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day like ours, a day of recovery. The book of Zechariah is

written against the background of Jerusalem being rebuilt, and

we also are in a time of recovery. If I could just get something

over to you young men today about the glory of Jerusalem,

what the assembly is, the vast resources that are available in

the assembly, and the glory of this time. “Run, speak to this

young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns

without walls”. How great that is! So this man is wakened up

out of his sleep. That is another Ephesian touch, “Wake up,

thou that sleepest”. We need to wake up. Not just the young

people; all of us. We need to wake up to the glory of the

present time, this time of unlimited heavenly resource.

Look at this vessel, this lamp-stand, all of gold, and a bowl on

top of it, this great vessel suggesting the assembly. How great

it is!—full of divine resource. It is divine workmanship, all that

gold, and all that oil, all pouring out through these pipes to the

lamps. It all speaks of the multiplicity of the resources of the

Spirit, able to bring in the great power of recovery.

This young man saw it all. He saw it in the finishing days. Is

that not wonderful? We are seeing that, beloved brethren,

seeing the glory of the Spirit in these finishing days. He is

bringing the assembly right through in all its preciousness and

all its glory. Zechariah says,

“What are these, my lord?”—

‘Tell me; I do not know’. How interesting that is. I recall a

discovery I made one day when reading, I think it was Daniel. I

did not understand it, I went to my father’s bookshelves and

pulled out Mr. Darby’s ‘Synopsis’, and there was the answer.

You do not know? Find out from books. Daniel did that (Daniel

9: 2). He found out from books. Make use of these books, dear

younger brethren, and older brethren too, to find out what

these things mean.

Thus you become of interest to heaven.