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The SD ASA Annual Umpire school is this weekend at St. Thomas More School in Rapid City.
The clinic registration and welcome will be Friday April 11th from 7:00-9:00 pm. The school will start Saturday morning at 8:00 am. There will be a supper break at 5:30 with the evening session beginning at 7:00. Sunday's schedule is 8:00 am lasting till 1:00 pm. Friday and Saturday night are informal meetings and not mandatory.
Cost for the school will be $70.00 and you may register at the door.
Clinicians will be Jerry Fick from Cincinnati, Dave Maudsley from Sacramento, and Steve Riswold from Sioux Falls, three of ASA's National Staff and top clinicians. Items covered will include rules, mechanics, 1, 2, and 3 man umpiring systems in both fastpitch and slowpitch. For more info call local coordinator Justin Amundson at 605-390-7875.


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State?Knows Best On School Consolidation
Taxpayers love to complain about lack of leadership when they're unhappy with the direction their government takes.
What, then, do we say about what has happened recently with proposed school mergers in Chautauqua County?
A Ripley-Westfield merger proposal emerged in 2006 but was defeated 18 months later. In 2007, a Fredonia-Brocton merger was proposed and similarly failed. Taxpayers on one side or the other couldn't be convinced then that a merger was in their best interest and in the best interest of their children.
Several factors changed following those two failed merger attempts.
The 2008 economic recession led to decreased state aid to schools. After dealing with the reduced aid on the revenue side of the business ledger, schools learned the state was implementing Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2 percent tax cap – a move that further restricted revenues. The cap led schools to begin re-evaluating programs to find ways to cut spending to stay under the cap at the same time the state was making education standards tougher. Many wondered how long schools, long said to be ripe for another round of merger and consolidation, would begin proposing mergers as a way to deal with their dire financial straits.
Ripley Central School, after years of cutting programs, ended up tuitioning its high school students to Chautauqua Lake Central School this year, though that vote was extraordinarily close and prompted a lawsuit by several Ripley residents that is now making its way through the state Education Department. The move saved Ripley some money, but the biggest benefit to Ripley was to students who now have a full compliment of courses at their fingertips that simply weren't available at Ripley.
Westfield and Brocton administrators, meanwhile, saw themselves in much the same situation and decided a merger was appropriate. Both communities face population and student enrollment declines. Both are staring at possible bankruptcy – Westfield in 2018-19 and Brocton possibly by 2017-18. Instructional capacity at both schools has suffered. Yet, after making it through a straw vote, Westfield voters declined the merger on Wednesday.
Many school board members and their school superintendents are thinking in new ways how to solve the problems they face. Panama and Clymer are sharing a superintendent to save money. Ripley officials made a hard decision to tuition students to Chautauqua Lake. Westfield, Brocton, Ripley and Fredonia officials have all gone down the merger path in recent years.
Months of work and discussion and study has gone for naught in these districts because there is a pocket of voters who just can't let go of the way things were. They are swayed by specious arguments about why one community seems to benefit more financially or the equally flimsy "community identity" argument and lose sight of the fact the merged district will provide a better education for the children involved.
Given the struggle we have seen both to tuition students and to combine districts, we wonder what voters are afraid of when they step into the voting booth. Who is failing whom?
Everyone knows declining enrollments, rising costs and tougher standards mean schools must eventually merge. New York has set the stage with cuts in state aid, increasing education standards and the 2 percent tax cap. State officials had to think setting the stage would make the local decision to merge easier.
They were wrong in that assumption.
If consolidation is the answer to what ails school districts, it appears the state will have to force consolidations much as it forced the wave of centralization in the mid-1900s. It appears local taxpayers don't have the stomach to pull the trigger.
After all, you can lead a horse to water. That doesn't mean you can make it drink.


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Felice Varini's site-specific paintings will have you dizzy as they distort your reality by altering your perception. Depending on where you stand or how you look her work, it looks completely different. One moment you are standing in front of a spiral of bright oranges, if you move to a different angle, skewed and broken. Her public works are painted on beams of buildings, walls of galleries, windows, and much more. The artist incorporates the entire space that her work inhabits into clever optical illusions, manipulating your eye into seeing something amazing.
Her eye-popping, bold shapes and vivid colors that she uses in her works make it impossible to ignore if you are lucky enough to spot one. Each shape the artist creates is like a piece to a puzzle that only fits together at the right moment, forcing you to pay attention to your surroundings. Varini's optic art demands that you slow down and take a second to enjoy all that is around you, including her incredible artwork. If you don't, you may just walk right pass it, only catching hints of blues and reds where there should have been squares and triangles. Felice Varini, originally hailing from Switzerland, now lives and works in Paris where she installs many of her brilliant works. (via Ignant)


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And while we're at it... Another mile on the road together with ELUVEITIE!!... We've followed the Swiss Folkmasters on every single one of their European Tours since 2008 and have been supplying live, session, promo, press, private and endorsement pics by the hundreds since the first Paganfest. Merlin SUTTER and Audrey DUJARDIN have collaborated on the drummer's cymbal endorsement deal with ZILDJIAN and on his drumstick endorsement deal with VIC FIRTH. Click on the thumbnail to visit the respective websites.
Another mile on the road together with FINNTROLL... Audrey DUJARDIN has been working with the trolls for years, this time they've collaborated on Beast Dominator's cymbal endorsement deal. Click on the thumbnail to visit the Paiste website.
As previously reported on TERRORIZER.com, Audrey DUJARDIN was following this year's installment of the PAGANFEST on several dates for 2 weeks and has posted a complete report at THIS LOCATION, and a PHOTO REPORT at THIS location.
The line-up this year's PAGANFEST featured FINNTROLL, ELUVEITIE, DORNENREICH, VARG, ARKONA as well as SVARTSOT and ALESTORM on selected dates.
Why is everyone who is anyone in the Heavy Metal music industry flocking to frostbitten Helsinki, Finland in the heart of winter every year around the Valentine's day week end? Where can you meet and greet members of Apocalyptica or Ville from Sentenced, get a drink in a bar with Niclas from Amorphis, have a guitar duel with Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom, watch a drum clinic with Kai Hahto from Swallow the Sun, or a business meeting with Ville Sorvali from Moonsorrow? Where can you get a custom-made ergonomic guitar from Amphisound, merchandise directly from Spinefarm records or information about next year's Tuska festival, and all this in the same building? Only at Finnish Metal Expo.
What town hosts more per-capita rockstars than any other place in the world, where can you start the day at the Liinanmaki amusement park, walk on the beach, go ice-skating, have a picnic on the Suomenlinna islands, enjoy seasonal discounts at Marimekko AND be on time for checking out the dozens of metal bars and karaoke all evening long? Only in Helsinki.
Audrey DUJARDIN from TERRORIZER magazine (UK) together with partner Mitja HARVILAHTI from YLE broadcasting company (Finland) put together a complete metallist's guide to the 2010 instalment of the famous Helsinki Finnish Metal Expo.
This feature takes you straight into the heart of the action. Meet the fans, meet the people behind FME, and meet a selection of some of the most legendary bands in metal with interviews, behind the scenes and live footage of Hypocrisy, Amorphis and Chtonic. Watch a discussion with promoters and managers who run the Finnish metal world with King Foo and Metalheim, find out what makes Finnish guitars so special with Amphisound, listen to Century Media records tell you why they love Finland so much, and why you should go out after work to metal club PRKL, down the road from the main railway station.
