The issue is that if we want to be able to read the Scripture as it was intended to be read - God live among us again - then we have to get out of Babylon first - go back to Israel and rebuild the temple - which is what Zechariah is all about - (but in the Ezekiel pattern not otherwise!)
This is a process that takes time and effort and we are attacked by enemies while we are at the job - we constantly have to defend for our lives. This is the pattern you ought to find within yourself before you can know that you are walking Scripturally in a sound way.
Indeed quarrelling shows you who the enemy are, as well as the warning to be an undefended country - a country without walls - where the wall is trust in the truth of God Himself. Ezekiel 38 and 39 shows us how this battle will end in very small detail - including the time spend to clean up the mess after the destruction that God send upon His enemies. See also Revelation 11, 14, 18 and 19.
Can you see we hide behind the defence that God's Word provides, there is no other defence that can protect us. The truth Himself shall be our guard! (Gather your faithful ones brothers and sisters and you shall rule the whole world of your inner being when Jesus comes and strikes your enemies down. (Daniel 7:1-14))
The truth of God cuts us into two camps within 1) the numbered who are to perish the goats within us, 2) and the chosen - the sheep within us - true us who we really are when it comes to it. The numbered are led by the false prophet and seek after eternal life in sin - or at least that was were mine were up to - the wicked controlling them have countless traps set up to harm or even kill us, they hate us with a passion. Ten kings ( us ruling outside of God's truth) will arise. 5 are, another 5 are to come. (the ten horns of the dragon.) In this spirituality we will use God's grace to keep on sinning and never repent or seek after freedom in Christ but stay bondaged to the spiritually in which we have life when we sin.
The harlot will be revealed, our life in unfaithfulness, as well as the lawless one(s) in which we have life in dishonesty, arrogance and pride. (The little horn talked about in Daniel 7 whom Jesus will cut down with the breath of His mouth.)
The dragon will arise full strength. He hates grace that is how you recognise him, compelling demands typifies his understanding of the word, but he breeds more sin in us by casting us dead in our good life and sowing bad life within us.
This is a severe time, were we suffer severe hardships, until we learn to walk in God's grace and let Jesus loving truth destroy our enemies and we are lead more and more by God's Spirit instead of our sinful one. This process is called sanctification.
After all the numbered are dead, the harlot has been destroyed and the Dragon has been destroyed, we learn to let the wicked be wicked still and the holy be holy still. We understand that as long as we walk around in flesh we will produce sinful spirituality but we let Jesus plant His seeds of truth in the dirt (and dust) of our hearts and so the Lord grows us a beautiful garden of Eden with plenty to eat and let the Word cycle/move through us while the wicked gnashing their teeth look on from out of their prisons chained awaiting judgement day.
The kingdom is to serve the Lord in good as well as in what used to be 'bad' spirituality - our whole inner world of being kneeling down before God and praising Him.
Zion Descending
At first I heard Dad say,
"Son let us make tracks,
its near getting dark now,
the chosen are all asleep,
now would be best,
as darkness reigns its peak,
for arrogance has him blinded,
to what is really going on."
I saw the sunlight darkened,
the moon turn to blood,
and the stars falling from Heaven.
I felt everything shaking in its boots.
I heard about wars and rumours of wars.
I experienced famine and drought,
grand scale living in wantonness,
rulers making a living out of sin,
Satan's forces installed everywhere,
loveless forces ruling untruthfully.
I heard my inner world crying out in her dying pain,
"What is going on?
The Father is leaving us without the Son,
this can only evil mean."
I heard the angels blow the trumpets!
"Woe to the inhabitants of this soul!"
I heard the agonising cries,
coming from underneath the altar,
the dead in God's love, longingly,
awaiting newness of life!
"Yes, oh Lord, pour out their blood as they did ours!"
I heard the thunders rolling throughout my being,
"Let evil brood fear The Truth of God almighty!
Let judgement begin in The House of God!"
I knew judgement had already began,
when I beheld those massive hails stones,
tumbling down on the heads of the wicked.
I watched my enemies flee in terror!
Scorpion stings burning wrong,
horse hooves kicking up dirt,
truthfulness uncovering shame,
honesty baring nakedness,
the dung of the earth warring,
lies sores causing agony,
pestilence threatening,
as grasshoppers devoured,
my enemies food and good life!
It was fascinating to see,
how weak those are...,
.....so strong in lies!
Yes, honest!
Loving truth is like that!
The freedom to be,
true to yourself,
both in good and bad,
in His love to be.
Oh the release of faith!
Heart rendering awe!
Shouts of glorious praise!
Jumping joy - pure ecstasy!
Glorying in God almighty,
my life's tormentors died,
perishing one after the other.
Seeing Jesus on His white horse,
a blazing sword coming out of His mouth,
His all conquering loving truth
my inner world of being to reap.
Casting dead what is so good to have gone,
raising alive that which I had lost,
bringing new life at each dawn,
His kingdom ruling my world of being,
His presence bringing rest and peace.
Time and again He comes past like this,
(terrorising the wicked agonising their mates demise,)
as all His wheels turn into place.
The Word alive in heavenly love.
Costly gifts descending from above.
beholding the temple of the most high,
the truth of His love Himself my Zion.