PT 7 - ZECHARIAH - VISION OF THE Flying Scroll and the Woman in the Basket - 9/21/24
In this message, I continue to teach from the work of the prophet Zechariah at chapter 5 where the prophet has a vision of a flying scroll (5:1-4) and a woman in the measuring basket (5:5-11). The messages contained in these visions are good ones to consider during this season.
The vision of the flying scroll (vs. 1-4) which is quite large, 30 feet by 15 feet represents the Torah, the Mosaic Law. Like the two tablets of stone upon which were written the 10 commandments on both sides (Exodus 32:15), so this flying scroll was written on both sides.
This flying scroll is meant to remind the people of the promised judgment in the Law for disobedience (Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28). Zechariah states this promised judgment is "going out over the whole land," meaning the land of Israel.
The second part of the vision, the vision of the woman in the measuring basket (Zechariah 5:5-11) reveals how God will ultimately punish the sin identified in the previous vision.
The woman in the basket is "wickedness" (vs.7) representing the iniquity of the people throughout the land. Two angels described as "two women with the wind in their wings" (vs.9) lift up the measuring basket with the women in it and they bring it to Babylon "to build a house for it" (vs.11).
This vision looks to the future when Israel's wickedness will be sent away to its ultimate dwelling place in Babylon, the center of all evil. The phrase, "in its own place" (vs.11) refers to the promise of a permanent resolution to Israel's sin.
But one need not wait until the time when Messiah Yeshua comes again. Even now we can experience the atoning grace of our Messiah by placing our faith and trust in Him. This what the High Holy Days are all about.
For one to genuinely experience a day of atonement, they must come to Messiah Yeshua so as to have the blood of His atoning sacrifice applied to his life. "For there is no other name under heaven given among people by which it is necessary to receive life" (Acts 4:12).
May this Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur be a day of atonement and life for you and for the "lost sheep of the house of Israel."
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