from the 9th chapter of Revelation. There is no doubt whatsoever  that 
 the  Book of Joel was written concerning the judgment and 
 events of  "the last days"  that usher in the "Day of the Lord" and
 the return of  Jesus Christ. In fact the prophecy of Joel is undated
 and there is no  reference to time (though  Peter will set the clock
 on Pentecost Day)  because it speaks of the very same  "Day of the Lord"'
 that John was  taken to "in the spirit" in the Book of Revelation Rev. 1:10).
 Revelation,  which means to "uncover" or "reveal",  really contains nothing
 new that  isn't explained in detail elsewhere in the  Word of God.

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Joel 2:1
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What a privilege our Father has given us in these last days to enable us to "lift up our eyes" in His Word and "see" the eight visions of Zechariah which outline the purpose, the time frame, the overall plan and the details of the work of God in this final generation as He pours out His spirit through His two sons of oil, His two witnesses, unto those two lighted candlesticks which are the two churches of Philadelphia and Smyrna comprised of the sons and daughters spoken of by Peter in Acts chapter two.

Two things are for certain though:

1.) Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior who now sits at the right hand of the Father in heaven is returning to Zion at the sound of the 7th Trump to be crowned King of kings and Lord of lords of ALL the earth and to "establish it with judgment (divine law) and with justice".

2.) It is written that before we gather back to Christ there shall first come a false messiah to Zion at the sound of the 6th Trump, one "Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God (2 Thes. 2:4)."

As we begin the 7th chapter of Zechariah, the timeframe given in the first verse corresponds to our late November/early December in the fourth year of Darius the king, two years from the beginning of Zechariah's prophecies and two years from the completion of the Temple which was in the 6th year of Darius the king in 405 BC. Keep in mind what we learned in our opening study that unlike Haggai who prophesied during a four month period, Zechariah's prophecies span a period of 7 years which we even "saw" from his visions correspond to the last 7 years of Daniel culminating with the return of the King of kings.

Zech. 7:1
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;

[2] When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,

Here is the question these representatives were to ask the priests in the house of the LORD of hosts:

[3] And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

However, the important thing to understand as it relates to the lesson to be learned in the following few verses is that these were religious ceremonies they were concerned about, not the Word of God, and the question the representatives of Bethel are asking is "Should they continue weeping and mourning on these days as they have done throughout the 70 years of their captivity?" Here is the answer straight from the word of the LORD of hosts:

[4] Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,

[5] Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

Question to all ye people of the land and all you so-called priests (ministers): "For whose benefit did you do all that fasting and mourning?"

Do you think they did it unto the LORD God of hosts, i.e. that they might repent of their sins and of their disobedience to His laws and commands which brought on their captivity in the first place?  Seems to me if they even have to ask the question as to whether they should stop or continue that it has become nothing more than a ritual, wouldn't you say? You see, most of them now listened to "princes of strange fire", i.e. they had become idolatrous and worshipped after other gods, even enjoying the prosperity and security that their captors provided! Therefore, they really did not pray to the living God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob but 
to a strange god of another fire, even Satan himself.

Do you think it is any different in our land today?

Next question from the LORD of hosts:

[6] And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

 I made some changes below on 6/1/21 to make this clearer and easier to
 understand.

Jesus Christ warned us of those false preachers of strange fire, those MANY who would come in His name in this generation and deceive the multitudes with traditional fairy tales of apples and snakes and instill a false sense of security and hope in our people by promising them they will "fly-away" in a rapture when Satan the spurious messiah comes to town.

The problem is... that false teaching that Christ will return at any moment literally "sets them up" for the spiritual kill, as in it prepares them for the great apostasy (2 Thes. 2:3), the great falling away which is to accept the first supernatural entity (Satan) who comes from heaven (Rev. 12:7-9) who will be none other than the false messiah coming at the sound of the 6th Trump. Jesus Christ's first warning concerning our day was to watch out for false preachers and teachers and the apostle Paul says to watch out especially for those who teach doctrines declaring that we gather back to the real Christ before the would-be Christ, the son of perdition, comes and reigns in His stead deceiving the whole world with great signs and wonders showing the world that he is God:

Matthew 24:4
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

[5] For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

2 Thes. 2:3
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day [the day of our gathering back to Christ] shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

[4] Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

Zech 7:7
Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?

