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Welcome to the Art Life Faith Podcast, and I’m your host, Roger Lowther. We are recording live from the JCAMM conference in downtown Tokyo with the theme of “The Beauty of Japan・The Beauty of Heaven.” It’s a week-long conference from Friday, May 22 to Wednesday, May 27, 2026, where we are talking about the arts of Japan, the beauty of Japan, and how that helps us worship God. We’ve had so many amazing guests this week, and now I have the privilege of sitting down with one of our key presenters, a band like no other I’ve ever seen in the world called IziBongo. They sing not only in the various languages of the world, but they use the various instruments of the world and the various styles and genres of the world so people can see what it looks like for the nations to praise God and how that can lead us all in praise of God. So I wanted to sit down with them and have a conversation. I’ve also asked Akira Mori to sit down with us. He is our MC for the conference, and he’s a longtime friend and partner. We got to know each other very well through the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster. He’s the pastor of Global Mission Chapel in Iwaki, Japan, not too far south of the nuclear power plants in Fukushima. And his amazing church was one of the key centers for relief work for all of Tohoku. Through the years, we’ve gotten to know each other better, and I’ve so appreciated not just his encouragement and the way he leads especially movements of prayer in Japan but the way he’s encouraged me personally and for his friendship. And so I invited him to be the MC for this conference and also to be with us for this podcast episode. So thank you, all of you, for being here. Why don’t we start with a quick introduction? Please tell me who are you and where this name IziBongo came from. It’s kind of an interesting name. Cory Sure, Izibongo is a Zulu word which means praises intoned in honor of a person. It’s a kind of praise poetry. This is a second generation of the group itself, originally called the Wycliffe World Music Band, which came from Wycliffe Bible Translators. Roger Not as catchy… Cory Yeah…, which came from Wycliffe Bible Translators. Roger Okay, so what do you do? Why did you form IziBongo? Cory Originally, the Wycliffe World Music Band was meant to be an illustrative form of the music of the world and to promote Bible translation. That was one of the hopes for the people who organized it. We would go to Christian music festivals and perform there to show how the nations would worship or do their songs. Paul I might add that originally it was an ad hoc group of students in a particular class learning about some of these principles of music and worship around the world. The leader of that class was our mentor, Tom Avery. He would gather the students and throw instruments at them and say, “Sing this and let’s play this.” And so it was just to appreciate the worship around the world. This developed out of that educational starting point to more of a worship focus and whatever it is today. Cathy Another point that Tom would make when teaching us these songs was that music is not a universal language, it’s a universal phenomenon. But different peoples have different ways of singing. We think we might understand what they’re singing about. We might make a judgment if we hear another culture’s music and say, “That’s demonic,” or, “You could not praise God with that music.” But he was teaching us that we need to understand when we go into cultures their music systems. We can’t just go in and say, “No, you have to sing it this way.” Mary And to follow up on that is the focus of outsider-insider, an outsider trying to understand from the insiders, “What does this mean to you? What is the content?” because as outsiders, we can really miss it and not understand what’s actually being expressed. So we have terms. We say etic and emic, outsider/insider perspectives, that we talk about in our courses and our learning. Roger Help us to see what this looks like a little bit more concretely. What countries, what groups are you representing, and what kinds of instruments are you playing? Paul Well, I’m playing about 3 or 4 instruments here. One is a charango from Bolivia, which I bought on the River Walk in San Antonio from a real live player. I’m also playing a Moroccan oud, which we use for other instruments as well. We don’t carry 50 instruments, we carry about 10. And I’m playing a Greek bouzouki, but I’m using that to represent music from other parts of the world as well if the instrument sounds similar to the sounds. So again, we’re approximating all these. We’re never being exactly authentic. We are just Americans. We’re not trying to pretend that we’re something else. But we love the sounds of the world and the praises that they lift up. So we want to approximate those sounds so that you will learn to appreciate their music. As for the countries that we actually sing songs from, we could give a list if you’d like. Cory We do some from South America, so there’s Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia…Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo… Cathy Nigeria… Cory Egypt… Paul Tunisia, Papua New Guinea, Bhutan, South Korea…We don’t have a Japanese song yet. Roger Okay, well, we’ll have to fix that. Paul Exactly! We’re working on it. Roger So tell me more about why you do this. What is your purpose in singing these different styles—using different instruments, different languages, representing different countries? Paul Well, for myself, and I think for my wife as well, we were worship leaders in a local church and trying to find the most relevant ways to help people worship in our culture. It was mostly not a mixed culture. It was mostly just a normal American church in Texas, but still we had to wrestle with contemporary versus older styles and who was there and what kind of music they liked. In the South it’s a little more Baptist hymnal kind of songs, which I wasn’t that familiar with. So you always have to learn and find out from the congregation that you’re worshiping with, what helps them express their heart, because that’s really what a worship leader is trying to do, just help the people worship from their heart. So that was where we started, and when we ran into Tom and he was doing that in the jungles of Brazil, it sounded radically different, of course. So we learned from him how to approximate that sound so that we could present it. Cathy So the first time we performed this kind of music, we thought we were just going to give people an educational experience and say, this is what your brothers and sisters sound like over in Africa, or this is what they say to God in their songs. The people that heard us in Memphis, Tennessee, on that very first trip were crying. They said, “This is a kind of worship that we’ve never experienced before.” It wasn’t necessarily something they could participate in, but it was like when you