Day 264 (Zechariah 5-9) - Year 8

In a vision, the prophet Zechariah sees a giant flying scroll, roughly the size of a billboard, bringing judgment to everyone who disobeys God’s laws. The angel calls it a curse. This is the sixth of eight visions in a single strange night, and it sets the tone for a sequence of prophecies that blend judgment, hope, and a coming king.

The Flying Scroll and the Basket of Wickedness

The scroll has writing on both sides, indicating it is a papyrus scroll, not an animal skin parchment. While only two laws are mentioned in the vision, they likely represent the two types of sin, and therefore all of God’s laws. The angel calls the scroll a curse. Some interpreters believe this means the scroll only contains the curses for breaking the covenant, not the benefits of keeping it. Others argue that calling it a curse simply reminds us that the purpose of the law is to reveal that everyone deserves death. The episode notes that only in Christ are people redeemed from the curse of the law, as Galatians 3:13 says.