OUTLINE ZECHARIAH CHAPTER THREE THIS IS ZECHARIAH’S FOURTH VISION: ISRAEL WILL BE CLEANSED AND RESTORED AS A PREISTLY NATION

READ:ZECHARIAH 3:1-3 1Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him. 2The LORD said to Satan, The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire? 3Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the Angel.

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:1-3 1Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him. 2The LORD said to Satan, The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire? 3Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the Angel. WHO IS THIS JOSHUA? WHERE WAS HE STANDING? WHO WAS BESIDE HIM? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO SATAN? WHO WILL THE LORD CHOOSE? WHO WAS PLUCKED FROM THE FIRE? HOW WAS JOSHUA CLOTHED?

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:1-3 1Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him. WHO WAS THIS JOSHUA? JESHUA THE HIGH PRIEST? READ:EZRA 2:2 2Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: READ:NEHEMIAH 7:7 7Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:1-3 1Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him. WHO IS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD? WHERE IS JOSHUA STANDING? WHERE SHOULD THE HIGH PRIEST STAND? READ:DEUTERONOMY 10:8 8At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister to Him and to bless in His name, to this day. READ:EZEKIEL 44:15 15The priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from Me, they shall come near Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer to Me the fat and the blood, says the Lord GOD.

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:1-3 1Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him. WHO IS STANDING AT HIS RIGHT HAND? WHY AT HIS RIGHT HAND? READ: PSALMS 16:8; 109:31; 121:5 WHAT WAS SATAN DOING? READ: JOB 1:6-12; JOB 2:1-7

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:1-3 WHY AT HIS RIGHT HAND? READ:PSALMS 16:8 8I have set the LORD always before me; because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved. (NKJ) READ:PSALMS 109:31 31He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those who condemn him. (NKJ) READ:PSALMS 121:5 5The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade at your right hand. (NKJ) WHAT WAS SATAN DOING? READ: JOB 1:6-12; JOB 2:1-7

READ:JOB 1:6-11 6There was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD and Satan also came among them. 7The LORD said to Satan, From where do you come? Satan answered the LORD saying, From going to and fro on the earth and from walking back and forth on it. 8The LORD said to Satan, Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? 9Satan answered the LORD saying, Does Job fear God for nothing? 10Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. 11But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!

READ:JOB 2:1-6 1Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. 2The LORD said to Satan, From where do you come? Satan answered the LORD saying, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it. 3The LORD said to Satan, Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to destroy him without cause. 4Satan answered the LORD saying, Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. 5But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will surely curse You to Your face! 6The LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:1-3 1Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him. WHY IS SATAN THERE? WHO IS OUR ADVERSARY? READ:1 PETER 5:8 8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. (NKJ)

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:1-3 2The LORD said to Satan, The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO SATAN? WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO REBUKE SATAN? READ:JUDE 1:9 9Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke you!(NKJ) WHO HAS THE LORD CHOSEN?

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:1-3 2The LORD said to Satan, The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire? WHO WILL THE LORD CHOOSE? READ:ZECHARIAH 1:17 17Proclaim, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: My cities shall again spread out through prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem.(NKJ) READ:ZECHARIAH 2:12 12The LORD will take possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem.(NKJ) WHAT BRAND WAS PLUCKED FROM THE FIRE?

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:1-3 2The LORD said to Satan, The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire? WHO WAS PLUCKED FROM THE FIRE? READ:AMOS 4:11 11I overthrew some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning; yet you have not returned to Me, says the LORD.(NKJ) READ:JUDE1: On some have compassion, making a distinction; 23But others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh. (NKJ)

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:1-3 3Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the Angel. HOW WAS JOSHUA CLOTHED? WHAT DOES FILTHY GARMENTS SYMBOLIZE? READ:ISAIAH 64:6 6We are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. READ:ISAIAH 4:4 4The Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning, READ:PROVERBS 30:12 12There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, yet is not washed from its filthiness.

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:1-3 HOW IS ONE MADE CLEAN? READ:ISAIAH 1:16 16Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil, READ:JEREMIAH 4:14 14O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:1-3 3Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the Angel. WHO IS THE ANGEL?THE ANGEL OF THE LORD? READ:ZECHARIAH 1:1 1Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him.