In a town plunged in almost complete winter-darkness for months, where the snow falls sideways but where the saunas are always warm and welcoming, you'll understand why so many people want to fly all the way to Kaapelitehdas for three days of rock and metal. Filmed for fans of every kind of metal and even for those who are simply curious, this Terrorizer documentary takes you to places too cool (and too cold) to be left unspoken of.
Click on the thumbnails to access the video then click on FME 2010 to see the FIRST of the two part video.
The papers were signed last night: next week ShutterBLAST will move out of Munich and closer to the airport, into a photo studio. What does this mean on the short term? Simply that we might need a little longer to answer emails and upload documents until everything is settled. On the long term this means:
Bands: bookings for studio are open at the beginning of May!
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Taylor Lake Village Home Property Inspections
A home inspection in Taylor Lake Village, Texas is a major part of your decision to buy a particular house, so choose an inspector wisely. It is important to have confidence in your home inspector. Remember, the inspector works for you. You are paying for a service and should get your money's worth.
Our goal at Space City Inspections is to perform a thorough structural and mechanical Taylor Lake Village inspection, which includes, the electrical, plumbing, and Taylor Lake Village HVAC systems as well as the built in appliances. Building on the form required by the Texas Real Estate Commission, we provide a comprehensive written report that is accurate and complete. The report is provided within 24 hours of the inspection and usually on the same day.
In addition to the normal inspections mentioned above we can also provide Taylor Lake Village inspections of other optional systems such as swimming pool & spa systems, lawn sprinkler systems, boat houses and boat lifts & water well equipment. If you'd like we can arrange for a Taylor Lake Village wood destroying insect (termite) inspection and report.
If your property is close to one of these areas, please call us with your questions. We will be happy to talk with you!Service Area Map: Taylor Lake Village, TX 77586
Cities served include: Alvin , Bacliff, San Leon, Clear Lake Area, South Houston, Pasadena, Deer Park, La Porte, Shoreacres, Hitchcock, Santa Fe, Seabrook, Kemah, Clear Lake Shores, El Lago, Taylor Lake Village, Manvel, Bayou Vista, Tiki Island, Webster, Nassau Bay, League City, Dickinson, Texas City, La Marque, Baytown, Pearland, Friendswood, Morgan's Point, Brookside Village.
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Klayman, the attorney whose case was recently 'dismissed' all the way up to the Alabama Supreme Court has mentioned that the case may be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
While this would certainly please some of the birthers, it seems fair to point out that the issue that remains is extremely narrow and that the Supreme Court would not be interested in hearing about the claims that President Obama is somehow ineligible. As even the dissenting Judge Moore observed, that time has long since passed when he became President Elect.
This well-written and thoughtful opinion by Chief Justice Moore will hopefully give courage to other judges to tell it like it is. Indeed, I have appeals pending in Florida, and the majority decision of the Alabama justices will likely be taken to the U.S. Supreme Court under a petition for writ of certiorari.
Moore told it like it is: It's over… Next time, the Secretary of State is still under no obligation to determine the eligibility of a Presidential Candidate, although she may, in certain cases do so. Alabama and California are on the record, with other states to follow these precedents.
While Klayman may have 'cases on appeal' they too will fail to successfully raise the issues the birthers so desperately are seeking even though the courts, and the Department of Health of Hawaii have ruled, verified and certified as to the eligibility of President Obama.
There is btw no majority decision in this case. But we should wait to see if Klayman figures it out.
Few other judges in this nation have the courage of Chief Justice Moore. The Honorable Royce C. Lamberth, who held the Clintons to account in the late '90s and early 2000s and ruled that Bill Clinton had committed a crime, and Richard J. Leon, who just ruled against the National Security Agency's "almost Orwellian" surveillance on all Americans, are among the most endangered of species.
Ah, Judge Lamberth whose rulings in various cases have all rejected the birther claims. Yes, he too has been very courageous. But perhaps Klayman is confusing courage with ruling in a pleasing manner?
As to Florida, they too ruled that any relief to be found lies with Congress. Good luck to Mr Klayman on that.


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Sunday, September 16, 2012
Monmouth Park Barn Notes for Saturday, September 15, 2012
My Place Anytime. That's the name of the 4-year-old chestnut filly, but it could be the gauntlet she's throwing down at Monmouth Park.
In Sunday's $32,000 allowance/optional claiming race, My Place Anytime shoots for her fifth consecutive win on the main track, and should she be victorious, she'll tie another 4-year-old filly, Winiliscious, for the most wins at the current meet although Winiliscious has won just three straight. Raging Daoust, a 4-year-old gelding, has also won four races in a row during the meet.
"I think she trains herself," said Belsouer, who conditioned Yummy With Butter when he won a pair of Grade 3 races, the Cliffhanger Stakes and the Oceanport Stakes, here in 2011. "You don't have to be a genius to train this kind of horse."
Belsoeur, who emigrated from LaGacilly, France to Canada and worked for American and Canadian Hall of Fame trainer Roger Attfield, among others, before striking out on his own, has a dozen horses in the barn. It's no secret who is the favorite.
"I love her," he said of My Place Anytime. "I love her frame, I love her attitude, and I love her heart. I just hope that I get to keep her."
My Place Anytime was bred in Florida by Monmouth Park leading owner Patricia Generazio. In 15 starts, she has five wins, four seconds and three thirds for career earnings of $90,877. Leading rider Elvis Trujillo, who has been in the irons for all of My Place Anytime's victories this year, gets the call again on Sunday.
Chuck Spina, the trainer of Winiliscious, might give her the opportunity to win six races here this season. He said that he may try the filly going a route of ground against non-winners of two other than company before the meet ends on October 7.
There's nothing better than having a good 2-year-old in the barn. That is, unless there are two of them.
Chuck Spina, who has owned and trained horses at Monmouth for 42 years, is high on a pair of juveniles and with good reason. Captain Derek, whom he named after New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter, broke his maiden at second asking recently and Briteliteinthecity, a Kentucky-bred son of City Zip, shows promise of getting to the winner's circle when he runs here on Sunday.
"I'm a big Yankees fan and I always name my horses after them," said Spina. "I've got Mo's Rivera named for (All-Star reliever) Mariano Rivera and Mo's Cutter, named for his signature pitch. Captain Derek is by Brother Derek, so that was an obvious choice for his name."
When Captain Derek crossed under the wire first in the maiden special ranks at 5 ½ furlongs on September 2, he became the first winner for Kentucky freshman sire and 2006 Triple Crown campaigner Brother Derek.
"I can't wait to send him long," said Spina, who purchased the colt with Gayle and Joseph Ioia for $32,000 at the Ocala Breeders Sale this past April. "His daddy won the Santa Anita Derby and all his money going long, and the longer this colt goes the better he'll be. Just like his namesake, Captain Derek is very handsome and very athletic. Right now he couldn't be doing any better. He's awesome."
The chestnut gelding, who is out of the Thunder Gulch mare Thunder Serenade, underwent his early lessons and initial training at New Castle Farm in Ocala, Florida, which is owned by former longtime Monmouth trainer J.J. Crupi. Briteliteinthecity, who is also owned by Spina and the Ioias, shares the same upbringing.
