Bringing the World Into Focus

Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi: An Introduction and Commentary a. The Lord Triumphs from the North (9:1–8)

Just as successive alien armies swept through Syria and Palestine and claimed a right to each territory, so finally the Lord will see every proud city capitulate to him.

Just as God’s people had been scattered in judgment for their rebellion against God, so finally the LORD will gather them back to Him.

Just as kings had claimed themselves ruler over God, so finally the LORD will be king.

The Lord’s people, in the depths of their despair, as they returned to a land that had been ransacked numerous times by foreign nations and surrounding bands of thugs, receive to final messages of hope from the prophet Zechariah in chapters 9-14.

The rule of man over the realm of man will come to an end, for God as the only true king, will save His people from their enemies and from themselves (Zechariah 9-14).

God is Your King (Zech. 9-11)

God is Your King (Zech. 9-11)

++Behold, your true King is coming (Zechariah 9:9)

++The Lord of hosts defends His people (Zechariah 9:15)

++The Lord your God saves (Zechariah 9:16)

++Woe to those who stand against the LORD (Zechariah 11:15-17)

God is Your Hope (Savior, Zech. 12-14)

God is Your Hope (Savior, Zech. 12-14)

++The Lord will open the eyes of His people (Zech. 12:10-14)

++The Lord will purify His people (Zech. 13:1-9)

++The Lord will lift sin’s curse (Zech. 14:1-21)

++Safety to those who stand with the LORD (Zech. 9-11)

Revelation 21:1–7 NASB95

1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, 4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.” 5 And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.” 6 Then He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. 7 “He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son.