pariah chapter number three the bible reads and he showed me joshua the high
priest standing before the angel of the lord
and satan standing at his right hand to resist him and the lord said unto satan
the lord rebuke thee o satan
even the lord of that that have chosen jerusalem rebuke thee
is not this a brand
plucked out of the fire now joshua is clothed with filthy garments and stood
before the angel
and he answered and spake unto those that stood before him saying take away
the filthy garments from him and unto him he said behold i've caused thine
iniquity to pass from thee
and i will clothe thee with change of raiment now
first of all if you would flip over to the book of jude because
there are several things
in these couple of verses that we just read that are actually also found in the
book of jude
obviously the book of jude is referring back to this passage
in some ways
uh... but if you would first of all
look at the book of jude
verse number nine
the bible reads
yet michael the archangel when contending with the devil
he disputed about the body of moses
durst not bring against him a railing accusation
but said the lord rebuke thee now right away it should stand out to us that back in
zechariah chapter three
the thing that is said unto satan
by the angel of the lord is the lord rebuke thee
now it's a totally different situation it's not the situation where
michael the archangel
is contending with the devil about the body of moses that's a different
situation
but in both cases
we see the response being
the lord
rebuke thee
okay now what is it saying here in jude
verse number nine
michael the archangel when contending with the devil he disputed about the
body of moses
durst not now what does durst not mean it means he did not dare he dared not
bring against him a railing accusation
but said the lord rebuke thee
but these
and who are the these wicked false prophets evil people
but these speak evil of those things which they know not
but what they know naturally as brute beasts
in those things they corrupt themselves now go back just a couple pages to the
left in your bible
and look at second peter chapter two because second peter chapter two
is parallel with jude and covers the same subject
second peter chapter number two
it says in verse number eleven whereas angels
which are greater in power and might
so the bible saying that
angels are greater in power than might
than human beings are
whereas angels which are greater in power and might
bring not railing accusation against them before the lord
but these as natural brute beasts made to be taken and destroyed
speak evil of the things that they understand not
and shall utterly perish in their own
corruption what's this chapter about look at the beginning of verse one there
but there were false prophets also among the people
what this tells me
is that these pastors and preachers
who will rail against the devil and rail against demons
are actually false prophets according to the bible the bible warns us here
about false prophets
who speak evil of things that they don't understand
and they bring railing accusations against the devil
whereas even angels the angels of the lord like michael the archangel for
example did not dare to bring against them a railing accusation
but rather said the lord rebuke thee
you know when michael the archangel's faced with the devil he told he said the
lord rebuke thee okay
what am i talking about
this is big
in the pentecostal movement
who's heard this before this thing of you know
i rebuke you satan in the name of you know in this kind of thing where they
you know they yell at the devil or like billy sunday was famous
for having boxing matches on stage where he'd say come on devil you know i'm gonna fight you
right now whatever you know just this kind of circus
and showmanship
i've also heard people just blame things on the devil
like i was at a church service one time
and they were trying to play some weird
touchy feely christian music on a cd
that was supposed to you know tug at our heartstrings
and they put in the cd and the cd started skipping
and they said that's the devil
the devil doesn't want you to hear that cd
you know i mean that right there is speaking evil of things that you don't
understand
and that's just bringing a railing accusation
look cds are the most fragile stupid invention ever invented
i hate cds because they get all scratched up and damaged everything
you look at them wrong and they get a scratch in them
but it's like no it was the devil the devil didn't want you to hear that song
no the devil wants you to turn off your stupid cd player and preach to us out of the bible
you know but he's playing us canned music in church and i'm sure the devil
has just a major ministry of going around and the devil wants to shut down
all this canned music
in churches
but see how ridiculous that is you really think that the devil paid a visit
to that liberal watered down church just to scratch up that cd so that we
couldn't listen to some touchy feely gospel song on canned music
but this is a railing accusation this is people speaking evil of the things that
they know not and there's a whole movement of the demon of alcoholism
the demon of pornography and the demon of this and people going into great
detail about the names of all these demons and rebuking them and casting them out
you know and honestly
this is not biblical
and in fact the bible warns about people
who bring these kind of railing accusations and and try to do battle
with the devil and all this kind of stuff
you know you don't even see jesus
doing battle with satan you know you see him resisting the temptation you see him
quoting scripture unto satan
and the bible does say resist the devil
and he'll flee from you
but we should take these scriptures to heart second peter chapter two in the
new testament jude in the new testament
is telling us
not to bring railing accusation against devils
demons or even the devil himself
isn't that what it says
even angels dare not do that
but just say the lord rebuke thee and in zechariah we see an example of that
but not only that flip back a few pages of the right again to where you were in jude
let me show you another reference in jude that ties in with zechariah chapter
three
it says in the book of jude at the end there verse number twenty two and if
some have compassion
making a difference
and others save with fear
pulling them out of the fire
hating even the garment
spotted
by the flesh
so the bible here is talking about us getting people saved us winning people
to christ
notice how it says
others save
with fear
now what does that mean save them with fear
you know i believe that that means
that we preach to them the truth of hell we warn them about hell we warn them
about the wages of sin being death
and basically
people are going to be saved because the bible says by the fear of the lord men
depart
from evil and obviously you know the reason i got saved was because i didn't
want to go to hell who got saved because they didn't want to go to hell yeah look
around the room you're not alone so that's people that are saved with fear
people that are being pulled out of the fire now
a lot of people when you talk about soul winning
which is a biblical term that we derive from proverbs eleven verse thirty where
it says the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life and he that winneth souls
is wise
when we talk about soul winning what we mean by that is when we go out and we
just knock on doors and just go up and down the highways and hedges up and down
the street just talking to as many people as we can and just telling them
how to be saved just going out and preaching the gospel to every creature
which is known as the great commission
most churches have caused this to be the great omission
because it's something that they don't do
and in fact when we show up on soul winning to a door people will often think
that we're the mormons
or the jehovah's false witnesses because of the fact that they're just so not
used to seeing a christian show up at their door with the true gospel with the
king jade bible in their hand telling them that salvation is by faith in jesus
they're used to the cults coming to them
mormonism is a cult, joe's witnesses are in a cult and that's who they're used to
coming to them
and preaching lies
shame on us as christians when we don't have the reputation they ought to say
here come the baptists
here comes faithful word of baptism, I'm sure they do say that around here
but nationwide
it ought to be that the baptists have that reputation
but many people aren't doing this
but when you start talking about soul winning, and let me tell you, I'm a big believer in soul
winning, I love soul winning
I think soul winning is the reason why our church exists in many ways
you know we're here to be trained and equipped and edified and taught so we can go out and do
the work of the lord and god said go work today in my vineyard and that vineyard
is a harvest of souls that need to be saved but when you start preaching about
soul winning
those who are lazy
and those who are just pure evil where they're just the enemies of soul winning
they don't want you to go soul winning
for whatever wicked reason in their heart they don't like the fact that you're going out soul winning
they'll often come out with this kind of stuff
we don't save souls
you don't win anybody's soul
jesus is the only one that can save anyone, you didn't get anybody saved
and you'll even say this statement, I got someone saved
and they'll object to that, who's had somebody object to that when you said I got someone saved
well you got someone saved
but what does the bible say?
