The Ephah of Evil: A Divine Revelation of Deliverance”
Zechariah 5:5-11

I. The Call to Contemplate
A. Lifting Up Our Eyes – “Lift up now thine eyes…” (v.5)
B. Seeking Spiritual Understanding – “And I said, What is it?” (v.6)

II. The Description of Deceit
A. The Ephah as a Representation – “This is an ephah that goeth forth…” (v.6)
B. The Woman of Wickedness – “And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.” (v.7)
C. The Weight of Sin – “He cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.” (v.8)

III. The Delivery from Darkness
A. The Wings of Deliverance – “Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings…” (v.9)
B. The Ascension Between Earth and Heaven – “…for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.” (v.9)
C. Interceding for Direction – “Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?” (v.10)

IV. The Establishment of God’s Purpose
A. The Purposeful Building – “To build it an house in the land of Shinar…” (v.11)
B. The Foundation of Faith – “…and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.” (v.11)
C. The Assurance of Completion