Zechariah 5:1-4 - THE FLYING SCROLL

THE PROPHET ZECHARIAH SAW
THE STRANGEST SYMBOLS OF THEM ALL
TWO END TIME SIGNS IN CRYPTIC FORM
REVEALING JUDGMENT'S FUTURE STORM.

A FLYING SCROLL OF PARCHMENT STRENGTH
FROM FIFTEEN FEET BY THIRTY LENGTH
WITH ONE COMMANDMENT ON EACH SIDE
THE LAW OF STEALING AND FALSE PRIDE.

THE TWO STONE TABLETS OF THE LAW
GOD GAVE TO ISRAEL AS A GUIDE
WAS LIKE A TUTOR THAT WOULD SHOW
THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BELOW.

BUT DISOBEDIENCE TURNED THEIR HEART
AND NATIONAL ISRAEL FELL APART
FOR WHEN GOD'S GLORY LEFT ITS PLACE
THE GENTILE NATIONS FILLED THEIR SPACE.

MAN'S GUILT CAN NEVER BE ERASED
THE BROKEN LAW IN VIEW IS TRACED
BUT ONLY FAITH IN CHRIST ALONE
CAN THROUGH REPENTANT GRACE ATONE.

A FUTURE DAY IS HERE IN VIEW
WHEN GOD AGAIN GRAFTS IN THE JEW
A NATION TORN BY DEEP DISTRESS
WILL FIND IN HIM TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS.
--B. PENT

THOUGHT QUESTIONS

1. AS YAHWEH CONTINUES PREPARING HIS PEOPLE, WHAT WOULD THE VISION OF A FLYING SCROLL COMMUNICATE TO THEM? WHAT MESSAGE SHOULD THEY HAVE UNDERSTOOD WITH ONLY 2 COMMANDMENTS VISIBLE?

2. WHEN JESUS SUMMARIZED THE LAW, WHAT TWO COMMANDMENTS DID HE QUOTE AND WHY? CAN YOU SEE ANY PARALLEL BETWEEN THESE AND THE TWO ON THE FLYING SCROLL? WHAT MIGHT THEY REVEAL?

3. PETER REMINDS US THAT WE TOO ARE "A CHOSEN GENERATION, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE BELONGING TO GOD, THAT WE MAY DECLARE THE PRAISES OF HIM WHO CALLED US OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS WONDERFUL LIGHT" (1 PETER 2:9). SO HOW SHOULD WE PREPARE TO SERVE HIM? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS SCRIPTURE REMINDS US TO DO IN PREPARATION?