Briteliteinthecity is still a maiden after three starts at Monmouth in July and August but his trainer thinks that can change in Sunday's second race.
"He's a really nice two-year-old, too," said Spina, who got both of the geldings from Crupi's consignment at the OBS sale. "His first time out, he got into a lot of trouble and had to be steadied, then he got into more trouble in his next two starts."
On Sunday, Joe Bravo will ride Briteliteinthecity for the first time.
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A top Senate Republican predicted the GOP's fight against the EPA's "war on coal" won't lead to a government shutdown.
Republican Conference Chairman John Thune of South Dakota predicted Thursday that a proposal from Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to effectively halt the EPA's regulation of carbon emissions from existing power plants won't go away.
But Thune didn't think there was any appetite to threaten a government shutdown over climate change rules or any other issue in October, just before the 2014 mid-term elections.
"No Republican is talking about using that as leverage to shut the government down," he said. "I don't think anybody — we've got a budget number that's been put in place now that we're operating under and any continuing resolution that gets adopted this year, I assume, would meet that number." Republicans are still split over their decision to shut down the government in 2013 in a failed attempt to defund the Affordable Care Act — but leaders clearly aren't eager for a replay.
That said, Republicans plan to keep demanding a vote on the EPA amendment.
"I think any legislation that's brought to the floor ... The Democrat leader of the majority should assume that Republicans are going to try and get a vote on that amendment. It's incredibly important in a lot of states," Thune said. "I represent a state where coal-fired power is a very big part of our energy mix and this is going to dramatically diminish coal-fired power in this country. In fact, I think the goal of the administration and the EPA is to just completely wipe out coal-fired power, and it is a reliable, affordable energy source. Probably the best one that we have right now."
The amendment, floated by McConnell, is particularly important to the coal mining region of eastern Kentucky in his home state. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has signaled a willingness to hold such a vote with a 60-vote threshold, or with other amendment restrictions that have been unpalatable to Republicans.
Both sides agree that amendment would've been crafted in a way germane to a minibus spending package that was parked last week. Such a vote might very well only require a simple majority.
"It's important to a lot of our members, and I think it's important to a lot of Democrats which is why Sen. Reid I don't think wants to have it voted on on the floor, or for that matter even at the committee level," Thune said during an interview for a Sunday appearance on C-SPAN's "Newmakers."
"I think you have to assume that any significant legislative vehicle that moves across the Senate floor in the foreseeable future, there will be an attempt ... to at least get a vote on, on this EPA issue," Thune said. "So, stay tuned on that. We'll see what happens, but it's awfully important to the economic vitality of a lot of states around this country and to the pocketbooks of a lot of middle income Americans."


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Springfield -- On December 11th, 2014, the Governor's Green Governments Coordinating Council awarded 19 state agencies and public institutions Green Governments Awards in recognition of outstanding environmental leadership and innovative sustainability accomplishments.
Congratulations to these 2014 award recipients on their work in making Illinois a more Green State!
In addition, the GGCC is happy to announce the release of the 2014 Annual Report. The report celebrates state agencies accomplishments in sustainability and highlights areas that require more attention in 2015.
Chicago - Governor Pat Quinn today announced an investment of $1 million to establish a network of charging stations for electric vehicles along historic Route 66 through Illinois. The network will support commuter and tourist driving for the growing electric vehicle (EV) sector. Today's announcement is part of Governor Quinn's agenda to drive Illinois toward a sustainable future.
"We are building a 21st century infrastructure across Illinois and we need to make sure that it is sustainable for future generations," Governor Quinn said. "This new project exemplifies Illinois' place as the innovation capital of the Midwest, with cutting-edge business practices that create jobs and encourage sustainability."
Oglesby - Governor Pat Quinn today announced the acquisition of a 51-acre parcel of land adjacent to Starved Rock State Park that will provide additional wildlife space and serve as a buffer to protect the park. The Governor also announced wildlife habitat land acquisition in Edgar, Woodford and Jackson Counties and improvement projects at state parks operated by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). Today's announcement is part of Governor Quinn's agenda to protect our natural areas and expand outdoor activities for the people of Illinois.
"Starved Rock State Park is one of our most beautiful natural areas, and this property acquisition will protect the land we have while increasing the space available for state park users to enjoy," Governor Quinn said. "In addition, the investments in central, eastern and southern Illinois will greatly expand wildlife habitat in these regions and ensure that generations to come will be able to enjoy Illinois' great outdoors."
Deerfield - Governor Pat Quinn today signed the U.S. Department of Energy's "Workplace Charging Challenge Pledge" which aims to increase the number of employers offering workplace electric vehicle (EV) charging stations by 2018. The Governor's action will increase EV charging stations at state facilities, which will help reduce harmful emissions, improve the environment and protect our state's natural resources.
"We are building a world-class infrastructure in Illinois and that includes making sure our vehicles are energy efficient," Governor Quinn said. "This pledge will encourage employers across Illinois to consider the benefits of electric vehicles and help make Illinois a cleaner, healthier place to live and work."
Chicago - Governor Quinn announced Stair Week at the kick-off of the 2nd Annual BUILDINGChicago/Greening the Heartland Conference on Monday, September 29th. The Governor encouraged the use of stairs instead of elevators, keeping with Illinois' commitment to citizens' health and well-being and a more sustainable, energy-efficient environment.
Schools, county health departments, businesses, and community organizations, such as the YMCA and United Way, strongly support Stair Week, recognizing its health benefits. Taking the stairs is safe and accessible exercise that helps individuals attain overall fitness which, in turn, reduces the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, and other diseases.
The public policy of the State and the duty of each person is to provide and maintain a healthful environment for the benefit of this and future generations.
- Illinois Constitution, Article XI
The public policy of the State and the duty of each person is to provide and maintain a healthful environment for the benefit of this and future generations.
- Illinois Constitution, Article XI


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Take your Bible if you will and turn with me to Zechariah Chapter 3. Zechariah 3:1-10 brings us to the next vision in the visions of Zechariah. One of the greatest promises recorded in the Bible is recorded in the 11thChapter of Romans and in Romans Chapter 11 several places I want to call your attention to what the Spirit of God has to say. In Romans 11:1, "I say then hath God cast away His people? No, no, not at all. God forbid." Verse 2, "God hath not cast away His people whom He foreknew." Then over to verse 25, "For I would not brethren that you be ignorant of this mystery lest you should be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved. As it is written there shall come out of Zion the deliverer and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. This is my covenant unto them when I shall take away their sins. As concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sakes, but as touching the election they are the beloved for the Father's sakes, for the gifts and calling of God are without repentance."
Now what Paul is saying in that wonderful reiteration of the promise of God in the 11thChapter of Romans is that God has not changed toward Israel, toward the people, which He predetermined to love, for His elect nation, He will save them. His promise is valid and will not change. So there is coming salvation to Israel through the deliverer that comes out of Zion, none other than the Messiah, the Christ. The great restoration of Israel then is a reality. God has indeed made this promise and it's kind of interesting, I think, to believe alive when we're alive because we can begin to see some things happening in history that make it all the more believable.
