Zechariah 14:20-21 (ESV)
And on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, “Holy to the LORD.” And the pots in the house of the LORD shall be as the bowls before the altar. And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holy to the LORD of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil the meat of the sacrifice in them. And there shall no longer be a trader in the house of the LORD of hosts on that day.
If you wanted to know the end of God’s plan and the fullness of what He is designing, the above two verses give us a great window to see the culmination of all His work. God full intent is to usher in holiness to the world. In this final chapter of Zechariah we read about the complete re-formation of the world. Recently a global politician stood before a group of other pompous politicians from around the world and stated that the global world we know today needs to change into a new formation and a new system. He was correct in his utterance but probably deeply wrong as compared to Zachariah’s words in this chapter. God is re-shaping the world. God is bringing the world into a new system. But, the system and shape is in the form of holiness. God is going to bring in such a vastness of holiness that even horses will have on their bells, “Holy to the Lord.” Even the pots in the house of the Lord will be declared holy. The final addition of the heavens and the earth will be holiness. God’s plan is to bring all things into holiness. That is our great hope and our great expectation. We can rejoice that even now He is making us holy for His kingdom. Note:
Hebrews 10:14 (ESV)
14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
He has “perfected” us in the holiness of His Son and He is continually sanctifying us through His Spirit. That is God’s order, plan and final edition of this earth. That is our hope.
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