4:1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
4:2 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:
[1] {And I said} The vision of the candlestick and olive trees (lit. trees of oil) is, as we know, from # Re 11:3-12 a prophecy to be fulfilled in the last days of the present age. That which marks the ministry of the "two witnesses" # re 11:3,4 is power. (Cf # Zec 4:6 In measure this power would rest upon Zerubbabel, who, having begun the restoration temple of Zechariah's time, would finish it
(v.9) laying the "headstone" amid the shoutings of thepeople. The whole scene forms a precursive fulfilment of the ministry of the two witnesses of Rev. 11. and of the coming of the true "headstone," Prince Messiah, of whom prince zerubbabel is a type. Oil is a uniform symbol of the Spirit
¯ See Note "Ac 2:4" Joshua and Zerubbabel were doubtless thetwo olive trees for that day, as the two witnesses of Rev. 11. may, in turn, but point to Christ as Priest-King in the kingdom-age. # Zec 6:12,13
4:3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right [side] of the bowl, and the other upon the left [side] thereof.
4:4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What [are] these, my lord?
4:5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
4:6 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.
4:7 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.
4:8 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
4:9 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.
4:10 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.
4:11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What [are] these two olive trees upon the right [side] of the candlestick and upon the left [side] thereof?
4:12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What [be these] two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden [oil] out of themselves?
4:13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these [be]? And I said, No, my lord.
4:14 Then said he, These [are] the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
