Zechariah Part 15: Promise For The Future
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Text: Zech. 8:18-23.
intro: Recap of chp. 7-now
delegation sent from Bethel “Should we stop fasting?”
what you should do
a hopeful future “old people, and children playing in the streets”
be strong
fear not
what you should do
now he will answer the question in ch. 7
Vs 18-19, Fasting into feasting
Vs 18-19, Fasting into feasting
what is fasting
the types of fasting they did
4th, 5th, 7th, and 10th month.
what will happen to these?
they will turn into the opposites
it will no longer be about looking back, but celebrating what is here
how will this happen
it happened in Jesus,
And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
they didn't fast until after he was taken, but even after they feasted on the Lord’s Supper
we have now transitioned into a period where we both fast and feast
the LS, done on passover, was a glimpse given to us of the eternal feast to come
the already but not yet
the kingdom of God
the new creation
Jesus on His throne
our rest from works
our eternal feast
Vs 20-23, Reversals and Promises
Vs 20-23, Reversals and Promises
what this section is saying
Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech and their men to entreat the favor of the Lord,
not only will people come from Bethel to entreat the favor of the lord, they will come from everywhere
you will go from the the contemptible to the most desired on earth
This is also a complete of the reversal of Babel,
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance,
when he divided mankind,
he fixed the borders of the peoples
according to the number of the sons of God.
But the Lord’s portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted heritage.
Arise, O God, judge the earth;
for you shall inherit all the nations!
And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. And they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.”
Promise fulfilled to Abraham
I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
It shall come to pass in the latter days
that the mountain of the house of the Lord
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and shall be lifted up above the hills;
and all the nations shall flow to it,
and many peoples shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths.”
For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations,
and shall decide disputes for many peoples;
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore.
the robe of a Jew?
For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.
back to the Key verse
And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day the Lord will be one and his name one.