Zechariah's Night Visions (11): The Crowning of Joshua (Zechariah 6:9-15) by Rev. Angus Stewart
I. The Act
II The Symolism
III. The Memorial
John Calvin on Zechariah 6:12: "He then says, 'And he shall build the temple of Jehovah.' This is a remarkable passage: it hence appears that the temple which the Jews had then begun to build, and which was afterwards built by Herod, was not the true temple of which Haggai had prophesied, when he said, 'The glory of the second house shall be greater than that of the first.' (Hag. 2:9). For though the temple of Herod was splendid, yet we see what the Spirit declares in this place,—that to build the temple would be Christ's own work. Hence no one, had he heaped together all the gold and the silver of the world, could have built the true temple of which Haggai prophesied, and of which Ezekiel has so largely spoken near the end of his book. Christ alone then has been chosen by the Father to build this temple. Christ indeed himself was a temple as to his body, for the fulness of the Godhead dwelt in him (Col. 2:6), but he built a temple to God the Father, when he raised up everywhere pure worship, having demolished superstitious, and when he consecrated us to be a royal priesthood."

T. V. Moore on Zechariah 6:13: "The 'counsel of peace' is the counsel that produces peace, and this is done by Christ in the exercise of [the priestly and kingly] offices, by one of which he purchases redemption, and by the other applies it; by the one expiates sin, and by the other extirpates it; and thus reconciling man and God, causes peace on earth, and good will to man."

Richard D. Phillips: "The building of this temple, God's true spiritual house, is the meaning and end of history. Though so little of its final glory can now be seen, by faith we should come to the gathering of God's people with awe, for God is there, and the work he [calls] us to share in the church is one that will shine in the heavens forever" (Zechariah, p. 149).