A STUDY OF THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH BY HAROLD HARSTVEDT SOUTH WALTON CHURCH OF CHRIST WALTON COUNTY FLORIDA, 32459

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1 A STUDY OF THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH BY HAROLD HARSTVEDT SOUTH WALTON CHURCH OF CHRIST WALTON COUNTY FLORIDA, 32459

2 CHRONOLGY OF EVENTS ISAIAH JEREMIAH OBADIAH EZEKIEL DANIEL EZRA HAGGAI ZECHARIAH ESTHER NEHEMIAH MALACHI ( BC)? ( BC)? ( BC)? ( BC)? ( BC)? ( BC)? (520BC)? ( BC)? ( BC)? ( BC)? ( BC)?

3 CHRONOLOGY OF BOOKS - PROPHETS - KINGS OBADIAH ( BC)? NEBUCHADNEZZAR EZEKIEL ( BC)? NEBUCHADNEZZAR DANIEL ( BC)? CYRUS - DARIUS EZRA ( BC)? CYRUS - DARIUS - ARTAXERXES HAGGAI (520BC)? DARIUS ZECHARIAH ( BC)? DARIUS ESTHER ( BC)? ARTAXERXES NEHEMIAH ( BC)? ARTAXERXES MALACHI (433 BC)? ARTAXERXES

4 WHO WROTE THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH? THERE ARE TWENTY-SIX ZECHARIAHS IN THE BIBLE WHICH ONE WROTE THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH? ZECHARIAH THE SON OF IDDO? ( BC)? READ: EZRA 5:1 1 The prophet Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them. READ: EZRA 6:14 14 The elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the command of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. (NKJ)

5 ZECHARIAH THE SON OF BERECHIAH THE SON OF IDDO READ: ZECHARIAH 1:1 1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, READ: ZECHARIAH 1:7 7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet: READ: ZECHARIAH 7:1 1 In the fourth year of King Darius it came to pass that the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, on the fourth day of the ninth month, Chislev, READ: ZECHARIAH 7:8 8 The word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,

6 WHAT IS KNOWN OF ZECHARIAH? ZACHARIAH WAS THE SON OF A PROPHET IDDO READ: NEHEMIAH 12:1-7 1 These are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, 5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and their brethren in the days of Jeshua. (NKJ)

7 WHAT IS KNOWN OF ZECHARIAH? ZACHARIAH WAS A PRIEST AND A PROPHET READ: NEHEMIAH 12: In the days of Joiakim, the priests, the heads of the fathers' houses were: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; 13 of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; 14 of Melichu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; 15 of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; 16 of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; 17 of Abijah, Zichri; the son of Minjamin; of Moadiah, Piltai; 18 of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; 19 of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; 20 of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; 21 of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; and of Jedaiah, Nethaneal. (NKJ)

8 WHAT IS KNOWN OF ZECHARIAH? ZECHARIAH PROPHESIED WITH HAGGAI ( BC)? READ: EZRA 5:1 1 The prophet Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them. READ: EZRA 6:14 14 The elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the command of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. READ: HAGGAI 1:1 1 In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

9 PROPHET-EVENT BOOKS DATE HAGGAI S FIRST VISION HAGGAI 1:1-11 EZRA 5:1 520BC? BUILDING OF TEMPLE HAGGAI 1:12-15 EZRA 5:2 HAGGAI S SECOND VISION HAGGAI 2:1-9 ZECHARIAH PREACHES ZERCHARIAH 1:1-6 HAGGAI S THIRD VISION HAGGAI 2:10-19 HAGGAI S FOURTH VISION HAGGAI 2:20-23 TETTENAI: LETTER TO DARIUS EZRA 5:3-6:14 519BC? ZECHARIAH S FIRST VISIONS ZECHARIAH 1:7-6:8 JOSHUA: HIGH PRIEST ZECHARIAH 6:9-15 BLESSINGS PROMISED ZECHARIAH BC? DEDICATION OF TEMPLE EZRA 6: BC? ZECHARIAH S LAST VISIONS ZECHARIAH BC?

