F3 Charlotte Metro

F3 Metro Region Mission: To Plant, Grow and Serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.

[F3 Charlotte Metro @F3Metro]

2nd & 3rd F opportunity tomorrow for Saturday Q Source in SouthEnd at The Common Market at 8:15. Topic is as follows: Graciously Telling The Hard Truth And Demanding To Hear It From Others. #HIM #getright

[John Orton @f3backup]

Happy Birthday to our brother we lost several years ago. Double Trouble you are missed. @F3Metro

[F3 Resistance Training & Gear @F3_Challenges]

What if there was an @F3Nation workout in @F3Metro doing low impact resistance training with proper form, rest between sets so u can go hard, 3 sets of 8-12 reps, with the correct weight so you actually got stronger?

[JD Guptill🇺🇸 @jguptill68]

F3Wiggler @F3Metro 10 for 5k. Perfect jogging conditions.

🙏 to Oddball’s father’s surgery today.

[F3 Resistance Training & Gear @F3_Challenges]

@TangoDeltaTD TD, We Started a new workout this week. 0530 Hotbox, Thursday’s. Same time as @F3Hardcore

Low impact resistance training.

Lighter weight, 10-12 reps, 3 sets, proper form, proper weight.

New @F3Metro concept.

It’s as hard as u want it to be.

[F3 Charlotte Metro @F3Metro]

@F3Metro Men celebrated Halloween by tackling dark and treacherous trails of the gloom.

https://t.co/vWMIuSlFN4

[SCt H @F3Big_Worm]

F3’s Newport has the lead tomorrow at Qsource - topic is the importance of apprenticeship in leadership development in an LDP - 815am Cotswold Panera @F3Metro @jrempson @ttcharlottenc @dreddcnc @f3chowda @f3_titan @f3backup

[F3 Charlotte Metro @F3Metro]

@bmac29 Let’s go Pax!!!

[John Orton @f3backup]

2 men talked about Trust this morning at Saturday Qsource, Common Market South End. Come on out and learn more about leadership. Trust "A confident relationship with the Unknown" @F3Metro

[F3 Charlotte Metro @F3Metro]

Join and support @VetBridgeHome OCT. 31 for the HeroRun 5K & 1K https://t.co/hjCEKCT77B

[JD Guptill🇺🇸 @jguptill68]

F3Wiggler @F3Metro Strong 11 for 5k.
Bring on the Day!
Glory to God ✝️
Hotty Toddy! 🔴🔵

[SCt H @F3Big_Worm]

Titan has the lead tomorrow at Qsource - topic is Consistency - @F3Metro @dreddcnc @jrempson @ttcharlottenc @f3_titan

[F3 Charlotte Metro @F3Metro]

LABOR DAY CONVERGENCE

#leadright #getright

[JD Guptill🇺🇸 @jguptill68]

F3Wiggler @F3Metro 9 for 5k. Solid run this morning. Pax took it easy on the FNG-> Gold Bond.

[F3 Black🕷Widow @F3BlackWidow]

Another round of Sausage at Q to start your day out right at the Widow. Stay hard and SYITG. @F3Metro

[F3 Charlotte Metro @F3Metro]

PREBLAST: Heads up Metro PAX via for AUGUST 24th @f3_titan

[John Orton @f3backup]

Recently in @F3Metro we have had several injuries and deaths to Pax or family of Pax, @ttcharlottenc asked me to put this map together showing the risk level for each workout using AI for good. @f3nation https://t.co/eVrdlAN5Rs

[F3 Bastion @F3Bastion]

Late notice -- Q shift for tomorrow. Want Ad with the keys. Get on board. St Gabe's: 0515 EC OYO - 0530 main event. Headlock a man in need. @F3WantAd @F3Metro

[F3 Charlotte Metro @F3Metro]

CONVERGENCE TOMORROW

WHERE: INDEPENDENCE PARK (Across the street from Memorial Stadium)

WHAT: 4 mile run to Freedom Park w/250 themed beatdown. Gear workout at Independence.