it says right here others save with fear but then they tell you oh you can't save anyone
then why did god say
others save with fear
why did the apostle Paul say I've become all things to all men that I might by all means
save some of them
why did he say that if we can't save souls
and they say well that's not what he meant well that's not what I meant either
you can use the exact same terminology that Paul used
Paul says I saved some
and then we're like I saved someone, shame on you, how dare you say that, give god the glory
look we're not trying to take the glory from god here
obviously jesus is the savior
obviously without him we can do nothing obviously he gets all praise and all glory
and all power goes unto him but wait a minute the bible says for us to go out and save people
this is a commandment
listen to these words from Jude
others save with fear
save them
save these people why because they're lost
because they're dying going to hell they need someone to save them now
jesus is the savior but we point them to the savior
so in that sense
we're saving them okay but people
get all scared when you talk like that what does the bible say
and there's even more scripture than that romans eleven fourteen says
if by any means I might provoke to emulation
them that are of my flesh
and might save some of them
and then there's another scripture that talks to a woman
who has an unsaved husband
and says
for how knowest thou o wife
whether thou shalt save thy husband
so the bible does use that terminology
so it's perfectly
right for a christian to say I got someone saved
but you know why people are whining about
that whole I got someone saved or I saved someone
you know why people whine about that because they never get anybody saved
so they're jealous
that they actually are a zero and a failure and a loser
so then they see someone who's actually doing work for the lord and said hey I got
somebody saved see a born again child of god
with the holy spirit inside them that's actually right with god
when they hear someone say I got someone saved you know what they do they
rejoice
they rejoice and say man that's great that you got someone saved praise the lord
hallelujah
but yet
the wicked
the lazy
the slothful servant
he says
how dare you use that terminology
oh the bible's terminology in jude
the bible's terminology in first corinthians
the bible's terminology in romans eleven fourteen
these people are grasping at straws
and only jesus can save
what are you calvinist
you think jesus goes around and saves everybody by himself
no the bible says that he's committed unto us the ministry of reconciliation
and it says
we beseech you in christ's stead
be ye reconciled to god
see jesus christ said as long as I'm in the world
I'm the light of the world
but jesus is no longer in the world and he says you're the light of the world
he has ascended up to the father
and he is committed unto us the ministry of reconciliation we beseech them in christ's
stead since he's not here we are sent
and we say be ye reconciled to god
and I'm telling you it's a red flag when people are negative about soul winning
that shows that something is seriously wrong in that person's heart either they're not
saved or they're very backslidden
to have this negative attitude towards soul winning
usually they're not saved when they're really negative about soul winning
because it's of the devil I mean obviously
obviously
god wants us
to go out and preach the gospel
jesus sent out his disciples two by two
it says in acts five forty two daily in the temple and in every house they cease not to
teach and preach jesus christ
how could you be against that
unless you're just evil
unless you're just not saved unless you just hate the gospel or or hate people getting
saved
or unless you're just a prideful arrogant jerk
who doesn't have the normal natural reaction of hearing about somebody getting saved of
just rejoicing and being happy
instead of being envious in your heart
how wicked
you know I mean when somebody gets saved there's rejoicing amongst the angels in
heaven
you know shouldn't we be rejoicing also
instead of saying oh how dare you use the bible's terms use my terms
he made a commitment to christ
no I'll use the bible's term he got saved
we saved him we pulled him out of the fire
I mean look if you pull somebody out of the fire
wouldn't they say you saved me
what are we told to do
others saved with fear
pulling them out of the fire
hating even the garment spotted by the flesh
now it's interesting
that when he brings up pulling him out of the fire he brings up the garment
spotted by the flesh go back to zechariah three with that in mind
and see how the new testament cast light on
the old testament
look at zechariah chapter three verse one
and he showed me joshua the high priest
standing before the angel of the lord
and satan standing at his right hand to resist him now
again let me give you the context of the book of zechariah
zechariah is being written at the time
when the the children of judah
have been captives in the land of babylon
now they've come back from captivity
and the temple is being rebuilt and the wall is being rebuilt
there are two prophets
that are preaching to them and encouraging them
in their work those prophets are
zechariah
and haggai
there are two books of the bible that cover this subject those two books are
ezra
and nehemiah
and there are two great leaders of the people during this time
and those two men are
joshua
and zerubbabel
joshua is the high priest
and zerubbabel is the governor
he is the ruler politically
joshua is the ruler
spiritually
zechariah and haggai are two preachers that are preaching the bible
during that time ezra and nehemiah
are other leaders at that time
so let's uh... look at the bible here
joshua the high priest
what's this book about
it's about encouraging joshua and encouraging zerubbabel
and encouraging the people in their work that's what ezra says
about these books
but also obviously it's profitable for doctrine
in all ages including two thousand fifteen because much of this chapter
and much of the book of zechariah in general is about jesus because the bible
says to him give all the prophets witness
that through his name
whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins that's what all the
prophets are about and zechariah is no different
the bible says here
that satan is at the right hand of joshua
resisting him
now why is satan standing at the right hand of joshua to resist him
because joshua is a great man of god
and by the way this is not the joshua from the book of joshua if so you need
that cd on the overview
of the whole bible if you think it is
big difference alright
so this is a different joshua
this joshua is the high priest he's a man of god god's using him right now
so it makes sense that satan is at his right hand to resist him
you know when jesus walked this earth who showed up to tempt jesus