10 OUTLINE ZECHARIAH CHAPTER ONE ZECHARIAH EXHORTS THE PEOPLE TO REPENT V. 1-6 ZECHARIAH S VISION OF HORSES AND ITS MEANING V ANGEL OF THE LORD INTERCEDES FOR JERUSALEM V VISION OF FOUR HORNS AND OF FOUR CARPENTERS V

11 READ: ZECHARIAH 1:1-3 1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, 2 The LORD has been very angry with your fathers. 3 Therefore say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Return to Me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts.

12 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1:1-3 1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, WHO WAS THIS DARIUS? READ: HAGGAI 1:1 1 In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, (NKJ) KING DARIUS 520BC? WHAT THREE MEN DID THE LORD SPEAK TO?

13 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1:1-3 2 The LORD has been very angry with your fathers. WHY WAS THE LORD ANGRY WITH THEIR FATHERS? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 36: The LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till there was no remedy. 17 Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, on the aged or the weak; He gave them all into his hand.

14 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1:1-3 3 Therefore say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Return to Me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. WHAT DID THE LORD WANT THE PEOPLE TO DO? READ: MALACAI 3:7 7 From the days of your fathers you have gone away from My ordinances and have not kept them. Return to Me and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. BUT you said, In what way shall we return? READ: JEREMIAH 18:7-8 7 The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, 8 IF that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil THEN I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it.

15 READ: ZECHARIAH 1:4-6 4 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets preached, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they did not hear nor heed Me, says the LORD. 5 Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? 6 Yet surely My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? So they returned and said: Just as the LORD of hosts determined to do to us, according to our ways and according to our deeds, so He has dealt with us.

16 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1:4-6 4 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets preached, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they did not hear nor heed Me, says the LORD. WHO WERE THESE FORMER PROPHETS? ISAIAH? JEREMIAH? EZEKIEL? READ: ISAIAH 45:22 JEREMIAH 18:11 EZEKIEL 33:11

17 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1:4-6 WHO WERE THESE FORMER PROPHETS? READ: ISAIAH 45:22 22 Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. READ: JEREMIAH 18:11 11 Speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. Return now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. READ: EZEKIEL 33:11 11 Say to them: As I live, says the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?

18 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1:4-6 WE READ: ISAIAH 45:22 JEREMIAH 18:11 EZEKIEL 33:11 IS THIS NOT THE SAME MESSAGE? 4 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets preached, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they did not hear nor heed Me, says the LORD. HOW DID THEY RESPOND? 5 Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? WHAT ABOUT THEIR FATHERS? THE PROPHETS?

19 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1:4-6 6 Yet surely My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? So they returned and said: Just as the LORD of hosts determined to do to us, according to our ways and according to our deeds, so He has dealt with us. WHAT ABOUT THE WORD OF THE LORD? READ: ISAIAH 40:8 8 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever. READ: ISAIAH 55:11 11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

20 READ: ZECHARIAH 1:7-9 7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet: 8 I saw by night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and it stood among the myrtle trees in the hollow; and behind him were horses: red, sorrel, and white. 9 I said, My lord, what are these? The angel who talked with me said to me, I will show you what they are.

21 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1:7-9 7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet: 8 I saw by night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and it stood among the myrtle trees in the hollow; and behind him were horses: red, sorrel, and white. IS THIS A VISION OR A DREAM? THIS IS HIS FIRST VISION WHAT DID ZECHARIAH SEE? A MAN? OR AN ANGEL? WHAT WAS BEHIND HIM?

22 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1:7-9 8 I saw by night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and it stood among the myrtle trees in the hollow; and behind him were horses: red, sorrel, and white. 9 I said, My lord, what are these? The angel who talked with me said to me, I will show you what they are. WHAT DID THESE HORSES REPRESENT? ANGELS? WHAT DID ZECHARIAH ASK? WHO IS TALKING WITH ZECHARIAH? AN ANGEL? WHAT DID HE SAY TO ZECHARIAH?

