CONTENTS This blessed Chapter, like the former, contains much of Christ. Under the type of Joshua, the High Priest, the cleansing and glory of the Church are set forth. (Zechariah 3:1) "And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right h... [ Continue Reading ]
"And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?" Who is the Speaker here but Christ? Surely he that is called in the first verse the angel of the Lord, before whom Joshua stood, is the s... [ Continue Reading ]
"Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel." This is a most striking verse. It was the command, under the Levitical dispensation, that the high priests should appear before the Lord in holy garments, for glory and for beauty, see Exodus 28:2. And so to human observatio... [ Continue Reading ]
"And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment." Who is this that answered and spake? Surely the Lord Jesus Christ... [ Continue Reading ]
"And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by." In the first reading of this verse, one might be led to suppose that Zechariah is the speaker. And I said, let them set a fair mitre upon... [ Continue Reading ]
"And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying, (7) Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by." We have here... [ Continue Reading ]
"Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH." The first part of this verse we must attend to, before we enter upon the consideration of the latter. And here we must forget the Jos... [ Continue Reading ]
"For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day." The glorious stone which Jehovah laid, we read of, Isaiah 28:16. Paul tells us, that... [ Continue Reading ]
"In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree." Here are the blessed consequences, and the gracious and glorious effects of the whole. Believers in Christ brought into a state of grace, mercy, and peace, sit down as under their own... [ Continue Reading ]