Zechariah 3:9

The stone. The symbolism is not clearly explained. Commentators have made various suggestions such as that the stone (Heb. ’eben) refers to Christ, as in Isa. 8:14, or to the kingdom of Christ, as in Dan. 2:34, 35, 44, or that it refers to Zerubbabel as the “signet” (Haggai 2:23). However, the only immediate hint as to the meaning of the symbolism seems to be in the words, “I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.” The central teaching of the vision has been the removal of guilt from Joshua and from the people. There may be a connection between the “one stone” and the “one day.”