satan himself
and if you remember
when the apostle paul was on this earth doing a lot of great works for god
there were seven sons of skiva
and these guys were called exorcists
they wanted to go into business they thought they were like the ghostbusters
or something you know they're basically going to go into business as like a
uh... a devil
castor outer
you know they're trying to be an exorcist okay
so these seven sons of siva
they go out and they try their hand at
you know casting out devils because how hard could it be
so they just said oh well you know there's power in the name of jesus let's
go do it
so these guys show up
and there's a guy who's who's possessed of devils in the book of acts
and they show up and they say
we adjure thee by jesus whom paul preacheth
and this guy says
jesus i know and paul i know but who are you and he grabs them and just starts
beating the snot out of them
and he beats them so bad they run out of the house
naked and wounded
i mean he beats them rips their clothes off them
and they run out bleeding and naked i mean he tears them up
so they ended up basically having fools made of themselves and this kind of goes
back to what we were talking about earlier
this thing of railing accusations against the devil and and and you know
this uh... i don't want to go all back into that again
but the bottom line is
that that devil
possessed man he said jesus i know
and paul i know
so the great soul winner the great preacher paul was known of the devil
why he was doing great works for god and so of course he's going to be known
who is the devil's enemy
he's going to stand
to resist those that are doing the greatest works for god so joshua is an
important leader of god's people at this time so it makes sense that satan is
going to be at his right hand to resist him
and so we need to understand that when we
go out and do great works for god
we should expect
the devil or a devil
to attack us you know we should expect
opposition
from the devil now should we start rebuking the devil and and uh... and and
bring in a railing accusation no we should just basically just understand
that this is something that's going to happen
and we should expect that when we try to do good things for god
that bad things will happen to us
because the bible says ye and all that will live godly in christ jesus shall
suffer persecution so we don't want to be a christian who starts to live for
god and then as soon as bad things happen we run away scared with our tail
between our legs
we don't want to be that kind of christian we need to be steadfast in the
faith
and the bible says think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which
is to try you as though some strange thing happened to you
he's saying we should expect tribulation we should expect persecution
and we should expect if we're going to be a man as great as joshua here leading
god's people that satan is going to be at our right hand to resist us from time
to time
and the bible tells us
submit ourselves therefore to god
resist the devil
and he'll flee from us so he's resisting us and we're supposed to resist him
so let's keep reading
he showed me joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the lord
and satan standing at his right hand
to resist them so the angel of the lord is there to strengthen him
the angel of the lord is there to defend him
and by the way the bible says in psalm thirty four the angel of the lord
campeth round about them that fear him
so there god has many angels you know you've heard of a guardian angel that's
actually biblical
because the bible does teach that that angels are sent
to be ministers unto them that will believe
and the bible does talk about angels ministering unto jesus when he was in
temptation
and so
when we realize that satan might be at our right hand to resist us or one of
his many minions
we need to realize also that the angel of the lord is also right there with us
the angel of the lord
and camp it round about then that fear him
so we've got
the devil resisting us but we also have the angel of the lord there to strengthen
us we need to realize that that god is with us and that god's angels will
protect us
that is biblical
but you say well why don't we talk much about angels and demons and they
well the reason we don't talk in great detail about these things is because
the bible doesn't give us great detail on these things
and we're not supposed to just talk about things that we don't understand
the bible says so we shouldn't delve into like this thing of just going into
all this angelology and demonology
because of the fact that those are things that are too high for us and
that we know they're on a different level
and we shouldn't worry we just need to worry about keeping the commandments of
god
and just realizing that there is a spiritual battle that's going on
the devil and his angels are real
the lord and his angels are real and we just need to realize that that conflict
is going on
and that there is a spiritual battle and that prayer
will affect the spiritual battle
so these are the things that we need to realize but we need to not get too
wrapped up into like
getting all the names for all the demons
and and studying into this and i'm sure that i'm sure youtube is replete
with demonology videos
and angelology
but we need to be aware of that the bible warns us about both
so what does the bible say here
the lord said unto satan
the lord rebuke thee o satan
the reason why you might look at that and think that that's kind of odd
that the lord says
the lord rebuke thee
satan because you're thinking like why is he talking about himself
in the third person right
but actually when you study the old testament you'll notice that a lot of
times
when the bible talks about the angel of the lord speaking
angel means messenger
the messenger of the lord
so often what the bible will do it'll say hey the angel of the lord came and
spoke with gideon for example
but then instead of saying whenever that angel talks then the angel said then the
angel said
it'll just say like the lord said unto gideon
because of the fact that it's the lord's words
that are being spoken through that angel okay
it would be it would be sort of like
if i sent
you know brother dominique as my messenger
and i said hey would you go tell my wife x y and z
and then he goes and tells her right
and then she says well this is what my husband told me
wouldn't that make sense
it would make more sense than saying this is what dominique told me because dominique
was not the author of the message he just carried the message he's just the
messenger okay it's god
that spoke
to gideon even though he did it by means of the angel now other people will take
an interpretation of this
and say well the angel of the lord here is jesus
you know i've heard a lot of people say
every time the angel of the lord is mentioned in the old testament
