Zechariah : Zechariah Preparation for the Messiah
“God Remembers” Christian Life College
Old Testament Prophets 2
Terry R. Baughman, MAET, Instructor Zechariah – by Michelangelo, Sistine chapel
Parallel Ministries : Parallel Ministries NKJ Haggai 1:1 In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
2 "Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying: 'This people says, "The time has not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built." ' " NKJ Zechariah 1:1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
2 "The LORD has been very angry with your fathers.
3 "Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Return to Me," says the LORD of hosts, "and I will return to you," says the LORD of hosts.
Haggai and Zechariah Contrasted : Haggai and Zechariah Contrasted
Good and Comforting Words : Good and Comforting Words 1:12 Then the Angel of the LORD answered and said, "O LORD of hosts, how long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which You were angry these seventy years?"
1:13 And the LORD answered the angel who talked to me, with good and comforting words.
Focus of the book of Zechariah : Focus of the book of Zechariah Eight Visions
Four Messages
Two Burdens Man Among the Myrtle Trees (1:7–17)
Four Horns and Four Craftsmen (1:18–21)
Man with Measuring Line (2:1–13)
Cleansing of High-Priest (3:1–10)
Gold Lampstand and Two Olive Trees (4:1–14)
Flying Scroll (5:1–4)
Woman in Basket (5:5–11)
Four Chariots (6:1–8)
Focus of the book of Zechariah : Focus of the book of Zechariah Eight Visions
Four Messages
Two Burdens Question about Fasting (7:1–3)
Four Responses:
Rebuke for wrong motives (7:4–7)
Repentance required (7:8–14)
Restoration of favor (8:1–17)
Fasts become feasts (8:18–23)
Focus of the book of Zechariah : Focus of the book of Zechariah Eight Visions
Four Messages
Two Burdens Messiah’s Rejection at First Advent
(9:1–11:17)
Messiah’s Acceptance at Second Advent
(12:1–14:21)
ZechariahPreparation for the Messiah : ZechariahPreparation for the Messiah Second only to Isaiah in number of Messianic passages
Zechariah 8:3 (NKJV)
"Thus says the LORD: `I will return to Zion, And dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth, The Mountain of the LORD of hosts, The Holy Mountain.'
ZechariahPreparation for the Messiah : ZechariahPreparation for the Messiah Christ is portrayed in both advents: Servant & King; God & Man
"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.
Zechariah 9:9 (NKJV)
ZechariahPreparation for the Messiah : ZechariahPreparation for the Messiah Zechariah’s explicit prophecies of Christ
The angel of the Lord (3:1-2)
“Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD”
The righteous Branch (3:8; 6:12-13)
“For behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the BRANCH.”
ZechariahPreparation for the Messiah : ZechariahPreparation for the Messiah Zechariah’s explicit prophecies of Christ
The King-Priest (6:13)
“So He shall be a priest on His throne”
The humble King (9:9-10)
Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey,
See Matt. 21:1–5; John 12:12–16
ZechariahPreparation for the Messiah : ZechariahPreparation for the Messiah Zechariah’s explicit prophecies of Christ
The cornerstone (10:4)
“From him comes the cornerstone”
See Eph. 2:20; 1 Pet. 2:6–8
The good shepherd, rejected and sold for 30 pieces of silver (11:4-13)
“-- that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver ….”
See Matt. 27:3–10
ZechariahPreparation for the Messiah : ZechariahPreparation for the Messiah Zechariah’s explicit prophecies of Christ
The pierced One (12:10)
“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.”
See John 19:37
ZechariahPreparation for the Messiah : ZechariahPreparation for the Messiah Zechariah’s explicit prophecies of Christ
The smitten Shepherd who is abandoned (13:7)
“Strike the Shepherd, And the sheep will be scattered”
See Matt. 26:31; Mark 14:27
The coming judge and righteous King (14)