From “Feast of Tabernacles,” Chapter 13- Tabernacles – The Feast of Restoration, continued
“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.” Shall anything be too hard for the Lord? “By my spirit,” saith the Lord, and so shall it be. And now let us notice this great word of encouragement, which God speaketh even now to the builders of this living Temple: “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it: and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. For who hath despised the day of small things?” Child of God, remember these words; God has pledged His Word that this Temple shall be finished. Let us never lose that vision.
But still Zechariah was puzzled; what were these “two olive trees” that he saw emptying their golden oil into the candlestick? And the angel replied: “These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.” Literally, “These are the two sons of oil…”! Sons of the anointing! It is the Moses-Elijah company, as we shall discover in the next chapter. It is the company of overcomers who shall go forth in the Day of the Lord working all manner of signs and wonders and miracles in the Name of the Lord; and nothing shall stand against them.
“By my spirit,” saith the Lord. This is a work of the Spirit of God. The Oil of the Spirit flowing through them: That is the secret of their power.
RESTORATION OF THE WALLS
The books of Ezra and Nehemiah cover two periods of restoration. Neither Ezra nor Nehemiah were present at the rebuilding of the Temple but came many years later: Ezra to teach the people the laws of God, and Nehemiah to rebuild the walls and the gates of the City.
And so we read that “All that could hear with understanding” assembled together “as one man into the street that was before the water gate” while Ezra the priest read from the law of God from morning until midday. This was the first day of the seventh month, the month of the Feast of Tabernacles. (See Neh. 8:1-3). “So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.” (Neh. 8:8). This is the hour of revelation and spiritual understanding. The Spirit is speaking to the churches, but only those with “ears to hear” shall understand what is spoken, The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, and only men whose minds have been quickened by the Spirit shall be able to “give the sense” on the one hand, or “understand the reading” on the other. “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.” GHW
We are so often plagued by ears that are dull of hearing and eyes that are dim of seeing. Why is this? Because we try to assess the things of the Spirit with our natural understanding. “But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised” (1 Cor 2:14 NASB).
We need teachers in this day and hour who will cause God’s people to understand the reading by the Spirit pf God. Too many are quick to preach and slow to teach. We need both if we are to grasp the meaning of God’s word for our lives and eagerly apply it.
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