it's actually an old testament incarnation of jesus
and here's the
i'm not saying that that's a bad view
or that you know or that that's not possible that in some because in some
cases it does appear that way when you read
but you know i personally
when looking at this passage and looking at the gideon passage you know i would
lean more toward
that it's the lord speaking through his angel which is what why the angel says
you know the lord rebuke thee
but the other the other interpretations valid also doesn't really change any any
doctrine or anything
but i'm just saying that's what i think this is saying
because if you look at all the instances
but it says the lord said unto satan the lord rebuke thee
oh satan even the lord that hath chosen jerusalem rebuke thee
watch this
is not this a brand plucked out of the fire
what did it say in jude
others save with fear
pulling them out of the fire well the angel is saying of
joshua
that he is a brand plucked out of the fire meaning he is one who has been
saved
and then it says in verse three now joshua was clothed with filthy garments
now what did it say in jude
others save with fear
pulling them out of the fire
hating even the garment
spotted with the flesh so again we can see a lot of parallels between what we
see in jude and what we see here in zechariah three
joshua was clothed with filthy garments
and stood before the angel
and he answered and spake unto those that stood before him saying
take away the filthy garments from him
and unto him he said behold i have caused
thine iniquity to pass from thee
and i will clothe thee
with change of raiment
so get the picture here
joshua in this vision that zechariah has
he sees basically
the world through spiritual eyes what we don't see in the physical realm
we don't see any of these things we don't see the devil we don't see the
angel of the lord
we don't see the battle that's going on but it's there
zechariah is shown these things in a vision
and he sees joshua the high priest
and he sees satan at his right hand resisting him
and he sees the angel of the lord standing before him
satan is rebuked
by the angel of the lord who says the lord rebuked thee oh satan
this is a brand plucked out of the fire
basically what he's saying is
he's off limits unto you you know i'm here to protect this guy from you
he's a brand plucked out of the fire he's saved
now joshua
in the vision is clothed in filthy garments
and the angel says
that he should be given
clean new garments
and when he receives the clean new garments the clean new clothing
he says that his iniquity is passed from him his sins are gone
now this pictures salvation because all throughout the bible
this is used as a metaphor of salvation
for example there's that great parable in the book of matthew where
they're they're all called to the great wedding feast of the sun the sun being
the son of god jesus
and they're all called unto that marriage supper of the lamb
and if you remember many are called but few are chosen
and so there are people
that there's a guy at the wedding feast
and he's not wearing a wedding garment you remember that
and they confront this guy at the wedding feast in jesus parable and say
how camest thou in hither without a wedding garment and he's speechless
and he says take him and bind him
hand and foot and cast him into outer darkness now
if you crash a wedding that you're not invited to you're probably you know
you're not gonna be cast into outer darkness
that you know i remember my brother went through the uh... a phase where he would
he did this a couple times where he would show up at a wedding
that he wasn't invited to and just kind of eat the cake and just kind of enjoy the
wedding it's just kind of a fun thing we did that type of stuff when we were
teenagers
but um...
you know
it seems a little harsh being cast into outer darkness right
just for crashing the party but here's why he's cast into outer darkness because it's a
it's it's
uh... a parable
it's actually about salvation
okay having the the wedding garment on represents being saved
not having the wedding garment
you're not saved
what do those filthy garments represent well remember what it says in isaiah
sixty four six
we are all as an unclean thing
and all our righteousnesses
are as filthy rags
very famous verse in the bible
that tells us that our righteousnesses
are as filthy rags
that's why the bible says in philippians three that we should be found in him
not having our own righteousness
but that which is through the faith of christ
the righteousness which is of god by faith so when god looks at us through
spiritual eyes
when we're not saved
we have all our good works that we think are going to get us to heaven all the
good deeds that we've done or
we've turned from all our sins and we're living a good life and we repented of
this sin and repented of that sin
and we've joined the church and been baptized and
we give money and we help people
god looks at that and just sees us in filthy garments
and when we believe on jesus christ as our savior
not having our own righteousness
but that which is through the faith of christ
the righteousness which is of god by faith
then he looks down at us
and he sees that robe of righteousness
which is actually the righteousness of jesus
that is imputed unto us
see when jesus died on the cross all of our sins were imputed unto him and he
died for our sins and when we believe on jesus
not only does he take our sins away
but he didn't just remove the filthy garments and leave them unclothed
but rather he replaces it with a robe of righteousness
which represents the righteousness of jesus
being imputed unto us
so our sins are gone
and christ's righteousness is imputed unto us it's put on our account
and we are declared righteous in the sight of god
not by works of righteousness which we have done
but according to his mercy he saved us
by the washing of regeneration
and renewing of the holy ghost
now in revelation nineteen if you would turn there
the bible talks about that marriage
supper of the lamb remember the parable we talked about in matthew
friend how cameest thou an hither without a wedding garment
he's speechless he's cast out into outer darkness
for not having on the wedding garment obviously representing his
uh... eternity in the lake of fire in outer darkness
but
here we go here we have in revelation nineteen that marriage of the land
verse number seven of revelation nineteen let us be glad and rejoice
and give honor to him
for the marriage of the lamb is come
and his wife has made herself ready
and to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen clean and white
for the fine linen
is the righteousness
of saints
but don't misread that my friend
the righteousness of saints is not our own righteousness
it's the righteous witches of god by faith
not having my own righteousness which is of the law
