Hi Doves,

John Mac Arthur also has the following to say about the portion of scripture from Zechariah 5

 

Zech. 5: 7–8 woman. Inside the basket was sitting a woman, personifying this final wickedness (cf. Rev. 17: 3–5), which is not dormant, since the lead cover is required to restrain it in the basket (cf. 2 Thess. 2: 6–8).

Zech. 5: 9 two women... wind was in their wings. Since storks are unclean birds (Lev. 11: 19; Deut. 14: 18) these must be agents of evil, demonic forces, protective of the wicked secularism, who set up the final system of evil. God allows them to set up the world system that the Lord destroys when he returns (cf. Rev. 19: 11–16).

Zech. 5: 11 Shinar. The destination of the women bearing the basket was Shinar, an older word designating Babylon (cf. Gen. 10: 10). The older word is used possibly to recall the Tower of Babel as a symbol of opposition against God (cf. Gen. 11: 2). There it will be placed in a “temple” and set on a base or pedestal as an idol. Again the vision is unmistakably looking forward to the final Babylon of Rev. 17–18 at the second coming of Christ (cf. Mal. 4: 1–3).



Love in CHRIST JESUS – all Glory to HIM who leads me in rightly dividing the Scriptures

jimmy