Matthew Henry Commentary Zechariah 3:6-10

"And the angel of Jehovah protested unto Joshua, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou also shalt judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee a place of access among these that stand by. Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee; for they are men that are a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch. For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; upon one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall ye invite every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig-tree." — Zechariah 3:6-10 (ASV)

All whom God calls to any office, He finds fit, or makes them so. The Lord will cause the sins of the believer to pass away by His sanctifying grace, and will enable him to walk in newness of life. Just as the promises made to David often transition into promises of the Messiah, so the promises to Joshua look forward to Christ, whose priesthood Joshua's was a shadow. Whatever trials we pass through, whatever services we perform, our whole dependence must rest on Christ, the Branch of righteousness.

He is God's servant, employed in His work, obedient to His will, devoted to His honour and glory. He is the Branch from which all our fruit must be gathered. The eye of His Father was upon Him, especially in His sufferings, and when He was buried in the grave, just as foundation stones are underground, out of men's sight. But the prophecy rather denotes the attention paid to this precious Corner-stone.

All believers, from the beginning, had looked forward to it in the types and predictions. All believers, after Christ's coming, would look to it with faith, hope, and love. Christ shall appear for all His chosen, as the high priest appeared before the Lord with the names of all Israel engraved on the precious stones of his breastplate. When God gave a remnant to Christ, to be brought through grace to glory, then He engraved this precious stone.

By Him sin shall be taken away, both its guilt and its dominion; He did it in one day, that day in which He suffered and died. What should terrify when sin is taken away? Then nothing can hurt, and we sit down under Christ's shadow with delight and are sheltered by it. And gospel grace, coming with power, makes people eager to draw others to it.