Greetings to you all greatly beloved of God and welcome to another episode of our study of the Scriptures. We bless the name of the Lord God for His many blessings over us. Praise be to God!
In our today’s episode 626, we shall be examining the book of Zechariah Chapter 5 titled:
2 Specific Visions Which Figuratively Used To Refine The People
In Chapter 5, we read about two visions given to Zechariah. One was a flying scroll, and the other was that of a woman sitting in a basket. Let’s examine them one after the other.
The Flying Scroll (verses 1-4)
The flying scroll was so wide that Zechariah could see the content. As a matter of fact, the bible gives its dimension to be a 30-feet long and 15-feet wide scroll.
Written on this scroll was the judgement pronounced specifically on thieves and liars. One side contains judgement for the thieves and the other side contains the judgement for liars, especially those who tell lies under oath.
Again, this represents the purging of the land from possible contamination they got while in captivity. It’s like pressing a reset button to format the people back to their original identity before their exile experience.
Vision of A Woman Sitting In A Basket (verses 5-8)
The woman, the basket and the weight were linked to every form of mischief in the land. They were symbols of greediness, covetousness, and fraudulence in the name of building wealth, which does not last.
Remember, many people who were repatriated from the foreign land were already influenced negatively and this has corrupted their mind in such a way that it requires God to carry out purification on them upon their return to Jerusalem.
No wonder he started from the top – Joshua, the high priest (their religious leader).
There is a popular saying in Africa when someone does or says negative thing to another person, the person at the receiving end will then say, “…back to the sender…”
It’s another way of claiming “…no weapon formed against me shall prosper…”
That’s exactly what happened in verses 8-11 where the woman (symbol of iniquity acquired from the foreign land) was thrown into the basket and the lid covered.
And then there were two women flying, they picked up the basket containing the woman and flew off with it.
Zechariah was shocked and became curious to know where they were taking the basket.
The angel told him the basket of sin was being flown back to Babylon where it originated from.
Then the people of God will be free from iniquity.
This is exactly what Christ did for us all ad believers.
We were contaminated by the devil from Adam. Jesus came purged and purified us. Sin went back to the devil where it belonged originally, and we inherited the righteousness of God. Hallelujah!
To be continued…stay tuned and stay blessed.
Let’s pray:
I decree by the authority in the name of Jesus, whatever that is not of God, working against your progress, whatever that has sworn to deal with you, the power of God is being released upon you right now getting rid of those unpleasant situations and evil forces. You are victorious now and always, in Jesus name.
Anyone that is down with sickness, be healed right now, in Jesus name.
I command sin loses its grip and power over you right now, you are a free man in Christ already. Receive the capacity to live in this reality, in Jesus name.
Bible Readings For Today: Reflection time on all the chapters you have read so far and covering of missed chapters.
I call you blessed now and always.
Wednesday December 30, 2020 (DDMI)
