"The Shepherds Way" E.W.King: "The Zerubian Mystery." ~ TSW

Ancient Antiochene

Mysteries

Part Forty-nine

“The Zerubian Mystery.”

By presbyter Eric William King (October 23^rd 2024)

God said to Zechariah the prophet:

“Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and roused me, as a man who is awakened from his sleep.” (Zechariah 4:1)

Notice that he had to be “awakened”. This expresses the condition of the Laodicean church. Its members are “Luke-warm”. The assembly has become drowsy. They have lost their drive. So, this message to Zechariah speaks to the modern Laodiceans. After Zechariah awoke and gave attention God said to him: “What do you see?” And I [Zechariah] said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it with seven spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on top of it; also, two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side.” (Zechariah 4:1-3)

Who is God revealing this prophecy to? Ultimately, He is revealing it to Zerubbabel. Who is Zerubbabel? “This is the Word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel.” (Zechariah 4:6) His name means “seed of life [hope] for Babylon”. “Zerub” meaning ‘seed’, and it being placed in ‘babel’ [Babylon]. The Ancient Antiochene Church of God has always taught that this Zerubbabel is a type of a latter-day Zerubbabel, which is to appear in the “time of the end”. There is a hint of this in Haggai who was a contemporary of Zechariah.

In Haggai 2:22-23 we read about a future Zerubbabel that will help to somehow “overthrow the throne of kingdoms”, and “in that day” God promises to make him a “signet ring”. The teaching is that this coming Zerubbabel will appear at the end of the church dispensation to give the last of the “seven messages” to the end-time church. He represents the “Seventh Messenger” and “those with him” – the “John Class”.

Ancient Zerubbabel’s father was Shealtiel. Shealtiel means, “I have asked God”. So, to understand this latter-day Zerubian Message one must truly; “Ask of God.” In this awesome vision that God gives the prophet Zechariah we see two trees, one on the right side and one on the left. These trees have a tube that comes out of each one of them and they drain oil into a golden bowl. Then, from this bowl comes seven tubes that feed into a lampstand that has seven lamps on it. Each tube gives oil to each of the seven lamps. These symbols are very important to understand.

This prophecy could only be fully understood now, in the Church Dispensation. Now that we have the “little book open” [the New Testament] we can see the whole vision. St. John mentions this lampstand in the Revelation of Jesus Christ and it is explained by the latter-day Zerubbabel [John Class]. The Seven Angels in the Book of Revelation that were given messages to the Seven Churches longed to see this day:

“For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven will be glad when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel – these are the eyes of the LORD which range to and fro throughout the earth.” (Zechariah 4:19)

These seven angelic messengers have been taking their messages “throughout the earth” to every church. We are in the Seventh Church time, that of Laodicea. This means that it is time to receive the message to the Seventh Church. This final message is depicted as a “plumb line” in the hands of Zerubbabel. A plumb line was a tool, a weight attached to string, that when held up it would test to see if a wall was straight or not. God is giving counsel to His church to see if “it is straight” or not. It must have “sound doctrine”. (Titus 2:1)

Regarding this “lampstand vision” we understand that each of the seven lamps represents one of the Seven Churches listed in Revelation that Jesus gives counsel to. Jesus Himself states that the lamps represent the Christian Churches. (Revelation 1:20) The “two trees” represent the Old and New Testament – the complete Word of God which is seen as two trees which each have a tube coming out of them dripping oil into a golden bowl.

The Golden Bowl represents the coming together of the Old and New Testament in fulfilment. It represents the gift of prophecy. The two trees also represent Moses and Elijah which will be the two resurrected witnesses mentioned in the Book of Revelation. They shall prophesize for the first three-and-a-half years of the Tribulation. Moses representing the Old Testament saints and Elijah the prophet representing the New Testament saints, the raptured church. Elijah was raptured in the Old Testament.

The Seven Angels make sure that each of the seven churches receives their message [prophetic oil] by sending it through the “tubes” (interdimensional wormholes). Are you getting this “extra” oil? Remember the parable that Jesus gives about the “Ten Virgins”? Only five of them had the “extra oil” and were able to “enter the ark” [attend the marriage of the Lamb] at the “catching away” of the saints. Keep your lamp burning, get this extra oil.

My prayer is that you are receiving this important Zerubian Message – with your lamp burning and you are awake!

Together we are the Light of this Fallen World.

This is most certainly true.

Eric William King (October 23^rd 2024)

“In Zechariah 4:7 this latter-day Zerubbabel brings forth the “Capstone” with shouts of “grace, grace unto it.” This is the Christ, the “Living Stone” along with His people. The “stone cut out of a mountain – cut out without hands” in Daniel 2:45 represents the Raptured Church sealed and taken out. This stone shall return with Christ and crash into the feet of the statue (earth governments) and it shall destroy the statue completely. This small stone (Davidian Kingdom) shall then grow into filling the entire earth. Zerubbabel certainly has the Davidian Kingdom message.” ~ Eric W. King (Oct. 22^nd 2024)