David Baron

Name: The Visions and Prophecies of Zechariah — The Opened Fountain and its Cleansing Power
Author: David Baron

The Visions and Prophecies of Zechariah… (1918)

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“The Visions and Prophecies of Zechariah — The Opened Fountain and its Cleansing Power”, published in 1918, is a work by David Baron. It explores elements such as prophet, cleansing and uncleanness.

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David Baron, The Visions and Prophecies of Zechariah… (1918)

“ Not only shall the idols the objects of idolatrous worship themselves be " cut off," but their very names and remem brance shall perish in the land ; and not only shall false prophets disappear, but the unclean spirit the author and inspirer of false prophecy as well as the instigator of idolatry shall be cast out from the midst of the people, whose ears shall then be circumcised to hearken only to words of truth and purity, and whose heart s love and worship shall be centred in Jehovah alone. ”

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David Baron, The Visions and Prophecies of Zechariah… (1918)

“ From the inward cleansing of the people from the guilt and moral defilement of sin, the prophet passes in vers. 26 to the cleansing of the land and the purification of the environment in which the forgiven and sanctified people shall then live and move. Nothing that defileth shall be permitted in the restored Jewish state in the day when " Jehovah shall inherit Judah, His portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again."
The two chief sources of moral pollution and the great besetting sin of Israel in the land were idolatry and false prophecy. ”

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David Baron, The Visions and Prophecies of Zechariah… (1918)

“ It is this Levitical ordinance which was very probably also in the mind of the priestly prophet Ezekiel in his great prophecy concerning Israel s future in chap, xxxvi. : " And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean : from all your filthiness and from all your idols will I cleanse you"
In our passage in Zechariah, however, the figure is a much stronger one. Instead of water being sprinkled upon the defiled, a fountain of cleansing water is opened, in which the guilty may wash and be clean. ”

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David Baron, The Visions and Prophecies of Zechariah… (1918)

“ THE OPENED FOUNTAIN 463
be closed, for the force of the Hebrew words 1 which are used, is not only " shall be opened," but " shall remain open " ever free and accessible to all, and everlastingly efficacious for " sin and for uncleanness." ”

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David Baron, The Visions and Prophecies of Zechariah… (1918)

“ Zeal for Jehovah and His law will be so strong as to overmaster even parental affection ; the people themselves would stop short at nothing in order utterly to exterminate the evil should it be possible once again to assert itself. ”

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David Baron, The Visions and Prophecies of Zechariah… (1918)

“ Now the prophet, to illustrate the zeal for Jehovah and His truth which shall then characterise converted and regenerated Israel, supposes such a case. Even if it should be their own son who should presumptuously " prophesy," either to entice them from their allegiance to Jehovah or to spread error in His Name, his own parents will not spare or pity him ”

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David Baron, The Visions and Prophecies of Zechariah… (1918)

“ The expression " between thy hands " is an idiom which may mean on the palms of the hands, or on the arms, i or on the chest between the hands ; but the explana tion of Rashi that it means " between thy shoulders," where persons are wont to be scourged, is a very unlikely one. There is difference of opinion among commentators as to the meaning of the answer of the false prophet in the second half of the verse. It greatly depends on the mean-
1 I Kings xxii. 5, 6, 7, II, 12. - I Kings xviii. 28.
3 Jer. xvi. 6, xli. 5.
THE OPENED FOUNTAIN 469 ”

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David Baron, The Visions and Prophecies of Zechariah… (1918)

“ Now, popular feeling will run so strongly in an opposite direction that
1 Deut. xviii. 20. 30
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persons will be ashamed of making any pretence to super natural visions, and confounded when charged with having made such assumptions. Instead of being anxious to be considered as prophets, they will rather seek in every way to avoid the reputation of such a dangerous and unpopular profession. ”

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