The man in the myrtle trees

While the people were busy building the temple -- this was the Second Temple, the one still standing in Jesus' day -- Zechariah saw a night vision of a man on a horse amidst a valley of myrtle trees.

It was 516BC, and in that day, God used two servants to speak His word into the construction process.

Haggai had the to-do list: Go to the hills, get wood, and build the house of God!

But Zechariah saw eight visions. The man in the myrtle trees was just one of the visions he saw.

It is easy for our culture to comprehend the to-do list.

But every to-do list requires a symphony of visions.

A lot of activity goes on in the spiritual kitchen for every command that is served.

A lot of activity.

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Haggai 1.8 Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the Lord .

Zechariah 1.8-10 "I saw in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in the glen, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses."Then I said, 'What are these, my lord?' The angel who talked with me said to me, 'I will show you what they are.' "So the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered, 'These are they whom the Lord has sent to patrol the earth.'

2 Kings 2.17 And Elisha prayed, and said, "LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see." Then the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.