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thee with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:12-17
. What a representation is this!
Can we grasp its meaning?
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“I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly,
who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. Behold, at
that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth,
and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame
in every land where they have been put to shame. At that time will I
bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you
a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back
your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord”
Verses 18-20
. Read
also the first chapter of Haggai.
When human agencies, as stewards of God, will unitedly take of
the Lord’s own substance and use it to lift the burdens resting on His
institutions, the Lord will co-operate with them.
“And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me,
as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, and said unto me, What
seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of
gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and
seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: and
two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other
upon the left side thereof. So I answered and spake to the angel that
talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? Then the angel that
talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what
these be? And I said, No, my lord. 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 My Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. Who
art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a
plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings,
crying, Grace, grace unto it. Moreover the word of the Lord came
unto me, saying, The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of
this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the
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Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. For who hath despised the day of
small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the
hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord,
which run to and fro through the whole earth. 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