look up at the stars and go, “Wow, God, that’s amazing.” And you get a glimpse of the worship that God is preparing for himself across the world. And it does increase your love for your brothers and sisters. So we wanted to give more people that kind of understanding and that kind of love for brothers and sisters that they’ve never met, maybe an experience that would have them want to pray for those brothers and sisters. And so when we go to a mission conference, we hope, too, that it opens people’s eyes to understand that we want to encourage authentic ethnic worship and not just press our Western songs onto others. Mary I was just going to say one word, beauty. Well, I’ll say a few more words than just that. We have a colleague who decades ago said, why would God have created birds that only sing one song? And so we think about the diversity of artistic communication and think about the beauty of how we can all be different and have different artistic expression, but that it can be unified in the worship of our Creator, and to learn to appreciate that, but also know that it’s perfectly great to have those styles and songs and ways that you can sing and worship that come really from a deep place in your heart. So, we want to get into what that is in each culture to lead people to that place of beauty. Paul It makes me think also the necessity that we feel of presenting things with authentic instrumentation as much as possible and with some costuming. It’s not like we’re not trying to appropriate someone else’s culture. We’re trying to represent so that you will have a deeper appreciation of those—the beauty, not just the sound, but the beauty of those cultures in their expression of worship. Roger I’m glad you all are talking about this because that was one of my next questions is like, why is this important? You know, when I first came to Japan, the first thing that people wanted me and my wife to do is, as musicians, help with worship. And there’s basically two choices you can do. Contemporary or you can do traditional. One or the other. If you play organ and piano, well that’s traditional. If you use the guitar, well then that’s going to be contemporary. Those are the only two choices, so choose. If you go back and forth between the two, then that’s blended, a little of both. So to hear what you all do is so far outside people’s expectations of what worship can be. And that message, I feel, is especially needed in Japan. I would love Mori-Sensei to comment on that. Have you heard anything like this in Japan, this group? Mori No. That’s it. Roger And is it important then for Japan? Mori Absolutely. Japanese people like to feel safe, I guess, and don’t want to be criticized. Therefore, they try to conform to whatever is the mainstream, whether it’s a small group of 3, 4, 5 or a bigger group of 50–100. But that’s what I sense, and that’s what I find in myself from the past. So, especially when you think about the Christian church. The gospel was brought by typically Caucasian Western missionaries, and I don’t think they had any other way than to just do what they were used to. And without being intentional, I believe a kind of very clear line between Christians and non-Christian Japanese was drawn. When I was a teenager and a church member, the pastor said secular songs shouldn’t be sung, not even for yourself when you’re alone. So there was a very clear line, and I think in every church it was the same. And if you dare to play jazz or, rock was not so much in Japan in those days, then you were looked at as unspiritual, not a good Christian. So naturally, for those reasons, the Japanese ethnic or original music was separated from the church. It is still very much the same, I think. Therefore, it’s very difficult to take different styles of music and even ethnic music into the church. We don’t have any group like IziBongo. I don’t know if any other countries do either, but it is great riches brought to the church. Roger You know, when I first came to Japan, I was in language school that first year. We made friends with a clarinetist, and she was feeling turmoil about being in the church because the church told her she couldn’t play. She was a professional clarinet player, but they would not allow her to play clarinet in church because that was not appropriate for Christian worship. But, they said, you can play the piano because we need someone to play the piano. She was like, but I’m not a keyboardist and don’t play the piano very well, and it was hard for her to worship while playing the piano. When we came in, they asked us as missionaries to come give a concert, and we invited her to join us. There were tears in her eyes because that was the first time anyone in the church had ever heard her play the clarinet, which was her heart language. And I was like, wow, well, maybe it’s just this church. Well, then we went and were helping to plant another church out in Chiba, where we met a pastor whose son played the saxophone. And it was the same story. He invited his son to play saxophone once in worship, and the church members got so upset. Saxophone is not appropriate for worship, they said. It sounds worldly. It sounds like jazz, you know. And we’ve come across stories like that over and over again. And I want to tell you one more. Sorry I’m talking so much! But there’s this other story when we met this koto player. She was featured in one of our videos during the conference. I think I’ve shared this in a past podcast episode, but we invited her to come and play koto in worship. That’s a traditional Japanese harp, and it was so beautiful. We loved it, but there were so many people upset afterwards. And there were so many meetings afterwards, not the kind of meetings that you really want to have happen, you know, like with the pastor and the elders. Okay, this person’s upset, and they felt like it was connecting to the non-Christian culture in Japan. They said, “You can’t use the koto in worship. You were distracting me from worship. I was not able to worship God because you had the koto there.” And, you know, the way—I’ve shared this with some of you before—the way that we were able to bring healing to that situation is when they realized how she was able to worship God through her heart language, through the koto, it drew them in and they were able to worship God by seeing how she was worshiping God. It wasn’t a gimmick, you know, it wasn’t like we’re trying to force something on the church, but that this is how she worshiped, and they were able to worship through her. It was that relational key that made all the difference. Mori Um, can I ask you a question? Roger Sure. Mori That was your experience in the beginning. Is that still very much the same in the Japanese churches? Roger I do sometimes continue to hear stories, yeah… Mori This is my subjective, biased opinion, but around 20 years ago, God raised a young man and gave him song after song. An authentic Japanese young man, producing Japanese praise