st, and with Him for
our Forerunner, we have boldness and 'access with confidence by the
faith of Him,' who proclaims to the whole world, 'No man cometh to the
Father but by Me.'

THE SOURCE OF POWER

'And the Angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a
man that is wakened out of his sleep, 2. And said unto me, What
seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold, a candlestick
all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps
thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps which are upon the top
thereof: 3. And two olive-trees by it, one upon the right side of
the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. 4. So I
answered and spake to the Angel that talked with me, saying, What
are these, my Lord? 5. Then the Angel that talked with me answered
and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No,
my Lord. 6. Then He answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the
word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by
power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts. 7. Who art thou,
O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and
he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying,
Grace, grace unto it. 8. Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto
me, saying, 9. The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of
this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know
that the Lord of Hosts hath sent me unto you. 10. For who hath
despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall
see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they
are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole
earth.'--ZECHARIAH iv. 1-10.

THE preceding vision had reference to Joshua the priest, and showed him
restored to his prerogative of entrance into the sanctuary. This one
concerns his colleague Zerubbabel, the representative of civil power, as
he of ecclesiastical, and promises that he shall succeed in rebuilding
the Temple. The supposition is natural that the actual work of
reconstruction was mainly in the hands of the secular ruler.

Flesh is weak, and the Prophet had fallen into deep sleep, after the
tension of the previous vision. That had been shown him by Jehovah, but
in this vision we have the same angel interpreter who had spoken with
Zechariah before. He does not bring the vision,