Zechariah 5 You are freed from Wickedness

“I see a flying scroll, thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide.” And he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the whole land;

4 The Lord Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by my name. It will remain in his house and destroy it, both its timbers and its stones. ’ ”

The 10 Commandments ______________ 1 Have no other gods 2 Worship no idols 3 Using God’s Name in vain 4 Keeping the Sabbath holy

The 10 Commandments ______________ 5 Honoring parents 6 Do not murder 7 Do not commit adultery 8 Do not steal 9 Do not bear false witness 10 Do not covet

I All violators will be expelled by the flying scroll

II All evil will be isolated and destroyed in His time

The 7 th Vision 5 Then the angel who was speaking to me came forward and said to me, “Look up and see what this is that is appearing.” 6 I asked, “What is it?” He replied, “It is a measuring basket.” And he added, “This is the iniquity of the people throughout the land.” 7 Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman! 8 He said, “This is wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed the lead cover down over its mouth.

II All evil will be isolated and destroyed in His time

Book Structure of Zechariah ChapterSubjectKey marker 1 to 6Eight Visions “Look” “see” “showed” 1:8; 1:18; 2:1; 3:1; 4:2; 5:1; 5:5; 6:1 7 to 8Four Messages “The word of the Lord” 7:1; 7:8; 8:1; 8:18 9 to 142 Oracles /Burdens “ The oracles/burden of the word of the Lord 9:1; 12:1

* 1:7-17 Vision of the Four Horses - + 1:18-21 Vision of Four Horns – nation scatters - 2:1-13 Vision of the Measuring Line New Jerusalem = 3:1-10 Vision of the High Priest Purified and Exalted = 4:1-14 Vision of the Two anointed High priest and Prince - 5:1-4 Vision of Scroll Evil removed from Jerusalem + 5:5-11 Vision of Woman in the Basket Evil removed from the nation * 6:1-8 Vision of the Four Chariots 6:9-15 Crowning of the High Priest Joshua

1 What do we do when we see the increase of evil and wickedness?

2 How are we delivered from the curse of the flying scroll?

Measured for His purpose... “Not by might, nor by power… But by My Spirit” says the Lord