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Weekly Guide:Week 94
November 10, 2019
Week 94 Day 1: Deliverance after Judgment ⇧ ⇩
Foreword
We continue to read the books of the minor prophets. The important message in these books reveals the truth about God. God is slow to anger, yet He does not leave he guilty unpunished. This is both righteousness and grace of His glory that cannot be understood by the sinners. Great artworks can only be appreciated by the seeing eyes. Those who are mindful only of themselves can never appreciate the greatness of God and their clogged-up ears can never be penetrated by His glory. The self-centered cannot see beyond their own boundaries.
The sinfulness of human causes us to misinterpret God and thus the inability to appreciate the interweaving righteousness and grace. Christ’s gentleness is displayed through His strength as His mercy incorporates judgment on sin. God never leave us alone too far. He is always waiting mercifully for us to turn away from sin. We can see His glory fully, but only when our eyes are opened by the Holy Spirit.
May you all be renewed each day in His word!
Question
What happens to God’s people after His judgment on them?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Advised those who are humble of the land, who do what He commands, see righteousness, seek humility; perhaps they will be sheltered on the day of the Lord’s anger.
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Canaan, land of the Philistines, I will destroy you, and none will be left.
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Moab will become like Sodom, the Ammonites like Gomorrah-a place of weeds and salt pits, a wasteland forever.
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You Cushites, too, will be slain by my sword. I will stretch out my hand against the north and destroy Assyria, leaving Nineveh utterly desolate and dry as the desert.
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Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
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Israel, wait for me, declares the Lord, for the day I will stand up to testify.
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The Lord will purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of the Lord and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
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Sing, Daughter Zion; shout aloud, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem!
Meditation: My Story
- Integrity - The Lord points out the four sins of Jerusalem: obeys no one, accepts no correction, does not trust in the Lord, does not draw near to God. Reflect on myself, do I listen to God or myself? Do I accept correction when straying away? Do I lean on Him or on my own ability? Am I close to God and looking up to His glory?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 94 Day 2: Delay in Construction ⇧ ⇩
Question
What were the reasons people did not want to build the temple?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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The prophet Haggai dispute the people for delaying the construction of the temple. Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?
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Give careful thought to your ways. Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build my house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored.
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The Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel, the spirit of Joshua, and the spirit of the whole remnant of the people. They came and began to work on the house of the Lord Almighty, their God.
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The Lord says: In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house, and in this place I will grant peace.
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The Lord rebukes the unclean offering which has caused failures prior to temple construction.
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The Lord has chosen Zerubbabel and made him His signet ring.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - Before construction of the temple, the people have planted much, but harvested little. They ate, but never have enough. They drank, but never have their fill. They put on clothes but were not warm. They earned wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it. When God is not the center of our lives, this is our Spiritual life, never fulfilled. Where does my fulfillment come from? How is God the center of my life?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 94 Day 3: Terrify the Nations ⇧ ⇩
Question
What was Zechariah’s mission?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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The Lord told Israel to turn to Him through the prophet Zechariah.
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Zechariah has a vision of a man mounted on a red horse who has gone throughout the earth.
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The angel asked the Lord, how long will you withhold mercy? The Lord spoke kind and comforting words to the angel.
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Zechariah saw four horns that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
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Zechariah saw a man with a measuring line in his hand to measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.
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Flee from the land of the north, for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven, declares the Lord.
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Shout and be glad, Daughter Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you.
Meditation: My Story
- Integrity - The Lord told Israel to not be like their ancestors, but to turn from their evil ways and evil practices. Am I hearing God’s voice in Bible? Am I willing to turn from my evil ways and evil practices?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 94 Day 4: The Golden Lampstand ⇧ ⇩
Question
What was Zechariah’s vision of the golden lampstand?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him.
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The Lord says, I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.
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Zechariah saw a solid gold lampstand and two olive trees by it.
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The lampstand is the Spirit of the Lord, the two olive trees are the two who are anointed to serve the Lord of all the earth.
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The flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide, is the curse that is going out over the whole land.
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The cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman. This is wickedness.
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Four chariots coming out from between two mountains-mountains of bronze.
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The Lord ordered a crown made of silver and gold to be set on the head of Joshua, to indicate the temple will be built.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - The Lord almighty says, not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit. Am I still leaning on my own might and power or the Spirit of the Lord Almighty?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 94 Day 5: He is Determined ⇧ ⇩
Question
Why was the Lord determined to do good to Israel?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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The people of Bethel entreat the Lord and ask Him if they should mourn and fast in the fifth month, as they have done for so many years.
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The Lord was not pleased when they fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months because it was not for Him.
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The Lord called but they did not listen. He scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations, where they were strangers.
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The Lord will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem.
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The Lord has determined to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.
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The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months will become joyful and glad occasions and happy festivals for Judah. Therefore love truth and peace.
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Many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord Almighty and to entreat Him.
Meditation: My Story
- Community - The Lord wants Israel to administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other. Am I obeying His will?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 94 Day 6: Righteous and Victorious ⇧ ⇩
Question
How do the Lord’s righteousness and victory come to Jerusalem?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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The Lord’s judgment will come to the land of Hadrak and Damascus.
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Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious.
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Because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.
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Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime. He gives showers of rain to all people, and plants of the field to everyone.
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I will strengthen Judah and save the tribes of Joseph. I will restore them.
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Listen to the wail of the shepherds; their rich pastures are destroyed! Zechariah shepherded the flock marked for slaughter. He took two staff and called one Favor and the other Union.
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He broke the staff called Favor, revoking the covenant he had made with all the nations. Then he broke the second staff called Union, breaking the family bond between Judah and Israel.
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The Lord commanded Zechariah to take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd. For He was going to raise up a shepherd over the land who will not care for the lost but will eat the meat of the choice sheep.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - The Lord will proclaim peace to the nations. His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth. How does this promise influence my life?