And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.
And I said,
What are these coming to do?
And he spake, saying,
These are the horns which have scattered Judah,
so that no man did lift up his head:
but these are come to fray them,
to cast out the horns of the Gentiles,
which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
Zechariah 1:20,21
The "4 Carpenters" are:
1) God's remnant people in the end, the 3 Angel's Message taken to the world. {see below}-
And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.
Zechariah 1:11
2) 4 is a symbol of the 4 cardinal directions of earth- also notice the 4 geographic listings of the remnant's mission in the end- And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, 1) and to every nation,
2) and kindred,
3) and tongue,
4) and people,
Revelation 14:6
1st Angel's Message of the Judgment begins (by the measuring, as in Ezekiel, Amos & Revelation)- Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
Zechariah 2:2--{Also see Zrchariah 3:1-5, the Judgment Illustrated with the removal of the filthy rags of the High Priest}
2nd Angel's Message of the Fall of Babylon - Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD. Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
Zechariah 2:6,7
3rd Angel's Message of the mark of the beast (paying homage, or allegiance to the image of the beast) - And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying scroll;..And he said to me, This is the curse that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says
on one side, every thief will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely will be banished. Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. And I said, What is it? He replied, It is a basket for measuring grain, and it’s filled with the sins of everyone throughout the land.
Zechariah 5:2,3,5-11
Then the heavy lead cover was lifted off the basket, and there was a woman sitting inside it.
And he said, This is wickedness. And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead cover over its mouth.
Then I looked up and saw two women flying toward us, gliding on the wind. They had wings like a stork, and they picked up the basket and flew into the sky. So I said to the angel who talked with me, Where are they carrying the basket?
He replied, To build a temple for her in the land of Babylonia. When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence.
Then I looked up and saw two women flying toward us, gliding on the wind. They had wings like a stork, and they picked up the basket and flew into the sky. So I said to the angel who talked with me, Where are they carrying the basket?
He replied, To build a temple for her in the land of Babylonia. When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence.
*** As for the woman in this basket with sins, (the harlot/beast of Revelation) when it comes to the mark of the beast (counterfeit Sabbath), look at the sins at the end of the gathering of the fruit basket at the end of summer in Amos - (and think of the part of not being able to buy or sell)
You can’t wait for the Sabbath day to be over
and the religious festivals to end
so you can get back to cheating the helpless.
You measure out grain with dishonest measures
and cheat the buyer with dishonest scales.
and the religious festivals to end
so you can get back to cheating the helpless.
You measure out grain with dishonest measures
and cheat the buyer with dishonest scales.
Amos 8:5 NLT
THE FLYING SCROLL: Interesting that those who receive the mark of the beast have it in their hands (reference to "thief") or their foreheads (reference to swearing "falsely" to the image of the beast). So the Scroll (Everlasting Gospel) is a "curse" in that, by the world rejecting it, the world is cursed with the 7 last plagues.
"Carpenters" of Zechariah 1:20 are translated differently in different versions of the Bible, but same basic concept:
* #2796 חָרָשׁ charash {khaw-rawsh'}
* From H2790; a fabricator of any material:—artificer, (+) carpenter, craftsman, engraver, maker, + mason, skilful, (+) smith, worker, workman, such as wrought.