The Ultimate Wall.

The Ultimate Wall.

Zechariah 2:1-5

The Great Wall of China was erected in the third century BC as a defense raids by nomadic peoples from the north. Throughout succeeding centuries, especially during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Great Wall was repaired and extended in length, finally stretching for forty-five-hundred miles. It’s been estimated that over 400,000 people (slaves) died building it, and most were buried underneath the wall.

Centuries before it begin, biblical cultures used walls to protect themselves, and to draw boundaries around themselves for the purpose of identifying the land which was theirs. To be effective, however, those walls had to be regularly maintained. The slightest breach could give the enemy a huge advantage.

As a Christian, there is one wall in your defense system that has to be maintained and protected at all times, the wall of self control.

Proverbs 25:28NKJV Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls.

As believer’s, we are to guard our spirit—the Holy Spirit has been entrusted within us, so we pray in the spirit to build us up, in our most holy faith. (Jude 20).

The name "Zechariah" means "God remembered.” Zechariah's prophecies took place during the reign of Darius the Great, and were contemporary with Haggai in a post-exilic world after the fall of Jerusalem in 587/6 BC.

Zechariah 2:1-5NLT When I looked again, I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 “Where are you going?” I asked. He replied, “I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.”

3 Then the angel who was with me went to meet a second angel who was coming toward him. 4 The other angel said, “Hurry, and say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem will someday be so full of people and livestock that there won’t be room enough for everyone! Many will live outside the city walls. 5 Then I, myself, will be a protective wall of fire around Jerusalem, says the Lord. And I will be the glory inside the city!’”

In Zechariah 1:1-21, God gives the Prophet Zechariah two visions about Jerusalem, and His church.

In the first vision, some patrol officers report that throughout the empire all is calm and peaceful (11).

The second vision assures the Jews and His church, that they should have no fear of foreign enemies. That He (God) will bring judgement.

Now the third vision, In Zechariah 2:1, I want you to think about this—The Son of David, the Man Christ Jesus, whom the prophet sees with a measuring line in his hand, is the Master-Builder of His church.

Let me remind you—God knows how to grow His church, primarily, because He knows how to grow His people.

Everything a child of God faces is intended to produce spiritual growth. Listen, The good, bad and the ugly is all purposed to produce spiritual fruit and gifts! P.H

Think about the spiritual growth that has manifested within your being!

The Apostles Paul spoke about Spiritual growth in, Romans 5:1-5TPT Our faith in Jesus transfers God’s righteousness to us and he now declares us flawless in his eyes. This means we can now enjoy true and lasting peace with God, all because of what our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, has done for us. 2 Our faith guarantees us permanent access into this marvelous kindness that has given us a perfect relationship with God. What incredible joy bursts forth within us as we keep on celebrating our hope of experiencing God’s glory!

3 But that’s not all! Even in times of trouble we have a joyful confidence, knowing that our pressures will develop in us patient endurance. 4 And patient endurance will refine our character, and proven character leads us back to hope. 5 And this hope is not a disappointing fantasy, because we can now experience the endless love of God cascading into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who lives in us!

Again, Romans 5:1, “Having already been declared righteous.” What bliss! We are declared righteous in the eyes of the Holy God. This is the wonder of grace!

Romans 5:3, Times of trouble, the Greek word thlipsis, often translated “tribulation.”

Romans 5:5, This hope does not put one to shame.

This wall of fire brings hope and builds us up, the body of the Lord Jesus Christ, until we all come together in unity.

Listen to, Ephesians 4:12-14NKJV for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,