songs, worship songs, and they did some gatherings using yukatas and guitars on the stage, dancing and singing. And those worship songs created by those people, they have quite rapidly spread all across Japan. Roger Oh, wow. I’d like to hear them. Mori Yes. Oh, you know him. Taka. His songs, I believe, have changed the atmosphere of Japanese churches. Nagasawa Takafumi wrote that famous song, “Sono Hi Zen Sekai Ga” (“On That Day”). He started out as a worship leader in his father’s church. Now, he’s the senior pastor. But he was invited as a worship leader to a church in a different place, totally different place, and the pastor, as the congregation sang that song, proudly said to Taka, “Don’t you think this is an awesome song?” He didn’t know that Taka wrote that song, and Taka did not tell him. But today, more instruments are naturally taken into church services. Different styles are tolerated. Not every church, but, by and large, so many churches are resembling Western American churches, worship band in front and leading songs with guitars and drums and bass guitars and keyboard. And it’s spreading. And I just think that change has been happening. But still though, not Japanese authentic instruments or styles. Roger Yeah, that's still pretty rare. Mori Yeah, because of the schism that happened, right in the beginning, the Christians somehow feel that those instruments are not theirs. And to me, that’s okay if Christians don’t play any koto or shakuhachi. Of course, they’re greatly considered by Christians to be a special genre of instrument. Roger Generally. Yeah, Cathy? Cathy That’s one thing that seems to happen when we play. We had an experience in Singapore. A Japanese gal came up and talked to me afterwards and said, “This makes me want to go home and find what is unique from my culture that I can offer to God. It makes me want to go home and find or make something unique from my culture. And so, I think that IziBongo sometimes has that effect when we show what other cultures are doing. Roger Yeah, I also wanted to ask you all, I know that like sometimes I hear this word “appropriation” in the States, because you are not from those cultures, because you are Americans doing that music. If someone was to come at you and say, “Hey, that’s not appropriate for you to be doing that,” how would you respond to them? Paul Well, it depends who it’s coming from, I think, is where we start. We have never had anyone come to us from those nations with a problem with us. In fact, all we’ve ever heard is appreciation that we at least attempted to sing in their language. And again, we don’t do it perfectly. We had one experience up at Prairie Bible College where we played a First Nations song, a Native American song, and there was one young gentleman there who was a young man from the First Nations, and he was so excited. He wanted to sing the song. It was very simple, so he wanted to lead it. It was so amazing to him that he could do that. And almost immediately, we got strong pushback from a missionary couple who’d been there for 30 years working with First Nations peoples who felt like that was very inappropriate for the church. So let me say it this way: What we do is not try to impose on the church what you should do. What we’re doing is saying praise is happening all over the world, not always on Sunday morning. In fact, most of this wouldn’t be in Sunday morning worship, but it’s worship. Some of it’s on the streets of Brazil, a samba. And it was a Christian song sung on the streets of Carnaval. I mean, that’s not Sunday morning. So again, what we’re presenting is just the various expressions of praise. Whether they fit on Sunday morning in the church, your pastor and your worship leaders need to work that out. And we shouldn’t be judging them. They’re the ones who are to guide and guard the flock. So pray for your pastors that they might have vision even when they have reservations. Cathy I would say it’s also not only praise, but Scripture memory songs, storytelling, telling of Bible stories, and historical things. So there are other ways to use the music. Cory And the use of the music that we do when we perform are based on relationships that we have with the communities themselves, either through a Bible translation project or actual one-on-one. So, we have gotten permission to do these songs according to the communities that we’ve come in contact with. Mary And I’ll say that coming back to the U.S. from West Africa and starting to hear this word appropriation, I was a little bit shocked because I was like, oh, what does that mean? You know, I had to say, what does that actually mean? Because to be in West Africa or in that particular culture, you dress with the cloth and you learn their songs and they are thrilled that you are learning their language and wearing their clothes. So appropriation is not about using these things for our own benefit, but it’s about lifting up and respecting that culture. Roger We are almost out of time, but I want to give Mori Sensei the last word. So, think about what you’re going to say. Let me just say that I’ve been moved by talking with all of you, you know, outside this interview, the stories you’ve told me about how people respond saying, wow, I had no idea I could worship God in that way through my culture, through my art, and how it’s encouraging them, empowering them really. You are empowering the nations to say, God has given you these gifts to worship him, and it’s just such an important message. Thank you so much for the time and money you’ve spent to come all the way to Japan to share this with us. We really appreciate it. Mori Sensei, do you have any final comments? Mori Well, thank you very much. I’m so honored. Change is happening in the Japanese churches. It’s not only negative. In one church, 45 minutes away from Tokyo, they started using enka. Enka is very secular, many love songs. They were the songs church members' husbands especially loved. So they invited the husbands and did a couples' night. They served beer and they sang enka. And the people loved it. Actually, the wives loved it too. So, some changes are happening. Also, Japanese instruments—koto, shakuhachi, shamisen—are not widely used in the churches. I think that’s because nowadays Japanese people have grown up without those instruments nearby. But those who have, they should be invited to the churches to perform and make them feel at home. Still, the Japanese churches are very much under the control of pastors. So these gatherings would be excellent for the Japanese pastors to know and come attend, listen to, hear the stories. That’s probably the challenge for the near future. Roger Thank you. Thank you so much, all of you. I really appreciate it. God bless you. You've been listening to the Art Life Faith Podcast. To watch the video of this podcast or many other videos from the conference, please go to our website: www.communityarts.jp. As we say in Japan, “Ja, mata ne.” We'll see you next time.

