The Smitten Shepherd

The smitten shepherd. Boy, pretty important details here in Zechariah

Zechariah 13 · chapter mention

chapter 13. But before we get into it, God bless everybody.

Matthew Miller here from Maranatha Ministries. Let's take a look

at this one more time. Let's scrutinize this text. It is, well,

it's pretty alarming. Let me say that. The entirety of

this chapter is alarming. But the last three verses are

doubly so. They are doubly this way. So picking it

up in Zechariah 13, verse 7. Awake, O sword, against

Zechariah 13:7

my shepherd, against the man who is my companion, says

the Lord of hosts. Strike the shepherd and the sheep

will be scattered. Then I will turn my hand against

the little ones. And it shall come to pass in

all the land, says the Lord, that two-thirds in it

shall be cut off and die. But one-third shall be

left in it. I will bring one third through the fire.

I will refine them as silver is refined and test

them as gold is tested. They will call on my

name and I will answer them. I will say, this

is my people. And I will answer them and say,

this is my people. And each one will say, the

Lord is my God. When does this happen? Of course,

this happens during the tribulations. This is fulfilled at the

relocation event. This is fulfilled in Revelation 7, verses 9-17.

Revelation 7:9–17

That's categorically when this happens. Categorically when it happens. So

he is obviously, once again, just like in Matthew 24,

where he says there's a tribulation. He calls that tribulation

the birth pangs. He calls it Odin in Greek, there

in verse 8 of Matthew 24. plainly stating just a

few verses later, he says this is tribulation. This is

what he's talking about. Then, after the abomination of desolation,

the Lord Jesus Christ says what? Then there's great tribulation.

So it is the abomination of desolation that begins the

great tribulation. It's that simple. It is no other way.

That's what the Lord Jesus Christ said. So when we

scrutinize this text, we realize some other things here because

Bible commentators say that, well, this was already fulfilled, right?

Matthew chapter 26, verse 31. Then saith Jesus unto them,

Matthew 26:31

All ye shall be offended because of me this night.

For it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and

the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. Jesus

is quoting from these verses. Is this the only time

he does it? No. He does it in Mark chapter 14,

Mark 14:27

verse 27. He quotes the same thing. I will smite

the shepherd and the sheep shall be scattered. One more time.

John 16, verse 32. Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is

John 16:32

now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to

his own. So here we go again. Three times in

the New Testament. If Jesus is not quoting this, he's

alluding to it. But one thing is for sure. These

three verses, these three verses, they get fulfilled in Revelation

Revelation 7:9–17

chapter 7, verses 9 through 17. Oh, yes, they do. Yes,

they do. This is when they get fulfilled. So looking

at this, it makes you take pause. It makes you

take pause. What happens to the son of perdition once

he carries out this abomination of desolation? The Word says

45 days after the abomination of desolation, that's what Daniel says,

That's what Daniel says. That at the 1,290 day is

the abomination of desolation. And then 45 days later, we

get our divine intervention from Daniel 7, verse 22. Okay,

Daniel 7:22

so all these things are categorically in the Word. When

you know the Word, you know what is to come.

You know what is to come. So it has long

been surmised, and I've said this many, many, many times

about the phraseology of the beast from the earth. I've

talked about it many times. And we need to jump

over there real quick. Let me get there and share

with you where you can find this phraseology of the

son of perdition. Okay? Okay? the beast from the earth.

These exact words are used of Samuel when the witch

of Endor rises him from the earth. Oh, yes, it is.

Look at the Septuagint. Get you a copy of the

Adido Regia manuscript here for the Greek New Testament. Check

the witch of Endor. Check the Greek. Oh, yes, it's

the same exact phraseology. So it says, Verse 11 of

Revelation chapter 13. Then I saw another beast coming up

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out of the earth. Same phraseology used by the witch

of Endor when she brought up Samuel's spirit. This is

literally saying, is this literally saying the sixth seal event

God kills the son of perdition. And because he has

made a pact with death, Isaiah chapter 28, yes he has.

