Friday | 26 June 2026
Every man who is sanctified to the work of a watchman must measure themselves to this call. They do this through repentance, and through the conversation of faith that comes by hearing and receiving the word of present truth that is laid down in the presbytery. Offering, through which life is multiplied, is the fruit of this orientation to the fellowship of the word. As the prophet Isaiah declared, ‘Your watchmen shall lift up their voices, with their voices they shall sing together; for they shall see eye to eye when the LORD brings back Zion.’ Isa 52:8.
A watchman does not firstly lift up their voice to proclaim the gospel. Rather, they lift up their voice for understanding. Pro 2:3. This is the response of a man who has been illuminated to the mystery of the stars in Christ’s right hand and of the seven lampstands. Rev 1:20. They first see how far they have fallen from this fellowship, and then desire to be established in the culture of offering that belongs to the fellowship of Yahweh Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This is ‘understanding’. Pro 9:10.
The fruit of understanding is the fellowship of offering where watchmen see eye to eye, or according to their sanctification, having put off their projections and the gospels that were sourced from their own histories and reason. They are able to see eye to eye because they do not despise, nor judge, one another through the sight of ‘an evil eye’. Rather, their eye is clear, or healthy, through the regenerative work of the word that brings understanding, and they are full of light. Mat 6:22‑23. This restoration in the presbytery is necessary for the reformation and recovery of lampstand churches – i.e. the ‘bringing back of Zion’.
The watchmen proclaim the word that establishes every hearer in the fellowship of Christ’s death, burial and resurrection. Isaiah declared, ‘The watchman said, “The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; return! Come back!” ’ Isa 21:12.
Further Study:
Isaiah 52
References:
Isa 52:8
Your watchmen shall lift up their voices, with their voices they shall sing together; for they shall see eye to eye when the LORD brings back Zion.
Pro 2:3
Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding.
Rev 1:20
The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches.
Pro 9:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Mat 6:22-23
The lamp of the body is the eye. If, therefore, your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If, therefore, the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Isa 21:12
The watchman said, ‘The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; return! Come back!’