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The battle of Armageddon will be a tragic day. The Old Testament Prophets call it the Day of the Lord because the battle for Jerusalem will usher in Judgment Day for all of humanity. But what if the strategy to win the battle is not in mighty military power but rather in the Grace and Love of God burning in in the hearts of HIS people? Armageddon will be real. The day of battle with be vicious and tragic. But the LORD wins not by military might but rather through the Grace of HIS Word that will burn in a Caldron igniting a fire of preaching and melting the hearts of the nations. Wow! ___________________________________________________________________________________ [6] “On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a blazing pot in the midst of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves. And they shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while Jerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem. [7] “And the LORD will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not surpass that of Judah. [8] On that day the LORD will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the angel of the LORD, going before them.” — Zechariah 12:6-8

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A new MP3 sermon from Vision Community Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: On That Day Speaker: Benje Graves Broadcaster: Vision Community Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 7/21/2024 Bible: Matthew 7:22-23; Philippians 3:1-11 Length: 52 min.

Zechariah 14:20-21Rev. Erik Veerman8/21/2022On That Day, a Holy City to the Lord We've come to the last two verses of Zechariah. I hope our study been a blessing to you as much as it has to me. Starting next week, we'll do a short series in Romans 12. I've been going back to do different chapters of Romans in-between our full sermon series. Then, after Romans 12 we'll dive into the book of 1 John. That will be a nice change of pace from Zechariah.But let's now turn our attention to these final two verses. You can find them on page 952 of the pew Bible. Zechariah 14:20-21Please stand for the reading of our sermon text as we give all due respect to God's word. Zechariah 14:20-21. Hear now God's holy word.Reading of Zechariah 14:20-21Those last three words are a very fitting ending to the book, “on that day.” Well, on that day, the grass withers, the flower falls, But the word of the Lord stands forever.PrayerI would like to do a thought experiment with you.What if the Old Testament presented every detail about the future Messiah? In other words, what if the prophets prophesied the exact year when Jesus would be born? What if they identified Jesus parents and specifics of where he would live? What if the prophets gave details about the cross and what year Jesus would die. And what if the Old Testament explicitly said that after 3 days Jesus would be resurrected?When I think about those possibilities, every what-if has led me to a dead end. For example, if the exact location of the messiah's birth was known beforehand, imagine what would have happened to that location in the lead up. Or how people would have flocked to Jesus in his infancy or childhood. He wouldn't have gone through the childhood experiences of the common man. We already know that in his public ministry, he often had to withdraw because the crowds were overwhelming. Jesus himself hid his identity for a period of time. Why? Because, as he said, his time had not yet come.Or if all the details of Jesus death was revealed beforehand, think of how that itself would undermine, in different ways, his crucifixion. Same with his resurrection.Every scenario I've thought about regarding Jesus or his kingdom, has made me realize how God orchestrated it all, in his perfect time, providing prophecies and promises that all together is astounding.We have spent a lot of time in the book of Zechariah since February. And we've seen in every chapter a different highlight of the coming savior, the salvation he would bring, and the nature of his coming kingdom. From visions to direct prophecies, to people whose represented Christ's priestly and kingly role, to the temple itself and the lampstand, to events that happened which point to Christ and his kingdom.With the variety of prophecies and promises, the book of Zechariah is similar to the Old Testament as a whole.In fact, if you add up all the ways in the Old Testament in which redemption in Christ is foreshadowed, it's overwhelming. • Events like the Exodus• Feasts and festivals that reveal aspects of salvation• People that prefigure Jesus in different ways like David and Moses. • The temple itself and all the priestly activities that point to the holiness of God and the cleansing reconciliation of the coming savior. • Psalmists wrote of sin and a messiah who would save. • Prophets pointed to many aspect of Jesus birth and life, and death and resurrection. • And the list goes on.The point I'm trying to make is that Zechariah and the whole Old Testament paints a beautiful, full-orbed picture of the Gospel. Yes, it's veiled so that God could work it out in his perfect timing, but the picture is richer, deeper, broader, and (I would argue) more comprehensive than if the Old Testament were a detailed movie script of what was to come.And it should instill in us an amazement at how God orchestrated it all and brought it to pass… all for his glory and our good.These last two verses of Zechariah conclude the book in a similar way. They further expand on God's future promises for his people. …I would say, in a climatic way. So let's jump in.Since we're just talking about two verses, let's work through these systematicly.I have three question for us to answer:• First, what do these verses mean? I'm talking about the people receiving Zechariah prophesy – what is the significance for them?• Second, how do these last two verses fit in the book as a whole?• And third, how does they relate to us? How do we make the jump from them to us?In some way, we've been working through these kinds of questions throughout the whole book, so it's a fitting conclusion.1. The Original MeaningLet's start with the original meaning. You've probably noticed that these verses are about holiness. Well, holiness was something very significant to the people in Zechariah's generation. Remember, Zechariah was prophesying to the people who had returned from exile. That's only a portion of the people. There were many still in Babylon, far away to the east. But why did some return? Well, Jerusalem was a special place. It was sacred to them. The city and surrounding region had historical and religious significance. The people who returned wanted to return because they wanted to be there. But remember, this generation was born in Babylon. So it's not likely that they had been to Jerusalem before, rather, their families had retained their Jewish identity. This generation had been taught the law. They knew of the ceremonies and the history of the fathers and kings. And they knew that the centerpiece of Jewish life in Jerusalem had been the temple.Some of the people who had arrived, came before the temple was rebuilt. The first half of Zechariah's prophecy was written before the temple was finished. So, many returned exiles were there when the temple was rededicated. It was a shadow of its original glory, but nonetheless, it was restored and the priestly activities resumed. And that event drew more people back to Jerusalem - a functioning temple.But what was it about the temple that was so special? If you were to pick one word that described the temple, what would that one word be? It would be the word “holy.” Holy - we've come across it before. It means “set apart” in a righteous kind of way. To be holy was to be distinguished from un-pure, un-clean, and common things. And that word is directly connected to God. God is holy – one of his very character traits as God is holiness – holy, holy, holy.The temple itself had two inner chambers. One was called the Holy Place. And the other was called the Holy of Holies. Only the priests could go into the Holy Place and only the high priest could go into the Holy of Holies once a year. In generations past, it's where God's presence and glory dwelt.To be sure, the priests were like everyone else in that they were, of course, human. Sinful. Unholy. And as such, in order to fulfill their responsibilities, they had to go through ceremonial cleansing and wear special robes and attire. It didn't mean they became holy. Rather, it symbolized the holiness required to be the go-between to a Holy God.And what was their job? Besides keeping the temple clean, the priests performed sacrifices – animals, like doves and lambs, were sacrificed as part of the cleansing ritual for the people. It showed the people what was needed to atone for sin. Blood needed to be shed in place of the sinner being punished. You follow me so far? The temple was set apart as a holy place for a holy God, who set apart priests from among the people. They had holy responsibilities.We read a few verses from Exodus 28 earlier. It spoke about the high priest. He had to wear very special garments. He wore a turban on his head. And on the turban, as we read, was to be affixed a pure gold engraving that said, “holy to the Lord.” And in Exodus 28, God said that “Aaron,” who was the high priest, “shall bear any guilt from the holy things that the people of Israel consecrate as their holy gifts. It shall regularly be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.”The high priest was very set apart. He went before God on behalf of the people, so that they might be accepted by God.The people were very familiar with the idea of holiness, but holiness was reserved for a small subset of priests and temple objects, which were designated as holy.But look what Zechariah 14, verse 20 say: “And on that day, there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, ‘Holy to the Lord.'”Person: “What?! Zechariah, did I hear your prophecy right?” Are you saying that on that day, animals will be holy?” Zechariah: “Yes, Yes, I am In fact regular ordinary cooking pots will be like the special set apart cooking