Zechariah 5:5-11 "Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. And I said, What is it ? And he said, This is an ephah (basket of measure) that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the Earth and the Heaven. Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah ? And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base."
This seventh vision is a continuation of the theme of GOD's judgment upon sin. The prophet Zechariah sees an "ephah," or a basket, in which the contents are weighted and subsequently carried from one place to another. The basket contains "wickedness" (v.8), and the lead weight covering its mouth ensures that it will be kept and reserved for the guaranteed judgment that the LORD has determined will come to pass (vv.5-8). Unless one's sin has been washed away by the blood of the LAMB, then his unrighteousness continues to collect as if in a pot (read carefully Romans 2:4-6 pictured above). Once a person receives by grace GOD's cleansing for sin, all is forgiven. BUT for those who reject the grace of GOD, their unrighteousness stockpiles against them and will one day meet with an equal measure of GOD's judgment. Dear Reader, are your sins under the blood ? Or, are you filling up a measuring basket of sins with your name attached that will one day face a reckoning at the Great White Throne (Revelation 20:11-15 pictured below) ?
Notice that a woman is sitting inside the basket (v.7). Two winged beings then transport the ephah back to Shinar (Babylon, vv.9-11). The woman prophetically represents the harlot one-world church that will finally be judged as "mystery Babylon," the false religious system to which Revelation 17 refers. When our text speaks of the woman being "established, and set upon her own base) (v.11), it signifies a house of religion that will stand for a time but only until GOD "[remembers] her iniquities" and rains down HIS wrath upon her (Revelation 18:5-8). Beware of the apostate ecumenical movement, the basis for mystery Babylon that will one day receive GOD's judgment. DWC
Your servant in CHRIST,
Julie
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