Beth Ariel La Podcast

In this message, I continue to teach from the work of the prophet Zechariah at chapter 5 where the prophet has a vision of a flying scroll (5:1-4) and a woman in the measuring basket (5:5-11). The messages contained in these visions are good ones to consider during this season.The vision of the flying scroll (vs. 1-4) which is quite large, 30 feet by 15 feet represents the Torah, the Mosaic Law. Like the two tablets of stone upon which were written the 10 commandments on both sides (Exodus 32:15), so this flying scroll was written on both sides.This flying scroll is meant to remind the people of the promised judgment in the Law for disobedience (Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28). Zechariah states this promised judgment is "going out over the whole land," meaning the land of Israel.The second part of the vision, the vision of the woman in the measuring basket (Zechariah 5:5-11) reveals how God will ultimately punish the sin identified in the previous vision.The woman in the basket is "wickedness&