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Today, in the Bible room, we are reading Session 2 in the book of Zechariah, the summaries of chapters 4 through 6.

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Zechariah

Session 2 of 4

Chapter 4. Finish

The angel comes again to speak to Zechariah, and show him some things:

• He shows him a gold lampstand with seven lamps;
• And there is a bowl on top of the lampstand;
• There are two olive trees, one on each side of the lampstand;
• Zechariah admits that he does not know what this is;
• The angel explains it to him: this is the word of the Lord;
• The Lord is speaking to Zerubbabel;
• “Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit” says the Lord;
• The Lord will give Zerubbabel His spirit to do great things;
• Zechariah hears the Lord speaking to him:
• He tells him Zerubbabel has built the temple foundation;
• Now, he will be able to continue and finish the temple;
• The prophet asks about the two olive trees;
• The Lord says these are the anointed ones who serve the Lord.

Chapter 5. Wickedness

The prophet has a vision of a flying scroll, 10 cubits wide, 20 cubits long:

• The angel explains: this scroll has the curses of all the earth;
• The top side are the thieves; the bottom side are the liars;
• The scroll will destroy all the thieves and all the liars;
• Then the prophet sees a basket moving over the earth;
• The angel explains: the woman in the basket is wickedness;
• There is a lid for the basket made of lead;
• He pushes the woman down and throws the lid over the basket;
• The prophet then sees two flying women having large wings;
• They fly off carrying the basket through the air;
• The angel explains: they are taking the basket to Babylon;
• There, they are building a house for the basket;
• When the house is ready, they will set the basket on its base.

Chapter 6. Gift

The prophet has a vision of four chariots being pulled by horses:

• The horses are all of four colors: red, black, white, dappled;
• These are four spirits sent out by the Lord to watch the earth;
• The Lord tells Zechariah to receive a gift from the captives;
• They have brought silver and gold from Babylon for Zechariah;
• The prophet is to take the gift and go to the house of Josiah;
• There, he is to fashion the silver and gold into a crown;
• He is to place this crown on the head of the high priest, Joshua;
• He is to declare that Joshua shall rule as the high priest;
• He will be called the ‘Branch’ and oversee building the temple;
• And the crown shall be kept as a memorial in the temple;
• Many of the captives will come back and build the temple.

End of Session 2 of 4 of the book of Zechariah.