As part of the lead up to Advent readings, we're reading the final prophets before God speaking to Israel appears to have gone dark for several hundred years. We are now in the next to the last prophet before Jesus' birth, Zechariah. The Book of Zechariah was written between 520 and 480 BC.
Check out the video below for an overview.
Today's readings correspond with about the 3:30 mark through the 4:00 mark .
Fourth Vision: High Priest and Branch
3:1 Then he showed me the high priest Joshua standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan[Or the accuser] standing at his right side to accuse him. 2 The Lord[Syr reads The Angel of the Lord] said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! May the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn’t this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?”
3 Now Joshua was dressed with filthy[Probably stained with human excrement] clothes as he stood before the angel. 4 So the angel of the Lord[Lit he] spoke to those[= the angels] standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to him, “See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with festive robes.”
5 Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him in garments while the angel of the Lord was standing nearby.
6 Then the angel of the Lord charged Joshua, 7 “This is what the Lord of Armies says: If you walk in my ways and keep my mandates, you will both rule my house and take care of my courts; I will also grant you access among these who are standing here.
8 “Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your colleagues sitting before you; indeed, these men are a sign that I am about to bring my servant, the Branch. 9 Notice the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. I will engrave an inscription on it”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies—“and I will take away the iniquity of this land in a single day. 10 On that day, each of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and fig tree.” This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
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3:1 Then he showed me the high priest Joshua standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan[Or the accuser] standing at his right side to accuse him. 2 The Lord[Syr reads The Angel of the Lord] said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! May the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn’t this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?”
3 Now Joshua was dressed with filthy[Probably stained with human excrement] clothes as he stood before the angel. 4 So the angel of the Lord[Lit he] spoke to those[= the angels] standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to him, “See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with festive robes.”
5 Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him in garments while the angel of the Lord was standing nearby.
6 Then the angel of the Lord charged Joshua, 7 “This is what the Lord of Armies says: If you walk in my ways and keep my mandates, you will both rule my house and take care of my courts; I will also grant you access among these who are standing here.
8 “Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your colleagues sitting before you; indeed, these men are a sign that I am about to bring my servant, the Branch. 9 Notice the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. I will engrave an inscription on it”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies—“and I will take away the iniquity of this land in a single day. 10 On that day, each of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and fig tree.” This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
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