Correspondence: Laodicea; Zech. 13:6; Peace; Christendom; Grace; Heb. 12:24

Zechariah 13:6  •  3 min. read  •  grade level: 7
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Question: Is all the professing church Laodicea now?
Answer: No. Revelation 2:25, 28 shows a remnant in Thyatira who are waiting for the coming of the Lord. He has not come yet.
Revelation 3:3 tells that the Church in Sardis will be treated as the world—the Lord coming as a thief to them.
Revelation 3:11 shows a remnant looking for the coming of the Lord, keeping His word, and not denying His name. Overcomers are there also.
Revelation 3:20 has overcomers even in Laodicea who sup with Christ and He with them.
The truth that “there is one body and one Spirit even as ye are called in one hope of your calling,” continues till the Lord comes. Our responsibility and privilege is to walk worthy of that vocation with all lowliness and meekness, and the Lord’s care of the church, and provision for its needs, will not cease till the perfect man is reached (Eph. 4:4-16).
Question: Who is referred to in Zechariah 13:6?
Answer: The speaker in Zechariah 13:6 represents the Messiah. He, truly, was “wounded in the house of His friends.”
Question: How can I find peace?
Answer: What you need is a hearty acceptance of a full Christ, and a thorough surrender of yourself to Him. This we believe to be the true secret of solid peace and joyful liberty—Christ for the heart and the heart for Christ. May all perplexed inquirers know this!
Question: What is Christendom? Does the Bible say anything about it?
Answer: The word is unknown in Scripture. It is the “domain” or country of those who are “christened,” or who in any way outwardly profess the name of Christ. It is the corruption of Christianity, and is compared in 2 Timothy 2 to a great house in which, however, true vessels of mercy are found to God’s glory. The word opposed to it is “Heathendom.” Judgment being always in proportion to light received, it follows that this will be the scene of the heaviest of God’s coming judgments (2 Thess. Chapters 1, 2).
Question: What is the difference between “the exceeding riches of His grace,” Ephesians 2:7, and the “glory of His grace.” Ephesians 1:6?
Answer: When God’s grace is spoken of as meeting our need, it is called riches; when it is spoken of as satisfying His own heart and eternal counsels, it is called glory.
Question: What is the New Covenant? (Heb. 12:24).
Answer: A covenant is a principle of relationship with God on the earth; conditions established by God, under which man is to live with Him. The word may, perhaps, be used figuratively or by accommodation. It is applied to details of the relationship of God with Israel: but strictly speaking, there are but two covenants, the old and the new. The old was established at Sinai. The new covenant is made also with the two houses of Israel. The gospel is not a covenant, but the revelation of the salvation of God. It proclaims the great salvation. We enjoy indeed all the essential privileges of the new covenant, its foundation being of God; but we do so in spirit, not according to the letter. (We share its blessings on the ground of the shed blood of Christ). The new covenant will be established formally with Israel in the Millennium.