In Zechariah 3 and 4 we have the seven eyes and the seven lamps but not the seven Spirits. The seven lamps that are burning before the throne are the seven Spirits of God. Revelation 4:5 says, “And out of the throne come forth lightnings and voices and thunders and seven lamps of fire are burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.” Notice that the seven lamps here are not on the lampstand, but are burning before the throne. In Revelation chapters four and five, we have a new and further development of the seven eyes and the seven lamps.
I say again that most of the symbols and other crucial points found in Revelation are not new they are further developments of items found in the Old Testament. Having this understanding, we come to the book of Revelation. Then we are told that “those seven” are “the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.” This proves that the building stone with the seven eyes is simply Jehovah, the Lord God Himself.
This verse also speaks of “those seven,” which refers to the seven lamps in verse 2. Likewise, the recovery of the church life today is not a great thing in the eyes of men. Proceeding to Zechariah 4:10, we read, “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.” This verse begins with a reference to “the day of small things.” In the eyes of men, the recovery of the building was not a great thing. Hence, the seven lamps of the lampstand must be the seven eyes on the stone. On the stone there are seven eyes, and on the lampstand there are seven lamps. Obviously, the stone is for the building, and the lampstand is for light, for enlightening. Both the stone and the lampstand are Christ. If we exercise our spirit in this matter, we shall surely understand that the lampstand equals the stone. In Zechariah 3:9 the building stone has seven eyes, and in this verse the lampstand has seven lamps.
Zechariah 4:2 says, “What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a lampstand 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” (Heb.). This is the equivalent of John 1:29, which says, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” By the latter half of Zechariah 3:9 we know that the stone with the seven eyes is Christ. In one day, by that engraving on the cross, the Lord Jesus took away all the sins of God’s people. In brief, it means that the Lord Jesus, as the building stone, was engraved, dealt with, by God on the cross for the iniquity of God’s people. It is difficult to understand this matter of engraving the stone. Zechariah 3:9 says, “For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.” The reference to engraving the stone indicates that this stone is Christ. The Stone with the Seven Eyes for God's Building
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