The Night Visions of Zechariah

The prophecy of Zechariah was written towards the end of the Old Testament time period and is anticipating the coming of the Messiah. It was a dark and difficult time for God’s people, who were in a low state spiritually. They had just returned from 70 difficult years of captivity in Babylon. Eight visions and additional prophecies by Zechariah were given to encourage God’s people to persevere through these dark times. They were instructed by God to rebuild the Temple and the broken walls of Jerusalem. God, through Zechariah, presents a hopeful view of the future. This was not only very encouraging to the Jews 2,500 years ago, but also to us today. This spiritually rich book calls on the Jews to return to God, and God promises to return to them. It proclaims that God is fully in control. He is ruling the nations and the future for his church is bright and encouraging.

Today we come to our eighth lecture in our series on The Visions of Zechariah, and our lecture today is entitled, “The Ephah,” and it deals with Zechariah, chapter 5, verses 5 to 11. In the sixth vision, the prophet saw a flying scroll which contained curses upon the wicked. Sin is certainly going to be punished. This scroll enters the house of the thief and the perjurer and burns up everything, even the very stones of their homes. God’s wrath will burn against the wicked with fire unquenchable through all the ages of eternity. This present vision is similar. People seem to sin with impunity at times. They appear to get off with their sin but, we are assured, eventually all sin will be punished. “The wages of sin is death”—Romans 6:23, and God never fails to pay wages. Sin is serious. God hates it. The wicked shall not go unpunished.

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