A London Minister Zechariah 1:7-11 On the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius… I. THE NAME OF THIS PARABOLIC VISION. "The Word of the Lord." Thought is invisible, and must be clothed in some form of words. God's greatest thought about men was revealed to us by His Son in human flesh. II. THE TIME WHEN THE PROPHET RECEIVED THIS "WORD OF THE LORD." "In the night." God has often chosen the night season to reveal His mind to His servants. At night men are more free from impressions from the outside world. The darkness and stillness of night throw the mind in upon itself. III. THE MEANING OF THE SYMBOLIC WORD. 1. The "red horses" symbolise coming war. 2. White horses symbolise victory. 3. Speckled horses set forth the variety of the Divine dealings, of that mingling of mercy and judgment which had been intended to lift them up to a high level among the nations of the world.Lessons — (1) The Church triumphant is intended to minister to the comfort of the Church militant. (2) The child of light walking in darkness is under the guidance of the angels of light. (3) God's silence at sin is not God's forgiveness of sin. (A London Minister.) Parallel Verses KJV: Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, |
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