Prophetic Word Pictures-#1: The Oil and the Wine by Randy Maugans

Based on the Third Day studies

I’ve been thinking of the BP Oil Spill In the Gulf of Mexico: this is my “take” on it from the metaphoric side of the prophetic. Actually a “riffing” on two elements the Lord showed about activity in the spirit and how it is working out in the physical. The oil rig fire and the “leak” are not the THING…the main thing is how rapidly we are accelerating toward sweeping judgments to both the church and the beast-world system.

We are drawn by events to see into what is occurring in the spirit realm, the causative realm from which unfolds all things under heaven:

Spiritually, Revelation 6:6 comes to mind:

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

This is the 3^rd seal and it speaks to a time of FAMINE, DEFLATION OF MONEY…but in the midst is a preservation…a command that certain measures not be “hurt” (the word hurt means “unjust” …we could say: “make not unjust” the oil and wine.)

The Oil

And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD -Leviticus 14:29

Oil, here, is olive oil (Strong’s 1636) —which brings to mind the two olive branches of Zechariah 4:12-  What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?

This brings up the two witnesses, and the time of their prophecy:

Revelation 11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

Go back to>>> Revelation 6:11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.  12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

Sackcloth comes up in connecting the images of Rev. 11:3 and 6:11-12.

sakkos
4526 - of Hebrew origin (8242); “sack”-cloth, i.e. mohair (the material or garments made of it, worn as a sign of grief):– sackcloth.

sak 8242 - from 8264; properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.):–sack(-cloth, -clothes).

• “A mesh as allowing liquid to run through?”— Luke 5:37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
  
• “A bag for grain? “—” , A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny” (Rev. 6:6)

Prophetically, we begin to get a picture of this purification, of this gathering…these are the early signs of judgment impending.

shaqaq 8264  shaw-kak’ - a primitive root; to course (like a beast of prey); by implication, to seek greedily:–have appetite, justle one against another, long, range, run (to and fro).

OK—do you see the word patterns coming out? Look at  the root of sak 8242, which is the Hebrew word shaqaq:

we have beasts of prey, seeking greedily, justling against one another

justle \Jus”tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Justled; p. pr. & vb. n.

Justling.]

To push; to drive; to force by running against; to jostle.

The modern English word is jostle which is defined as “to come into contact with; to FORCE by pushing; to vie with in attaining a goal.

This streams into the final cryptic part of this root word:

“ run (to and fro)”

Isaiah 33:4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

From the glossary of metaphors, Sue Patterson’s book “The Trumpet Judgments Unveiled”:

Locusts – The locusts in the 5th trumpet are a metaphor for the 1st third of the apostate that play the role of Judas. They betray the Multitude for reward. They strip the Multitude of their possessions as locusts strip vegetation. They are an army of 4 types of locusts in Joel 1:4 and 2:25. Locusts were one of the ten plagues of Egypt (Exo. 10:14). Locusts are spoken about as a creature that spoils (removes their possessions) the people (Isa. 33:4, Nahum 3:15,17).

Nahumn 2:4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

Nahum 2 introduces the impending judgments of the Lord that are detailed in chapter 3 which begins:

1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not

and which ends with this in verse Nahum 3:19-

“There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?”

This “bloody city” in Nahum bears striking similarities to the Babylon of Revelation 14:7- Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. 8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

The Wine

The imagery of the wine in the context of this present vision is a bit more obscure, but key verses will break it out for us, as the wine is linked to the oil—start here in:

Zechariah 9:14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. 15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar. {with…: or, the stones of the sling} {be…: or, fill both the bowls, etc} 16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.

The arrow goes forth:

Luke 17:24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.

Habakuk 3: 11
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. {at the light…: or, thine arrows walked in the light} 12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger. 13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck.

A connective image is now seen repeating from Nahum 3:19—this image of the “deadly wound”:

Revelation 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

Now compare this verse in Zechariah 4:2 - “And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:”

The Hebrew word translated as “top” here is also the word translated as head in Habakuk 3:13:

Note that the “beast” of Revelation 13 has “seven heads”, and that the lamp stand of Zechariah bears seven lamps which correspond to the seven churches of Revelation 2 and 3. The prophecy of Zechariah 6:1-8 corresponds to  the four horsemen of Revelation 6:1-8—the same prophecy where we hear the utterance:

This metaphorical algorithm completes the imagery of the cycle of judgments laid into the earth from the time of Zerubabel’s temple. The arrow going forth is the commencement of judgments…the divisions of the just and the unrighteous. The battle lies in the center of these two forces—the “multitudes”, for whom in Habbakuk 3verse 13 are called “thy people…thine anointed. “ , and in Zechariah 9:15 “the corners of the altar.” This is pictured in Revelation as trumpet judgments, seals, and vials—or “bowls” (the terms are interchangeable).

This is gathering of the spoils (Isaiah 33:4) in the bloody city of Babylon/Jerusalem/Sodom/Egypt — Revelation 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

Judgment is also equilibrium—a balancing of accounts in the spirit, which transfers into the realm of the physical plane:

Psalm 75:8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them. 9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. {shine…: or, be enlightened; for thy light cometh}

2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

Equilibrium and fulfillment :

The oil and the wine are symbols with dual streams of fulfillment..they are metaphors of judgment, gathering together and scattering…they represent ELEMENTS in the Spirit which picture God’s ongoing fulfillment of HIS will in the earth realm. Terrible, yet also part of HIS divine agape and of HIS purging and of HIS HEALING. In Luke 10, the story of the “Good Samaritian” we see this marvelous picture in the foreshadowing of the elements:

30…A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.

33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,

34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

The false healing of Babylon’s “deadly wound” is trumped by this God, who puts all things under His feet…the oil and the wine are symbolic elements of this dual edged sword…this axe now laid at the root of the tree of Babylon:

Luke 3:9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire

To learn more about the metaphorical interpretations of prophecy, please check out the following resources:

Seals, Vials, & Trumpets-Part 2

The Third Day Study: Glossary of Metaphors

The Spiritual Overlay by Sue Patterson

The Beast of Revelation Series

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