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ment.”
Zechariah 3:4
. The spotless robe of Christ’s righteousness is
placed upon the tried, tempted, faithful children of God. The despised
remnant are clothed in glorious apparel, nevermore to be defiled by the
corruptions of the world. Their names are retained in the Lamb’s book
of life, enrolled among the faithful of all ages. They have resisted the
wiles of the deceiver; they have not been turned from their loyalty by
the dragon’s roar. Now they are eternally secure from the tempter’s
devices. Their sins are transferred to the originator of sin. A “fair
miter” is set upon their heads.
While Satan has been urging his accusations, holy angels, unseen,
have been passing to and fro, placing upon the faithful ones the seal of
the living God. These are they that stand upon Mount Zion with the
Lamb, having the Father’s name written in their foreheads. They sing
the new song before the throne, that song which no man can learn save
the hundred and forty and four thousand which were redeemed from
the earth. “These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever He
goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the first fruits
unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for
they are without fault before the throne of God.”
Revelation 14:4, 5
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Now is reached the complete fulfillment of the words of the Angel:
“Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit
before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring
forth My Servant the Branch.”
Zechariah 3:8
. Christ is revealed as the
Redeemer and Deliverer of His people. Now indeed are the remnant
“men wondered at,” as the tears and humiliation of their pilgrimage
give place to joy and honor in the presence of God and the Lamb. “In
that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and
the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are
escaped of Israel. And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion,
and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even everyone
that is written among the living in Jerusalem.”
Isaiah 4:2, 3
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