Scripture Reading : Zechariah 13
Theme : The Death of the Messiah
Cleansing Sin and idols (1-6). In the end times, the fountain of Jesus’ atoning blood will cleanse all the filthy sins of Israel. No one will try to be a fake prophet to deceive others. They will be so spiritual sensitive to sin that even parents will put their children to death for such apostasy as false prophesizing. Everyone’s ultimate loyalty will be to God. Fake prophets would hide themselves and their wounds, which they would inflict on themselves in order to practice the occult.
Salvation through Judgment (7-9). The cleansing of all sins once and for all is through the death of the shepherd—Jesus, who intimately stands close to God in the trinity. Since God is holy and will not acquit the guilty, every penalty due to sin must be paid for; therefore, Jesus must pay for every penalty of justified sinners. Salvation of Israel must be through the substitutionary judgment on the Messiah; therefore, God must strike down the shepherd during His first coming. This was fulfilled in Matthew 26:31. In the end times when the shepherd comes again, He will save one third of Israel. The two-thirds will be destroyed for their evil.
Praying the Scripture
- Prophesizing falsely on behalf of God is a serious sin. So serious that it requires the death penalty in OT time (Deut. 18:20-22). The rampart abuses of the charismatic church is partial due to a low view of prophecies. Some even think it is ok to make wrong prophecies. This is such a gross violation of God’s word that it must be completely rejected. People who prophesy falsely must be church disciplined. God, we pray that you will vindicate your name and rid the church of false prophets who profane your glorious name.
经文：撒迦利亚书13
主题：弥赛亚之死
洗除罪与偶像（1-6）。末日时，耶稣赎罪的宝血将洗除以色列众罪与污秽。无人会试着作假先知欺哄他人。他们会对罪如此敏感，以致作父母的也会因孩子说假预言将他们治死。每个人对神是忠贞不渝的。假先知会隐藏自己及所受的伤，也就是他们在进行邪教仪式时对自己造成的伤害。
藉着审判的救恩（7-9）。罪之所以能一次便得洁净是因为牧人耶稣的死；在三一神的关系中，祂与神非常亲密。既然神是圣洁的，绝不以有罪的为无罪，每一项罪行必然要受处罚，因此耶稣必须为每一个在神面前得以称义的罪人偿还他们所有的罪债。以色列的救赎必须建立在弥赛亚所担当的审判之上，所以神必须在牧人的首次降临时击打祂。这在马太福音26:31应验了。当牧人末日时再度降临，祂会拯救以色列的三分之一。其余的要为自己的罪遭毁灭。
用经文祷告
- 滥用神的名说假预言是一项极为严重的罪。在旧约时代，人可以因此被治死（申18:20-22）。灵恩教会严重滥用预言也是因为他们不晓得预言价值。有人甚至认为说假预言是可以被接受的，但这是对神话语的藐视，必须完全被拒绝。教会必须管教说假预言的人。神啊，我们祈求您能使你的名显为圣，清除教会中亵渎您荣耀之名的假先知。
