Zechariah

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Zechariah

• By Corey Hopp, Greg Hohl, and Joey McAsey

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Chapters 1-8 of Zechariah

• Accredited to Zechariah
• Also called Deutero-Zechariah
• Divided into 3 sections
• 11-6
• 17-615
• 71-828

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The First Section of Chapters 1-8 Zechariah 11-6

• The Year
• 520 B.C.
• Eighth month
• Introduction to Zechariah
• Gods Call
• Ask forgiveness and return to Yahweh

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The Second Section of Chapters 1-8 Zechariah
17-615

• The Year
• 520 B.C
• During Eleventh Month
• Includes Zechariahs Eight Visions

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The First Four Visions

• Man and Four Horses among Myrtle Trees
• -God has in mind to restore Israel
• The Four Horns and The Four Blacksmiths
• -Principle that God would judge those who judge
  Israel
• The Angel with The Measuring Line
• -The blessings of Israel
• The Cleansing of Joshua
• -A Messiah will come to save the Israelites and
  Joshua will become High Priest

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The Last Four Visions

• The Golden Lamp Stand and The Two Olive Trees
• -God empowers the Israelites by His spirit
• The Flying Scroll
• -God frowns upon dishonesty
• The Woman in the Basket
• -God will remove all wickedness from the land
• The Four Chariots
• -the spirits of heaven will judge the whole
  earth

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The Third Section of Chapters 1-8 Zechariah
71-828

• Dated
• 518 B.C.
• Ninth Month
• Sums up visions
• Four Messages Reprimand, Reminder, Restoration,
  and Return to God

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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

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Zechariahs Background
Babylon

• Birth
• Unknown date
• Babylonia

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Zechariahs Family

• Born into a Priestly Family
• Family was among the ones who returned from the
  Babylonian Exile
• Berekiah-Zechariahs father
• Iddo-Zechariahs grandfather

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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

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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

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Historical Settings Prophecy

• Around 520 B.C.
• During return of Babylonian Exile
• In Jerusalem
• Urged the Israelites to rebuild the Temple
• Foretelling
• Messiah
• Israel

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Historical SettingsImportant 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

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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

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Timeline of Zechariahs Prophecy
Unknown
520 B.C.
518 B.C.
Zechariah was born
Zechariah started his prophecies
Zechariah ended his prophecies
Time when Zechariah prophesized
Zechariah had dreams of God calling him
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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

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Key Themes
Gods Message to the People

1. Reminded the Israelites of Gods presence
2. God will extend the invitation of faith
   throughout the earth
3. Joshua becoming the High Priest
4. God will make the judgment of sin
5. Christ will come twice

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Foretelling Manifestation

• Zechariah foretold of the Messiah
• First and Second coming
• The Messiah will enter Jerusalem on a
  donkeyZechariah 99
• 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

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Foretelling Manifestation (cont.)

• Someone will betray the Messiah for 30 pieces of
  silverZechariah 1112-13
• The Messiah will be crucifiedZechariah 1210

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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 13
• -God says Return to me and I will return to
  you

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Application (cont.)

• Lessons to learn from Zechariah
• Listen to God and his followers
• Many of the prophecies spoken about become true
• Situations today that mirror Zechariah
• He was murdered between the temple and
  altarkilled for beliefs
• Many of the worlds problems today are because of
  killing people for their beliefs

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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

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Credits

• Project done by
• Corey Hopp,
• Greg Hohl, and
• Joey McAsey