WEBVTT 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.740 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:09.400 in a year. Today's reading is from the book of 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:13.980 Zechariah chapters 1 through 6. Chapter 1 In 00:00:13.980 --> 00:00:16.320 the eighth month of the second year of Darius, 00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:19.320 the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:22.339 of Berechiah, the son of Edo the prophet, saying, 00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:25.219 The Lord has been very angry with your fathers. 00:00:25.420 --> 00:00:27.859 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord of 00:00:27.859 --> 00:00:30.660 hosts, Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, 00:00:30.839 --> 00:00:33.380 and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:36.100 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former 00:00:36.100 --> 00:00:38.920 prophets preached, saying, Thus says the Lord 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:42.219 of hosts, Turn now from your evil ways and your 00:00:42.219 --> 00:00:45.340 evil deeds. But they did not hear nor heed me, 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:48.119 says the Lord. Your fathers, where are they? 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:51.320 And the prophets, do they live forever? Yet surely 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:54.079 my words and my statutes, which I commanded my 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:56.770 servants, the prophets, Did they not overtake 00:00:56.770 --> 00:00:59.950 your fathers? So they returned and said, Just 00:00:59.950 --> 00:01:03.229 as the Lord of hosts determined to do to us according 00:01:03.229 --> 00:01:06.069 to our ways and according to our deeds, so he 00:01:06.069 --> 00:01:08.950 has dealt with us. On the twenty -fourth day 00:01:08.950 --> 00:01:11.109 of the eleventh month, which is the month of 00:01:11.109 --> 00:01:13.709 Shabbat, in the second year of Darius, the word 00:01:13.709 --> 00:01:16.069 of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, 00:01:16.129 --> 00:01:19.150 the son of Edo the prophet. I saw by night, and 00:01:19.150 --> 00:01:22.250 behold, a man riding on a red horse, and it stood 00:01:22.250 --> 00:01:25.359 among the myrtle trees in the hollow. and behind 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:30.060 him were horses red sorrel and white then i said 00:01:30.060 --> 00:01:33.500 my lord what are these so the angel who talked 00:01:33.500 --> 00:01:36.140 with me said to me i will show you what they 00:01:36.140 --> 00:01:38.819 are and the man who stood among the myrtle trees 00:01:38.819 --> 00:01:41.879 answered and said these are the ones whom the 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:45.000 lord has sent to walk to and fro throughout the 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:47.239 earth so they answered the angel of the lord 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:50.040 who stood among the myrtle trees and said we 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:52.700 have walked to and fro throughout the earth and 00:01:52.700 --> 00:01:56.299 behold All the earth is resting quietly. Then 00:01:56.299 --> 00:01:58.480 the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:01.180 of hosts, how long will you not have mercy on 00:02:01.180 --> 00:02:03.760 Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against 00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:06.939 which you were angry these seventy years? And 00:02:06.939 --> 00:02:08.800 the Lord answered the angel who talked to me 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:11.680 with good and comforting words. So the angel 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:14.400 who spoke with me said to me, Proclaim, saying, 00:02:14.659 --> 00:02:17.919 Thus says the Lord of hosts, I am zealous for 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:21.280 Jerusalem and for Zion with great zeal. I am 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:24.139 exceedingly angry with the nations at ease, for 00:02:24.139 --> 00:02:26.699 I was a little angry and they helped, but with 00:02:26.699 --> 00:02:29.979 evil intent. Therefore, thus says the Lord, I 00:02:29.979 --> 00:02:32.879 am returning to Jerusalem with mercy. My house 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:35.199 shall be built in it, says the Lord of hosts, 00:02:35.419 --> 00:02:38.080 and a surveyor's line shall be stretched out 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:41.099 over Jerusalem. Again proclaim, saying, Thus 00:02:41.099 --> 00:02:43.919 says the Lord of hosts, My cities shall again 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:46.960 spread out through prosperity. The Lord will 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:50.080 again comfort Zion and will again choose Jerusalem. 