Zacarias 5
Leon Morris · Citado em PreceptAustin
Zacarias 5
Morris - Those who rejected God's grace, as shown in the previous visions, continuing in their sins, unrepentant and unforgiven, would be "cut off." The two sins mentioned in Zechariah 5:4, taking God's name in falsifying the truth and stealing, involve the central commandment in each of the two tables of the law, in effect stand for breaking any of God's commands. Zechariah 5:4 “I will make it go forth,” declares the LORD of hosts, “and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and consume it with its timber and stones.” it will enter the house of the thief: Lev 14:34-45 De 7:26 Job 18:15 20:26 Pr 3:33 Hab 2:9-11 Jas 5:2,3 THE FLYING SCROLL MAKES A CURSED LANDING! I will make it go forth,” declares the LORD of hosts, “and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and consume it with its timber and stones - What is "it?" Is this not the flying scroll with the curse written on it, the curse being for violation of God's law. Zechariah 5:5 Then the angel who was speaking with me went out and said to me, “Lift up now your eyes and see what this is going forth.” the angel: Zec 1:9,14,19 2:3 4:5 Lift up now your eyes: Zec 5:1 ZECHARIAH COMMANDED TO VIEW ANOTHER VISION Zechariah 5:5-11 is often overlooked in establishing the identification of Babylon in Revelation 17-18. Then - Marks progress in the narrative, in context a new vision. It is important to keep in mind that the prophet Zechariah is writing this vision in about 520 B.C., twenty years after the fall of Babylon to the Medo-Persians (539 BC), and here he sees evil returning to its original place in Babylon in the future. The upshot is that even though the Babylonian Empire had fallen, this passage seems to indicate that wickedness will again reside in the region of Shinar. The angel who was speaking with me went out and said to me, “Lift up now your eyes and see what this is going forth - As the context reveals, Zechariah 5:5-11 records an incredible vision that pertains to the city of Babylon in the last days. Believer's Study Bible - The vision of the woman in the basket symbolizes that sin (especially idolatry) will ultimately be banished from Israel and transferred back to Shinar (Zech 5:11), i.e., Babylon, the epitome of wickedness and ungodliness (cf. Ge 11:1-10; Isa. 13; 14; Jer. 50; 51; Rev. 14:8; 16:19; 17:5; 18:2, 10, 21). The woman (Zech 5:7, 8) is the personification of sin and evil. Apparently, she attempts to escape from the basket, but is thrust back with a leaden cover being placed on top. As the stork was an unclean bird (cf. Lev. 11:19), the two women (v. 9) are evidently agents and servants of the woman in the basket. Expositor's Bible Commentary - In Zech 2:12 Palestine was called "the holy land." In Zech 3:9 a future day was anticipated when the sin of that land would be taken away. The sixth vision has just dealt with the purging of flagrant, persistent sinners from the land. Now, in the seventh vision, this motif continues to be developed as the removal of wickedness is vividly depicted. Not only sinners, but also the whole sinful system must be removed—apparently to the place of its origin (Babylon). (SEE Haggai, Zechariah)
Zacarias 5
Morris - "Shinar" is Babel, where Nimrod first built his great anti-God empire based upon pantheistic evolutionism and idolatrous covetousness, thence to become the earth's "mother of harlots" (Revelation 17:5). In the last days, this Babylonian system of anti-God commercialism, perhaps apostate religion and a political union of the Gentile nations, will swiftly, on wind-borne wings, be carried back to its ancient home in Babylon. Babylon will then quickly be reestablished as the world's center of government, culture and commerce, the capital of the Beast (see notes on Revelation 17, 18). Babylon, even now, is being rebuilt by the Iraqi government.