Bible Overview: Zechariah
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Author: Zechariah
Author: Zechariah
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, saying,
Nehemiah identifies Iddo as a priest who returned from exile, so Zechariah was both a priest and a prophet.
“Zechariah” means YAHWEH remembers
“Zechariah” means YAHWEH remembers
Date: 520-518 B.C.
Date: 520-518 B.C.
Dates given in 1:1, 1:7, 7:1
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Historical Context
Historical Context
Now the prophets, Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.
And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia;
Summary
Summary
Introduction: Call to return to the Lord (1:1-6)
Nine Visions (1:7-6:8)
Horseman among the myrtle trees
Four horns, four blacksmiths
Man measuring Jerusalem (hope for future blessing)
Jeshua’s dirty clothes (sins) exchanged for clean ones
Lampstand and 2 olive trees
Flying scroll
Woman in a basket taken to Babylon
Four chariots patrolling the earth
Jeshua the priest crowned as king (harmony between kingship and priesthood)
Messages drawing conclusions from the visions (ch. 7-8)
calls to justice and mercy
promises of future blessing on Jerusalem
Images of the Messianic Kingdom (ch. 9-14)
Messiah arrives riding a donkey
Messiah as shepherd rejected by shepherds
people of Israel finally repent
Jerusalem becomes like a new Garden of Eden
Key texts:
Key texts:
“The Lord was very angry with your fathers.
Therefore say to them, Thus declares the Lord of hosts: Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts.
Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried out, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.’ But they did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the Lord.
Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? So they repented and said, ‘As the Lord of hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so has he dealt with us.’ ”
Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord.
And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
And say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord.
It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there shall be a priest on his throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.” ’
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
“On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.
“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,” declares the Lord of hosts. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.
On that day there shall be no light, cold, or frost.
And there shall be a unique day, which is known to the Lord, neither day nor night, but at evening time there shall be light.
On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea. It shall continue in summer as in winter.
And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day the Lord will be one and his name one.
Application
Application
Return to the Lord. Keep turning from your sin and turning to God, trusting in Christ. Only through faith that perseveres will you inherit the promises (Hebrews 6:11-12)
Return to the Lord. Keep turning from your sin and turning to God, trusting in Christ. Only through faith that perseveres will you inherit the promises (Hebrews 6:11-12)
And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
God has already fulfilled some of his promises in the first coming of Christ; this gives us hope that he will fulfill the rest when Christ comes again. His past faithfulness gives us hope for the present and the future.
God has already fulfilled some of his promises in the first coming of Christ; this gives us hope that he will fulfill the rest when Christ comes again. His past faithfulness gives us hope for the present and the future.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.