Amos 5:23
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

[24] But let judgment [divine law] run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Deut. 32:15
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

[16] They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

[17] They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

[18] Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

[19] And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

[20] And He said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

We just saw the priestly representatives of the people who were anxious concerning their religious worship services and came to question God's prophets (Zech. 7:3) as to whether or not they should continue the fasting and mourning for the destruction of the temple (now that it was being rebuilt) as they have been doing these many years of their captivity.

That had to be really disappointing to our Father! Why? Because they should have been less worried about church and more concerned about the fact that His prophets warned them, foretold them, of their captivity that would come IF they continued to ignore and disobey His laws and statutes (thereby following after other gods). In other words, IF they failed to execute His judgment (divine law) with justice and compassion throughout the land, the "natural result" would be destruction and captivity. To wit, there is nothing new under the sun!

Do you not think it is amazing that even after having witnessed His words of warning, those same curses written on the "flying scroll", come to pass exactly as they were written in the law and exactly as they were spoken by the Holy Spirit through the mouths of His prophets, that they were still not repentant nor desirous to seek Him and follow His ways? Well, unfortunately it is not amazing at all. In fact, it is very characteristic of the "sottishness" (Jer. 4:22) of our people even to this day. You see, though they claim to love the Lord, most Christians do not really know Jesus Christ, the Word of God, because they do not study His Word! Therefore in their ignorance they have none understanding of the difference between the holy and the profane, nor the wisdom to "discern between the unclean and the clean"!

Jeremiah 4:22
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish [means "stupid"] children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

1 Cor. 10:11-12
Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

[12] Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

Question: How is it possible for one who has "stooped (fallen) so low" to receive a 66% job approval rating in a nation where more than 90+% of the population professes to be Christian? Yes, "sottish" is an appropriate word and now we have been given a 9-11 wake-up call, even a witness to the ways the prophets warned our ancestors not to follow, the ways which brought forth terror and the destruction of the temple which they now religiously mourned! Should they continue with their fasting and mourning? What for? If you stay in your Father's Word and follow Christ like He said, then there will be no cause for fasting and mourning, only feasting! Now you know how to "wipe away all tears"!

Wake up America! What is it our Father would have us do?

Zechariah 7:8
And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,

[9] Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

[10] And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Again, "Wake-up Christian" and learn the lessons of "yesterday" for they aptly apply "today"! God said so (1 Cor. 10:11)! Did our forefathers listen to the words of the prophets, to God's Word? No, they did not and they suffered the consequences of their decisions documenting that God's Word is true!

[11] But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

[12] Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in His spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

[13] Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:

[14] But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

Then we SAW one who came come to power (George Bush) who claimed to stand for truth and justice and the American way, one who holds accountable the wicked and unrighteous. Time will tell, what is it we should expect from doing things God's way or if we don't? You know something! One does not have to be a "guru" nor have "supernatural powers" to know what the future brings. Any child who can read can learn of the blessings and cursings in Deut. 28 which naturally, by Divine Law, follow obedience or disobedience respectively! We as individuals have a choice! We as a nation have a choice! Therefore, it is up to you! Just don't "fast and mourn and whine" when you get what is coming to you as result of your bad choice! Your Father won't listen to you! "So what will it take for Him to turn unto you", you ask? We go back to the beginning words in Zechariah. If you did not hear them then, will you be able to hear them now?

Zech. 1:3
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.

[4] Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.

Deut. 30:19
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

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Our Heavenly Father never forgets His children and He never forgets to fulfill the covenants and promises He has made in His Word, the proof of which can easily be documented over and over and over again in the pages of History. Of course some of those promises contain both blessings and cursings which are conditional upon the course of action His children decide to follow (Deut. 30:19).

To that end, our forefathers who "sorely displeased Him" (Zech. 1:2) by not listening to His prophets (vs. 3), thereby rejecting His Word, found out that the cursings are just as sure a promise He fulfills as the blessings (Zech. 1:6).

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