THE WORD SIROCCO Sunday, May 17, 2020 Month Theme: The Sons of Oil Topic: Reason for Two - Two for Work Scripture Reading: Genesis 2:15-25 Main Text: Zechariah 4:14 14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth. The Bible presents TWO sons of oil, NOT ONE (Zechariah 4:11-14). The Hebrew word for “two” in the above scripture reference is shenayim meaning two, second, double, couple and twofold. The word shenayim means more than the number two – it speaks about the union of two ie double, couple, twofold. Agreement is implied. The two sons of oil in Zechariah 4:14 operated together. God designed human beings to operate in twos for good reasons, one of which is for work. God created Adam to “dress and keep” the Garden of Eden and gave him Eve as a “help meet” partly for that purpose (Genesis 2:15). The word "alone" is the Hebrew word lèbaddō. It is comparable with a castle with high walls which prevent someone from seeing the nice bu