Isaiah 28 · chapter mention

Yes he has, Isaiah chapter 28. Because of that event,

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he is resurrected. That's what Revelation chapter 13 verse 11

Revelation 13:11

is saying in the Greek. He rises from the earth

just like the spirit of Samuel did. So this takes

things to the next level when you can scrutinize the

Hebrew and the Greek. It will just blow you away.

It'll blow you away. So looking back at this, it's

imperative that she realized that eschatology is isochronal. Now look,

I don't care what your theologians say. That's what God says.

God says in the book of Ecclesiastes, time is isochronal.

This is why events seem to echo through the bands

of time. That's why. That's why all the prophecies about

the temple being destroyed was fulfilled multiple times. That's why.

And when you look at this, this is what it's saying.

It's saying that he gets killed on the sixth seal event.

And he is resurrected. He's resurrected. Because, of course, this

son of perdition has accepted the deal from the devil

that Jesus Christ rejected. He's accepted that deal. He has

all the authority of the devil, of the dragon. Revelation

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chapter 13 categorically says that. It's just that your theologians,

your preachers, your pastors, your Sunday school teachers, they reject

the word. They don't believe it. when you see what's

going on here, it is easy to surmise what this

is saying. Let me read it for you one more time. Awake,

O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is

my companion. The great apostasy takes place from inside the church.

It is not Muslims. A Muslim cannot be apostate. A

Buddhist cannot be apostate. An atheist cannot be apostate. A

Satanist can't be apostate. You have to be a Christian

to be apostate. Okay? This is categorically saying he was

a Christian. This is what the entire New Testament says.

He's apostate. When you know that, the man of sin,

before he accepts the deal with the devil, before he

performs the abominable Passover desolation, he is a Christian. So,

Let's pick it up one more time. Awake, O sword,

against my shepherd, against the man who is my companion,

says the Lord of hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the

sheep will be scattered. Then I will turn my hand

against the little ones. Look. There's a whole lot of

eschatology that most of you probably have rejected and don't

even realize it. The war in heaven is absolutely caused

by the birth of children, by the miraculous conception of children.

That's what Isaiah chapter 26 plainly says. So with that

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in mind, with that in mind, These 45 days before operation,

eagle's wings can take place. And there's a reason why

that is. Because these 45 days have to go by.

So just take note. We're going to keep reading verse 8.

And it shall come to pass in all the land,

says the Lord, that two-thirds of it shall be cut

off and die, but one-third of it shall be left

in it. The son of perdition and his clergy that

work for him are going to make a whole lot

of martyrs out of us who have been born again.

They won't tolerate the word. They won't tolerate it. They'll

make martyrs out of us because we hold to the

word and reject their traditions. We reject their theological myths.

And we hold to the word. That's exactly what the

word says in Revelation chapter 6 verse 9. Revelation chapter

Revelation 6:9 Revelation 22:18

22 verses 18 and 19 tells you how they do it.

Tells you what they do to God's word. Verse 9.

I will bring one third through the fire. One third

of those who have been born again will survive. And

test them as gold is tested. They will call on

my name and I will answer them. I will say,

this is my people. And each one will say, the

Lord is my God. These things I'm reading from the word.

Are true. They're true. This is God speaking. In the

first person. This is not Zacharias speaking. This is God himself.

Now if you've never heard these things before. You need

to recalculate your beliefs on the end times. They need

to align with the word. In every corner. In every aspect.

In every way shape and form. They need to conform.

To the word. Three very short. Simple verses. Try to subconsciously.

Convince yourself of the word. If you do this, those

of you that's not been born again, this is the

best way to stir up the spirit because it is

the Holy Spirit that wrote the word of you being

baptized in the Holy Spirit. So I hope you enjoyed this.

I hope you were edified. Those of you who have

been born again, if you have any encouraging words or prayers,

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this of those of you that have been baptized in

the Holy Spirit. Those of you who have not, I

ask nothing of you. Till next time, God bless, Godspeed.