Vision Report: Zechariah and Joshua in the Heavenly Court:

3:1–2 Zechariah’s next vision begins in the midst of a courtroom scene, a trial of Joshua the high priest in the heavenly court. He was standing before the angel of the LORD, and the accuser was standing at his right side to accuse him. “Satan” is not a personal name but a role. He is also a member of the heavenly court. The text does not report the charge that he has made against Joshua, but we can infer it from the rest of the report. The satan has questioned Joshua’s qualifications because he still bears the marks of the judgment on Judah and Jerusalem. It is appropriate that the accuser’s words are absent from the report. The Lord’s rebuke silences him.

The Lord who chooses Jerusalem rebukes the adversary. A high priest was neede…