but that which is through the faith of christ the righteousness which is of god
by faith
that role of righteousness
represents
being saved it represents salvation
and the great thing about salvation if you would go back to zechariah chapter
three
is that our iniquity has passed from us
the bible says verily verily i say unto you
he that heareth my word and believeth on him that sent me
has everlasting life
and shall not come into condemnation
but is passed from death unto life
and the bible says that our iniquity has passed from us
the bible says as far as the east is from the west
so far has god
separated us from our sins
he said there's sins and iniquities will i remember no more
this is what salvation is
it's all through faith it's not by works
our works are the filthy rags
those are being replaced by the role of righteousness in zechariah
chapter three
it says in verse five and i said this is zechariah speaking
let them set a fair mitre upon his head
so they set a fair mitre upon his head
and clothed them with garments
and the angel of the lord stood by now the mitre is basically his hat
and in the old testament
the priests
would wear
a hat that was part of the garment because if you remember
god had special priests garments
made specifically for aaron and his sons to wear
and these garments
involved linen britches which are pants
that basically would stretch from the loins
and to the thighs
basically what we would consider like a knee length pair of shorts okay
he would wear that
and then he also had
you know a shirt and a robe
and a hat and a breastplate and a whole there was a whole get up involved
but what's interesting is that in the old testament
when these priests would minister
they would wear a hat they would wear this thing known as the mitre
and here when he's getting his garments changed out zechariah basically says hey
don't forget to swap out the mitre you know give him a fair mitre on his head
if you're going to change the clothes you know change the hat also
now what's interesting about this is that there's a movement out there today
that's known as the head covering baptists
or head covering movement
and it's a movement that teaches women that they have to wear head coverings
basically like the muslims
will wear head coverings or like a catholic nun will wear a head covering
there's a movement out there to try to get christians to wear head coverings
and they'll try to say oh you know the early christians there's examples
of this archaeology that somebody wore a head covering
but here's the thing about that
it's a total twisting and a misreading of first corinthians chapter eleven
because in first corinthians chapter eleven when it talks about a woman
should not pray or prophesy having her head uncovered
but then it goes on to say that her hair is given her for covering
and it basically equates
uncovered
with short hair or no hair
and it equates covered
with long hair
okay and it basically is saying that a man should have short hair
and a woman should have long hair
now they'll try to say no no no
it's a you know if you go back to the greek and blah blah blah
actually that the hair is not the covering even though if you read in first
corinthians eleven
it's crystal clear that that's what it's about
but they'll say well the hair is a covering but they need another covering
and then they'll point to the fact well christ rejecting orthodox jews wear head
coverings
well case closed
of course they also wear eye coverings
every time they read the bible they do it blindfolded
that's what the bible says
the bible says that in the reading of the old testament the veil is upon them
and that when their heart turns to christ the veil is removed that's why
jesus said you are blind leaders of the blind and you will both fall in the ditch
who did he say that to? rabbinical judaism?
who did he say that to? the pharisees?
but here's the proof because the bible says does not even nature itself teach you
that if a woman that if a man have long hair it's a shame unto him
and if a woman have long hair it's a glory under he says doesn't nature itself teach you
and a few verses before that in first corinthians eleven you know what he says
he says judge in yourselves is it comely
that a woman
pray or prophesy having her head uncovered
so basically what the what the bible is teaching us over and over again in first corinthians eleven is that
you know this is something that that's kind of just
taught by nature itself we kind of intuitively know
that men are supposed to have short hair
and that women are supposed to have long hair
but let me ask you this
if we're to listen to this head covering crowd it's actually about wearing head
coverings or hats
or bonnets
then let me ask you this why would we intuitively know
that a man should not pray or prophesy having his head covered
when the old testament ministers
were told to cover their heads
stop and think about that
the old testament preachers and prophets
and uh... especially the priesthood which the levites taught the people
they're told to do it in a hat
put a mitre on his head
erin had a mitre on his head
so
does it make any sense to say
well men are supposed to
preach and pray
with their head uncovered
and then he puts a hat on them
in the old testament
that makes no sense does it
but i think that these people just haven't thought this through and i tried to
explain it to some of them and it just went over their head
but it's actually not that complicated
but see what they tend to do though
they only focus on the women
and you know
it's sort of like
a weird thing where they just
the women have to wear these head coverings but see if you're going to
interpret it that way then you'd have to say man can't cover it
man can't preach or pray with a hat on
right?
because if you're going to say well the woman
you know she has to have this covering to pray or prophesy
then if you interpret that way because it says
that the man
should be uncovered so if you're going to interpret that as a hat then he can't wear a hat
then why did jesus put them all in hats in the old testament
why is joshua being put in a hat here
to minister unto the lord it makes no sense
so don't get sucked into this head covering movement
okay head covering baptist
the covering that you need ladies is long hair
and the covering men that you need to lack is long hair
so i just want to point that out here this is one of the many examples of the
old testament
where men of god
have a hat on
as part of their now obviously i'm not wearing the priestly garments here
because we're not in the old testament
jesus is the high priest
okay so i don't need that out but he's wearing it
but let's keep reading here
i'm a pastor but i'm not
uh... the high priest i'm a priest and so are you he's made us all kings and
priests
unto god and his father we believe in the priesthood of the believer
as baptist
but what does the bible say here in uh...
