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Zechariah 1:20
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‘The Lord showed me four carpenters’ – ‘craftsmen’ is the word: The Hebrew word means craftsmen of any sort. In those days they worked on stone, metal, and wood. Our King James translators in choosing ‘carpenters’ have limited the meaning of the word which is a pity, because they are more likely to be working with other materials besides. The horns would be metal, or something very strong, and probably these craftsmen can use great hammers and chisels on any article of stone, or metal, or wood. In this case they are working on something very hard, which represent the powers that will successively smash the enemies of Judah.
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The enemies of the Lord no matter how powerful will be defeated by very lowly, ordinary people – these blacksmiths. These prophecies begin to be seen as not about earthly combat. We see this today. We have the word of God and preaching, and the world is unable to combat this force. When Israel was a nation state, she was defeated, but in Christ’s spiritual kingdom great spiritual power will come and will not be thwarted.
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