pots used for the sacrificial meat.”Person: “But Zechariah, the temple pots were cleansed by the priests themselves. Are you saying that priests will have to go door to door to clean our pots?”Zechariah: “No, actually, what I am saying is that you will all be priests on that day. Like my prophecy says, all who sacrifice may come and use the holy pots.”Do you see what this prophecy is describing? There would come a future day when everything will be holy. This would have been mind-blowing for them. This idea of everything being holy was radical compared to what they were used to. The city will be like one big temple.One commentator I read captured it well: “The city of Jerusalem will be one massive sanctuary, so much so that even the most common of objects will be sacred. Holiness will not be limited to the specially consecrated items in the temple. All of Jerusalem will be a ‘holy' zone.”Zechariah adds one more comment. In the beginning of the very last sentence, he adds, “There shall no longer be a trader in the house of the Lord.” That word “trader” is the word for “Canaanite.” They were known as merchants, so some translations like ours translate it as “trader.” This either means that there won't need to be merchants in the temple (you know, the kind that Jesus drove out). Or it means that there will not be any people there who don't believe in the God of the bible - like the Canaanites. Either way, it further emphasizes the future holiness of the city and people.So to summarize: These two verses were saying to the original audience that a future day was coming when no temple or priests would be needed. Why? Because everything and everyone in the city would be holy to the Lord. A future holy city and holy people.So that answers the first question, what was the significance of these two verses to them?2. Connection to ZechariahBut related to that, is the next question, how does this connect to the rest of the book?Well, the simple answer is it very much aligns with what God had been teaching them. God wanted them. Remember some of the very opening words, “Return to me.” It wasn't about the physical city or temple, rather it was about God's covenant relationship with them. They were his people, and he desired their hearts.Remember the beautiful picture of the golden lampstand in chapter 4? (I have to pull my menorah out one more time). Remember that the vision wasn't about the physical lampstands in the temple. Rather, it was a picture of God's people, who would be fueled by the golden oil – the Holy Spirit. And they would be vessels that shine the light of Christ.These last two verses of the book are a fitting conclusion. It reminded them to look beyond the physical city and temple. Their temptation was to latch on to the temple and earthly priests, as if they were the things that would save them. No, they merely prefigured a future day where a temple was no longer needed. A day when God's people would be holy to the Lord.Another connection is these last 3 chapters - chapters 12-14. They've been progressing. God had revealed through Zechariah about the coming Messiah – Jesus, and his salvation. He was the pierced one (chapter 12), who would be the rejected shepherd (chapter 13), and in chapter 14, we see the completion of salvation. A resurrected savior, a final battle and victory, and a new and eternal city, where true worshippers of God from all nations would be present. In other words, these last 2 verses are the climax. They are the pinnacle of God's fulfillment of salvation.• A fully restored city with everything and everyone holy. • The final cleansing from sin and evil, which has been a theme, is complete. • And a day will come when there's no more sin. Everything and everyone will be holy.And that's the summary of the second question… how these verses fit in. They culminate God's message to his people. A future day will come where God's holiness is reflected in everything and everyone who are in his holy city.3. Meaning for UsAnd that brings us to the third and last question. How does this apply to us? This is the “so what” question? So what does this mean to me?Kids, have you ever asked your mom or dad, “why do I have to study math? You know, like, I don't want to be an accountant or engineer someday.”And how did your mom or dad respond? “Well, honey, God has made the universe beautiful and orderly. And when we study math, we are learning the very principles that help us see and know and wonder at God's created order. Besides, math works itself out in every-day life. We study it so we can be faithful to use the resources he has given and give him the glory in all of it.”I'm guessing your parents said something like that. And what did you say in response? Maybe “humph!”You see, there are parts of the Bible that seem distant and irrelevant at first. But as we uncover their truths and see them in light of God's story of redemption, they become alive.Zechariah has been like that.We share many similarities with Zechariah's generation. They lived in a time of uncertainty which can be unsettling. Some of God's promises had come true, but the realities around them were difficult and painful. They were awaiting the fulfillment of those promises.We live in a time of uncertainty which, as you know, can be unsettling. Some of God's promises have come true, but the realities around us are difficult and painful. And we also await the fulfillment of those promises.The difference is, they lived before the first coming of the promised savior - Jesus. We live before the second coming of Jesus. For us, some of the future prophecies of Zechariah have already come true. We've seen that in many ways. But, there are still prophesies of Zechariah that have yet to be fulfilled.So let's apply this in two ways. First, a present reality and second, a future hope.Present RealityLet's begin with the present reality. These verses, in a spiritual way for us, have already been fulfilled. The promise to them was that a day would come when everyone who worships the Lord would be holy unto the Lord. It's not talking about every single person. Remember what it said in the verses just before these? It's those who keep the feast of booths, who would receive the blessing of God. In other words, those who believed in the coming savior and worship him. If you are in Christ, you know and believe and trust in Jesus and worship him alone… if that's you, you are holy to the Lord. Right now! You see, despite your sin, God has reconciled you in Christ. You are his by faith. You have the righteousness of Christ. God has given you that. Remember chapter 3? The vision of Joshua the high priest – how his dirty robes were removed and he was given clean ones. That is the promise. We have the righteous robes of Christ. It's not that we don't sin any longer. Rather our sin is covered by the blood of Christ.In fact, the Bible speaks of God's people as a holy priesthood. We are priests, through Christ, just like these verses prophesy. We can come to God, in his presence, now. Jesus is the earthly mediator – the perfect one. Through him, we can come in God's presence and be priests, ministering to one another.And today, there is no more need for a temple. That's because Jesus has come. He perfectly fulfilled all of the priestly role. And we have his presence here and now. We don't need an earthly priest or temple or sacrifices. He is the eternal high priest who gave himself on the cross as the ultimate sacrifice.You see, these are realities now. The returned exiles looked forward to what we have now. And we can rest and trust in God for all that he has done and is doing because of Christ. We can worship God in Christ, we can come to him in repentance. To be sure, they had faith and salvation in the same savior. Theirs was a faith in the future reality of the Messiah and his prophesied salvation. Our faith is the present reality that he has come and has saved.Future HopeBut if we only saw these final two verses of Zechariah as present realities, then we would miss out on the future hope that they also give.Part of what is promised here remains in the future for us, just as it was in the future for the returned exiles. It's the promise of a fully restored future and holy city.In Revelation 21, the apostle John was given a vision of the heavenly Jerusalem. One of his descriptions included this: “…I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.” In the heavenly Jerusalem there will be no temple! Just like our text. There will be no need for a temple.Not only will we be holy because of the righteousness of Christ, but there will no longer be any sin in us. All evil will be gone. The effects of the fall will be reversed. The term that the apostle Paul uses in Romans 8 is glorified. We will be fully glorified with Christ. Fully restored without even the ability to sin. • On that day, we will no longer sin against God or one another. Our thoughts will be pure. Our actions will be undefiled. Repentance will not be needed. We will no longer be tempted to lust or covet. Idols of all kinds will be gone. It will be a day when holiness is infused through everyone and everything.• On that day, our relationships with one another will be completely peaceful. All the strains and tension that we have today will be gone. We will be perfectly reconciled to one another in Christ. We will not fail one another. There will be no more gossip nor hurt. We will no longer have broken hearts• On that day, we will no longer live in the pain of doubts and fear. We will no longer have feeling of shame. No, because on that day, we will have perfect communion with God. We will no longer cry out to him in our sorrow wondering where he is. Because we will be basking in his presence and glory day after day after day.It is a day to look forward to. A day to long for. It's a day that give us hope now knowing what is to come.Let me end with the words of Jesus about that coming day. These are words that we began our worship service with from Revelation 22 verse 20. Jesus said this about that day: “surely, I am coming soon.” And the apostle John's response should be ours as well. He said, “Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.”Come, Lord Jesus quickly come.Prayer