00:02:50.699 --> 00:02:53.319 Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:55.719 four horns, and I said to the angel who talked 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:58.960 with me, What are these? So he answered me, These 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:02.000 are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:05.099 and Jerusalem. Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen, 00:03:05.180 --> 00:03:08.199 and I said, What are these coming to do? So he 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:10.659 said, These are the horns that scattered Judah, 00:03:10.780 --> 00:03:13.500 so that no one could lift up his head, but the 00:03:13.500 --> 00:03:16.319 craftsmen are coming to terrify them. to cast 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:18.919 out the horns of the nations that lifted up their 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:21.539 horn against the land of Judah, to scatter it. 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:26.819 Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, 00:03:27.020 --> 00:03:29.620 a man with a measuring line in his hand. So I 00:03:29.620 --> 00:03:32.199 said, Where are you going? And he said to me, 00:03:32.259 --> 00:03:35.199 To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:38.120 and what is its length. And there was the angel 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:41.099 who talked with me going out, and another angel 00:03:41.099 --> 00:03:43.520 was coming out to meet him, who said to him, 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:46.930 Run. Speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem 00:03:46.930 --> 00:03:50.090 shall be inhabited as towns without walls because 00:03:50.090 --> 00:03:53.050 of the multitude of men and livestock in it. 00:03:53.189 --> 00:03:56.550 For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire 00:03:56.550 --> 00:03:59.449 all around her, and I will be the glory in her 00:03:59.449 --> 00:04:03.150 midst. Up, up, flee from the land of the north, 00:04:03.289 --> 00:04:06.349 says the Lord, for I have spread you abroad like 00:04:06.349 --> 00:04:09.270 the four winds of heaven, says the Lord. Up, 00:04:09.349 --> 00:04:12.389 Zion, escape you who dwell with the daughter 00:04:12.389 --> 00:04:15.060 of Babylon. For thus says the Lord of hosts, 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:18.560 He sent me after glory to the nations which plunder 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:21.459 you, for he who touches you touches the apple 00:04:21.459 --> 00:04:24.800 of his eye. For surely I will shake my hand against 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:27.699 them, and they shall become spoil for their servants. 00:04:27.899 --> 00:04:30.779 Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has 00:04:30.779 --> 00:04:33.759 sent me. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, 00:04:33.980 --> 00:04:36.759 for behold, I am coming, and I will dwell in 00:04:36.759 --> 00:05:06.300 your midst, says the Lord. Chapter 3 then he 00:05:06.300 --> 00:05:08.620 showed me joshua the high priest standing before 00:05:08.620 --> 00:05:11.519 the angel of the lord and satan standing at his 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:13.980 right hand to oppose him and the lord said to 00:05:13.980 --> 00:05:17.040 satan the lord rebuke you satan the lord who 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:20.560 has chosen jerusalem rebuke you is this not a 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:23.779 bran plucked from the fire now joshua was clothed 00:05:23.779 --> 00:05:26.100 with filthy garments and was standing before 00:05:26.100 --> 00:05:29.060 the angel then he answered and spoke to those 00:05:29.060 --> 00:05:31.819 who stood before him saying take away the filthy 00:05:31.819 --> 00:05:35.500 garments from him and to him he said see i have 00:05:35.500 --> 00:05:38.379 removed your iniquity from you and i will clothe 00:05:38.379 --> 00:05:41.800 you with rich robes and i said let them put a 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:44.339 clean turban on his head so they put a clean 00:05:44.339 --> 00:05:46.800 turban on his head and they put the cloth on 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:50.269 him and the angel of the lord stood by then the 00:05:50.269 --> 00:05:53.129 angel of the lord admonished joshua saying thus 00:05:53.129 --> 00:05:56.009 says the lord of hosts if you will walk in my 00:05:56.009 --> 00:05:58.769 ways and if