In 1897, for example, the first Zionist congress was convened at Basel. The first colony had arrived in the land of Palestine by 1873 and by 1914 there were 90,000 Jews in the land. And everything went very well. It became a popular place to be and colonization occurred. Then in 1941 World War II hit and six million Jews were exterminated and some people thought it was the end, but it wasn't, because here we are in 1977 and more than ever they're in the land. And something over 14 million of them around the world, they're being re-gathered as the preliminaries to God's final restoration of His people take place before our very eyes. God has a marvelous future for God's special people Israel. And no book of the Bible makes it more clear what this future is than the book of Zechariah. God gives eight visions to Zechariah beginning in Chapter 1 verse 7, and we've been looking at these eight visions. And all eight of them concern Israel's future restoration. Oh yes, they have an historical meaning as well, they relate to the time in which they were penned, but they have a future significance also. They are all millennial or kingdom, or messianic as well as being historical.
And we've been looking at these visions beginning with the first and the second and the third and tonight we come to the fourth of these eight visions. And just to remind you that in the first three visions the purpose of God was revealed in three areas: the people will be restored, the enemies will be judged, and the city will be built. That was primarily it. In fact in summing that up we would say that the first three visions dealt with the externals. They dealt with the physical elements, the restoring of the people, the building of the city, and the judgment of the enemies. Now that had an historical significance in the time of Zechariah, but has a prophetic significance way into the future that is far more exciting, far more fulfilling yet to come.
But a crucial question arises after the third vision, at least in the mind of anyone who studies carefully because history tells us that the reason God sent them into captivity was because of their sinfulness. And while they were in captivity there wasn't necessarily any great sweeping revival, although there was some beginnings of revival. They came back to the land, which is still rubble for all intense and purposes by Zechariah's time and the efforts to rebuild the temple are moving along a little faster now, but there isn't much progress there and the people are somewhat discouraged and somewhat despairing and somewhat wondering whether their country will ever be what it once was, and ever again know the glories of Solomon. And God comes along and says in those first three visions, "I want to comfort you with the promise your city will be rebuilt, your people will be restored, your enemies will be judged both now and in a great future fulfillment.
But the question that immediately arises is how can God do this to a sinful people? Are there no conditions involved? How can a holy God restore a sinful unbelieving people and be consistent with His own righteous character in so doing? Well the fourth vision answers that question.
That's precisely the juncture at which we come to the fourth vision in Chapter 3. And here we have the transformation of the nation Israel from sinfulness to righteousness that allows God to fulfill His covenant promise. God is going to save Israel. God is going to rebuild and restore Israel. God is going to judge the enemies of Israel in the great final conflagration that is known as Armageddon, but that can't happen. God' can't move in to fulfill His covenant until such a time as Israel's righteousness occurs. And so there has to be salvation in the land before there's going to be restoration to the land. And that's precisely what is discussed in the fourth vision, the third chapter.
In Exodus 19:6 we read these words: "And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation." God says you're going to be a holy nation and you're going to be a kingdom of priests. That is you're going to be the connection between God and man. You're going to be the priestly nation. As a priest connected God to man, a priestly nation connects humanity to God. Israel was to be the channel through which God's word came to man, through which access to God was made available. They were the preaching, proclaiming, witnessing nation. They were to be a holy nation, a kingdom of priests, but that promise in verse 6 is predicated on verse 5, so that Exodus 19:5, says, "If you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant." As long as Israel was obedient, as long as Israel was faithful to the promise then Israel was a priest nation and Israel was a holy nation.
Once again in the future, it's exciting to think about Israel will be a holy nation. Israel will be God's priests in the world, but it won't be until they obey His voice and until they keep His covenant. And it won't be the old covenant then; it'll be, what, the new covenant. They haven't done this. They haven't done it today. Israel is not a religious nation. I would have to say that I doubt whether been in a more irreligious nation in my life than Israel. It's an irreligious nation. They're god is the god of armies, the god of strength, the god of surprise, the god of might, the god of racial identity, which is the big thing, but not the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and not the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and so for a time Israel is not God's priest nation. In fact it has been replaced by the church and now the liaison between the world and God is the church and we are priests. That's the marvelous message of I Peter, that we are the ones who take people to God, I Peter 2:5. We are a holy priesthood, I Peter 2:9. We are a royal priesthood. We are the ones now who stand for God in the world, not Israel, but the day is coming when the church is raptured and after the church is raptured God redeems Israel and Israel becomes again a holy nation, a priest nation, and who is it in the tribulation that goes out to evangelize? It is 144 thousand Jews, 12,000 from every tribe and they again are restored to the place of being God's priest nation. It's coming.
That's precisely what Zechariah wants to talk about here and he wants to show us how the transformation takes place from ungodliness to godliness, from sin to righteousness. Now this is important in the time of Zechariah because the Jews knew they had sinned. And it's for sure that they feared that there was no basis for which God was to bless them because of their sin. They knew that God couldn't tolerate vile evil faithless hearts. And they knew they were guilty and no doubt they were questioning well it's all wonderful Zechariah, these visions about what God is going to do, but how can He do it for a sinful people? And Zechariah's answer comes in the fourth vision where God shows him that God isn't going to do it with a sinful people, He's going to save that sinful people, transform them and then do it.
Now there are five elements in this that I want you to see and we'll alliterate them so you'll hopefully remember them: the divine choice, the divine condemnation, the divine cleansing, the divine covenant and lastly but not least, the divine Christ. And you'll notice that each one is divine. Each one involves God because the only personality in the universe that can ever transform anybody is God. It's all Him from beginning to end.
Let's begin at the divine choice, fascinating vision. You're going to enjoy this. Verse 1: "He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him." Now stop there for a minute. Now here we see Joshua the high priest. Now he's having another vision. He showed me, he can refer to interpreting angel again, or some say to the angel of the Lord either one, but another time he has pointed to a vision and this time he sees Joshua the high priest. Now don't confuse this with Joshua who led the children of Israel into the land. That's a whole different thing, different Joshua. Joshua the high priest here is mentioned in Haggai 1:1 and he's mentioned in Ezra 5:2, and he's mentioned later in Zechariah 6:11. So he's a very common name. He was actually the current high priest at that time. It is indicated in Haggai that he is the high priest, the son of Johozadak, and Johozadak was one of the contemporaries of Zerubbabel, who when they came back from the Babylonian captivity had led some of the people. So Johozadak was the one who came back with Zerubbabel and here his son Joshua is the high priest at the time of Zechariah.
But notice, as we look at Joshua the high priest we're seeing more than Joshua because in a vision, just like the rider on the red horse was a symbol, and the hammerers and the horns and everything else has had significance much broader than just its own identity, so Joshua is a much broader symbol. In fact Joshua stands for Israel. He is the nation Israel. You say, "Where do you get that?" Well let me give you four reasons. Reason number one that I believe he refers to Israel here is because in the other seven visions they all have a broad bearing on the nation. None of them has a relationship to one man, so that in this situation it is consistent with all of the rest that this individual symbolize the nation. And by the way, as a high priest himself, he was totally insignificant. His only significant comes as he's identified in this way.
Secondly, the high priest is always known as the representative of the people. When the high priest goes into the Holy of Holies on Yam Kippur, the day of atonement and makes atonement, he is acting in behalf of the whole nation. He is identified as if he were the whole people. For them he prayed, for them he sacrificed, and what happens to him happens to the nation. And as we see the vision move along we'll see this.