In this episode of The Artist Inclusive Podcast, hosts Shanga and Anna Rosa Parker are joined by lighting designer Cha See. Cha is from Manila, Philippines and based in Brooklyn, New York. Cha's Off Broadway shows include soft (MCC Theater), Exception to the Rule (Roundabout), The Fever (Audible Theater), one in two (Signature Theatre), What To Send Up When It Goes Down (The Movement), Dom Juan (Bard Center),The Alchemist (Red Bull Theater). Cha's upcoming projects include: On That Day in Amsterdam (Primary Stages) and You Will Get Sick (Roundabout Theatre). Cha holds an MFA from NYU Tisch and was nominated for an Audelco Award. Cha talks to the Artist Inclusive Podcast about what fueled their move from the Philippines to New York City, and what fuels their work day-to-day. This includes a discussion of “the 4 Fs,” i.e. fun, fame, friends, and fortune, Cha's method for choosing work projects. Tune in to this episode of Artist Inclusive to take away a new philosophy of achieving work-life balance. For more seelightingdesign.com  IG: instagram.com/@seethruuu Website: Artist Inclusive https://www.hollandcreative.io  daniel@hollandcreative.io    IG: https://instagram.com/conversioncopydesign  https://www.dashofcopy.com  anna@dashofcopy.com  IG: Dash of Copy (@dashofcopy) • Instagram photos and videos  

