Zec 2:1-13  “Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD”

[Study Aired June 8, 2023]

Zec 2:1  I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. 

Zec 2:2  Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. 

Zec 2:3  And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, 

Zec 2:4  And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: 

Zec 2:5  For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. 

Zec 2:6  Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD. </b

Zec 2:7  Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. 

Zec 2:8  For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

Zec 2:9  For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me. 

Zec 2:10   Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. 

Zec 2:11   And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. 

Zec 2:12   And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. 

Zec 2:13   Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation. 

The first two verses from chapter one in last week’s study explains that it is in “the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah” typifying when the new man represented by the “eighth month” can begin to be formed in us by our hearing the true witness of Jesus Christ “in the second year of Darius” when the word of the Lord came “unto Zechariah.” Darius is a Persian king who represents our fleshly minds which are going to be witnessed against [“in the second year“], where we are told that the LORD has been sore displeased (Zec 1:1-2).

In this second chapter of Zechariah, we will learn what it takes for God’s people, and all of humanity in time, to “Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings” of Zechariah 1:4. At present, the world does not hear or hearken unto the Lord as this verse goes on to tell us, which is a prophecy that speaks to all of humanity who have all gone astray (Isa 53:6).

Zec 1:4  Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD. [Luk 64:4-64] 

Luk 6:44   For every tree is known by his own fruit. [“but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD“] For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.

Luk 6:45   A good man out of the good treasure of his heart [Christ, who is that treasure within (2Co 4:7, Col 1:27 )] bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. 

Luk 6:46   And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

Isa 53:6  All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. [Rom 3:23-24]

Rom 3:23   For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Rom 3:24   Being justified freely by his grace^G5463 [Rom 11:6] through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: “and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all” [Rom 5:10 ].

Grace G5463  χαίρω 

chairō  khah’ee-ro

A primary verb; to be full of “cheer”, that is, calmly happy or well off; impersonal especially as a salutation (on meeting or parting), be well: – farewell, be glad, Godspeed, greeting, hail, joy (-fully), rejoice.  Total KJV occurrences: 74

God’s elect, typified by the prodigal son, are the first to come to their spiritual senses (Luk 15:17 ) and be brought to see their need to be saved which results in our bringing forth fruit (Rom 11:1-6), and He uses the evil experiences in our life to bring us to that point of being humbled and crushed so that we can be spiritually productive in His service as the scapegoat that God lays the afflictions of Christ upon so as to fill up within our flesh in his stead (Psa 107:25-27, Col 1:24 [see JM version], Lev 16:10 ). Everyone needs to be saved because all have gone astray in the marred condition we are in, known as sinful flesh (Jer 18:4). 

Rom 11:1  I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. [1Co 15:22 ] For I also am an Israelite, of the seed