Zechariah 1:7-11

Zechariah 1:7-11

The Revelation of the Logos

Zec 1:7  Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, 

Zec 1:8  I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. 

Zec 1:9  Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be. 

Zec 1:10  And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth. 

Zec 1:11  And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest. 

1. Zechariah Receives Another Word From the Lord in the Form of a Vision. – vs. 7*
2. Zechariah Sees a Vision of a Man in the Myrtle Trees. – vs. 8*
1. The Man is riding on a red horse.

                                                              i.      When Christ comes the first time, it is on a red horse symbolizing the blood of His Sacrifice. Some day He will return again and the next time He comes it will be on a white horse symbolizing His judgment and power.

1.      Revelation 19:11-14 

2. The Man is found in the Myrtle trees

                                                              i.      The myrtle trees are symbolic of the Jewish people. Although they are small like the myrtle tree, God plans to work through them. Also, it is to them first, He sends His Son.

1.      Zechariah 2:10-13  

3. The Man is accompanied by an army of mounted angels.
2. Zechariah Asks His Angel Guide for an Explanation of the Vision. – vs. 9*

                                                              i.      Zechariah 1:12-14 

4. The Man in the Myrtle Trees Identifies the Riders that Follow Him and Their Mission. – vs. 10*
1. The mission of the angel army is to see if the earth is ready for the coming of Christ. When they state that the earth is at rest in the next verse, I see this to mean Pax Romana (the era of peace under Roman Rule that Christ chose to come in.) The first advent of Christ would be His birth in Bethlehem under Roman rule.

                                                              i.      Micah 5:2

5. The Followers of The Man in the Myrtle Trees Reveal The Timing of His Coming. At the Same Moment the Identity of the Man in the Myrtle Trees is Revealed. – vs. 11*
1. The Man in the Myrtle Trees is Christ who is the Angel of the Lord (the Logos). We find Him all through the Old Testament and Revealed Completely in the New Testament.

                                                              i.      The Story of Hagar

1.      Genesis 16:7-13 

                                                            ii.      The Story of Abraham

1.      Genesis 22:15-18 

                                                          iii.      The Story of Moses

1.      Exodus 3:2-4 

                                                          iv.      The Story of Joshua

1.      Joshua 5:13-15 

                                                            v.      The Story of John

1.      John 1:1-3