verse number six and the angel of the lord protested
unto joshua saying
thus saith the lord of hosts
if thou wilt walk in my ways
and if thou wilt keep my charge
then thou shalt also judge my house
okay now notice
he didn't say
if you walk in my ways and keep my charge then you'll get saved
is that what he said
hey if you keep my charge and walk in my ways
you'll get a robe of righteousness no you already had that
that was given him by grace through faith
not of works lest any man should boast
that's why the word also is there
that's why he says
then thou shalt also judge my house in addition to
having a clean garment in addition to being saved and regenerated
if you keep my charge
then
thou shalt also judge my house and shalt also keep my courts and i will give thee
places among these
to walk among these that stand by
in order to be a leader
you know you have to keep the commandments of god
in order to be greatly used by god and to rule god's house or judge god's house
uh... even in the new testament
you know you're supposed to be one
who is you know walking in the fear of the lord obviously no one's perfect
you know but the bottom line is
you know you do have to live up to a certain standard
to hold that position
the bible here though is saying also because you're already saved
just by believing
he says to joshua you know if you
walk in my ways and and keep my charge
then you'll also be a ruler of my house that's what he's saying
and he says i'll give thee places to walk among these that stand by
and these men that stand by the other men
are other leaders of god's people that's why he says in the next verse here now oh
joshua the high priest
thou and thy fellows that sit before thee
those are the others that walk among these that stand by he's saying these other guys
your fellows
he says
here now oh joshua the high priest thou and thy fellows that sit before thee
for they are men
wondered at now what does it mean men
wondered at it means that these are men that are greatly admired
now think about
people that you've wondered at in your life what does it mean to wonder at
someone
it means that basically you stand in awe of them you're blown away by them
in today's vernacular we probably say you're impressed by them
you know you're you're just really
amazed at them
so what he's saying when he says they're men wondered at
he's saying they're men that other people look up to
they're heroes unto other people
and i you know i heard a sermon preached one time actually i actually i preached a
sermon like this but i i preached it after i heard another sermon like this
called men wondered at
and it was a sermon about
all the different people
that we wonder at
you know and and and the heroes that we have
and now some people really have the wrong heroes and they wonder at the
wrong people
you know too many people the nfl are men wondered at
too many people hollywood actors and actresses
are men wondered at
you say how can an actress be a man well in hollywood it happens okay but you
know there are a lot of uh... uh... you know rock and roll singers
that are men
wondered at i mean you
i'm not gonna ask for a raise of hands who's ever been to a rock concert
their men wondered at
you know and i mean literally these singers and these bands
they'll kinda come up close to the crowd and put out their hand like this
right
and people are just like fighting just to like touch that hand they're never gonna wash
that hand again or
they'll take some
shirt off and throw it in the crowd and you know
you know and you know how people idolize i mean they literally call it idol
there's even a show about it right american idol
what does that mean american idol
it means that they worship singers
that's even beyond just wondering at them
i mean they're actually worshiping
there are a lot of heroes in this world that people should have
but the question is who should be our heroes
it should be godly men and women
joshua and his fellows were men wondered at
you know and and god's warning them look
your men wondered at
people are looking at you
don't let them down
because people are looking up to you and if you
uh... blow it then they're gonna fall with you
many people will be uh...
uh... will stumble at that
now watch what he says he says you and your fellows that sit before you
for they are men wondered at
end of verse eight there
for behold i will bring forth my servant
the branch
when he says i'm gonna bring forth my servant the branch
let's figure out who that is okay flip back to isaiah eleven
we're gonna do this kind of a chronological order of of god laying out
this doctrine
now remember isaiah jeremiah and ezekiel
they actually appeared in that order in history
meaning that isaiah prophesied before jeremiah
and jeremiah prophesied before ezekiel
the major prophets are in order and then the minor prophets are also in
chronological order
which is why we find zechariah toward the very end of the minor prophets
because we're in the days of esra and nehemiah
very end of the of the story of the old testament
so therefore
this is going way back in time hundreds of years before zechariah is written
and this is a scripture that joshua and them would have been familiar with
because they all knew of the writings of isaiah
so it says in isaiah eleven verse one and there shall come forth a rod
out of the stem of jesse
and a branch
shall grow out of his roots
and the spirit of the lord shall rest upon him
the spirit of wisdom and understanding the spirit of counsel and might
the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the lord and shall make him a quick
understanding in the fear of the lord
and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes neither reprove
after the hearing of his ears but with righteousness shall he judge the poor
and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth and he shall smite the earth
with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips shall he slay
the way... who is this?
