Barnes' Notes on Zechariah 5:2

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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And he - (the interpreting angel) said unto me It cannot be without meaning, that the dimensions of the roll should be those of the tabernacle , as the last vision was that of the candlestick, after the likeness of the candlestick therein. The explanations of this correspondence do not exclude each other. It may be that “judgment shall begin at the house of God” 1 Peter 4:17; that the punishment on sin is proportioned to the nearness of God and the knowledge of Him; that the presence of God, which was for life, might also be to death, as Paul says; “God maketh manifest the savor of this knowledge by us in every place; for we are unto God a sweet savor of Christ in them that are saved and in them that perish; to the one we are the savor of death unto death, and to the other the savor of life unto life” 2 Corinthians 2:14-16; and Simeon said, “This child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel” Luke 2:34. return to 'Top of Page'

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