1 Now athe angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, bas a man who is wakened out of his sleep.
2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” So I said, “I am looking, and there isaa lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, band on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps.
3aTwo olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left.”
4 So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”
5 Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”
6 So he answered and said to me: “This is the word of the Lord to aZerubbabel: b‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts.
7 ‘Who are you, aO great mountain? Before Zerubbabel youshallbecome a plain! And he shall bring forth bthe capstone cWith shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” ’ ”
8 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
9 “The hands of Zerubbabel aHave laid the foundation of this1 temple; His hands bshall also finish it. Then cyou will know That the dLord of hosts has sent Me to you.
10 For who has despised the1 day of asmall things? For these seven rejoice to see The plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. bThey are the eyes of the Lord, Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.”
11 Then I answered and said to him, “What are these atwo olive trees—at the right of the lampstand and at its left?”
12 And I further answered and said to him, “What arethese two olive branches that drip1 into the receptacles of the two gold pipes from which the golden oil drains?”
13 Then he answered me and said, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”
14 So he said, a“These are the two anointed ones, bwho stand beside the Lord of the whole earth.”
This is interesting in terms of Matthew 25 and the Ten Virgins, who were asleep. The angel comes and has to waken the prophet out of sleep. Could there be some sort of a parallel? Perhaps. Yet, at this point, the prophet himself had to be awoken out of sleep. Maybe it is a key to the timing of the revelation of the Two Witnesses and the other events of the end time.
The Berean gives you the starting point: one scripture and a focused commentary in your inbox each morning — read it in minutes, or go as deep as you like.
Free, daily, and spam-free. We never share your address. Unsubscribe anytime.