jesus
then it says in verse six you know the wolf also shall dwell with the lamb it
gets into the
the millennium the millennial reign of christ time of peace on earth for a
thousand years that christ will bring it his second coming
so the servant the branch is jesus
he's the root
and the offspring
of david okay it's an interesting term
the root and the offspring of david he's both
he's the creator he's the root i mean before abraham was i am jesus said
he's the root
but he's also the offspring of david
because he's humanly speaking he's descended from david the son of david
so that's what it means by the branch okay
now go through and we saw the millennium tied in with that
we also saw this list and and count with me with the list
verse two
the spirit of the lord shall rest upon him let's count the spirit of wisdom one
and understanding
counsel
might
knowledge and the fear of the lord so we see here seven spirits the spirit of the
lord is mentioned
at the beginning then the spirit of wisdom spirit of understanding spirit of
counsel spirit of might spirit of knowledge spirit of the fear of the lord
so it's the seven spirits of god
okay that are listed there
and they are resting upon him
flip over to jeremiah now chapter twenty three
and the reason i bring that up is because in zechariah chapter three
right after it says my servant the branch
it says for behold the stone that i have laid before joshua
upon one stone shall be seven eyes
seven eyes on one stone
well in revelation five verse five it says
that the lamb
had seven horns and seven eyes which are the seven spirits of god
so you know the book of zechariah can seem really cryptic
the stone with the seven eyes and the branch
but here's the thing if you compare scripture to scripture it's all there
all of it's covered
you know i don't even have time to go to all the references it's all interwoven
through the whole bible
but look at uh... jeremiah chapter twenty three
it says in verse five and again this is this is
later than isaiah
behold the days come verse five saith the lord that i will raise unto david a
righteous branch
and a king shall reign and prosper and shall execute judgment
and justice in the earth in his days judah shall be saved
and israel shall dwell safely and this is his name whereby he shall be called
the lord our righteousness so what's our righteousness
what's the righteousness of saints what's that robe of righteousness
it's the lord
it's jesus it's his salvation
and again it says uh... therefore behold the days come saith the lord
that they shall no more say the lord liveth which brought up the children of
israel and the land of egypt
but the lord liveth which brought up
which led the seed of the house of israel out of the north country
talking about out of babylon
and from all countries where i had driven them
and they shall dwell in their own hand that was fulfilled
in the days of Zerubbabel Joshua
zechariah etcetera
flip over to one more place
uh... on this jeremiah thirty three
jeremiah thirty three
just a few pages to write in your bible
jeremiah thirty three
and this is a this is a really interesting passage
i don't want you to miss as i i skipped some other stuff in the sermon because i
want to make sure i get to this is really interesting
look at jeremiah thirty three verse fifteen
in those days
and at that time will i cause the branch of righteousness
to grow up unto david so notice the branch is always associated with being
the son of david the branch of david the offspring of david
it says he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land
in those days shall judah be saved
same thing we just saw
and jerusalem shall dwell safely
and this is the name wherewith she shall be called the lord our righteousness
sound familiar
for thus saith the lord david watch this this is key
david shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of israel
what does that mean
there will always be a son of david
to sit on the throne of israel
isn't that what it says
let's keep reading
neither shall the priest the levites
want a man before me to offer burnt offerings and to kindle meat offerings
and to do sacrifice watch this
to do sacrifice continually
and the word of the lord came unto jeremiah saying
thus saith the lord if you can break
my covenant of the day and my covenant of the night
and there should not be day and night in their seasons
then may also my covenant be broken with david my servant
let me just say and we don't have time to go there for sake of time
but over and over and over again
the promise is made to david
that his seed will sit on that throne forever
over and over that's what's being referred to
he's saying look i will never break that promise to david
and the sun and moon will stop shining before i would ever break that promise to david
everybody get that
and that promise is repeated if you know your bible you know that promise repeated
over and over and over and over again
he says
then may also my covenant be broken with david my servant that he should not have
a son
to reign upon his throne and with the levites the priests my ministers
as the host of heaven cannot be numbered
neither the sand of the sea measured
so will i multiply the seed of david my servant and the levites that minister
unto me
stop and ask yourself this question
is there
a son of david
ruling on the throne over in israel right now
are the levites right now over in israel
offering sacrifice unto god continually
okay so basically there's two options then
either god broke his promise
that's not possible because the sun still came up today and went down at the
end of the day
either god is a liar
and god broke his promise or else this is fulfilled in jesus
because jesus is the son of david
that's why i flip over to genesis forty nine
flip over to genesis forty nine
genesis chapter forty nine this is when
jacob is speaking to his twelve sons about the last days
and the last days biblically is defined as the new testament
but if you would look at genesis
chapter number forty nine look at the blessing to judah
in verse ten
the scepter
shall not depart from judah
now judah the tribe of judah is whose tribe
david's tribe
and jesus is the line of the tribe of judah but judah is the tribe of david
the bible says the scepter
which what is the scepter it's what a king reigns with
the scepter shall not depart from judah
nor a lawgiver
from between his feet
well between his feet is talking about the physical reproduction there
he's saying he is going to have
a physical
descendant
sitting on that throne
the scepter shall not depart from judah when did the scepter show up at judah
when david sat on the throne
he was the first king of the tribe of
judah
because saul was of the tribe of what?
