24th Meeting - Millennial Discussion Zech. Chapter 4

This chapter opens with a vision of a Lampstand with two Olive Trees, one on either side of the Lampstand, with both trees supplying the Lampstand with oil. Why are there two olive trees supplying the one Lampstand. There are several ideas on this one. If you have study Bibles they will tell you what they think, read what I have to say and my explaination and then decide for yourself which one makes more sense. My post of last week dealt with Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. Jesus said that salvation starts with the Jews. Keep that in mind. The fact that these trees are in the same close area of eachother means that this also will take place during the Millennium. In Romans Paul says that we are grafted into the roots of the Jews and this is how our adoption into the family of God came into existance. Romans 11:11. The one Olive tree represents the believing Jews who remained true to God through all the mistakes the rest of the Jews made. These are called the Remnant. The other Olive Tree represents the Gentile believers that are also called Christians. The Old Testament believers were chosen by God through their Father Abraham, the New Testament believers are joined together into this family through adoption. We were chosen by God through our belief in the redemption of Jesus Christ through His death and ressurection. The two Olive Trees represent the whole family of God. This is why Paul gave his message to the Jew first and then to the Gentile (non-Jew). We as Christians can never forget that Jesus was and still is a Jew. John 3:16 says that "God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son for whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life." This is God's promise to us. The Olive Trees supply oil to the Lampstand, in this way the trees are working for the Lampstand by providing this service. Like the trees, we by doing the works of God to provide a service and by doing so we produce light. Jesus called us to be salt and light. We need to remember that the Jews are the chosen ones of God; but that He also chose us through His adoption, so we could have all the same benefits given to the Jews.