DISCOURSE: 1243 ALL IS OF GOD Zechariah 4:6. _This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts_. MANY parts of the prophetic writings are extremely dark: but many, which appear dark, would become clear, if we were contented... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1244 ZERUBBABEL A TYPE OF CHRIST Zechariah 4:7. _Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain_. OUR eyes are generally fixed more on the creature than on God. Hence we are apt to entertain many unnecessary fears. Nor are we unfrequently diverted by them fr... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1245 THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS Zechariah 4:10. _For who hath despised the day of small things?_ IT is observable in the dispensations both of nature and of providence, that the greatest things take their rise from very small beginnings. From a view of a new-born infant we might be ready to... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1246 THE VISION OF THE OLIVE-TREES Zechariah 4:11. _Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive-trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive-branches, which through the two g... [ Continue Reading ]