Zacarías 4:1-7

1 El candelabro y los dos olivos
Entonces el ángel que había estado hablando conmigo volvió y me despertó, como si hubiera estado dormido.

2 —¿Qué ves ahora? —me preguntó.
—Veo un candelabro de oro macizo con un tazón de aceite encima —contesté—. Alrededor del tazón hay siete lámparas y cada una tiene siete conductos para las mechas.

3 También veo dos olivos, uno a cada lado del tazón.

4 Entonces le pregunté al ángel:
—¿Qué es todo esto, mi señor? ¿Qué significa?

5 —¿No lo sabes? —preguntó el ángel.
—No, mi señor —le contesté.

6 Entonces me dijo:
—El Señor
dice a Zorobabel: “No es por el poder ni por la fuerza, sino por mi Espíritu, dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales.

7 Nada impedirá el camino de Zorobabel, ni siquiera una montaña gigantesca, ¡pues se convertirá en llanura delante de él! Y cuando Zorobabel coloque la última piedra del templo en su lugar, la gente gritará: “¡Dios lo bendiga! ¡Dios lo bendiga!”
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Zacarías 4:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ZECHARIAH 4

In this chapter are contained the vision of a golden candlestick, and of two olive trees by it, and the explanation thereof. The preparation to this vision, which is the awaking of the prophet, as of a man out of sleep, is in Zec 4:1. The vision of the candlestick, and olive trees, is in Zec 4:2,3. The candlestick is described by the matter of it, gold; and by the parts of it, its bowl, lamps, and pipes; and the olive trees by their situation; the explanation of which is at the request of the prophet, he not knowing what they meant, Zec 4:4,5 when it is observed to him, that this represents, under the type of Zerubbabel building the temple, the building of the Gospel church by Christ; and which is done and finished, not by might or power of man, but by the Spirit, notwithstanding all opposition, and contempt of it, to the great joy of many, who observe the grace of God, and his providential care and goodness, in it, Zec 4:6-10 and upon the prophet's inquiring the meaning of the two olive trees, which he was ignorant of, he is told that these are the two anointed ones that stood by the Lord of the whole earth, Zec 4:11-14.