Zechariah Part 6: Vision of Joshua The High Priest

Text: Zechariah 3:1-10.

Intro: About Joshua, the priest after the captivity, responsible for restoring true worship to Yahweh by building an alter and resuming the sacrifices (Ezra 3:1-6)

The Accusation, vs 1-2

The Satan

What The Bully Does

They know how valuable you are

The Rebuke

A Brand plucked from fire (Saved at the last moment)

Rom. 8:33.

The Declaration, Vs 3-7

Vs 3, filthy

a. (Dictionary of Biblical Languages With Semantic Domain) Soim: pertaining to being befouled with excrement as the feature of an object, with the associative meaning of being ceremonially unclean

b. God is never shy about our sin, Is. 64:6.

Vs 4, Something removed, something given

not clothing the homeless

The Need for Atonement AND Righteousness

Vs 5-7, Fit for service

Eph. 2:8-10.

The Branch, Vs 8-10

Vs 8, The Branch

They are a sign

a sign for the priests in the age of the Branch

Who is The Branch?

Is. 4:2, beautiful and glorified

Jer. 23:5-6, Be King and called “Yahweh is our righteousness”

Jer. 33:15, Execute justice and righteousness in the land

Zech. 6:12, Build the temple of the lord