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"A flying scroll"

Text: Zechariah 5:1

THE SIXTH VISION

Zechariah was given a sixth vision. The first five visions were comforting and uplifting to the heart. The sixth vision was something quite different. It warned of judgment from God.

“Then I turned and raised my eyes, and saw there
a flying scroll.
And he said to me, ‘What do you see?’
So I answered, ‘I see a flying scroll.
Its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.'”
Zechariah 5:1-2

1. What is “a scroll”?

a) A scroll may be made of parchment or cured skin of an animal (Vellum).

b) The Scriptures were all written on scrolls.

2. The teaching angel

a) He asked what Zechariah saw.

b) The answer was plain.

Zechariah saw a flying scroll.

c) Zechariah also estimated the size of the scroll.

i) It was an uncommonly huge scroll.

ii) It was twenty cubits long (30 feet or 9.1 meters).

iii) It was ten cubits wide (15 feet or 4.5 meters).

3. A flying scroll

a) This was an unusual sight.

b) Scrolls were written and sealed.

They would be opened up and read and then sealed again.

c) A flying scroll represented the following:

i) The things that were written would be fulfilled swiftly.

ii) The words of God would be effectively applied (and not merely read placidly).