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!! INTRODUCTION
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*Last week we started our study of the prophecies of Zechariah*
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We looked at Chap 1:1-6 and the message that God will respond to his people when they come to Him and repent.
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This was the opening part of the first eight chapters,
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We will see how God prepares His people, Israel, for the coming of the Messiah.
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#. *In these first 8 chapters, God gives His Jewish people 7 messages *
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Messages about His power, love, wisdom and holiness,
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WHY?
So that they can be prepared for the greatest event in the whole of creation – the coming of the Messiah
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Sadly, many missed the event and many Jews are still preparing themselves for the coming of the Messiah, because they did miss it.
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#. *God wanted His people to be spiritually ready for the coming of the Messiah when He finally appeared, *
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God did not want them to miss Him \\ \\
#. *Zechariah’s first message was all about repentance.
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God commanded His young servant to call the discouraged remnant to turn from their wicked ways and obey His Word.
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Zechariah proclaimed what God told him to say - the Lord couldn’t bless His chosen people until they were clean in His sight.
#. *Zechariah’s PROPHECY practically CLOSES the Old Testament*
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It is next to the FINAL book
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*The prophecy was written in 520 b.c.
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Zechariah was CONTEMPORARY with Haggai
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#. *In a single night Zechariah saw a series of visions*
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Each were interpreted by an angel
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Each described the future of the nation Israel.
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*Our understanding of these visions is helped when we recognize that the prophet gives pictures of the future in snapshot fashion *
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The pictures are not in any particular sequence.
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When we read a passage, we see only what is happening in that snapshot,
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Not how it relates to other snapshots.
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*9. **Zechariah is tells them that the REASON they had been in captivity was that “/The Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers./”
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Their fathers had SINNED against God, and
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He is WARNING them against making the SAME mistakes.
c. God is saying, “/Your fathers paid no attention to the prophets whom I sent to them.
I sent Hosea.
I sent Joel.
I sent Amos.
I sent Isaiah and I sent Jeremiah.
I sent all of these prophets, but your fathers did not listen to them nor heed their message/.
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That is the REASON they went into captivity.
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No repentance
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**The Message is still loud and clear*
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Yet the response is so often the same #.
Refusing to believing
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Refusing to repent
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Refusing to be saved
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FIRST VISION - RIDERS UNDER MYRTLE TREES – first picture
Zech.
1:8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white
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*“I saw by night**”—he doesn’t say, “I dreamed by night.*
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He was wide awake!
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Zechariah said, “*/I saw.”/*
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*“Behold”—Zechariah introduces his vision *
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“/Look!
There’s a man riding upon a red horse/!”
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*“A man riding upon a red horse.”
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Who is this man?
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He is the Lord Jesus Christ before His incarnation.
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Identified as the “*/angel of the Lord/*” in verses 11 and 12.
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Zechariah sees Him watching over this world.
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Even at this very moment, the Lord Jesus Christ is standing in the shadows, keeping watch over His own.
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*The Man that Zechariah saw was riding “/upon a red horse/.”
Was Jesus*
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Why the color red? i.
Red speaks of blood and bloodshed;
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The Rider, Jesus is watching over this earth because He would die and shed His own blood for you and me.
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*“Behind Him were there red horses, speckled, and white.”
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The colors of the horses—mixture of red and white; speckled.
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Red horses would be symbolic of warfare.
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White horses would probably represent victory,
Zech.
1:9 Then said I, O my lord, what are these?
And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be
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“Then said I, O my lord, what are these?”
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That is what we are asking
a. Jesus says that He will show us what these things are
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God’s people were in fear from the nations surrounding them and oppressing them.
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They had very powerful enemies – but God is assuring them that He is in charge of the affairs of the nations.
b. God is not a distant creator.
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He did not make this world and the universe as we see it, and then populate it with vegetation, fish, animals, insects and people and then walk away and leave it to get on by itself.
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He is directly involved.
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He is a creator God who cares for His creation.
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This is something that the children of God need to remember today.
a. Israel is surrounded by many powerful enemies: Egyptians, Syrians, Iranians and Palestinians (Hamas) being some of the most significant at the moment.
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Their enemies stretch out far wider though, throughout the world.
c. God is saying to them ‘Yes, be on your guard, but do not fear.
I am in charge of all the affairs of the nations.
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