![]() The principal meaning seems to be, that those who shall hold fast their profession, and hold out, and persevere through the trying dispensation in the latter day, they shall be remarkably holy they shall shine in the beauties of holiness holiness shall be upon their horses' bells, and they themselves shall be holiness unto the Lord, ( Zechariah 14:20 Zechariah 14:21 ) ( Isaiah 35:8 ) ( 60:21 ) ( Joel 3:17 ) everyone that is written among the living in Jerusalem In the original text it is added, "unto him" either the person left, it shall be said to him, that he is holy or rather the branch and Kimchi interprets it, "because of him" for these are accounted holy, through the imputation of the holiness of Christ unto them and they are really and inherently holy, through the grace of Christ implanted in them they are called to be holy, to be saints, and they are called with a holy calling, and unto holiness and, in effectual calling, principles of grace and holiness are wrought in them, and which appear in their lives and conversations. ![]() The doctrine of the saints' final perseverance is held forth in these words, as their sanctification and election are in the following clauses, which secure it to them: they shall be called holy: These are the persons to whom Christ appears beautiful and glorious, excellent and comely, who will be left, and remain in Zion and Jerusalem by which is meant the Gospel church, or church as in the latter day in which these shall continue, abide by the truths and doctrines of the Gospel, and the ordinances thereof, and persevere unto the end even when Christ shall take his fan in his hand, and purge his floor of the chaff when the filth of the daughter of Zion shall be washed away by the spirit of judgment and burning, as in the following verse ( Isaiah 4:4 ) when it shall be a shocking and shaking time in the churches, and the hour of temptation shall come, that shall try those that dwell upon earth these shall be pillars in the temple of God, that shall never go out. ![]()
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