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The 8th chapter of Zechariah begins with a declaration of His passion for His people,Israel. It needs to be recognized that God’s Covenant is not merely some Divine whim passing momentarily.  When Adonai called Avram in Genesis 12:1-3, Avram was being asked to do something people of that culture and of that era never did-leave…

The seventh chapter of Zechariah wrestles with a major issue, not only with this book, but the prophets and Scripture in general, the issue of religious practice versus true faith. Some men were sent to the prophet to ask if they should continue to observe the fast wherein they mourned for the destruction of the…

The  sixth  chapter  of  Zechariah  continues  with  the  major  theme  of  Adonai’s  having  retained  His  vision  of  Israel  as  His  covenant  people  with  all  the  bells  and  whistles  He  had  ever  had  in  mind  for  them, not  diminishing  their  place  because  of  their  historic  failings  and  flaws;  His  ultimate  Plan  would  incorporate  means  and  methods …

Most  of  the  time, the prophecy  of  Zechariah  5  is  good  news, but, for a brief  moment, the  tone  changes  in  chapter  5. The  Kingdom  of  Judah, not  to  mention  the northern  Kingdom  of  Israel, had  sinned  severely, leading  to  exile  from  the  Land, Eretz  Yisrael.  When  the  promised  70-years  of  exile  elapsed, the  equally …

Zechariah  4  Continued  ( 3rd  installment ) We  are  paying  extra  attention  to  chapter  4  because  of  its  centrality  to  the  message  of  the  overall  book. To  briefly  review, Zechariah  sees  a  vision  of  the  Temple’s  menorah, a  seven-branched  lamp  made  of  a  single  chunk  of  hammered  gold.  However, he  sees  an  addition  to  the …

Our  most  recent  look at  Zechariah  focused  on  the  appearance  of  the  golden  M’norah  in  Zechariah’s  vision  in  chapter  4.  In  verse  6, we  get  a  glimpse  of  the  focus  of  the  general  message  of  the  prophetic  vision  contained  in  this  chapter, to  this  writer  the  key  chapter  of  the  entire  book. As  stated  in …

As we see more and more enemies mounting against Israel in these latter days, I am reminded of King Hezekiah’s response against Senachariv. When King Senachariv, king of Assyria entered Judah and planned to make war against Jerusalem to win it all over to himself, King Hezekiah strengthened himself.  He consulted with his leaders and…

Any study of the book  of  Zechariah  has  to  take  into  account  and  factor  the  history  of  the  Kingdom  and  people  of  Judah  and  Jerusalem  in  the  century  prior  to  the  giving  of  the  prophecy.  The people  had  sinned  so  severely  that  they  had  been  conquered  and  exiled  to  Babylon . A people who  thought …

Zechariah  was  a  postexilic  prophet, a  spokesman  for  God  to  the  people  of  Israel  fresh  from  the  return  from  exile  in  Babylon. The  underlying  and  undergirding  question  of the book  is, “God  has  allowed  us  to  come  home, but, will  the  relationship  be  the  same? Can  we  still  count  on  Him  to  do  miracles  as …

After  laying the  groundwork  in  chapter  1  for  the  declaration  of  His  true  intentions  for  Israel  in  the  wake  of  the  return  from  Babylonian  exile, the  Lord  continues  in  concrete  terms  in  chapter  2  to  make  clear  that  there  should  be  no  doubt. The  chapter  opens  with  an  angelic  figure  appearing  with  a  measuring  line,…