This great scroll, which was 15 feet by 30 feet speaks of God recording and cursing those who steal and lie (v1-2). This reminds us that integrity in words and actions are not optional extras for those who are the Lord’s. Those who engage in the sins of lying and stealing will face God’s judgment (v3-4).

The next vision is of a woman in a basket who represents ‘Wickedness’ (v5-8). The woman is thrust back into the basket and the basket is taken away from God’s (v9-11). Shinar (v11) is where Babylon is and where the tower of Babel was before. This place represents evil.

The important point of this vision is that God removes wickedness from among His people. This is always God’s great desire and passion. This is what Easter is all about. Jesus died outside of Jerusalem, outside the camp, to take sin away from the people of God.

Jesus’ shed blood is the ‘double cure’, to cleanse us of both sin’s guilt and power. We need to live in the light of this victory and make no allowance for sin to dwell within our lives. Pray about any sin you allow to linger.