Zechariah 5:5-11 - THE WOMAN IN A BASKET

THE ANGEL CALLED TO LOOK ON HIGH
TO VIEW SOME OBJECT IN THE SKY
A BASKET WHERE A WOMAN LAY
WAS USED TO PICTURE SIN THAT DAY.

THE PROPHET COULD NOT COMPREHEND
WHAT THIS ODD PICTURE WOULD PORTEND
SO WHEN HE ASKED TO PLEASE EXPLAIN
THE SIN OF BABEL WAS MADE PLAIN.

WAY BACK IN SHINAR'S FERTILE CREST
WHERE MAN REFUSED GOD'S ONE REQUEST
A TOWER OF CONFUSION CAME
AND BABYLON'S PRIDE GAVE BIRTH TO SHAME

THE SIN THIS WOMAN REPRESENTS
IS MAN'S REBELLIOUS WICKEDNESS
THAT SPREAD THROUGH ISRAEL'S HOLY LAND
REPLACING YAHWEH'S MIGHTY HAND.

BUT SOMETHING STRANGE COMES INTO SIGHT
TWO STORK-LIKE BEINGS APPEAR IN FLIGHT
AND TAKES THIS BASKET MADE OF LED
BACK TO THE SERPENT'S EVIL HEAD.

THE FUTURE WHERE THIS DRAMA ENDS
IS FOUND IN JUDGMENT YAHWEH SENDS
WHEN BABYLON IS FOREVER CRUSHED
AND SATAN'S PRIDE IS TURNED TO DUST.
--B. PENT

THOUGHT QUESTIONS

1. SINCE THE FLYING SCROLL REVEALED GOD'S HOLINESS THROUGH THE LENS OF THE MOSAIC LAW, WHAT DOES THE WOMAN IN A BASKET REPRESENT?
2. WHAT MIGHT BE SIGNIFICANT WHEN THE ANGEL "PUSHED THE WOMAN INTO THE BASKET AND THE LED COVER OVER ITS MOUTH?
3. WHEN THERE IS TRUE CONFESSION AND REPENTANCE, HOW DOES GOD TREAT OUR SIN AS PICTURED IN CLOSING THE LED TOP OVER THE WOMAN?
4. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS MEANT BY THE TWO WOMEN WITH STORK-LIKE WINGS TAKING THE BASKED TO BABYLON?
5. WHERE DID SIN ORIGINATE AND WHY IS WICKEDNESS TAKEN BACK TO BABYLON? DOES THE EXPLANATION OF VERSES 7-11 SEEM TO BE FULFILLED IN REVELATION 17-18? WHY OR WHY NOT?