Q'S: Newport, Sausage, Sheep, Megellan for bootcamp/run AND Carrier and Snoop for gear/core workout.

[Dredd @dreddcnc]

20 PAX Posted to MAP in @F3metro this AM for Zechariah 6

Q: Straddler

PAX: Stinger, Bear, Festus, Gravy, Pedo, Rollback, Stonewall, AT, ManZell, Carrier, WhitePine, Kodak, ShineBox, Jackaroo, CSFenix, Snoggler, Crabgrass, Straddler, and YHC

Section 1 — The Four Chariots (v. 1-8)

Four chariots emerge from between two bronze mountains, each pulled by differently colored horses, identified as the four spirits of heaven going out from the presence of the Lord. The group unpacked the imagery thoroughly:

•Four — the group landed on totality over all the earth, four corners, physical completeness. Fours show up everywhere in Scripture: four kingdoms in Daniel, four beasts, four horns and four craftsmen earlier in Zechariah, four rivers in Genesis 2.
•Ruach — the word translated “spirits” or “winds” is the same word for God’s living breath — the force that brought life to Adam, landed on judges, and animated dry bones in Ezekiel. These aren’t just messengers. They carry the living force of God.
•Chariots vs. horses — sharp observation from the group: horses patrol and report (as in Zechariah 1), but chariots go out to execute. Judgment isn’t coming to scout. It’s coming to act.
•Bronze mountains — possibly connected to the two bronze pillars of Solomon’s Temple, Jachin and Boaz. God’s judgment issuing forth from his holy temple into the world.
•Black horses = judgment and destruction. White horses = God’s power and redemption. Wipe it out, then build it back up. The sequence matters.

Section 2 — The Crowning of Joshua (v. 9-15)

This is where the messianic weight really landed. Zechariah is instructed to take silver and gold from returning exiles and make a crown, placing it on Joshua the high priest — a symbolic act pointing to the coming Branch.

Key discussion points:

•The Branch (tsemach) — the group traced this messianic title across Scripture: Isaiah 4:2 (glorious and divine), Jeremiah 23:5 and 33:15 (righteous and just), and Zechariah 6:12-13 (priest and king). One figure. Fully God. Perfectly righteous. Complete in every office.
•Straddler — the man whose name is the Branch will straddle two offices that were never meant to be held by one person. Kings from Judah. Priests from Levi. King Uzziah tried to cross that line and was struck with leprosy. Yet v.13 says the Branch will be a priest on his throne — both offices, no tension, perfect harmony. That’s Jesus.
•Joshua = Yehoshua = Jesus — same name. The high priest being crowned here is a living sign pointing to the one who would hold the office permanently.
•The crown gets given back (v.14) — caught several guys off guard. The exiles give their gold and silver, a crown is made, and then it’s returned to them. Generosity acknowledged, sacrifice honored.
•Zerubbabel — both Matthew and Luke’s genealogies converge at Zerubbabel before diverging again toward Joseph and Mary. Right here, in this chapter, in this moment of rebuilding — the lineage of Christ is being preserved. The probability of that being coincidence is essentially zero.
•The Temple — the Branch will build the temple of the Lord. But what temple? The group connected it to Jesus declaring he would destroy the temple and raise it in three days. The New Testament temple is us. Spiritual. Each one of us a living stone.
•Melchizedek — king of Salem, priest of God Most High. Gave bread and wine to Abraham after battle — what looks remarkably like the first communion. The original straddler. The Melchizedek thread runs from Genesis 14 to Psalm 110 (the divine oath) to Zechariah 6 (the crown) to Hebrews 7 (it all comes together in Jesus, priest of an indestructible life).

•Next week’s Q: Snoggler (pending confirmation)
•Study continues through Zechariah

#ThirdF