The Biblical Illustrator - Zechariah 8:9-10
Zechariah 8:9-10For before these days there was no hire for man Society before the temple was builtA neglected temple always means a ruined society.These words are not to be applied locally or parochially; they express an eternal and unchangeable principle: a neglected God is a frowning heaven, a frowning heaven is a desolated earth. We must more and more insist upon the importance of the religious spirit in its relation to policy and commerce and agriculture, and the whole mechanism and build... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Zechariah 8:7-8
Zechariah 8:7-8I will save My people from the East country, and from the West country A two-fold Divine restorationI.A Divine temporal restoration. The reference here is to those Jews who had been scattered abroad over various countries through the Babylonian Captivity and other disastrous causes. The point is, that the restoration here promised is a temporal restoration to their own land and country. God is constantly restoring His people to those temporal blessings they have lost. He restores... read more