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Thursday, April 14, 2016

Are these verses speaking of the Holy Trinity?


The very last verse is what I find interesting.  Is it referring to the Holy Trinity?  And if so, who are the two anointed ones and who is Lord of the whole earth?  Take a look and I will comment on the other side.

Zechariah 4:1-6(NKJV)
Now the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep. 
And he said to me, “What do you see?” So I said, “I am looking, and there is a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps. 
Two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left.” 
So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”
Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”
So he answered and said to me:      “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:     ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’     Says the Lord of hosts.

Zechariah 4:11-14(NKJV)
Then I answered and said to him, “What are these two olive trees—at the right of the lampstand and at its left?” 
And I further answered and said to him, “What are these two olive branches that drip into the receptacles of the two gold pipes from which the golden oil drains?”
Then he answered me and said, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”
So he said, “These are the two anointed ones, who stand beside the Lord of the whole earth.

I could see this working two ways with the first one being the most logical.  God would be the Lord of the whole earth while Jesus and the Holy Spirit would be the two anointed ones. 

The second but less likely interpretation could be that Jesus is the Lord of the whole earth because this is His Kingdom, with God and the Holy Spirit being the two anointed ones. 

I'll have to keep an eye out for future Scriptures that confirm or deny my interpretation. 

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