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HOW TO APPLY THE
PROPHETIC VISIONS
OF ZECHARIAH
Principles of Interpreting a Prophetic Vision
1. Find the author’s main point.
2. Listen to the author’s explanation.
3. Look for connections to a preceding vision or to a
preceding explanation of a vision.
4. Remember an object’s historical usage in prophecy.
Was this object or thing used in a specific way in previous
prophecies to the same audience?
Zechariah 2:1
(ESV)
And I lifted my
eyes and saw, and
behold, a man
with a
measuring line
in his hand!
Has the measuring line been mentioned before in
Zechariah?
Zechariah 1:16 (ESV)
Therefore, thus says the LORD, I have returned to
Jerusalem with mercy; my house shall be built in it,
declares the LORD of hosts, and the measuring line
shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.
Has the measuring line been used before in a prophecy
that was specifically connected to this audience (i.e.,
God’s OT people)?
2 Kings 21:13–14 (ESV)
And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of
Samaria, and the plumb line of the house of Ahab, and I
will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and
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turning it upside down.
And I will forsake the remnant of
my heritage and give them into the hand of their enemies,
and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies,
Amos 7:17b (ESV)
Therefore thus says the Lord . . .
your land shall be divided
up with a measuring line; you yourself shall die in an unclean
land, and Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.’
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Is the measuring line being stretched over Jerusalem in
Zechariah 2 a positive thing or a negative thing?
Zechariah 2:1–2 (ESV)
And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line
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in his hand!
Then
I said, “Where are you going?”
And he
said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its
width and what is its length.”
Zechariah 2:3–4 (ESV)
And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward,
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and another angel came forward to meet him and said to
him, “Run, say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem shall be
inhabited as villages without walls, because of the
multitude of people and livestock in it.
Why wouldn’t Jerusalem have walls?
‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without
walls, because of the multitude of people and
livestock in it.
What’s the problem if your city doesn’t have walls?
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What’s the benefit of your city having walls?
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Does God care about the defence of His people?
Zechariah 2:4–5 (ESV)
‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of
I will be to her
a wall of fire all around, declares the Lord, and I will be
the glory in her midst.’
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the multitude of people and livestock in it.
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What does the measuring line being stretched over an
overflowing Jerusalem and God’s being a wall of fire
around her have to do with the theme of Zechariah?
Theme of Zechariah:
Return to Yahweh of Armies who returns (1:3; 14:5)
with fury for His foes (1:15; 14:3, 12-13) and comfort
for His children (1:13-14, 16-17; 10:6) to universally
establish (14:9) His immediate (2:5, 10,11), holy presence
(2:13; 8:3, 23; 14:20-21).
Theme of Zechariah in chapter 2:
Return to Yahweh of Armies who returns with
comfort for His children by promising His immediate
(2:5, 10,11), holy presence (2:13) as their protection (2:5).
How did God want the original audience to respond to
His being “a wall of fire all around”?
Note: We are now moving into application.
How do we apply an OT prophetic vision?
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