Zechariah
By: Corey Hopp, Greg Hohl, and Joey McAsey
Chapters 1-8 of Zechariah
Accredited to Zechariah Also called Deutero-Zechariah Divided into 3 sections
1:1-6 1:7-6:15 7:1-8:28
The First Section of Chapters 1-8 Zechariah 1:1-6
The Year
520 B.C. Eighth month
Introduction to Zechariah Gods Call
Ask forgiveness and return to Yahweh
The Second Section of Chapters 1-8 Zechariah 1:7-6:15
The Year
520 B.C During Eleventh Month
Includes Zechariahs Eight Visions
The First Four Visions
1. Man and Four Horses among Myrtle Trees
-God has in mind to restore Israel
2. The Four Horns and The Four Blacksmiths
-Principle that God would judge those who judge Israel
3. The Angel with The Measuring Line
-The blessings of Israel
4. The Cleansing of Joshua
-A Messiah will come to save the Israelites and Joshua will become High Priest
The Last Four Visions
5. The Golden Lamp Stand and The Two
Olive Trees
-God empowers the Israelites by His spirit
6. The Flying Scroll
-God frowns upon dishonesty
7. The Woman in the Basket
-God will remove all wickedness from the land
8. The Four Chariots
-the spirits of heaven will judge the whole earth
The Third Section of Chapters 1-8: Zechariah 7:1-8:28
Dated
518 B.C. Ninth Month
Sums up visions Four Messages: Reprimand, Reminder,
Restoration, and Return to God
Summary of the Book of Zechariah: Chapters 9-14
Chapters 9-11
Oracles Israel will be discriminated against
Chapter 12
Gods victory over the heathen
Chapters 13 and 14
Assault of Jerusalem
Zechariahs Background
Birth
Unknown date Babylonia
Babylon
Zechariahs Family
Born into a Priestly Family Family was among the ones who returned
from the Babylonian Exile Berekiah-Zechariahs father Iddo-Zechariahs grandfather
Vocation
Gods Calling
520 B.C. Series of dreams where his visions occur and he is called by God Angel involved in helping Zechariah become a
prophet
Method
Calling
To give his messages to a people whose hearts and minds were heavy and sluggish with discouragement
Beginning of Prophecy
520 B.C.
Zechariah spoke through his writings
Historical Settings & Prophecy
Around 520 B.C.
During return of Babylonian Exile
In Jerusalem
Urged the Israelites to rebuild the Temple Foretelling
Messiah Israel
Historical Settings: Important Figures
Haggai the Prophet
Also told people to rebuild the Temple
Zerubbabel the Governor
Laid foundation of 2nd Temple
Joshua the High Priest
Selected to be High Priest for rebuilding the Temple
Historical Settings: Daily Life
Political Situation
Controlled by Persians Allowed to return to worship God
Religious Situation
Rebuilding the Temple Needed a place to worship and house God
Timeline of Zechariahs Prophecy
Unknown
520 B.C.
518 B.C.
Zechariah was born
Zechariah started his prophecies Zechariah had dreams of God calling him
Time when Zechariah prophesized
Zechariah ended his prophecies
Key Themes of the Book of Zechariah
Rebuilding of Temple First and Second Coming of Christ
Predicted more about Christ than any other prophet except Isaiah
Key Themes:
Gods Message to the People
1. Reminded the Israelites of Gods presence 2. God will extend the invitation of faith 3. 4. 5.
throughout the earth Joshua becoming the High Priest God will make the judgment of sin Christ will come twice
Foretelling & Manifestation
Zechariah foretold of the Messiah
First and Second coming The Messiah will enter Jerusalem on a donkeyZechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter
of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey
Foretelling & Manifestation (cont.)
Someone will betray the Messiah for 30
pieces of silverZechariah 11:12-13 The Messiah will be crucifiedZechariah 12:10
Application
Zechariah was Positive
Influenced people to do good
Repentance Salvation for all Encouragement to the people God will help one if one worships and listens
to GodZechariah 1:3 -God says Return to me and I will return to you
Application (cont.)
Lessons to learn from Zechariah Situations today that mirror Zechariah
killing people for their beliefs
Listen to God and his followers Many of the prophecies spoken about become true He was murdered between the temple and altarkilled for beliefs Many of the worlds problems today are because of
Big Picture
Zechariahs main goal was to prepare the
Israelites for a Messiah He also prophesized of a second coming of Christ so we should all be ready for the Messiah today To be prepared for the second coming of Christ we must: repent for our sins and spread the invitation of salvation to everyone
Credits
Project done by: Corey Hopp, Greg Hohl, and Joey McAsey