Chapter 11

I. POSITION OF THE ONE BODY IN THE PRESENT STATE

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Zechariah does not aid us here. He was briefly informed, that the two olive branches emptying the golden oil through the two golden pipes into the bowl, were “the two Sons of Oil standing before the Lord of all the earth.” They represented Sons generated by the Golden Oil, or “word of truth” — the “unction from the Holy One, which teacheth of all things, and is the truth” (1 John 2:20,27). They stand before the Lord, al-adon, or before the Ruler of all the earth.

2. The “One Body” the Golden Lightbearer of the Spirit

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Such was the symbolic scene beheld by Zechariah after his symbolic resurrection — two antagonistic powers; the one the Spirit, the other, the mountain-dominion of the world. But, had we no more light thrown upon the subject than granted to the prophet, the truth symbolized would be as inscrutable to us as it was to him. But, happily for them who are “the servants of the Deity sealed in their foreheads” with his seal, the hidden mystery hath been apostolically and apocalyptically reveal­ed.

1. Zechariah’s Symbolism

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In the fourth chapter of Zechariah there is a very remarkable sym­bolic prophecy concerning Zerubbabel and the “great mountain.” In this there is contained a hidden mystery—wisdom concealed, which the prophet confessed he did not understand. The exposition of the eleventh chapter of the apocalypse cannot be satisfactorily unfolded ir­respective of Zechariah’s prophecy; for this portion of John’s is a sym­bolical revelation of the mystery therein contained.

TRANSLATION

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Apoc. 11

1. And there was given to me a reed like a rod: and the angel stood saying, Rise up, and measure the nave of the Deity, and the altar, and those worshipping in it. 2. And the court which is outside of the nave cast away out, and measure it not, for it has been given to the nations; and the Holy City they shall trample forty two months.

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