What is the meaning of Zechariah 5:2? What do you see? • The angel’s question invites Zechariah to engage his own eyes before his understanding. God often begins revelation by asking His servants to describe what they observe (Jeremiah 1:11–12; Amos 7:8). • This approach underscores our responsibility to perceive God’s messages accurately rather than insert our own ideas (Proverbs 30:5–6). • The question also prepares the reader: what follows is not imagination but a God-given vision that carries real, binding truth (Revelation 1:11, 19). asked the angel • Angels serve as messengers who faithfully relay God’s word (Luke 1:19). Their involvement signals the heavenly origin and authority of this vision (Hebrews 2:2). • The angel’s role shows God’s personal care in making His will clear; He doesn’t leave His people guessing (Psalm 25:14). • Because angelic messengers never deviate from God’s command, we can trust the literal accuracy of what is conveyed here (Psalm 103:20). I see a flying scroll • A scroll represents written revelation and covenant standards (Exodus 24:7; Ezekiel 2:9–10). Its flight suggests swift, unavoidable execution of God’s word (Isaiah 55:11). • The image parallels Revelation 14:6, where another aerial messenger proclaims an eternal gospel—reminding us that God’s word moves freely over all the earth (Psalm 147:15). • This scroll will carry judgments (Zechariah 5:3–4), demonstrating that Scripture not only comforts but also confronts sin (Hebrews 4:12). I replied • Zechariah immediately answers, modeling obedient response to divine inquiry (1 Samuel 3:10). • His readiness to speak underscores the importance of testifying to what God reveals without adding or subtracting (Deuteronomy 4:2; Acts 4:20). • By recording his reply, Scripture invites us to echo the same honesty when God convicts us through His word (James 1:22–25). twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide • These dimensions (approximately 30 ft × 15 ft) match the entrance to Solomon’s temple porch (1 Kings 6:3) and the holy place of the tabernacle (Exodus 26:15–25). • The size signals that the judgment written on the scroll is as public and prominent as God’s sanctuary, stressing His holiness (Psalm 96:6). • It also implies sufficiency: the scroll is large enough to contain comprehensive curses against sin (Deuteronomy 27:15–26). Nothing escapes God’s notice (Proverbs 5:21). summary Zechariah 5:2 unveils a literal, heavenly scroll—huge, airborne, and delivered by an angel—to emphasize that God’s written judgments are living, authoritative, and inescapable. The vision calls us to see clearly, listen attentively, and respond obediently, knowing that the same holy standard that governed Israel still confronts every heart today through the enduring, unfailing word of God. |
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