Third reason is that where it talks about Joshua in verse 1, it immediately switches and talks about Jerusalem in verse 2 and Jerusalem is one of God's favorite titles for His people Israel. He calls them by the name of their city, so that in verse 2 He says O Satan is rebuked, even the Lord rebukes you who has chosen Jerusalem, not chosen Joshua. In fact Joshua just kind of fades away and is identified as Jerusalem in the next verse.
And also the key is the fourth reason verse 8, "And hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows who sit before thee, for they are men wondered at." The Hebrew word means they are symbolic; they are symbols. We will see that in a minute. So Joshua and the other priests are symbols. They are symbols of what, of the nation that Joshua represents.
Now then here we see in the scene this high priest symbolizing Israel. He is standing before the angel of the Lord, and who is that? It's Christ, second person of the Trinity called, incidentally very wonderful truth here, the angel of the Lord in verse 2 is just called Jehovah, which is wonderful to know that the angel of the Lord was Christ and was none other than God Himself. And incidentally the angel of the Lord is also involved in the act of forgiving sin in verse 4, which means again that He is deity. So then here we see Joshua the high priest representing Israel standing before the angel of the Lord and the angel of Jehovah all through these visions always standing next to Israel because He's deliverer and He's Israel's protector and He is the one who will return as the deliverer out of Zion in Paul's words in Romans 11, to save His people, only then not in the form of the angel of the Lord, but in the form of the Lord Jesus Christ. And so again the people are encouraged because standing by is the angel of the Lord. And remember I told you they hadn't heard a thing about the angel of the Lord for at least two hundred years and now he's back. Our protector is back; our deliverer is back wanting to encourage them.
Now terms standing before are very interesting. Here is Joshua standing before the angel of the Lord. You might not think that is so interesting, but let me explain something. Those terms right there in the Hebrew are used to describe priestly function. In fact in Deuteronomy 10:8, in Judges 20:28, Ezekiel 44:15, and II Chronicles 29:11, I know you didn't get those, but they'll be on the tape, in those verses, in those verses the same exact word is used to describe a priestly function. So here is Joshua and he's just doing his priestly thing. He is ministering as the high priest before Jehovah. In fact if you look closely he is actually ministering to the angel of the Lord and that's exciting because again it vindicates the fact that the angel of the Lord is none other than the second person of the Trinity who's none other than Jehovah Himself. In fact in Revelation 19:10, when John tried to worship an angel what did the angel said, "Get up and worship only God." And so here is this priest ministering to God the second person of the Trinity, the angel of the Lord none other than Christ.
Now there's somebody else in the scene, of course, the end of the verse, "And Satan standing at His right hand to resist Him." There's another character here, Satan. Interesting thing about the word Satan, in the Hebrew it means adversary and the actual phrasing is with a definite article, the adversary, the Satan. And the literal Hebrew reads this way: and Satan and the Satan standing at His right hand to satanize Him. Or the adversary standing there to be adverse, to fight, to resist. You know Satan has been in the business of doing this, hasn't he? Satan's up there saying to God, "Why do you have anything to do with this crummy bunch for, these filthy people, these vile sinful people? Always accusing Satan, the adversary, the accuser. In Job Chapter 1, he enters into the presence of God doesn't it and starts saying, "You don't have any righteous people." Satan, for some reason in God's plan, this great angelic super human adversary can enter into God's presence and there plead against God's people. And there he is doing it. And he's opposing and he's resisting Joshua. Satan, the once archangel of God who fell through pride amazingly still permitted to enter God's presence and make his accusation, but he won't always be, read Revelation 12:10 and it tells you that he gets kicked out of heaven. The time of the tribulation he's kicked out, that's all, God's heard enough, had enough, it's over. But the malicious enemy stands and he's proclaiming to God Israel's unworthiness and he's telling God that they don't deserve anything, you don't want to redeem these people, you want to set them aside.
Now listen, here is Joshua and he's ministering to the Lord and he represents his people and his people are bowing even though their sinful, they're beginning to make a move toward God and Satan is saying, "but you don't want that crummy bunch," and beloved the situation is very crucial because what happens here is absolutely definitive. If Joshua gets vindicated and Joshua's priestly function is accepted then Israel is accepted. But if Joshua is condemned and cast off then Israel is cast off so we're right at the crux right here. This is where the covenant theologians and the dispensationalists meet. Something's got to give. Either Israel gets it in the neck and gets blasted or blessed. The issue is not a person but the nation. The entire plan of God for history hinges right on that thought. What's going to happen?
I remember reading Dr. Fineberg's commentary here and being Jewish he went on and on about this. He set the stage for the kill. The angel of the Lord is about to speak. What is he going to say? You're rejected or you're accepted. Verse 2. "And the Lord said to Satan, 'The Lord rebuke you, O Satan, even the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you.' And here you can see Joshua all of a sudden gets turned into Jerusalem and now we understand of whom he speaks. "Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?" Well guess who won? God vindicated Israel. No He didn't set them aside. Not at all. God still has a plan for His people. That plan has not been obviated. That plan has not been set aside. That plan has not been done away with. Why in the 12thof Revelation that whole Chapter describes the future of God dealing with Israel, how even in the tribulation time He's going to protect those people, how when the armies of the beast chased them into the wilderness the ground will open up and swallow the whole foreign army. No, God said, "I rebuke you, Satan." I don't hear your accusation because these are My people. They have been chosen.
But you notice that it says in the beginning of verse 2, you have Joshua, the angel of the Lord and Satan. And then it says, "And the Lord said to Satan." This is the angel of the Lord, but notice what he says, "and the Lord said to Satan, 'the Lord rebuke you, Satan.'" Now how many Lords have we got there? How many? Two? People say well you certainly can't find the Trinity in the Old Testament. Oh? There's two of them. "And the Lord said, 'The Lord rebuke you.'" That is the second person of the Trinity passing on the ultimate responsibility for judgment to the first person. Somehow in the wonderful workings of the Trinity they all have their area. And at this point in time it was for the Son to ask the Father to do the rebuking. The Lord rebuke you.
Incidentally I would add an interesting note. I was studying and I'm not that much of a Hebrew scholar, but just barely enough to get by, and I noted that the Lord rebuke thee is best translated as a future tense. The Lord shall rebuke you. Now that's interesting. It's a future. And you know the Lord is going to rebuke Satan in the future, did you know that? Read the 20thChapter of Revelation. The Lord's going to take Satan and cast him into a pit for a thousand years in chains, going to let him loose for a little while, sort of a last gasp, and then He's going to cast him into the Lake of Fire prepared for him. He's going to get it and he knows it. People say, "Well if he knows it why does he fight?" Wouldn't you? But I like to remind him of it now and then. And in a sense the historical element here is that Satan was rebuked in history because they did build the wall, they did built the temple, there was a restoration there, but that can't begin to see what's going to happen in the future. What does he identify here? He says, "Even the Lord who hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke you." You see that's the key. God is immutable. God is sovereign. God has chosen and that doesn't change. Whenever people ask me why I believe still in the restoration of Israel I simply say it's all founded on the character of God. God doesn't change and when God chooses the calling and election of God is without what repentance. It doesn't change. Israel is not set aside. I'm glad that that side won in this little deal here in Chapter 3, because the whole of human history was dependent on the way that little thing turned.
