Two olive trees: In addition to the lampstand, Zechariah saw something that was never in the temple – two olive trees that supplied the seven lamps with oil through seven pipes. Since Zechariah and his people were there to rebuild the temple, it made sense that God spoke to them in images related to the temple.Ĭ. A lampstand of solid gold: God gave Zechariah a vision of the golden lampstand that was meant to stand in the temple. As a man who is wakened out of his sleep: Zechariah had that lightheaded feeling that we get if we are awakened suddenly from a deep sleep.ī.
Two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left.”Ī. And he said to me, “What do you see?” So I said, “I am looking, and there is a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps. Now the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep. (1-3) Zechariah’s vision of the olive trees and lampstands.
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