There is a line in a song by Paul Simon which is strangely prophetic?.
"These are the days of miracle and wonder, this is the long distance call?"
He may have been talking about the technological revolution back when he was writing the Gracelands album
But here on Earth, right now, as you read this, there are revolutions much more profound.
Revolutions of miracle, and wonder.
Expressions of God's great heart and sovereign power.
And whenever we encounter anything out - of - the - ordinary, we can react in several ways, two of which are:
We either allow ourselves to be taken up with the wonder of it and just allow God to move
or
We want to box it in, measure it, do a subconscious risk assessment, and then decide if it gets our vote.
And, maybe, that was what the angel was sent to sort out.
Because the message in this second of Zechariah's visions was clear:
Here is a city, with walls of fire, filled with a weight of glory and an immeasurable population
And standing by was a man, ready to do an assessment, using a tape measure.
Somewhere in your house you've probably got one.
It's probably retractable, and cost £9.99 from Homebase.
To measure a city of fire? It is, of course, absurd.
But, then it has always been absurd to try and put the Captain of Heaven's Armies in a box.