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The city of Jerusalem is frequently in the news these days, and people are asking, “What is the future of this ancient city?
Can the Jews hold Jerusalem?
Will it be attacked again?”
The answers to these and many more questions are found in the Book of Zechariah.
The city of Jerusalem is mentioned forty-two times in this book.
In 1:12–17, God makes it clear that He is in control of the destiny of the city: “I will have mercy.
I am jealous for Jerusalem.
My house shall be built.
The Lord shall yet comfort Zion and shall yet choose Jerusalem.”
Prior to this interlude, Zechariah had recounted visions he had received from God.
Zechariah prophesied at a time when Jerusalem was still in ruins.
In 586 the Babylonians had destroyed the city and had taken the people captive to Babylon.
In 536, after the fall of Babylon, Cyrus permitted a remnant of the Jews to return to their land, and in 535 they laid the foundation for the temple.
But the work stopped, and it was not until 520 that the Jews again began to rebuild God’s house.
This was under the preaching of Haggai and Zechariah.
But Zechariah did not see a weak nation in a ruined city; he looked down the centuries and saw the future of the city and the coming of Jerusalem’s King, the Messiah.
He knew the temple would be rebuilt (1:16; 4:9; 6:12–14; 8:9).
Trace in Zechariah the great events related to the city of Jerusalem.
The city of Jerusalem is frequently in the news these days, and people are asking, “What is the future of this ancient city?
Can the Jews hold Jerusalem?
Will it be attacked again?”
· The answers to these and many more questions are found in the Book of Zechariah.
The answers to these and many more questions are found in the Book of Zechariah.
· The city of Jerusalem is mentioned forty-two times in this book.
In 1:12–17, God makes it clear that He is in control of the destiny of the city: “I will have mercy.
I am jealous for Jerusalem.
My house shall be built.
The Lord shall yet comfort Zion and shall yet choose Jerusalem.”
The city of Jerusalem is mentioned forty-two times in this book.
In 1:12–17, God makes it clear that He is in control of the destiny of the city: “I will have mercy.
I am jealous for Jerusalem.
My house shall be built.
The Lord shall yet comfort Zion and shall yet choose Jerusalem.”
· Zechariah prophesied at a time when Jerusalem was still in ruins.
Zechariah prophesied at a time when Jerusalem was still in ruins.
Zechariah prophesied at a time when Jerusalem was still in ruins.
o In 586 the Babylonians had destroyed the city and had taken the people captive to Babylon.
In 586 the Babylonians had destroyed the city and had taken the people captive to Babylon.
o In 536, after the fall of Babylon, Cyrus permitted a remnant of the Jews to return to their land, and in 535 they laid the foundation for the temple.
In 536, after the fall of Babylon, Cyrus permitted a remnant of the Jews to return to their land, and in 535 they laid the foundation for the temple.
In 586 the Babylonians had destroyed the city and had taken the people captive to Babylon.
o But the work stopped, and it was not until 520 that the Jews again began to rebuild God’s house.
This was under the preaching of Haggai and Zechariah.
But the work stopped, and it was not until 520 that the Jews again began to rebuild God’s house.
This was under the preaching of Haggai and Zechariah.
In 536, after the fall of Babylon, Cyrus permitted a remnant of the Jews to return to their land, and in 535 they laid the foundation for the temple.
o But Zechariah did not see a weak nation in a ruined city; he looked down the centuries and saw the future of the city and the coming of Jerusalem’s King, the Messiah.
But Zechariah did not see a weak nation in a ruined city; he looked down the centuries and saw the future of the city and the coming of Jerusalem’s King, the Messiah.
But the work stopped, and it was not until 520 that the Jews again began to rebuild God’s house.
This was under the preaching of Haggai and Zechariah.
But Zechariah did not see a weak nation in a ruined city; he looked down the centuries and saw the future of the city and the coming of Jerusalem’s King, the Messiah.
I. Protected by the Lord (9:8)
I. Protected by the Lord (9:8)
When we get to Chapter 9…we enter the 2nd half of the prophetic part of the book.
Many scholars feel like there has been a long period of time between the first visions…and now the concluding visions of the prophet.
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In 9:1–8, the prophet describes the conquest of Alexander the Great, the Greek general.
History tells us that Alexander destroyed many cities, but not Jerusalem.
He threatened the city but never carried out his threats.
Before the general arrived, the Jewish high priest had a dream which he felt was from God, and in the dream he was told to dress in his robes and meet Alexander outside the city.
With him went the priests in their white robes.
The scene dazzled Alexander.
In fact, he claimed that he too had dreamed of this very scene.
Alexander entered Jerusalem peacefully and never harmed the people or the city in any way.
These concluding chapters in Zechariah…contain many things that are obscure.
In 9:1–8, the prophet describes the conquest of Alexander the Great, the Greek general.
History tells us that Alexander destroyed many cities, but not Jerusalem.
He threatened the city but never carried out his threats.
Before the general arrived, the Jewish high priest had a dream which he felt was from God, and in the dream he was told to dress in his robes and meet Alexander outside the city.
With him went the priests in their white robes.
The scene dazzled Alexander.
In fact, he claimed that he too had dreamed of this very scene.
Alexander entered Jerusalem peacefully and never harmed the people or the city in any way.
With him went the priests in their white robes.
The scene dazzled Alexander.
In fact, he claimed that he too had dreamed of this very scene.
Alexander entered Jerusalem peacefully and never harmed the people or the city in any way.
Problems of interpretation begin with our first few verses.
II.
Visited by the Messiah (9:9)
II.
Visited by the Messiah (9:9)
In these passages, Zechariah foretells coming judgment against the enemies of Israel...
Perhaps Zechariah saw in Alexander’s visit a small foregleam of the coming of Jesus Christ to the holy city, for in the very next verse (9:9) he predicts Christ’s arrival in Jerusalem.
This was fulfilled on “Palm Sunday” when Jesus rode into the city (; ).
Alexander came for war; Jesus came with peace.
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