you will keep my command then you 00:05:58.769 --> 00:06:01.870 shall also judge my house and likewise have charge 00:06:01.870 --> 00:06:05.269 of my courts i will give you places to walk among 00:06:05.269 --> 00:06:08.910 these who stand here hear o joshua the high priest 00:06:08.910 --> 00:06:12.329 you and your companions who sit before you for 00:06:12.329 --> 00:06:15.709 they are a wondrous sign for behold i am bringing 00:06:15.709 --> 00:06:19.500 forth my servant the branch For behold the stone 00:06:19.500 --> 00:06:22.420 that I have laid before Joshua. Upon the stone 00:06:22.420 --> 00:06:26.220 are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave its inscription, 00:06:26.500 --> 00:06:29.160 says the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:32.240 iniquity of that land in one day. In that day, 00:06:32.300 --> 00:06:34.819 says the Lord of hosts, everyone will invite 00:06:34.819 --> 00:06:38.160 his neighbor under his vine and under his fig 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:43.339 tree. Chapter 4 Now the angel who talked with 00:06:43.339 --> 00:06:46.040 me came back and wakened me, as a man who is 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:48.430 wakened out of his sleep. And he said to me, 00:06:48.509 --> 00:06:51.730 What do you see? So I said, I am looking, and 00:06:51.730 --> 00:06:54.610 there is a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl 00:06:54.610 --> 00:06:58.149 on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with 00:06:58.149 --> 00:07:01.670 seven pipes to the seven lamps. Two olive trees 00:07:01.670 --> 00:07:05.170 are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the 00:07:05.170 --> 00:07:08.350 other at its left. So I answered and spoke to 00:07:08.350 --> 00:07:10.589 the angel who talked with me, saying, What are 00:07:10.589 --> 00:07:13.750 these, my lord? Then the angel who talked with 00:07:13.750 --> 00:07:16.750 me answered and said to me, Do you not know what 00:07:16.750 --> 00:07:20.120 these are? And I said, No, my lord. So he answered 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:22.399 and said to me, This is the word of the Lord 00:07:22.399 --> 00:07:26.240 to Zerubbabel, not by might nor by power, but 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:29.560 by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts. Who are 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:32.360 you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:35.100 shall become a plain, and he shall bring forth 00:07:35.100 --> 00:07:38.959 the capstone with shouts of grace, grace to it. 00:07:39.420 --> 00:07:41.899 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 00:07:42.100 --> 00:07:44.560 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:47.939 of this temple. His hands shall also finish it. 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:50.839 Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has 00:07:50.839 --> 00:07:53.860 sent me to you. For who has despised the day 00:07:53.860 --> 00:07:57.199 of small things? For these seven rejoice to see 00:07:57.199 --> 00:08:00.600 the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. They 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:03.439 are the eyes of the Lord, which scan to and fro 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:06.360 throughout the whole earth. Then I answered and 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:08.660 said to him, What are these two olive trees, 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:12.360 at the right of the lampstand and at its left? 00:08:12.810 --> 00:08:15.009 And I further answered and said to him, What 00:08:15.009 --> 00:08:17.870 are these two olive branches that drip into the 00:08:17.870 --> 00:08:20.790 receptacles of the two gold pipes from which 00:08:20.790 --> 00:08:24.029 the golden oil drains? Then he answered me and 00:08:24.029 --> 00:08:26.850 said, Do you not know what these are? And I said, 00:08:27.009 --> 00:08:30.490 No, my lord. So he said, These are the two anointed 00:08:30.490 --> 00:08:33.809 ones who stand beside the Lord of the whole earth. 