the curse that is goirig forth over the face of the whole land." Wemustalways becarefultointetpret phrases in of their m- mediate setting. We should bearin mind that the Bible isnot a machine that can be approachedmechaoically. Amechanical approach to Scripture is an erroneous methodOlogy spread by dispensational theology that confuses many evangelical Christians today. There is no iron-dad formula to interpreting the Bible, even though there are intetpretive principles that are helpful. lntetpreting the Bible is not merely ascience, it is an an. The Bible is a living , vibrant word that must be interpretedaccordjngtoitscantext. Words Zechariah5:i-4; e I d c l 2 : 9 ' 3 : 7 atuiany 1.lnrolled, for he can derermine canhaveavarietyofmeaniogsandusages; As we move into chapter 5 ofZecha- its size, Zechariah 5 : 2. • What is the just as we today'empl<iy the same words na h , we · detect a shatp change of tone significance ofthisscroU? Whyisit fiying withdifferent meaniogs . . from what w had previously e x p ¢ ~ over t;pe earth? Why is its size men - But the tenn in question can be transenced. Heretofore,Zechariah'smessage tion.ed? These are questions that are latedeither"theearth" or"theland, " so we had been one of great consolation . essential to grapple with if we are to needmoreevidencetojustifyourconchiThough cast often n mysterious visione understand and apply the meaniog of sion that it means "the land o f ~ e l ) . ary form, the revelation through Zecha_ the vision itself. Second, the idea of the specific land riah has been deddedly one of camfon . 1 . The Objects of the Scroll of lsrael is suggested because a specific The Jews were reminded that by G o d's Perhaps one of the first concerns that . land is mentioned n the second pan of grace, they had been delivered from cap . · demands our attention is: To whom does the vision, Zechariah 5: 11. There we see tivity b a ck to the Promised land. Th,ey the scroll relate? In the King James a transfer of privilege to Shinar, which were being encouraged by God's affir Version it would seem that the scroll has seems to counterbalance the face of the mation of the promise Of the rebuilding refereilceto th . e entire world, Zechariah . and n the present verse. 1£ a blessing pfthe TempleandtherestoringofJerusa- 5:3. Asa ma tter of fact, the same phrase- . is to come upon a Specific place, Shinar, lem,despitetheoppositionofthepagan. ' ojogy _ the whole earth or all the it would seem hat the curse oUght to world (Zech. 1 2 ) ; In addition, they eanh" is found in settings that clearly relate to ' a specific place, lsrael. learned of God ' s promised restoration of . do speak of "the whole earth" in e c h a ~ Third, there is a similarity with the prtesthood and government C Zech. 3-4) . riah 4 : 10,14 , and 6 : 5. But despite the Ezekiel's earlier scroll prophecy in Eze- Nevertheless, the inesSage . God words being the same, the conclusion kiel2 and. ' 3. There a setoll of curse is granted Zechariah did, not eT;ld with . thattl).eypointtOthesameobjeC\propably , clearly d i r e c t e d g ~ t Israel, Ezekiel Zechariah 4 ln Chapt :f 5 9 d ~ e i e a 1 s . i s n q t t h e ~ i n Z e c h a r i a h : 3 . lsaythis 2;10-3 : 1. Inlightof~chariah s h i s t o r i c a 1 something of judgment and woe · But for severa). reasons: contt;Xt in whiCh Judah · was guilty of upon whom? ArtcHor what reason? . First, the word for "eanh" here is footdraggingin rebuilding the temple, t The two visions recorded in chapter often usedspecific3Ily obhe hind." 1Qat wQuldseem thathisvision would parallel 5 really compose one complex vision . is, the Promised Land, the land of Israel. in sense to Ezekiel's earlier rebuke of We will COnsider each aspect in separate In fact , thisisavety familiarte)TIl used for )5rael for c o rrupting the worship of God ; messages. The first aspect of the twin "the land," when lSrae 's land is spoken So we conclude that Israel is the o b j e c ~ visionthatZechariahseesisofanumolled of h e t ~ u s e d t h e n d o e s n o t d e n i a n d of the scroll, whatever that scroll might scroll caught up by the wind and Hying thatweu n dersr.andtheWho leglolJeto be specifical ly indicate . Of course, as we c o n ~ through the sky, Zechariah 5:1,2a. AI- in view : The New American Standard tinue through the passage we will see the though it is called a "roll," which indi- Bible adopts tPe translation I amsuggest - evidence more fully . And from the evidence cates rolled up scroll, we learn that t s . ng , when t ~ ~ t e s :he ~ t s e : "ThiS 15 we will draw some lessons for us today. 20 ~ THE COUNSEL of Chalctdon ~ Apri l, 199 2
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8/12/2019 1992 Issue 4 - Sermons on Zechariah: The Flying Scroll - Counsel of Chalcedon