Today is the 24th day of December. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian and it is

wonderful to be here around the Global Campfire with you today on this Christmas Eve.

Ah, it's like it seemed so far in the distance that we would arrive here when we began

this journey at the beginning of the year. It felt like we weren't we just moved through

Christmas. That's a long, long, long way off. But day by day, step by step, around the Global

Campfire we have navigated here again to Christmas Eve another time. And we are grateful

Lord that you have brought us here to this point in the year and to this point in the Scriptures.

And our next step forward in the Scriptures leads us back into the book of Zechariah.

Now, today Zechariah chapters 6 and 7. I looked up again and saw four chariots coming out from

between two mountains. The mountains were made of bronze. The first chariot had red horses and

the second chariot had black horses. The third chariot had white horses and the fourth chariot

had horses that were heavily spotted. I responded and said to the messenger speaking with me,

what are these, sir? The messenger answered and said to me, these are the four winds of heaven

that are going out after presenting themselves to the Lord of all the earth. The one with the

black horses is going to the North country. The white ones are going to the west and the spotted

ones are going south. And the powerful ones approached intent on going to patrol the earth.

He said, go patrol the earth. So they patrol the earth. Then he called out and said to me,

look, the ones going north have provided rest for my spirit in the north. The Lord's word came to me.

Take silver and gold from the exiles who came from Babylon, from Hell die, from Tobija and from

Jidaya. As for you, go that same day to the house of Josiah, son of Zephaniah. Take silver and gold

and make a crown. Place it on the head of the high priest Joshua, Jehosedak's son. Say to him,

the Lord of heavenly forces proclaims, here is a man. His name is Branch and he will branch out

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