Praise the Lord, saints! Week 6 of the Life-Study Reading Program begins with Message 4 of Zechariah: THE VISIONS OF CONSOLATION AND PROMISE (3)
This message covers Zechariah 3 in the following sections:
IV. THE VISION OF JOSHUA THE HIGH PRIEST PERFECTED, ESTABLISHED, AND STRENGTHENED BY THE ANGEL OF JEHOVAH WITH ZERUBBABEL THE GOVERNOR OF JUDAH
A. The Angel Showing Zechariah Joshua the High Priest
B. Standing before the Angel of Jehovah to Be Perfected, Established, and Strengthened
1. Resisted by Satan Standing at His Right Hand
2. Jehovah’s Defense Extended to Him
3. The Perfection of Christ as the Angel of Jehovah Extended to Joshua
a. Removing the Filthy Garments from Him
b. Clothing Him with Stately Robes
c. Crowning Him with a Clean Turban upon His Head
d. Testifying to Him
e. Strengthening Him with Zerubbabel the Governor of Judah
1) A Type of Christ
2) The Stone That Jehovah Set before Joshua
a) Seven Eyes Being upon This Stone
b) Jehovah Engraving the Engraving of the Stone
c) Jehovah Removing the Iniquity of the Holy Land in One Day
3) Each of the Children of Israel Inviting His Neighbor to Come under the Vine and under the Fig Tree
Satan is not only God’s enemy and the enemy of His people but also the adversary. Satan, the accuser stands before God accusing us before God and he also accuses us before ourselves and our fellows. We see this in the vision given Zechariah of Joshua the High Priest. Yes, he was clothed in filthy garments, but he was “a brand plucked by the fire.” The Angel of Jehovah was his strengthening and because of whom he could stand before God. It is true today, we must stand with the Angel of Jehovah in our spirit.
“Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?… Remove the filthy garments from him. Then He said to him, See, I hereby make your iniquity pass from you and clothe you with stately robes.” Zech. 3:2-4
My oh my, what a word of consolation! Joshua represents the priesthood. Although he was a priest he still had on filthy garments. This indicates our conduct is unclean because we still live in the flesh. This is why we need to take Christ as our stately robes! Hallelujah, we may put on the real Designer clothes- Christ in His divine glory and human beauty.