Wanna, look at this:
Zech. 13: 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
This proves what we saw… that the third part is the true people of God. True Christians.
Zech.14:14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance….. this is showing the bringing the heathen into salvation. see they are now gold and silver and apparel…means bringing them into being clothed with Christ.
Wanna, I should have posted this part also. did not see it at first:
solid proof:
Zech. 13: 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
V7 proves this is after the crucifixion. See that it said two parts would be cut off and die. but the third part will be saved. this solidly nails it down. This is just so exciting that I am being jumped away from the message that I am working on. but see it all ties together and opens the entire word of God up.
boy, this needs to be a full message. but I went to fix lunch and was pondering what those two parts are that he cut off…. well he showed me… the OT law part, and the NT bottomless pit, harlot church. See this is after they are both cut off and the only ones left ‘standing’ are those who were refined with the FIRE of God, the baptism of the Holy Ghost and Fire and the purifying of the whole self. wow and wow. Praise the Lord for such glorious revelation.
I was thinking, while I ate, on what the ‘apparel ‘ was about. well HE showed me. this is so exciting, my cup truly is running over today…. it is those white robes that Jesus gives to his true people,. the third part. the overcomers after the law thinggie is over and the hore church is over. we who came out of it all and walked with Jesus all the way. not turning to the left or the right.
See, within what was called the heathen was much gold silver and white apparel folks. true people of God. so never but never underestimate anyone.
Zechariah 14
King James Version
14 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.,,.. the Day of the Lord is the day when Jesus is now ruling over this whole earth, and the sinners have been put out of it, forever. before this, it was a time of law-night, and day with was grace… but at the end it will no more be night and day, no night there, but it shall be one eternal Day, the Day of the Lord. It seems bad at times, but that is because We all looked at it carnal. The washing of Baptism, the fire cleansing us of all sin is what we thought was bad. but it is good.