the scepter shall not depart from judah nor a lawgiver from between his feet until
shiloh come
and again i don't have time to go into it shiloh is talking about the messiah shiloh is jesus
it says
and unto him unto shiloh unto jesus
shall the gathering of the people be binding his full unto the vine and his
ass is cold unto the choice vine he washed his garments in wine and his
clothes in the blood of grapes his eyes shall be red with wine and his teeth white with milk
that's all about jesus
jesus wrote the ass is cold jesus said i'm the true vine i'm the vine my
father's the husband men
jesus had a garment dipped in blood jesus had eyes like a flame of fire
jesus fulfilled all this
so the bible says the scepter is not going to depart from judah until
the messiah comes until jesus comes now listen to me
what in the world could a christ rejecting jew do with these scriptures
because their god has forsaken them for the last two thousand years
where's the
where's david on the throne
has the scepter departed from judah
oh yeah
first of all they didn't even have a throne they didn't even have a country
they didn't even have anything in that place until the twentieth century
so where was it at
and i sure don't see the levites offering burnt offerings
they don't do any sacrifices why
because shiloh came
because jesus
is the son of david
jesus you know why the scepter never departed from david's house
because jesus is the son of david
and jesus is the king
jesus is the king of kings right now
they don't recognize him but we do
jesus is the king of kings
he is that lion of the tribe of judah with that scepter
and jesus is the burnt offering once for all
okay
and and you know the bottom line is
that if you're a christ rejecting jew
you would have to basically say well god broke the promise in
in jeremiah
and all the other times that he said that uh... uh... there would always be a
king
descended from david
upon that thrown
now i have a feeling
that what the synagogue of satan is going to cook up in the end times
is they're basically going to say
oh see
we've got a king of the tribe of judah
they'll pull out
somebody and put him on that throne and he's going to be the anti-christ
oh here he is you know here's our guy
and then you know what they'll do then
they'll pull out the levites and start offering burnt sacrifices again
right because it talks about in second thessalonians
how the anti-christ will cause
the offering in the oblation to cease
well you know
how can you make it cease if it isn't happening
why because it's going to start up again
they're going to rebuild the temple
and they're going to start offering burnt sacrifices again over in israel
because their whole thing right now is like
oh we can't do it because we don't have the temple
oh we can't do it because we don't have the temple we gotta wait
so when they get the temple then they're like okay we can do it again
but let me tell you something that is the biggest fraud
because god didn't say
oh we're going to pause it for like two thousand years
and then there's going to be
one of david's sons sitting on that throne again
oh we're going to pause it
for
you know two thousand years then we'll start having burnt sacrifice again
hey do you think it's a coincidence that the burnt sacrifices just happened to end
in the century when jesus came
that's just a coincidence right
just a coincidence
that the sacrifices just happened to end
with the same generation of people that were alive and rejected jesus
it ended in their generation
but see the jews don't want you to notice that how
they just happened to stop doing animal sacrifices
right when jesus was the lamb which taken away the sin of the world
just like jesus
was prophesied
he would be that final sacrifice
but they don't want to recognize that
and they don't want to recognize
that they don't have a king of judah anymore
but how can they say that when jesus
would be the only way that this could even be true
look either
either the new testament is true and the old testament is true
or they're both a lie
because you know what
you can't say well i believe the old testament but not the new testament then you're a fool
because the bible says right here
that there's going to be a king on the throne of david all the time
who was that king
who was that ruler
go to zechariah chapter three that ruler's name was Zerubbabel
and you'll know this from matthew chapter one if you know that genealogy
where it's you know so-and-so begat so-and-so right
and it says jeconias
you know joseus begat jeconias and his brethren
about the time they were carried away to babylon
and after they were brought to babylon
jeconias begat salathial and salathial begat zerubbabel
so that kingly line of the kings of judah is unbroken
in fact
you say well but you know where were they raining
was he raining for those
seventy years what about that pause
no even even in captivity he was lifted up
joiachim was lifted up
in the captivity at the very end of uh...
the book of jeremiah talks about how he's lifted up and and set you know given dignity
as king and so forth
he was still recognized as the king of judah
and salathial in matthew one is
uh... old testament shayaltiel
and zerubbabel
is somebody that we're going to talk more about
in the next few chapters of
zechariah look down at your bible there's zechariah chapter four
says in verse six
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 spirit saith the lord of hosts
and again the rest of the book is going to continue to encourage
zerubbabel who's zerubbabel
the son of david
who's zerubbabel
the man who's ruling with the scepter why because jesus hadn't come yet for a
few more hundred years
so there had to be that scepter
in the tribe of judah
now let's quickly finish up here
verse nine for behold the stone that i have laid what's that stone that was
the stone that the builders rejected
that became the head of the corner jesus
seven spirits of god
that the branch had jesus
isaiah eleven one and two
the lamb of god in revelation five
with seven horns and seven eyes which are the seven spirits of god sent forth
unto all the earth
says for upon one stone shall be seven eyes behold i will engrave the graving
thereof saith the lord of hosts
and i will remove the iniquity of that land
in one day
in that day saith the lord of hosts shall ye call every man his neighbor
under the vine
and under the fig tree you study that statement under the vine under the fig
tree
it's a reference to the millennial reign of jesus christ
jesus christ will show up
he will remove the iniquity of that land in one day
and in that day shall ye call every man his neighbor under the vine and under the
fig tree
that means jew, gentile, you name it
because there is no jew or gentile in christ
everybody's going to be
our neighbor in that in that day in uh...
in the millennial reign of christ
this is a really deep chapter
there's way more than i can preach obviously i don't know
i mean we barely even scratched the surface this is a really interesting chapter this is
one of the
the busiest chapters you know in the book of zechariah a lot going on
i hope that it got you interested where you'll do more study and and read more
and and keep going over this
but i just wanted to hit the highlights tonight
and just to show you
how much a chapter like zechariah three tucked away in the minor prophets of the
old testament
is all about jesus and soul winning
isn't that interesting
i mean so much application to us today in the new testament
the whole bible's about jesus let's bow your heads and have a word of prayer
father we thank you so much for this chapter lord and and and uh...
the wonderful teachings that are found therein is a really interesting chapter lord
help us to take comfort in knowing that the angel of the lord campeth round about them
that fear him
uh... help us to resist the devil that he might flee from us
help us to cling to your promises lord and and to realize that you are the king
of kings and lord of lords
and that you are the the lion of the tribe of judah you're the root and offspring of
david you're the branch
you are the one
that should in all things have the preeminence lord
and i pray that lord many of these uh... blinded christ rejecting jews lord would
be saved before it's eternally too late lord i pray that
that many of them
would be saved lord they're they're so blinded but but help us reach a few of
them lord
if we can in jesus' name we pray amen