Zechariah 3

The Vision of Joshua the High Priest

¹Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Yahweh, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

• ZECH 3:1[DEMONIC]Satan stands to accuse Joshua the high priest
• ZECH 3:1[NOTE]SATAN. In Hebrew, the satan, the accuser. See Who Is the Satan in Job?, Job.

²And Yahweh said to Satan: “Yahweh rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, Yahweh, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”

• ZECH 3:2[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → JUDE 1:9
• ZECH 3:2[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → JUDE 1:23
• ZECH 3:2[NOTE]A REBUKE FOR SATAN. Jude 9 has Michael say The Lord rebuke you. The firebrand is Joshua, and the people with him, pulled out of the fire of exile. Amos 4:11 uses the same picture.

³Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel. ⁴So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!”

Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”

• ZECH 3:4[FORESHADOW]Joshua the high priest had his filthy clothes removed and was dressed in clean robes → 2CO 5:21MEDIUM
• ZECH 3:4[NOTE]CLEAN CLOTHES. A picture of sins taken away and a righteousness that is given, not earned, Isaiah 61:10.

⁵Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him, as the angel of Yahweh stood by.

⁶Then the angel of Yahweh gave this charge to Joshua: ⁷“This is what Yahweh of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.

⁸Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch. ⁹See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares Yahweh of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day. ¹⁰On that day, declares Yahweh of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”

• ZECH 3:8[PROPHECY]Behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the BRANCH; upon one stone are seven eyes → HEB 10:10; HEB 10:12; HEB 10:14
• ZECH 3:8[NOTE]MY SERVANT, THE BRANCH. See Who Is the Branch?
• ZECH 3:9[NOTE]SEVEN EYES. Seven means complete. The same seven eyes of Yahweh scan the whole earth in 4:10.