READ:ZECHARIAH 3:4-5 4He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And to him He said, See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with rich robes. 5I said, Let them put a clean turban on his head. So they put a clean turban on his head, and they put the clothes on him. And the Angel of the LORD stood by.

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:4-5 4He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And to him He said, See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with rich robes. 5I said, Let them put a clean turban on his head. So they put a clean turban on his head, and they put the clothes on him. And the Angel of the LORD stood by. WHO IS THE ANGEL SPEAKING TO? WHAT DID HE TELL THEM? WHAT DID THE ANGEL SAY TO JOSHUA? HOW WOULD HE CLOTHE HIM? WHAT DID THE TURBAN SIGNIFY?

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:4-5 4He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And to him He said, See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with rich robes. WHO IS THE ANGEL SPEAKING TO? MINISTERING ANGELS?READ: ZECHARIAH 1:8-11 WHAT DID HE TELL THEM TO DO? WHAT DID THE ANGEL SAY TO JOSHUA?

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:4-5 4He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And to him He said, See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with rich robes. WHAT DID THE ANGEL TAKE AWAY? IF HIS GARMENTS WERE A SYMBOL OF INIQUITY WHAT DID THE ANGEL REMOVE? WHAT DID THE ANGEL SAY TO JOSHUA? HOW WOULD HE CLOTHE HIM? HOW CAN ONE BE CLOTHED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS?

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:4-5 HOW IS ONE CLOTHED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS? READ:PHILIPPIANS 3:8-9 8Indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9And be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;(NKJ) READ:REVELATION 19:8 8And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:4-5 5I said, Let them put a clean turban on his head. So they put a clean turban on his head, and they put the clothes on him. And the Angel of the LORD stood by. WHAT DID THE TURBAN SIGNIFY? READ:EXODUS 28:4 4These are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, an ephod, a robe, a skillfully woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. So they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to Me as priest.(NKJ) WHO WERE THESE HOLY GARMENTS FOR? WHAT WAS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD DOING?

READ:ZECHARIAH 3:6-7 6Then the Angel of the LORD admonished Joshua, saying, 7Thus says the LORD of hosts: If you will walk in My ways, and if you will keep My command, then you shall also judge My house, and likewise have charge of My courts; I will give you places to walk among these who stand here.

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:6-7 6Then the Angel of the LORD admonished Joshua, saying, 7Thus says the LORD of hosts: If you will walk in My ways, and if you will keep My command, then you shall also judge My house, and likewise have charge of My courts; I will give you places to walk among these who stand here. WHAT DID THE ANGEL DO TO JOSHUA? WHAT DOES ADMONISH MEAN?CHARGE? WHAT CHARGE DID HE GIVE TO JOSHUA? WHY?

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:6-7 6The Angel of the LORD admonished Joshua, saying, WHAT DID THE ANGEL DO TO JOPSHUA? WHAT DOES ADMONISH MEAN?CHARGE? WHAT CHARGE DID HE GIVE TO JOSHUA? WHY? TO AFFIRM HIS OFFICE AS HIGH PRIEST? READ:HEBREWS 7:21 21They have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him: The Lord has sworn and will not relent, You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:6-7 7Thus says the LORD of hosts: If you will walk in My ways, and if you will keep My command, then you shall also judge My house, and likewise have charge of My courts; I will give you places to walk among these who stand here. WHAT CHARGE DID HE GIVE JOSHUA? WHAT CHARGE DID DAVID GIVE TO SOLOMON? READ:1 KINGS 2:1-3 1The days of David drew near that he should die and he charged Solomon his son, saying: 2I go the way of all the earth; be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man. 3Keep the charge of the LORD your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn;(NKJ)

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:6-7 7Thus says the LORD of hosts: If you will walk in My ways, and if you will keep My command, then you shall also judge My house, and likewise have charge of My courts; I will give you places to walk among these who stand here. WHO WAS JOSHUA TO JUDGE? CHARGE OF WHAT COURTS? THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES IN THE SANCTUARY? READ:EZEKIEL 44: The priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from Me, they shall come near Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer to Me the fat and the blood, says the Lord GOD. 16They shall enter My sanctuary, and they shall come near My table to minister to Me, and they shall keep My charge.(NKJ) WHO WOULD HE WALK AMONG?ANGELS?