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere, and Matt Tamanini discuss “On That Day in Amsterdam” at 59E59; “I Wish: The Roles That Could Have Been” and Roe Hartrampf Concerts at 54 Below; SJB, Arcelus, Glover, Rodriguez to Join “Into the Woods,” White to Play Hermes, Carmello Joins “1776”; and the passing of read more The post This Week on Broadway for August 14, 2022: On That Day in Amsterdam appeared first on BroadwayRadio.

SERIES/ Zephaniah: On That Day     SPEAKER/ Mat Shockney     SUMMARY/ Zephaniah's name means "Yahweh is hidden." What do we do when it seems like God is hiding? How is understanding what God said ON THAT DAY essential to living in the monotony of the day to day? God is not hiding, He speaks clearly to us today through His word. Through prophets like Zephaniah, God gives us truth and hope today for what will be coming ON THAT DAY.     #2022 #zephaniah

SERIES/ Zephaniah: On That Day     SPEAKER/ Mat Shockney     SUMMARY/ Zephaniah's name means "Yahweh is hidden." What do we do when it seems like God is hiding? How is understanding what God said ON THAT DAY essential to living in the monotony of the day to day? God is not hiding, He speaks clearly to us today through His word. Through prophets like Zephaniah, God gives us truth and hope today for what will be coming ON THAT DAY.     #2022 #zephaniah

SERIES/ Zephaniah: On That Day     SPEAKER/ Mat Shockney     SUMMARY/ Zephaniah's name means "Yahweh is hidden." What do we do when it seems like God is hiding? How is understanding what God said ON THAT DAY essential to living in the monotony of the day to day? God is not hiding, He speaks clearly to us today through His word. Through prophets like Zephaniah, God gives us truth and hope today for what will be coming ON THAT DAY.     #2022 #zephaniah

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SERIES/ Zephaniah: On That Day     SPEAKER/ Mat Shockney     SUMMARY/ Zephaniah's name means "Yahweh is hidden." What do we do when it seems like God is hiding? How is understanding what God said ON THAT DAY essential to living in the monotony of the day to day? God is not hiding, He speaks clearly to us today through His word. Through prophets like Zephaniah, God gives us truth and hope today for what will be coming ON THAT DAY.     #2022 #zephaniah

About: Stories, memories, accounts of the past and recollections of a time now gone. This episode features background music to general story cutscenes, including emotional reminiscing moments, as well as a few lighter toned themes centred around conversations or recollections. Artwork: Final Fantasy X 00:00 - Zanarkand [Final Fantasy X] by Nobuo Uematsu > 02:46 - Fireplace Whispers [Ikenfell] by avid & surasshu > 04:43 - A Memory That Cannot Be Pursued [Soma Bringer] by Yasunori Mitsuda > 07:41 - The Stake's Witness [Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney] by Yasumasa Kitagawa > 09:51 - Recollection [999: 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors] by Shinji Hosoe > 13:47 - Scene - Blue and White [Etrian Odyssey] by Yuzo Koshiro > 16:15 - Logic and Tricks [Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney] by Masakazu Sugimori > 18:46 - The Professor's Deductions [Professor Layton and the Unwound Future] by Tomohito Nishiura > 21:19 - Ideal and the Real [Persona 5 Royal] by Toshiki Konishi > 24:42 - On That Day, Five Years Ago… [Final Fantasy VII] by Nobuo Uematsu > 27:52 - Spirit Of The Night [Secret Of Mana] by Hiroki Kikuta > 30:42 - Memories [Dark Cloud] by Tomohito Nishiura > 32:56 - Coin of Fate [Final Fantasy VI] by Nobuo Uematsu > 36:12 - Remember, At All Times [The House In Fata Morgana: Requiem] by Novectacle > 40:05 - Memories [Xenoblade Chronicles] by Manami Kiyota >  www.pixelbeatpod.com > pixelbeatpod@icloud.com > 

SERIES/ Zephaniah: On That Day     SPEAKER/ Mat Shockney     SUMMARY/ Zephaniah's name means "Yahweh is hidden." What do we do when it seems like God is hiding? How is understanding what God said ON THAT DAY essential to living in the monotony of the day to day? God is not hiding, He speaks clearly to us today through His word. Through prophets like Zephaniah, God gives us truth and hope today for what will be coming ON THAT DAY.     #2022 #zephaniah

Welcome back to The Reunion: An FFVIIR Podcast! In this episode Ky and Vyzz discuss the potential transfer of progression between the future installments of the FFFVII Remake series! The major questions they attempt to answer include: Will there be a transfer of progression in the subsequent parts? If so, how will the transfer be done? What exactly should transfer (if anything), and why? What possibilities are there other than a full transfer? The news segment of this episode covers the recent Sony State of Play, Chocobo GP fiasco, and Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin! Do you think player progress in FFVIIR should transfer between installments? Let us know by joining The Reunion Podcast Discord server! Thanks for listening! Featured track: On That Day 5 Years Ago Lofi by Rifti Beats Track Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wtitBGRvTg YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/RiftiBeats Contact Us: Questions, ideas, inquiries? Send an email! Or join our Discord! E-mail: thereunionpodcast@gmail.com LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/thereunionpodcast Discord: https://discord.gg/d7X7UBw7UV YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TheReunionAnFFVIIRPodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Reunion_Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReunionPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thereunionpodcast Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/thereunionpodcast Check out Vyzz and the Cosmo Canyon Observatory community here: Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/EyjHzbZ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/Vyzzuvazzadth/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CC_Observatory Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/cosmocanyonobservatory

