Reading for November 23rd

Read Zechariah 6.1-8 The eighth vision: The heavenly chariots and international peace.
In this, Zechariah's final vision, as in his first vision (1.7-17), the world is at peace,
but now that peace includes the restoration of Judah and Jerusalem among the nations.
In verses 1-3 these four chariots parallel the four horsemen in Zechariah's first vision (1.8-10)
and represent god's heavenly patrol (v. 7) assigned to watch over the world's affairs.
Mountains signify the abode of the gods in antiquity (Ps 48.1).
In verse 8 the chariot patrol that sets God's spirit at rest in the north country thereby establishes the security of Judah on the international scene.
It was from the north that Judah's enemies attacked (Jer 6.22), and it was from the north that Judah's exiles returned from captivity in Babylon (Jer 3.18).
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