READ:ZECHARIAH 3:8-10 8Hear, O Joshua, the high priest, you and your companions who sit before you, for they are a wondrous sign; for behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the BRANCH. 9Behold, the stone that I have laid before Joshua: upon the stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave its inscription, says the LORD of hosts, And I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. 10In that day, says the LORD of hosts, Everyone will invite his neighbor under his vine and under his fig tree.

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:8-10 8Hear, O Joshua, the high priest, you and your companions who sit before you, for they are a wondrous sign; for behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the BRANCH. 9Behold, the stone that I have laid before Joshua: upon the stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave its inscription, says the LORD of hosts, And I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. 10In that day, says the LORD of hosts, Everyone will invite his neighbor under his vine and under his fig tree. WHO IS THE ANGEL SPEAKING TO HERE? WHO IS MY SERVANT THE BRANCH? WHAT IS THE STONE HE LAID BEFORE JOSHUA? WHAT DID THIS STONE SIGNIFY?

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:8-10 8Hear, O Joshua, the high priest, you and your companions who sit before you, for they are a wondrous sign; for behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the BRANCH. WHO IS THE ANGEL SPEAKING TO HERE? WHO ARE HIS COMPANIONS? HOW ARE THEY A WONDEROUS SIGN? READ:ISAIAH 8:18 18Here am I and the children whom the LORD has given me! We are for signs and wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.(NKJ) READ:ISAIAH 20:3 3The LORD said, Just as My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia,(NKJ)

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:8-10 8Hear, O Joshua, the high priest, you and your companions who sit before you, for they are a wondrous sign; for behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the BRANCH. HOW ARE THEY A WONDEROUS SIGN? READ:EZEKIEL 12:6 6In their sight you shall bear them on your shoulders and carry them out at twilight; you shall cover your face, so that you cannot see the ground, for I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.(NKJ) READ:EZEKIEL 24:24 24Ezekiel is a sign to you; according to all that he has done you shall do; and when this comes, you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.(NKJ)

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:8-10 8Hear, O Joshua, the high priest, you and your companions who sit before you, for they are a wondrous sign; for behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the BRANCH. WHO IS MY SERVANT THE BRANCH READ:ISAIAH 4:2 2In that day the Branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious; and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing for those of Israel who have escaped.(NKJ) READ:ISAIAH 11:1 1There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots.(NKJ)

WHO IS MY SERVANT THE BRANCH? READ:JEREMIAH 23:5-6 5Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; a King shall reign and prosper, and execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. 6In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely; now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.(NKJ) READ:JEREMIAH 33: In those days and at that time I will cause to grow up to David a Branch of righteousness; he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. 16In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell safely. And this is the name by which she will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.(NKJ)

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:8-10 9Behold, the stone that I have laid before Joshua: upon the stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave its inscription, says the LORD of hosts, And I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. WHAT IS THE STONE HE LAID BEFORE JOSHUA? WHAT DID THIS STONE SIGNIFY? READ:ISAIAH 28:16 16Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; whoever believes will not act hastily.(NKJ)

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:8-10 9Behold, the stone that I have laid before Joshua: upon the stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave its inscription, says the LORD of hosts, And I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. WHAT IS THE STONE HE LAID BEFORE JOSHUA? WHAT DID THIS STONE SIGNIFY? READ:PSALMS 118:22 22The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.(NKJ) READ:DANIEL 2:35 35The iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.(NKJ)

WHAT DID THIS STONE SIGNIFY? READ:1 PETER 2:4-7 4Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, 5you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, and he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame. 7Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,(NKJ)

WHAT DID THIS STONE SIGNIFY READ:EPHESIANS 2: Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20Having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner stone, 21In whom the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22In whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.(NKJ)

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3:8-10 9Behold, the stone that I have laid before Joshua: upon the stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave its inscription, says the LORD of hosts, And I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN ONE DAY? READ:ISAIAH 9:14 14Therefore the LORD will cut off head and tail from Israel, palm branch and bulrush in one day. (NKJ) READ:ISAIAH 10:17 17So the Light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.

QUESTIONS:ZECHARIAH 3: In that day, says the LORD of hosts, Everyone will invite his neighbor under his vine and under his fig tree. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THAT DAY? READ:MICAH 4:4 4But everyone shall sit under his vine and under his fig tree, and no one shall make them afraid; for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken.(NKJ)