The Temple, The Church, And The Golden Lampstand

Zechariah 4:1-14

A Vision of a Golden Lampstand

4 And the angel who talked with me came again and woke me, like a man who isawakened out of his sleep. 2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see,and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and seven lamps on it,with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it. 3 And there are two olivetrees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.” 4 And I said to the angelwho talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” 5 Then the angel who talked with meanswered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.” 6 Thenhe said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power,but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts. 7 Who are you, O great mountain? BeforeZerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward the top stone amidshouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

8 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laidthe foundation of this house; his hands shall also complete it. Then you will know that theLORD of hosts has sent me to you. 10 For whoever has despised the day of small thingsshall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.

“These seven are the eyes of the LORD, which range through the whole earth.” 11 Then Isaid to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?”12 And a second time I answered and said to him, “What are these two branches of theolive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil is pouredout?” 13 He said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.” 14 Then hesaid, “These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

(ESV)