Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep.  He asked me, “What do you see?”

I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven channels to the lamps. Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”  Zechariah 4:1-3

The emblem of Israel contains a Menorah in its center, two olive branches on both sides of the Menorah and at the bottom the label “Israel”.

Chosen by competition in 1949 as the official symbol for the Jewish Nation.  Does anyone believe that the two Jewish men that submitted this image for ratification did so without full knowledge and reflection upon the Book of Zechariah, and the prophetic Word which God had given him for the end times?  The Jewish people understand the Old Testament, thus this symbol is realization of their reliance upon the coming of Messiah.

Review of Zachariah produces rich, spirit filled language for the Church.  We see mention of the Spirit, then of the capstone (Lord Jesus) and the foundation of the Temple, the Rock of Ages.  Apparently Zachariah is speaking of the Trinity.  As Christians we are confronted with the fact that there are also seven lampstands beside the olive branches which are to be filled with oil (the Holy Spirit), this symbol has widely been accepted as the sign for the mystery of the Church.  We are also left with the symbols of the two olive branches anointed to serve the “Lord of all the Earth”.  Here is a question I will bring to the Holy Spirit in prayer, perhaps you may choose to join me; Are the two olive branches that serve the Lord, the first being Israel the native vine and the second being the saints having been grafted in as a wild branch?

I was reminded this week of the enemy’s desperate and relentless attempts at all cost to destroy the Nation of Israel, by a man claiming to be Christian, emphatically denying the promises that God made to that Nation.  I had to remind him that salvation relies upon God’s Faithfulness not our own.  If even one item, discourse or statement uttered by God could be proven incredulous then it all must be so.  If that were the case then our own salvation would always remain in vacillation and doubt.  Praise God that we can be assured of salvation through evidence, presence and sealing of the Holy Spirit.  We either surrender to the absolute Truth of God’s Word or we surrender to this world’s relativistic mantra, there is no middle ground or third position.  Skeptics of God’s Word who are unwilling to investigate the reason for their doubt have simply decided to disbelieve without the requisite declaration.  If you are Christian and you are either in a church that is teaching doctrine other than that which is stated in God’s Word or are choosing to modify God’s Word via your own self-determined edits then you stand in the dangerous position of conflict with God Himself.  He is either the absolute Truth or He is liar, He is either Trustworthy 100% of the time or He is malleable, Jesus is either God or He is a false.  There is no middle ground in what He has said, especially regarding Israel.  God chose this people for His own reasoning and Glory.  Regardless of their behavior it is upon His Promises to them which we must rely.  Therefore what God has said through His own Word and the Prophets regarding Israel’s punishment, reorganization, trials and Divine Protection is entirely reliable, trustworthy and dependable.  Do not stand in opposition to God by declaring some other reality, for God alone is Sovereign.