**DECEMBER 27**

DECEMBER 27- Zechariah 4:1–6:15: “Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit”; golden lampstand and two olive trees supply Zerubbabel to finish the temple.- Flying scroll curses thieves and liars; woman in basket (wickedness) carried to Babylon; four chariots patrol earth; Branch crowned as priest-king.- Psalm 148:1–6: All heaven—angels, sun, moon, stars—praise the Lord who created and fixed them forever by decree.- Proverbs 30:24–28: Four small but wise creatures: ants prepare food, rock badgers build safe homes, locusts march in rank, lizards live in kings’ palaces.- Revelation 17:1–18: Great prostitute (Babylon) rides the scarlet beast with seven heads/ten horns; drunk with saints’ blood, she rules kings.- Angel explains: beast is the final empire; ten horns turn on the prostitute, burn her—God’s judgment fulfilled.