Zechariah 3
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5–7 Zechariah (in the vision) reminded the angels to put on Joshua’s turban, the symbol of his priestly authority (verse 5). When Joshua was dressed, the Lord exhorted him to follow His ways and keep His requirements; if he did so, he would be given authority and power and a place among the angels (verse 7). The Lord had given similar exhortations to Israel’s earlier leaders (see 1 Kings 9:4–5), but most of them had failed to obey the Lord.
8–9 The Lord then said that Joshua and his associates (fellow priests) were men symbolic of things to come (verse 8); they were the forerunners or “types” of a new Israel which would be led by the Branch, God’s servant the Messiah (see Isaiah 4:2; Jeremiah 23:5–6; Zechariah 6:12; General Article: Types and Predictive Events).
This Messiah, says the Lord, will be like a stone (verse 9); He will be the capstone or chief cornerstone of God’s new community, the Church (Mark 12:10–11; Ephesians 2:19–22; 1 Peter 2:6–8). The stone will have seven eyes representing complete knowledge. (The number seven represents completeness.) And through this “stone,” through the Messiah, God will remove the sin of believing Israel in a single day—on the day of Jesus’ crucifixion.
10 In that day—the day when Jesus comes again to establish His kingdom, each of God’s people will sit under his vine and fig tree; that is, they will enjoy peace, prosperity and security—the covenant blessings of the Lord.