Message from Pastor Peter Dunn entitled "On That Day." For more information, visit sntandrews.org. © St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

. . . On That Day . . . During the readings of the first week of Advent we hear Isaiah say “ . . . On That Day . . . “. But what is he telling the people of his age, hundreds of years before the birth of Christ? “On this day”. We also hear, as Catholics with the knowledge of the birth of Christ, the phrase “On This Day”. What does this tell us? In the Gospel reading the Lord looks upon the wounded and heals them. He sends out His disciples to heal the people. On that day, people saw the face of the Lord. As we prepare our nativity scene, with its empty cresh, what a marvelous way to contemplate the Lord as we gaze and wait to look upon His face. Listen to this Homily and its various Meditation themes during this season of Advent.

Those That Do The Will Of God . . . The Gospel today is the parable of the two different houses built on different grounds, with different destinies. We hear this parable when we also hear from the Prophet Isaiah about “That Day” (reading not included in this audio). The Homily reviews certain points, described by Isaiah, of the city that God built. The Homily connects what Isaiah says will happen “On That Day”, with the words of Jesus in today's Gospel about the houses. The Homily further explains what this parable means to our salvation – the salvation of man. Listen to this Meditation Media for the Week and contemplate its meaning during this Advent Season.

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The book of Zechariah is an answer to people who were asking the wrong question. They wanted to know when their circumstances would change for the better. Zechariah's strange visions were sent by God to give the people a new, much more important question, and it's the same one each of us should be asking today. The post On That Day appeared first on CrossPoint Modesto.

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Pastor Jonathan Barbee finishes the series from Zechariah 14 "On That Day". October 28, 2018.

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues the series "On That Day" with part 3 from Zechariah 13, October 14, 2018.

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues series "On That Day" with Part 2 on September 30, 2018 from Zechariah 12.

Pastor Jonathan Barbee teaches from Zechariah 12 "On That Day", September 23, 2018.

1 Treaty 2 Going Home 3 Famous Blue Raincoat 4 Dance Me to the End of Love (Live) 5 If I Didn't Have Your Love 6 Never Any Good 7 You Want It Darker 8 It Seemed the Better Way 9 On That Day 10 Everybody Knows 11 Suzanne 12 Darkness 13 Tower of Song 14 Closing Time 15 Anthem 16 So Long, Marianne 17 If It Be Your Will 18 Steer Your Way 19 Hallelujah 20 In My Secret Life 21 Lullaby 22 Leaving the Table 23 The Future 24 I'm Your Man 25 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye 26 Take This Waltz

Leathan Milne is a local musician who is part of two local bands, Miami Device and Zoomafloome. He has just completed his first solo record, The Outcome of Weather. Leathan may make sweet sounding music, but he also is quite an eccentric character. “Here I Lie With You” is my favorite track on the record. How does a girl react when a guy writes a song like this about her? Well I ask Leathan. The answer will surprise you. Regular listeners of the show know that I like to get details on all my favorite songs and, this time, Leathan was a little reluctant to offer the stories behind his songs, but I am a determined fellow. Tracks played on this show... 1) Leathan Milne, The Outcome of Weather "On That Day" 2) Leathan Milne, The Outcome of Weather "Washington" (background) 3) Leathan Milne, The Outcome of Weather "Here I Lie With You" 4) Leathan Milne, The Outcome of Weather "Closer to June" (background) 5) Leathan Milne, The Outcome of Weather "The Landing" ALL songs CANCON

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Sometimes the world becomes a little brighter when a certain song enters the scene, and that's what this episode is all about. Raheem Jarbo (also known as Random or Mega Ran) joins Zachary Walton (fellow Disembodied Voices member) and your regularly scheduled co-hosts for a look at music that inspires them.Head over to Twitter and follow Raheem and Zachary both!How did you like this episode? If the answer is "lots" then consider following Train Station at 8 on Twitter, subscribing on iTunes and YouTube, or maybe sending an email to TrainStationAt8@gmail.com. Hearing from you would make our day and then some!The 8 Questions. Give us your answers, too, so we can talk and stuff!1. What have you been listening to?2. Is there a specific moment you recall music giving you inspiration? 3. What kind of game music inspires you creatively?4. What kind of game music inspires you personally or emotionally?5. What kind of game music inspires you while doing grunt work?6. What’s your primary motivation when creating art of your own?7. How do you go about sharing music you love?8. What have you been working on?Music used in this episode:KK Podcasting (Train Station at 8 Theme) - Bryan KellyFIGHT - D&D SluggersBark - Infected MushroomUnbreakable Wings - CarboHydroMOath of the Matron - Alexander BrandonSuburban Museum - Tomoko Sasaki / Fumi Kumatani / Naofumi HatayaOn That Day 5 Years Ago - Random and Lost PerceptionTo the Moon Main Theme - Kan R. GaoSuper Monkey Ball Banana Blitz Title - Hideki Naganuma / Yuri Fukuda / Takashi Nagasaka

The world is movin much too fast mother's have kids, they outlast young men think it's hard to pass this way Everybody's tryin hard to find a world in a life that's flawed When each one should be thanking God all the way (chorus) I want to see you on that day On that day On that day You know I want to see you on that day On that day On that day