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*INTRODUCTION*
*1.
In the first 6 chapters we are presented with 8 visions*
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The FIRST vision is of a man among the myrtle trees*
a. God’s people were in fear from the nations surrounding them
b.
God is assuring them that He is in charge of the affairs of all nations.
c.
This is something that the children of God need to remember today.
d. 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.
They cannot do anything to destroy My people.’
*Zech.
2:13*
e.
We are surrounded by powerful enemies, both physical and spiritual
f.
We need to heed the words of Paul – *Eph 6:11-13*
*3.
What happened in the FIRST vision?
(1:7-17) *
a. Zechariah saw a group of riders in some myrtle trees.
b.
The myrtle tree is a symbol of Jerusalem.
c. Amongst those riders is one on a red horse, who reports – *Zech.
1:11*
d.
The Messiah will return during times of great trouble, not times of peace.
*Zech.
2:6-7*
*4.
The SECOND vision is of four horns (1:18-21) \\ * a.
The *four ‘horns’* represent the nations that had come to devastate Israel.
b.
Most commentators put the *four carpenters* along with the four horns
a.
They are very similar – *Zech.
1:18-21*
c.
The *four carpenters* are other pagan nations God uses, to destroy the ‘horns’,
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The THIRD vision is of a surveyor (2:1-13) \\ * a.
We see a man who is going to measure Jerusalem.
b.
The city had grown;
a.
It had no fear.
c.
Did it need to fear?
a. No, because God would be – *Zech.
2:5*
b.
The exiles should return to Jerusalem – *Zech.
2:6-7*
c.
But, there is more.
a.
That there is a time when He will live among us – *Zech.
2:10-11*
d.
There will be a time when God will again send His angel to measure a city –
*Rev.
21:10, 15-16*
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*FOURTH VISION*
*Zech.
3:1And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him *
#. *“He shewed me **Joshua **the high priest**.”
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This is not the Joshua who led the children of Israel into the Promised Land.
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This is the Joshua who served as high priest among the remnant of Israel
i.
Those who returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity.
#. */Joshua/* = “/Jehovah saves/,” i.
In the Greek translated as “*/Jesus/*.”
*Matt.
1:21* “… thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins”
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*“/Standing before the /**/angel /**/of the Lord/**/.”/**
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Again, this angel is the Lord Jesus Christ before His incarnation,
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*“/And /**/Satan /**/standing at his right hand/**/.”/**
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If Zechariah /saw/ Joshua, he also /saw/ Satan,
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Satan is real - a person.
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*“/To resist him/.”
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Satan is standing at Joshua’s right hand
i.
Why?
to support him or defend him,
ii.
No, he is there to bring charges against him.
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This is typical in the workings of Satan.
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Scripture tells us that you and I have an advocate with God the Father.
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