they should play reflecting the Lord’s light to the nations. We will return to the question of the lampstand’s significance at the end of the discussion on v. 14. The fifth vision (4:1–14) aims to encourage Zerubbabel, Joshua, and Zechariah by announcing that Zerubbabel will complete the temple. The fifth vision complements the fourth in several significant ways. Merrill summarizes several of these similarities: “Both deal with cultic persons or objects (the high priest and the menorah respectively),
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