23 READ: ZECHARIAH 1: The man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are the ones whom the LORD has sent to walk to and fro throughout the earth. 11 They answered the Angel of the LORD, who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro throughout the earth, and behold, all the earth is resting quietly. 12 Then the Angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which You were angry these seventy years?

24 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1: The man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are the ones whom the LORD has sent to walk to and fro throughout the earth. 11 They answered the Angel of the LORD, who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro throughout the earth, and behold, all the earth is resting quietly. WHO IS AMONG THE MYRTLE TREES? A MAN? WHAT DID HE SAY? WHO ANSWERED? WHO WERE THEY TALKING TO? THE ANGEL OF THE LORD? WHAT DID THEY SAY?

25 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1:10-12 WHO IS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD? WHO DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR SEE? READ: DANIEL 3:25 25 Look! he answered, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. (NKJ) READ: DANIEL 3:28 28 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His Angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God! (NKJ)

26 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1:10-12 WHO IS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD? READ: DANIEL 7:13 13 I was watching in the night visions, and behold, One like the Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. (NKJ) READ: HOSEA 12:4-5 4 Yes, he struggled with the Angel and prevailed; he wept, and sought favor from Him. He found Him in Bethel, and us-- 5 That is, the LORD God of hosts. The LORD is His memorable name. (NKJ)

27 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1: The man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are the ones whom the LORD has sent to walk to and fro throughout the earth. WHAT DID THE MAN SAY? WHO DID THE LORD SEND? ANGELS? READ: PSALMS 91:11 11 He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. (NKJ) READ: HEBREWS 1: To which of the angels has He ever said: Sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool? 14 Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation? (NKJ)

28 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1: The man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are the ones whom the LORD has sent to walk to and fro throughout the earth. 11 They answered the Angel of the LORD, who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro throughout the earth, and Behold, all the earth is resting quietly. WHAT WERE THEY DOING? WHAT DID THEY FIND?

29 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1: Then the Angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which You were angry these seventy years? WHAT DID THE ANGEL OF THE LORD SAY? WHO IS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD SPEAKING TO? WHO WAS THE LORD ANGRY WITH? HOW LONG WAS THE LORD ANGRY WITH THEM?

30 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1:10-12 WHAT HAPPENED IN 608BC? READ: 2 KINGS 23:29 29 In his days Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went to the aid of the king of Assyria, to the River Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him. Pharaoh Necho killed him at Megiddo when he confronted him. (NKJ) WHO WAS JOSIAH? KING OF JUDAH 608BC? IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE 70 YEARS? THEY BEGAN TO REBUILD THE TEMPLE 538BC?

31 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1:10-12 HOW LONG WAS JUDAH AFFLICTED? READ: JEREMIAH 25: This whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 12 Then it will come to pass, when seventy years are completed, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, says the LORD; and I will make it a perpetual desolation. READ: JEREMIAH 29:10 10 Thus says the LORD: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to return to this place. (NKJ)

32 READ: ZECHARIAH 1: The LORD answered the angel who talked to me, with good and comforting words. 14 The angel who spoke with me said to me, Proclaim, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am zealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with great zeal. 15 I am exceedingly angry with the nations at ease; for I was a little angry, and they helped-- but with evil intent.

33 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1: The LORD answered the angel who talked to me, with good and comforting words. WHAT WORDS DID THE LORD SAY TO THE ANGEL? READ: JEREMIAH 29:10 10 Thus says the LORD: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to return to this place. (NKJ)

34 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1: The angel who spoke with me said to me, Proclaim, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am zealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with great zeal. WHAT WAS THE LORD S MESSAGE TO ZECHARIAH? HOW WAS THE LORD ZEALOUS FOR JERUSALEM?

35 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1: I am exceedingly angry with the nations at ease; for I was a little angry, and they helped-- but with evil intent. WHO WAS THE LORD EXCEEDINGLY ANGRY WITH? ASSYRIANS? BABYLONIANS? CHALDEANS? WAS THE PERSIAN EMPIRE AT EASE? HOW DID THESE NATIONS HELP? WHO WAS THE LORD A LITTLE ANGRY WITH? ISRAEL? JUDAH?

