2496.) Zechariah 5

This scroll is the Torah, the first five books of the Bible.

Zechariah 5 (NIV)

The Vision of the Flying Scroll

1I looked again, and there before me was a flying scroll.

2 He asked me, “What do you see?”

I answered, “I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”

The scroll was approximately 15 by 30 feet. These were the dimensions of the holy place in the tabernacle and of the porch of Solomon’s temple.

3 And he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely will be banished. 4 The LORD Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.’”

God’s Word and Spirit will judge every person. Oh, Lord, that I may see the TRUTH in your Word and live my life according to it!

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Music:

HERE  is an old favorite, by Amy Grant — “Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet.”

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The Vision of the Woman in a Basket

5Then the angel who was speaking to me came forward and said to me, “Look up and see what is appearing.”

6 I asked, “What is it?”

He replied, “It is a basket.” And he added, “This is the iniquity of the people throughout the land.”

7 Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman! 8 He said, “This is wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it.

The Hebrew word for Wickedness is feminine. This is probably why a woman personifies evil in this vision.

–David Guzik

9 Then I looked up—and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.

10 “Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking to me.

11 He replied, “To the country of Babylonia to build a house for it. When the house is ready, the basket will be set there in its place.”

In the previous vision, sins of the individual were judged. In this vision, the sins of the society as a whole are judged and removed.

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New International Version (NIV)   Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica
Images courtesy of:
men holding Torah scroll.    https://dwellingintheword.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/torah-scroll-3.jpg
flying scroll.    http://followtheart.info/kareff-Thu_25_21.html
two women with basket.   http://nabiy4america.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/image028ephah1.jpg
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