God’s Priestly People (Zechariah 3)

Zechariah sees a court room. This court scene is in heaven. In this vision Zechariah sees the Angel of the Lord, Satan, and Joshua the high priest assembled for court. Joshua is dressed in a garment that is ceremonially unclean. It is uncouth and not something that the priest should wear. The Lord commands the priest to be unclothed and clothed once more. The priest's condemning garments are removed, but not to humiliate him. This testifies to the Lord's redeeming mercy not only for the priest, but even for his people. The Lord demonstrates in his vision his passion to redeem, cleans, and dwell with his people forever.

Correlation of Baptism and Circumcision

This is our sixth part in our seven part series on baptism.  We consider the issue of whether the sign of baptism and the sign of circumcision have a correlation.  It is clear that the shedding of blood is finished in the Old Testament, but what about consecration?  Is there any significance of death?  Is there significance of being consecrated through death?  

Here is a link to the “Introduction to Baptism” playlist.