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Zechariah 2:8-13

 

Zechariah 2:8-13

The Coming of the King!

 

Zec 2:8  For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. 

Zec 2:9  For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me. 

Zec 2:10  Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. 

Zec 2:11  And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. 

Zec 2:12  And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. 

Zec 2:13  Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation. 

 

1.     Yahweh Sends Yahweh to Protect His People . – vs. 8

a.     2 Thessalonians 1:4-9 

2.     When God Turns the Society of the Enemies of His People Inside Out, They Will Know that the Jesus is Protecting His People. – vs. 9

a.     John 13:13-20 

3.     Hosanna, to the King Who Is Coming to His People. – vs. 10

a.     Matthew 21:1-11 

4.     Jesus Creates His Church and Indwells His People with the Holy Spirit. – vs. 11

a.     Acts 2:38-42 

5.     Yet Jesus is Not Done With Jerusalem Nor Her People – vs. 12

a.     Even when they sin He never gives up on them

                                               i.     2 Chronicles 33:1-4 

6.     Stand in Awe of the King in His Glory. For Jesus Will Yet Again Return Unto Jerusalem, His Continual Habitation. – vs. 13

a.     Psalm 98:1-6   

Zechariah 2:1-7

 

Zechariah 2:1-7

The Eternal Work of the Logos

 

Zec 2:1  I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. 

Zec 2:2  Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. 

Zec 2:3  And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, 

Zec 2:4  And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: 

Zec 2:5  For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. 

Zec 2:6  Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD. 

Zec 2:7  Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. 

 

1. Despite all the Turmoil and Chaos Jesus (The Man) Stands There Ready to Rebuild if Only His People Will Repent. – vs. 1-2
1. ‘The Man’ is carrying a measuring line symbolizing the eternal intentions of the Messiah. His intentions are to rebuild. Often, we lose sight of the plan of the Messiah because of all the evil we see in this world, but His plan is eternal and unstoppable, and He will redeem and rebuild His people.

                                               i.     Zechariah 1:16-17 

                                             ii.     Revelation 21:15-24

2. Zechariah Again Identifies ‘The Man” as the Angel of the Lord Who is Guiding Him Through His Vision. – vs. 3
1. Zechariah 1:10-11 
3. An Angel Begs the Angel of the Lord to Reveal His plan to Zechariah. – vs. 4
1. Although Jerusalem still lies in ruins there is a plan of restoration.

                                               i.     There is only a fraction of the former population in Jerusalem in the time of Zechariah

1.     Ezra 2:64 

2.     Nehemiah 11:1 

                                             ii.     Yet Ezekiel accurately predicts a rebuilt Jerusalem just like the one that Jesus would have come to as a boy a few hundred years later.

1.     Ezekiel 40:1-4 

4. The Angel of the Lord Reveals the Plan of God for His People. – vs. 5-7
1. God protects and indwells His People – vs. 5

                                               i.     Isaiah 60:18-19 

2. God re-gathers His People – vs. 6

                                               i.     Jeremiah 31:7-8 

3. God calls His People out of slavery. – vs. 7

                                               i.     Jeremiah 51:6 

                                             ii.     2 Corinthians 6:16-17 

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Zechariah 1:18-21

 

Zechariah 1:18-21

The Logos Will Break the Oppressors of His People

 

Zec 1:18  Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. 

Zec 1:19  And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. 

Zec 1:20  And the LORD shewed me four carpenters. 

Zec 1:21  Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it. 

           1.     Another Visions Begins – vs 18a

a.     The visions begins with Zechariah lifting up his eyes. This will be a reoccurring line throughout the book symbolizing the beginning of another vision

                                               i.     Zechariah 2:1 

                                             ii.     Zechariah 5:1 

                                           iii.     Zechariah 6:1 

         2.     Zechariah Sees Four Horns – vs. 18b

a.     Horns are symbolic of an animal’s power and might

                                               i.     Genesis 22:13 

b.     Horns are also symbolic of a nation’s power or might

                                               i.     Daniel 7:24 

c.     Both the wicked and the righteous have horns or power

                                               i.     Psalm 75:9-10 

d.     God ultimately is our Horn and defense

                                                 i.     2 Samuel 22:3 

          3.     Zechariah Receives an Interpretation of what He Sees – vs. 19

a.     The Angel Interpreter helps Zechariah understand what he is seeing, the same Angel Interpreter is the one who helps Daniel understand his parallel visions

                                               i.     Daniel 7:15-16 

b.     The four horns in Zechariah’s vision are the same as the ones in Daniel’s vision

                                               i.     Babylon

1.     Daniel 7:2-4 

                                             ii.     Medo-Persian Empire

1.     Daniel 7:5 

                                           iii.     The rise of Alexander the Great (the Greeks)

1.     Daniel 7:6 

                                            iv.     Rome

1.     Daniel 7:7 

          4.     Zechariah Sees Four Carpenters – vs. 20

a.     Some translations render the word carpenter as craftsmen. Just like there are four horns there are also four craftsmen or carpenters destroying the power of the previous rising nation. The Medo-Persian Empire destroys Babylon as Daniel predicts (539 BC). The Medo-Persians are conquered by Alexander the Great and his armies (333 BC). Finally, Rome eventually destroys Greece (first or second century BC), and we are left with the Roman Empire still standing. Rome, however, is not destroyed by an army but by a humble Carpenter who is crucified on a cross.

                                               i.     Daniel 7:9-12 

         5.     Zechariah Receives Further Interpretation of what He has Seen – vs. 21

a.     Jesus is the final Carpenter who will destroy all the kingdoms of the earth. He is also the Stone, that is not made with hands, as Daniel earlier describes Him to Nebuchadnezzar.

                                               i.     Daniel 2:34-35 

b.     Jesus is the Stone which the builders rejected

                                               i.     Psalm 118:22-23 

c.     You are to become a part of what the Carpenter is building

                                               i.     1 Peter 2:4-9

 

Zechariah 1:12-17

 

Zechariah 1:12-17

The Intercession of the Logos

 

Zec 1:12  Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years? 

Zec 1:13  And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words. 

Zec 1:14  So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. 

Zec 1:15  And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. 

Zec 1:16  Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. 

Zec 1:17  Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. 

 

1. The Angel of the Lord (Jesus) Intercedes for God’s People – vs. 12*
1. John 17:1-10 
2. Jehovah Gives Comfort Through His Son, Jesus Christ – vs. 13*
1. Angel who has been communing with Zachariah, who is also the Angel of the Lord, gives us comfort through His intersession for us.

                                               i.     Hebrews 4:14-16 

3. The Angel of the Lord, which Has Been Communing with Zechariah, Gives Him a Message From God. – vs. 14-17*
1. God jealously loves His People. – vs. 14*

                                               i.     Zechariah 8:1-3 

2. God is angry with those that have worsened the judgment that His People have endured. – vs. 15*
3. God plans to return to His People with mercy. – vs. 16a*

                                               i.     Hosea 14:1-7 

4. God plans to dwell with His People. – vs. 16b*

                                               i.     John 15:1-5  

5. God plans to rebuild His People. – vs. 16c*

                                               i.     Hebrews 12:5-8 

6. God plans to prosper His People. – vs. 17a*

                                               i.     Isaiah 51:3 

7. God plans to comfort His People. – vs. 17b*

                                               i.     Isaiah 40:1 

8. God plans to restore His People. – vs. 17c*

                                               i.     Isaiah 54:5-8 

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  

2.     Isaiah 55:13

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.
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