, and my sanity, I have chosen to proceed linearly and methodically from Genesis onward, illustrating each Bible passage as we come to it. Where two passages cover the same incident I omit the second telling, excepting the four Gospels which I am treating synoptically. Now, onward!
P a c i n g
The pace here may seem appallingly snail-like to those eager to see their favorite events illustrated. My commission is to search for art on each Bible passage in sequence: if I find enough, then it becomes the next installment, even if undramatic (but where there is little or no art, that Bible passage goes untold here).Then, there is the human element: this is not actually a daily series, because I can only research, compose, edit and post five or six of these installments weekly. And because I only get to do this series once, I'm taking my time, chiefly by posting everything. If I find lots of art, I don't cherry-pick some and discard the rest; the one I throw out might be exactly the one that God wants to use to touch your heart. Instead, I line up all of them and then sort them into manageable bunches, often resulting in multiple days' episodes of the same story. Obviously, I like being thorough. Were you in a big hurry?
The Bible is a thick book, as you know; but we'll get there eventually, Lord willing—this is His project, after all. And always remember:
love, joy, peace, patience kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness & self-control is a fruit of the Spirit!. .
Art is merely the Toy Department of Bible study,
so I'm just having fun here—I hope you are, too!
Thank you for your understanding.Hebrews 11:6
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#12 is a favorite of mine. I used to have it on the bottom of the J-Thread back in 2012-13. Of course, all my images were stored on tinypic, which crashed and burned, so now all the old images have disappeared from my early threads.
Back to Hot-Linking!
It amuses me to revisit my older threads and discover missing images. My very first post now is down to exactly one image!
Interestingly enough, I got the references to “The Two Witnesses of Revelation” instantly the first time I read the Passage.
It was during my image search that I also theorized the secondary fulfillment as the two Final Witnesses to the One True God (”Real” Christians and Believing Jews) would be the only ones supporting Israel in the Last Days. Indeed, the Seven-Branch Menorah IS the official symbol of the modern Jewish State of Israel.
Remember...it’s only a theory, and a personal one.
I’m glad you mentioned and explained it, Mary-Lou the Magnificent. It rings true for me.
In agreement about the beautiful illumination at #12. I also like the fantasy in the contemporary illustration at #22.
I always enjoy images showing 12’-tall angels. Makes the statement clearly that they are a distinctly different race than we are.
Thanks for your efforts. I look forward to looking at your posts.
Today’s was particularly interesting. I had to keep going back to the scriptures and thinking, “Yeah, I can see how you could interpret the scripture wording that way.”
Nice way to start the day. ;o)
Nice to hear from you—and I’m especially glad to hear this is facilitating your interaction with the Word.
Zechariah had those nine visions, but only this one really fired artists’ imaginations. They agreed with you that this “was particularly interesting.”
Dan
Thanks! :-)
STICK AROUND, PLEASE! Certainly don't want you missing out on the upcoming NEW TESTAMENT.
I'm retired now, so I do Bible art for $0.00--LOL.
to the art you post for Revelation 11:4!
Indeed. It’s well that patience/longsuffering/endurance is a fruit of the Spirit.
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