It is not about Worship but the object of our Worship

 

Zechariah 5:5-11

 

A Vision of a Woman in a Basket

Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, “Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out.”   And I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the basket that is going out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”  And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket!   And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he thrust her back into the basket and thrust down the leaden weight on its opening.

Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.  Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they taking the basket?”   He said to me, “To the land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.”

 

In the Scriptures, God uses the woman as an example of His chosen people, His bride and she also is a symbol of wickedness or evil, such as idol worship.  Do you recall they spent 400 years in Egypt, for many of those years they been slaves, most had become accustomed to the customs and gods of Egypt and only a few looked to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as the one and only God?  If you need a recall they have heard about what God did in the past but they had not yet experienced, God parted the Red Sea, and walked across on dry land, and the Army of Egypt, got to the middle and the waters came back over them and they all drown, and today many Jews and Christian have heard the account, but it more of a story, most do not believe that God would rescue them.  They had heard about God being a fire at night and a cloud by day to lead them and how He feeds them the bread of angels, but they did not know that God, and they also had heard the story even about Joseph.  Now, go to Exodus 32:1-8, and read how they went back to little gods, gods that were worshiped by the pagan of Egypt when Moses did not come off the mountain in their timeline.

 

Let us understand, we also have become a nation that has many customs and gods, that have drawn us away from the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. We have been asked to worship and put trust in big government, and what it can do for us, and have turned away keeping our eyes on Jesus, and doing what He leads us by His Spirit to do.  I’m fearful the two angels or women with wings, have carried the basket to the USA and we have allowed her to lead us to the worship of the forbidden.  And now in 2020 we have a choice, join the Army of Jesus Christ, or be an enemy of the Cross.

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice