Vision Report: A Flying Scroll:

5:1 Zechariah continues the description of his visions with an account of the next thing he saw, I looked again—and there before me was a flying scroll! He does not mention any winged bearers (as he does in the following vision), nor is the scroll itself said to have wings—he does not specify the means of locomotion. The image calls to mind flying carpets, undulating through the air. As impressive as the Persian road system was, a flying scroll could move more quickly than any mounted messenger. And this scroll came from the Lord.

5:2 The interpreting angel/messenger is still present, and he asks Zechariah to say out loud what he sees. The prophet’s answer gives the exact dimensions of the scroll (information that one would expect to hear from the angel/messen…