And then to supply a reason, I love this, the Lord says to Satan, and the Lord puts him down all the time, the Lord said to him, "Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?" What do you mean by that? Well a stick grabbed before it could be consumed in a fire? It's a phrase used in Amos 4:11, "I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and you were like a firebrand plucked out of the burning." Well God did pluck some people out of the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah, didn't he? He saved some folks. It means someone being rescued from a dangerous situation and he's saying to them, "Look you are in Babylon. You're right in the fire." You're right in the middle of it. This is the historical aspect, you are in the middle of the fire and I brought you back. Do you think I brought you back here to cast you off? He says to Satan, "Do you think I brought them back here to cast them away? Do you think I brought them back here to have you give me this big argument about their sinfulness and then buy what you're selling Me and say all right you're done with?" Listen if I pluck a brand out of a fire I do it because I want to keep that brand, that stick. I could have let them die in Babylon if that was all. I wasn't going to bring them over here to make them die. If I was going to leave them alone I'd just left them there. One of the strong arguments of dispensational theology, or that which allows for the assignment of Israel is the fact that God bothered to bring them back out of captivity. Why did He bother to do that unless He had a future for them? That's exactly what He's saying here. And even Joshua the high priest who is kind of the symbol here had had a narrow escape in the exile. His grandfather's name was Seraiah, and in II Kings Chapter 25, it tells us that Seraiah his grandfather was killed by Nebuchadnezzar. His father, that I mentioned earlier, Johozadak was dragged off as a prisoner in I Chronicles Chapter 5, so both of his, his father and his grandfather had known some terrible times, persecution, and fire. And anybody who survived the exile could be considered a brand plucked out of the fire.
And so as Joshua was brought back when neither his father or grandfather was so fortunate, so he represents the nation brought back, a small remnant indicating that God is not finished with Israel that there is yet plan, an ultimate purpose.
And I think there's a future element in that statement of a brand plucked out of the fire, 'cause that fire might represent all the persecution of the Jews throughout history. Someday when God gets them back in the land and they're wonderfully saved and they become His holy nation and they become His priest nation again God can say and this is a brand plucked out of the fire because they've been in the fires of persecution all through the years, haven't they? And you see the whole point here is that God's salvation of Israel is based on a divine choice. I have chosen Jerusalem, not because they're better, not because they're more intelligent, but because God chose them.
Now that brings us to the second part of the vision: divine condemnation. Look at verse 3, most fascinating. Now we get a better look at the high priest. And he is clothed with literally excrement-covered clothes, and stood before the angel. Now that's a strange scene. He is standing there and he is clothed but his clothes are filthy. Just to show you how filthy they are the root word for filthy here, the root verb means to go forth and it's speaking of human waste, which goes forth from the body, and it is that that is all over his garments, dirty and smelly. Now that's a pretty ugly scene. You say, "What is the high priest doing like that?" You know what that is? That is the filth of Israel's sin that has spotted them as God's priestly nation. You want a good idea of what God thinks about sin? Try that one. That's what He thinks about it. You see the sins of the people have splattered all over their clothes. They are foul, they are smelly, and you know the very fact that Joshua never says a single word in the whole vision indicates that there's no argument. Guilt. And Satan must feel so secure in his accusation, but the point is he underestimates God's grace doesn't he? And people today say the same thing. They say, "Well look at Israel. They forfeited everything. Look at their excrement spattered garments. God set them aside. God is done with them. The church is the new Israel and I say well wait a minute. I think you just underestimated God's grace. You say, "Well how in the world is God going to deal graciously when the priests look like that?" Well I would suggest the first thing would be a divine cleansing and that's point three. We've got to clean that guy up.
Verse 4, point three, verse 4. Here we go. "And He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him," and incidentally He is Jehovah and those who stood before Him are whom? Who stands before Jehovah to do His work? Angels. "So he said to his angels, 'Take away those excrement covered clothes from him' and unto him he said, 'Behold I've caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I'll clothe thee with a change of raiment.'" Wait a minute. You can't just do that. You can't just say you know those sins I've just forgiven them all. Don't I have to do anything? No, I just did that for you. That's sovereignty. That's marvelous grace. That's undeserved grace. That's mercy. Nothing of human works; only God can say I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee. Well that's amazing. Take away the filthy garments. I just cleaned you and I got a whole new change of raiment for you. You know what God is saying to Israel? He's saying, look you know how I'm going to be able to make you My holy nation again? You know how I'm going to be able to make you My priest nation again? I'm going to regenerate you; that's what I'm going to do. I'm going to clean you up. I don't know about you but I can get excited about what's going to happen in Israel. I wish I could get them to understand what's going to happen to them when God's Spirit comes and saving grace.
The key thing, I love it, at the end of verse 4, "I'll clothe thee with change of raiment." Literally the Hebrew says I'll put on you festival garments. Let me give you a little history. The high priest had some interesting clothes. You know get into Exodus 28, Leviticus Chapter 8 and some of those places, particularly Exodus 28. You read a lot about the priest clothes. Let me give you a little idea, little bit of high priestly fashion here. Basically the high priest wore some linen things. He had a just your basic linen outfit, right? Linen pants and a linen coat. Nothing fancy, but it was white and it represented purity and so forth. Well undoubtedly that's what he was wearing as he was there in the vision in verse 1. He had on his linen. It was filthy, just vile and the Lord said, "Get rid of it you angels and I got a whole change of raiment for him."
Now the priest also had what were called his holy garments for glory and beauty. In Exodus 28 and Leviticus 8, it talks about they were made of gold, real gold, beautiful blue cloth, purple scarlet fine linen. There were onyx stones engraved with the twelve tribes of Israel, there was a breastplate with twelve precious stones and inscriptions on that, there was a fantastic turban on his head, some thing that was wrapped on his head and on the front had a gold plate and you remember what it said? It said holiness unto the Lord. I mean that's some kind of outfit. Fantastic! And he says, "Look get rid of that old dirty stuff. I'm going to put on his robes of glory and beauty and his holiness to the Lord hat." And right now Zechariah can't stand it any longer and he jumps into the vision and verse 5, "And I said, 'Well let them set a clean hat on his head.'" Do it is what he's saying. Do the whole shot, give him every bit of it. Zechariah just gets right in there.
You want to hear something? On the Day of Atonement when Aaron went in to offer the sacrifices, listen, he wore his simple linen outfit and when atonement had been made he came out and put on his festival garments. See, so the Lord is saying I'm going to make atonement for them and when atonement is over I'm going to put on their festival clothes. That's the kingdom, folks. That's what God has planned for His people. It's exciting. You see God is going to clean His people up. Marvelous salvation, holiness to the Lord! They're going to be His priests again. Israel will be the high priestly nation, their place of priesthood will return. And you know what I like, verse 5, "So they set a clean turban on his head and they clothed him with garments," and I love this statement, "And the angel of the Lord stood by." And I would like to add, comma, smiling.
You see he was approving, wasn't he? Why did they say, "And the angel of the Lord stood by?" Just so everybody knew this was what was right. Don't you think it will be a great day for Christ when He sees the people that turned their back on Him turn their face to Him? Don't you think it will be an exciting day for Him when He recognizes that they will look on Him with love, whom they once look on with hatred? The angel of the Lord stood by. A divine choice, a divine condemnation, but a divine cleansing leads to a divine covenant.
