Passage of the Day - March 9, 2011

Zechariah 4

 ¹Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and roused me, as a man who is awakened from his sleep.

 ²He said to me, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it with seven spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it;

 ³also two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side."

 ⁴Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me saying, "What are these, my lord?"

 ⁵So the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord."

 ⁶Then he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel saying, 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the LORD of hosts.

 ⁷'What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with shouts of "Grace, grace to it!"'"

 ⁸Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

 ⁹"The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will finish it. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.

 ¹⁰"For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven will be glad when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel--these are the eyes of the LORD which range to and fro throughout the earth."

 ¹¹Then I said to him, "What are these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?"

 ¹²And I answered the second time and said to him, "What are the two olive branches which are beside the two golden pipes, which empty the golden oil from themselves?"

 ¹³So he answered me, saying, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord."

 ¹⁴Then he said, "These are the two anointed ones who are standing by the Lord of the whole earth."

I am not even going to pretend to have a strong grasp on the meaning of this.  Let me refer you to Matthew Henry’s commentary on this passage:  http://www.christnotes.org/commentary.php?b=38&c=4&com=mhc

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