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Zechariah: The King is Coming

Eight Visions, 1-6Four Messages, 7-8Two Burdens, 9-14
Intro: Return to Me, 1:1-6Intro: Should we fast? 7:1-31. Against the nations, 9-11
1. Horses, 1:7-171. Why did you fast, 7:4-7The Lord will defend Judah, 9:1-8
2. Horns, 1:18-212. Exile explained, 7:8-14Your King is coming, 9:9-10
3. Measuring line, 23. Promise of restoration,
8:1-17
The Lord will save His people, 9:11-10:12
4. High priest, 34. Fasts to feasts, 8:18-23The rejection of the Shepherd-King, 11:1-17
5. Lampstand, 42. Against Israel, 12-14
6. Flying scroll, 5:1-4The nations gather against Jerusalem, 12
7. Woman in a basket, 5:5-11False religion removed, 13
8. 4 chariots, 6:1-8Day of the Lord, 14:1-15
High priest crowned, 6:9-15Millennial Kingdom,
14:16-21

Major Characters

  • Zechariah (“Yahweh remembers”), son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo. He was a Levite born in Babylon (Neh. 12:1, 16).
  • Zerubbabel, governor of Judah
  • Joshua, the high priest

Major words/phrases

  • Lord of hosts (46x)
  • Angel of the Lord (6x)
  • Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you, 2:9, 11; 4:9; 6:15
  • Word of the Lord (13x)
  • Thus says the Lord [of hosts] (21x)
  • in that day (20x – 17x in ch. 12-14)
  • I will (54x)
  • Jerusalem (42x)

Major themes

  • Restoration
  • Messianic Kingdom

The Visions Explained

  • Horses – God sees & knows conditions on earth & will intervene
  • Horns & craftsmen – God will judge the Gentile world powers
  • Measuring line – Jerusalem will be rebuilt & inhabited
  • High priest – Restoration of priestly office, ultimately through the Branch
  • Lampstand – Israel will be a light to the nations
  • Flying scroll – Judgement by the Law fully implemented
  • Woman in a basket – Removal of “idolatrous and mercenary religion” back to Babylon
  • Four chariots – Divine judgement on the Gentile nations

Christ in all the Scriptures

  • The Branch, 3:8; 6:12
  • The Angel of the Lord, 1:11-12; 3:1-6
  • The Shepherd, 11:1-17; 13:7-9
  • The King, 14:1-21
  • Triumphal entry, 9:9
  • The betrayal by Judas, 10:12-13
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