00:08:36.049 --> 00:08:39.990 Chapter 5 Then I turned and raised my eyes and 00:08:39.990 --> 00:08:42.669 saw there a flying scroll. and he said to me 00:08:42.669 --> 00:08:45.870 what do you see so i answered i see a flying 00:08:45.870 --> 00:08:49.370 scroll its length is twenty cubits and its width 00:08:49.370 --> 00:08:52.830 ten cubits then he said to me this is the curse 00:08:52.830 --> 00:08:54.970 that goes out over the face of the whole earth 00:08:54.970 --> 00:08:58.230 every thief shall be expelled according to this 00:08:58.230 --> 00:09:01.129 side of the scroll and every perjurer shall be 00:09:01.129 --> 00:09:04.370 expelled according to that side of it i will 00:09:04.370 --> 00:09:07.029 send out the curse says the lord of hosts it 00:09:07.029 --> 00:09:09.269 shall enter the house of the thief and the house 00:09:09.269 --> 00:09:12.779 of the one who swears falsely by my name. It 00:09:12.779 --> 00:09:15.220 shall remain in the midst of his house and consume 00:09:15.220 --> 00:09:18.980 it with its timber and stones. Then the angel 00:09:18.980 --> 00:09:22.120 who talked with me came out and said to me, Lift 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:25.299 your eyes now and see what this is that goes 00:09:25.299 --> 00:09:29.100 forth. So I asked, What is it? And he said, It 00:09:29.100 --> 00:09:31.940 is a basket that is going forth. He also said, 00:09:32.100 --> 00:09:34.360 This is their resemblance throughout the earth. 00:09:34.600 --> 00:09:37.759 Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:40.279 woman sitting inside the basket. Then he said, 00:09:40.669 --> 00:09:43.889 This is wickedness. And he thrust her down into 00:09:43.889 --> 00:09:46.750 the basket, and threw the lead cover over its 00:09:46.750 --> 00:09:49.710 mouth. Then I raised my eyes and looked, and 00:09:49.710 --> 00:09:52.070 there were two women, coming with the wind in 00:09:52.070 --> 00:09:54.610 their wings, for they had wings like the wings 00:09:54.610 --> 00:09:57.330 of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between 00:09:57.330 --> 00:10:00.250 earth and heaven. So I said to the angel who 00:10:00.250 --> 00:10:02.970 talked with me, Where are they carrying the basket? 00:10:03.149 --> 00:10:06.110 And he said to me, To build a house for it in 00:10:06.110 --> 00:10:08.889 the land of Shinar. When it is ready, the basket 00:10:08.889 --> 00:10:14.490 will be set there. on its base. Chapter 6 Then 00:10:14.490 --> 00:10:17.070 I turned and raised my eyes and looked, and behold, 00:10:17.370 --> 00:10:20.269 four chariots were coming from between two mountains, 00:10:20.490 --> 00:10:22.990 and the mountains were mountains of bronze. With 00:10:22.990 --> 00:10:25.970 the first chariot were red horses, with the second 00:10:25.970 --> 00:10:28.549 chariot black horses, with the third chariot 00:10:28.549 --> 00:10:31.789 white horses, and with the fourth chariot dappled 00:10:31.789 --> 00:10:35.210 horses strong steeds. Then I answered and said 00:10:35.210 --> 00:10:37.750 to the angel who talked with me, What are these, 00:10:37.809 --> 00:10:40.370 my lord? And the angel answered and said to me, 00:11:08.669 --> 00:11:11.309 Those who go toward the north country have given 00:11:11.309 --> 00:11:14.129 rest to my spirit in the north country. Then 00:11:14.129 --> 00:11:16.649 the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Receive 00:11:16.649 --> 00:11:19.970 the gift from the captives, from Heldi, Tobijah, 00:11:20.129 --> 00:11:23.909 and Jediah, who have come from Babylon, and go 00:11:23.909 --> 00:11:26.429 the same day and enter the house of Josiah the 00:11:26.429 --> 00:11:29.950 son of Zephaniah. Take the silver and gold, make 00:11:29.950 --> 00:11:32.590 an elaborate crown, and set it on the head of 00:11:32.590 --> 00:11:35.070 Joshua the son of Jehozadak the high priest. 00:11:35.309 --> 00:11:37.850 Then speak to him, saying, Thus says the Lord 00:11:37.850 --> 00:11:40.909 of hosts, saying, Behold, the man whose name 00:11:40.909 --> 00:11:43.970 is the branch, from his place he shall branch 00:11:43.970 --> 00:11:46.649 out, and he shall build the temple of the Lord. 00:11:46.809 --> 00:11:49.789 Yes, he shall build the temple of the Lord. He 00:11:49.789 --> 00:11:52.450 shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule 00:11:52.450 --> 00:11:55.429 on his throne. So he shall be a priest on his 00:11:55.429 --> 00:11:58.250 throne, and the council of peace shall be between 00:11:58.250 --> 00:12:01.960 them both. Now the elaborate crown shall be for 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:05.000 a memorial in the temple of the Lord, for Helim, 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:08.879 Tobijah, Jediah, and Hen, the son of Zephaniah. 00:12:09.299 --> 00:12:12.419 Even those from afar shall come and build the 00:12:12.419 --> 00:12:14.860 temple of the Lord. Then you shall know that 00:12:14.860 --> 00:12:18.039 the Lord of hosts has sent me to you, and this 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:21.179 shall come to pass if you diligently obey the 00:12:21.179 --> 00:12:29.080 voice of the Lord your God. I hope you enjoyed 00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:31.639 today's reading as much as I did and I look forward 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:33.700 to seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our 00:12:33.700 --> 00:12:35.799 journey. God bless you and have a great day.