Number four: the divine covenant. This is easy. Look at this one, verse 6. "And the angel of the Lord protested unto Joshua saying," and the word protested is probably not the best translation. It's not as if he's arguing with him. He's simply giving testimony to him. He said this: "Thus says the Lord of armies, the Lord of hosts, if thou wilt walk in My ways, if thou wilt keep My charge, then thou shalt also judge My house and keep My courts and I'll give thee places to walk among these who stand by." Now you can't believe how wonderful that is.
Now listen, he says to Joshua, or to the nation Israel, now listen I got two conditions. I just made you a wonderful promise about cleansing, but there are two conditions coming your way. I told you it was because of My sovereignty and because of My choice, but mark this people, throughout the Bible salvation is always a matter of God's sovereignty and man's response, always. And it isn't saying you just stand around until it happens guys. No, God has chosen, it will happen, and it will happen when you walk in My ways and keep My charge. You see. There is a covenant here, and then I will do. So notice first of all two conditions: number one if you walk in My ways. What does that mean? What are God's ways? What does it mean to walk in God's ways? I can simplify it; to be like God. He says when you begin to live like Me, live a life like Me. You're saying, "That's a little difficult." Yes, but from our vantage point is that possible? Humanly speaking no, but for the Christian with the indwelling Spirit, yes. Paul said, "Be followers of me as I am of Christ." In the day when Israel receives the indwelling Spirit and can pattern their life after God they will begin to fulfill their part of the covenant of being like Him.
And the second element is, the second condition, "and keep my charge," and that means a faithful performance of obedience to His will. So when Israel becomes like God and obedient to God that's the condition upon which the cleansing takes place. From God's sovereignty it's going to happen, but it's going to happen when God graciously moves on the hearts of His people and they turn to Him and they receive salvation, the Spirit of God indwells them, they have a new capacity to be like God and a new desire to obey His will. And then He says I'm going to give you two wonderful blessings, blessing number one: you can judge My house and keep My courts. In other words you will get back where you belong as My priest nation. You'll come back into My house and you'll take care of My house. You'll be My priestly nation. If you study the Old Testament and study anything about the kingdom, the millennial kingdom, who is it that brings the people to Christ during the kingdom? It's Israel isn't it? It's Israel that brings the nations into the presence of God. Its Israel that serves as the priests. Even in the tribulation who has sealed on it's forehead twelve thousand tribes to go out and convert so many Gentiles that they can't even be numbered from every people and tongue and tribe and nation. It's going to be Israel the priest nation. Israel's going to go back into the temple and going to be His priests again as it were, going to be the one that brings men to God. They're going to keep His courts and judge His temple.
And then secondly, this is beautiful: "I'll give you places to walk among those who stand by, or these who stand by." Who were the ones who stood by God to do His bidding? Angels. So he says I'm going to let you roam the places where the angels roam. Now what's that talking about? That's talking about the eternal state, isn't it? You're not only going to be special, as my priest nation, but when that's all over you're going to come be with me and roam My heavens like My angels do.
Now if you know any Jewish people would you please pass this on? This is wonderful. Exciting! But it's a covenant you see because you see at the beginning of 7, if, and you see again if, and then you see then. You see it's a covenant. God will keep His promise. Israel will be fully reinstated as His priestly nation, serve His house and keep His courts, and have free access to His presence like the angels do forever, but it doesn't mean that they don't have to respond to God, because they do, and they will.
Now I want to stop here for a minute and I want to tell you something wonderful. To me this is the most beautiful picture of the gospel just as a parallel, because look at it. It shows the sinners filthy rags of unrighteousness, doesn't it? And Isaiah said, "All our righteousness is as, what, filthy rags. We see the sinner filthy and then all of a sudden we see the angel of the Lord Jesus Christ come in, takes away the filthy garments, gives them a new robe of righteousness, a marvelous transformation takes place. That sinner is plucked from the burning of hell, as it were, cleansed with salvation and then offered a life of service to God, as a priest, and the promise of eternally being the dwelling of God. What a tremendous, tremendous message. So the divine choice, the divine condemnation, the divine cleansing, the divine covenant, and listen lastly the one who makes it all possible, the divine Christ. Without Him none of it could happen.
Who is going to do this? A Jew might be standing there and Zechariah is telling them about the vision, and he's but who is going to do this? Verse 8, "Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows who sit before thee," that would be other priests, "for they are," literally they are a symbol, I think it says that in the New American, "They are a symbol." The Hebrew word means they are a sign of a future event. He's not just talking about the men, but it tells you they are a symbol. They are symbols of future Israel. This is a future thing. People, we're looking way down the road to the end time. "For behold I will bring forth My servant, the branch." Do you have any idea who that might be? Who's going to do this? The branch, My servant the branch. He will be the redeemer. This title is a fantastic title. The branch speaks of His humiliation, speaks of His rejection and His death. Literally it means the sprout or the shoot. Isaiah 53, right? He's the root out of Jesse. Isaiah 11:1, the same thing. He comes from the earth, it's humiliation, rather obscure, but He manifests growth and vitality until finally He becomes king.
In the Old Testament, I'll give you a little footnote, this is just free, just have it. In the Old Testament the branch is used of Messiah in four ways and this is beautiful. Now watch this. The branch is used of Messiah in four ways: number one, Messiah is called a branch of David, which speaks of His place as king, a branch of David speaking of His place as king. And He's called that in Isaiah 11:1, the branch of David, speaks of His place as king. What gospel describes that? Matthew.
The second here in our text He is called My servant the branch. What gospel describes Him as the servant? Mark. In the sixth Chapter of Zechariah, verses 12 and 13, He is called the Man whose name is the branch. What gospel presents Christ as the perfect man? Luke. And Isaiah 4:2 He is called the branch of Jehovah. What gospel presents Him as God? John. The branch. None other than Jesus Christ, can't be, gotta be. He has another name, verse 9. Watch this one: "For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua. Upon one stone seven eyes, behold I will engrave the engraving of it saith the Lord of hosts and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day." Who is the stone? Christ. What are the seven eyes? Eyes speak of knowledge. Seven would be the number of what, perfection. Perfect knowledge, omniscient, the omniscient stone. And He has an engraving and what is engraved on Him. I've got a hunch it's like the high priest. It's not the names of the tribes though; it's the names of His children, the elect.
The concept of stone was very important to Israel. In Isaiah 8:14, the Messiah was called a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. But in Isaiah 28:16, He was called a stone of refuge. So He was either a stone of refuge or a stumbling stone to Israel. Stone was important to the nations. In Daniel Chapter 2, we saw that He's called the stone cut out with out hands that smashing the Gentile world powers. Stone is important to the church because in Ephesians 2:20, Jesus Christ is the chief cornerstone. Stone is Christ. He's the only one who could do this. And He says, "I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day." And beloved Calvary was that one day when the lamb of God took away the sins of the world and the one day Israel's one day will be appropriated in the day when they look on Him whom they have pierced and mourn for Him as an only son, that's Zechariah 12:10. That's their day. "And in that day," says 13:1, "There shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and the inhabitants for sin and for uncleanness." There is a day and a day when Israel believes and the fountain floods from Israel to the world. And when that happens, in that day, verse 10 says, "Says the Lord of hosts, shall you call every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree." Which being interpreted means nobody's going to fight any more. Peace all over the earth in the kingdom.
