CONTENTS
The Prophet is still in the relation of the visions of God. A golden candlestick, and two olive trees, are made emblems of the Church. Zerubbabel is introduced as a type of the Lord Jesus.
Zechariah 4:1 "And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, "
There is a great beauty in the manner in which this vision was opened to the Prophet. He tells us, that, the angel who talked with him, came again and awakened him, as from sleep. The Reader will perhaps recollect, without my reminding him, that Isaiah, prophesying of the Lord Jesus, speaks of the same awakenings. See Isaiah 50:4. It should seem, that the faculties of the Prophet had been so exercised by the former visions, as to have occasioned their suspension. Thus the disciples were drenched with sleep at Christ's transfiguration, and at his agony. Luke 9:32; Matthew 26:40. Reader! it is blessed to have the renewings of the Holy Ghost. Titus 3:5. It must be the work of the Spirit to kindle afresh the grace of his own giving. Daniel experienced this. Daniel 10:9.