36 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1:13-15 WHO WAS THE LORD EXCEEDINGLY ANGRY WITH? THE ASSYRIANS? READ: ISAIAH 10:5-7 5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger and the staff in whose hand is My indignation. 6 I will send him against an ungodly nation, and against the people of My wrath I will give him charge, to seize the spoil, to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Yet he does not mean so, nor does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and cut off not a few nations. (NKJ)

37 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1:13-15 WHO WAS THE LORD EXCEEDINGLY ANGRY WITH? THE CHALDEANS? READ: ISAIAH 47:5-6 5 Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no longer be called the Lady of Kingdoms. 6 I was angry with My people; I have profaned My inheritance, and given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; on the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily. (NKJ)

38 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1:13-15 WHO WAS THE LORD EXCEEDINGLY ANGRY WITH? THE BABYLONIANS? READ: JEREMIAH 25:9 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against these nations all around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations. (NKJ) HOW DID THEY HELP?

39 READ: ZECHARIAH 1: Therefore thus says the LORD: I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy; my house shall be built in it, says the LORD of hosts, A surveyor's line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem. 17 Proclaim, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: My cities shall again spread out through prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem.

40 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1: Therefore thus says the LORD: I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy; my house shall be built in it, says the LORD of hosts, A surveyor's line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem. WHAT IS THE MESSAGE TO JUDAH? READ: JEREMIAH 31: Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that the city shall be built for the LORD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. 39 The surveyor's line shall again extend straight forward over the hill Gareb; then it shall turn toward Goath. (NKJ)

41 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1:16-17 WHEN WAS THIS ACCOMPLISHED? 538BC? READ: EZRA 6:3-4 3 In the first year of King Cyrus, King Cyrus issued a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offered sacrifices; and let the foundations of it be firmly laid, its height sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits, 4 with three rows of heavy stones and one row of new timber. Let the expenses be paid from the king's treasury. (NKJ)

42 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1: Again proclaim, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: My cities shall again spread out through prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem. WILL THE LORD REBUILD JUDAH? READ: ISAIAH 14:1 1 The LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob. (NKJ) READ: ISAIAH 60:10 10 The sons of foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in My wrath I struck you, but in My favor I have had mercy on you. (NKJ)

43 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 1: Again proclaim, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: My cities shall again spread out through prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem. HOW WILL THE LORD COMFORT ZION? READ: ISAIAH 40:2 2 Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned; for she has received from the LORD'S hand double for all her sins. READ: ISAIAH 51:3 3 The LORD will comfort Zion, he will comfort all her waste places; he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in it, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

44 READ: ZECHARIAH 13: Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were four horns. 19 I said to the angel who talked with me, What are these? He answered me, These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

45 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 13: Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were four horns. 19 I said to the angel who talked with me, What are these? He answered me, These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. WHAT DID ZECHARIAH SEE? THIS IS ZECHARIAH S SECOND VISION WHAT DID HE ASK THE ANGEL? WHAT DID THESE FOUR HORNS REPRESENT? ASSYRIA - EGYPT - BABYLONIA - PERSIA

46 READ: ZECHARIAH 13: Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen. 21 I said, What are these coming to do? He said, These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one could lift up his head; but the craftsmen are coming to terrify them, to cast out the horns of the nations that lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it. (NKJ)

47 QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 13: Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen. 21 I said, What are these coming to do? He said, These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one could lift up his head; but the craftsmen are coming to terrify them, to cast out the horns of the nations that lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it. WHAT DID THE LORD SHOW HIM? WHAT WERE THESE FOUR CRAFTSMEN? FOUR KINGDOMS? BABYLONIA? PERSIA? GREECE? ROME? WHAT WOULD THEY DO?

48 REMEMBER DANIEL CHAPTER SEVEN FOUR BEASTS - FOUR EMPIRES - FOUR KINGS LION - BABYLONIAN EMPIRE - NEBUCHADNEZZAR? BEAR - MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE - DARIUS & CYRUS? LEOPARD - MACEDONIAN EMPIRE - ALEXANDER THE GREAT? BEAST OF IRON - ROMAN EMPIRE

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