If you want to know something interesting, the vine and the fig tree are associated with peace, and people sitting under vines and fig trees are associated with peaceful times. In I Kings 4, I think it's verse 24, and the reign of Solomon, it says, "He had dominion over all the region on the side of the river from Tiphsah to Azzah, over all the kings on this side of the river; he had peace on all sides and Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree from Dan to Beer-sheba all the days of Solomon." So the vine and the fig tree were used to speak of the peace of Solomon's time. And here the vine and the fig tree are used to speak of Messiah's time and the peace that will be there.
God has a wonderful plan for Israel that consummates in a glorious kingdom of peace. It's coming when God saves His people. But the lesson here that we can apply to ourselves beyond the lesson of historical Israel is that the same salvation is offered to us, isn't it? Wasn't the lamb of God offered to take away the sins of the whole world? Aren't you and I standing before God filthy and isn't Satan the accuser saying he's vile; you don't want him. And isn't Jesus Christ saying, "But I do want him," and out of His elective love, out of His gracious love, chooses those to salvation, who by faith trust and embrace Him? And then say, "Take away his filthy garments and put on his festival robes, the robes of righteousness, and tell him he's now a priest for Me and he'll spend eternity walking through My palaces of heaven." Isn't that a message to all of us?
Do you think Israel was comforted by this vision? They still should be. Let's pray. Father, thank you for our time tonight. Whatever happens in this world, whether it's in Israel, in California, none of it can change Your plan 'cause You have Your people. And I like what You said in Malachi, "And they shall be Mine in the day when I make up My jewels." And I'm comforted by what Jesus said, when He said, "All that the Father gives to Me shall come to Me, and I have lost none of them." Father for Your immutable character, Your unchanging grace, Your marvelous eternal salvation we're grateful, both for the nation Israel as we see the plan of history unfold and the grace of God that's coming to them and for the fact that every man and woman, boy and girl, who has the opportunity to receive that same salvation even now, we are thankful and grateful. God help us to know that You're the God of history and You're our God. While your heads are bowed for just a closing thought, some of you here tonight have never received this salvation. You stand before God now, your robes are filthy, even your righteousness is as filthy rags. Satan is accusing you before God. Jesus is offering you salvation, offering you the taking away of the old robes and the granting of new robes of righteousness, offering you the place of being a priest in His house and a dweller in His eternal heavens and waiting for you to say yes. Have you said that? No better time than now. Thank you Father for the good time tonight. Thank you for all You have meant to us. Thank you for what You have done as we see You work in history and strengthen our confidence. And now as we have opportunity to give out of the heart of our love for brothers and sisters in Christ to help these young men, we pray that You'll reward our faithfulness with Your blessing and our live with the joy of giving, and especially bless them in Jesus' name. Amen.
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I was thinking of setting up an Ato on my Nanocube to cover any evaporation I've heard that distilled water will work really good does anyone here use distilled water on their reef tanks
I was thinking of setting up an Ato on my Nanocube to cover any evaporation I've heard that distilled water will work really good does anyone here use distilled water on their reef tanks
Evaporation from your tank is more or less the same process as distillation. So to add distilled water to your tank you are in essence reversing evaporation. RO water will work as well for an ato. The main thing is to not add any other minerals or ions with the water because they will throw off your water parameters.
be sure to check your distilled water for ammonia. I have read lots of people testing their distilled water bought from the grocery store and finding it has ammonia in it. If so, a lil dechlorinator and youre good to go.
It depends on the "quality" of the distilled water. Those refillable jugs at the supermarket tend to not be cleaned well and as such can produce some less than stellar water. Sealed gallon jugs of distilled water should be fine, but to be safe you can always test the TDS before using it. The cost can be prohibitive but since it's just a nano it shouldn't be to bad. Long term think about investing in an RO/DI system, they pretty much scale with any size tank you could want, and can be found pretty cheap second hand and the cost savings is astounding. Not to mention you know the exact quality of the water you are putting in your tank.
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you can by a 50gpd ro buddy for 60 then the di part for 20 at petco. the aquatic life ro buddie with the di is what I use. and have it go in to a 15 gallon store barrel. then I fill up a 5 gallon jug and have a auto top machine pump it from the jug to the sump, a sensor hangs at the low water mark and will sensor the pump to turn on and top off the sump as water evaps out of the tank.
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February 23, 2011
Ruffled Burlap Lamp Tutorial
22 comments:
- Jamie said...
That looks amazing.
- February 23, 2011
- Sachiko said...
Thank you for the tutorial!
- February 23, 2011
- Santa Beso by La Donna said...
This is GAHgeous dahling!!! Seriously, this is beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing this.
- February 28, 2011
- mamax4 said...
I will be heading to the fabric store tomorrow to try my hand at this project. I have been hoarding a couple of drum shades waiting for the right use, and this is IT! Thank you so much for the inspiration :)
- March 03, 2011
- Gina said...
What a great tutorial! You've got a new follower!!
- March 09, 2011
- Allison said...
Awesome! I love this lamp!! Thanks for the tutorial!
- March 09, 2011
- Audrey said...
I LOVE this!! I have been looking for a fun lamp shade for our living room lamp! I think you just solved my problem!!! Thanks!!
- March 09, 2011
- slommler said...
So gorgeous!! Well done!!
- March 10, 2011
- Gloria Fox said...
I'm so going to make one of these! I love it!
A new follower.
- March 10, 2011
- Powers Family said...
Here is my version. Thanks for the turorial!
- March 11, 2011
- Holly said...
I love the finished product! I actually think it looks better than the Anthro version!
- March 24, 2011
- persia lou said...
This is so awesome! It's going on my to-make list. (I'm a new follower!)
- April 18, 2011
- Kim @ seven thirty three said...
SO of course I've seen your amazing lamp all-over the craft blogs but I never looked at the close-up image to realize that it was actually burlap you made it out of. It is BEAUTIFUL!
Thanks for entering the Knock It Off contest and good luck!
- April 28, 2011
- Hurricane said...
What type of glue did you use? I absolutely love the lamp and can't wait to tackle my grandfather's old coffee grinder lamp with this idea! Thanks for sharing!
- April 28, 2011
- Terra said...
Hurricane-I just used a glue gun. You could probably use any glue, but make sure it's something that dries fast so you don't mess up burlap ruffles you've already done.
- April 28, 2011
- Melissa said...
Oooo, yours is SO much better than the original. Good work!
- June 06, 2011
- sofsterfrenchy said...
Where did you find such white burlap? I've been searching for some to do this project and haven't found any. Can you bleach burlap?
- July 25, 2011
- Space 46 said...
Gorgeous! Anything with burlap is awesome! Thank you for sharing this at Best of 2011 Made Up and Loved. My
- December 30, 2011
- The Southern Product Queen said...
Cute post! I'm having a Linky party too! I would love it if you would link up your favorite posts. Here is the link http://www.thesouthernproductqueen.com/one-stop-shoppe-linky-party
- January 03, 2012
- Create With Me said...
Thank you for linking up at Made Up & Loved! I featured this today. Swing by to grab a button if you'd like. Best, My
- January 08, 2012
Thanks for the great tutorial! I made one with linen and it makes me smile everytime I see it!
- June 27, 2012
- Kimberly Bonham said...
New follower. Mentioned you on my blog!
- August 06, 2012


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