THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH

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1 THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH A study using 18 questions per chapter The purpose of this study is to find out What the Bible says. THE WORD FOR THE WORLD STUDIES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT by Bill DeLaughter

2 Bill DeLaughter P.O. Box 193 Crown Point, In U.S.A. Phone - (219) web site wjdzim@word4world.com Bill desires that this study be made available to everyone to be used for their further understanding of What The Bible Says. This study may be photo copied for single church use and/or translated into any language where it can be used with permission from the author. INSTRUCTIONS or suggestions as to how to conduct this study. I can only suggest how this study was originally conducted and it was very successful. First of all, we tried to arrange a very informal atmosphere with the folks sitting in a loose circle. We would begin the session by having tea, or cokes and an informal time of fellowship. Then we would have a prayer time with everyone suggesting names of those for whom we should pray. It was also mentioned each session that we expected that each individual have at least one person for whom they would agree to pray for in regards to that person s salvation. To actually begin the study the entire chapter would be read aloud with each one willing to read, taking the number of verses and dividing it by the number of people present and each one reading a portion. Then the first one on the left (a habit of mine) would begin by reading the first question and giving their answer. The verse where their answer was found must also be given. Then the leader asks if everybody agrees. Let discussion carry on as necessary but not too long. Then go to the next question and the next person until all of the fifteen questions are answered. For the discussion questions (numbers ) each person present should give their answer once again going from the first one on the left and so on. Answer one question at a time, with each person present giving their reasons for their answer to each question. Discussion can be long or short depending on how the group feels. Do not carry the class session on too long. Encourage each one to prepare his answers BEFORE the session begins if at all possible only because they will get more out of the discussion if they have thought about it. INTRODUCTION Zechariah s prophecies began in 520 BC just two months after Haggai s first message. He warned the people who were rebuilding the temple to listen to God s prophets and keep a close relationship with God in order to avoid further judgement. This message offered encouragement to people who were about to give up on their rebuilding of the temple. They should treat each other mercifully and obey his commandments. The coming Messiah is also predicted in detail in the closing chapters.

3 THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH - Chapter 1 1. What two names are used for God in this chapter?. Verse 2. What message did the prophets give to their forefathers? 3. What did the horsemen find when they went throughout the earth? 4. Who was talking with Zechariah among the myrtle trees? 5. What was going to happen to the nations represented by the four horns? 6. Their forefathers repented after they had been disciplined by being scattered. 7. people had already begun to rebuild the temple when Zechariah was encouraging them. (See Haggai 1:14-15) 8. The horses among the myrtle trees were all the same color. 9. The Lord spoke directly to Zechariah. 10. The craftsmen were going to terrify the nations that punished Israel. 11. Did their forefathers admit that they had done evil in God s sight? 12. Are we told what the myrtle trees represented? 13. Did the four horsemen report back to the Lord? 14. Was the Lord Almighty interested in Jerusalem? 15. Were the nations that destroyed Israel going to be destroyed?

4 THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH - Chapter 2 1. What was the man with the measuring line going to do?. Verse 2. What kind of walls was Jerusalem going to have?. Verse 3. What is Israel called in this chapter?. Verse 4. Who will become God s people now?. Verse 5. Why should all mankind be still before the Lord? 6. The man with the measuring line was going to measure each man. 7. There were three angels who spoke to Zechariah in this chapter. 8. What city would not have walls because of too many people. 9. Whoever touches Israel for harm, he Lord will raise his arm against. 10. Judah will be the Lord s inheritance. 11. Will the glory of the Lord fill Jerusalem? 12. Are the people of Israel called Zion in this chapter? 13. Does God promise that he will live among them? 14. Was it Israel who chose the holy land, not God? 15. Are all mankind included in this prophecy?

5 THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH - Chapter 3 1. Who came to accuse Joshua the high priest?. Verse 2. What did the angel tell Joshua to do?. Verse 3. What condition was given to Joshua if he were to govern the Lord s house?. Verse 4. Who were to be symbolic of things to come?. Verse 5. How long will it take God to remove the sins of the people?. Verse 6. The angel rebuked Satan. 7. The angel of the Lord was not the one who dressed Joshua in new garments. 8. Joshua had a new turban put on his head. 9. the servant called The Branch refers to the coming of Christ. 10. Sitting under your own vine and fig tree is symbolic of peace. 11. Was Satan involved in this chapter? 12. Are we commanded to wear clean clothes to stand before the Lord? 13. Is obeying God very important? 14. Did the clothing put of Joshua include an ephod? 15. Is the Lord giving hope to his people?

6 THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH - Chapter 4 1. What was the first thing that Zechariah saw when he woke up? 2. If it isn t by might or power, what is it by?. Verse 3. What was going to happen to the mighty mountain? 4. What are the captives going to shout?. Verse 5. What do the seven lamps in Verse 2 stand for?. Verse 6. Zechariah knew what the golden lampstand, the bowl and the two olive trees stood for. 7. When Zerubbabel laid the foundation for the new temple some were there as witnesses who had seen the old temple. (See Ezra 3:12) 8. Zechariah said that Zerubbabel would lay the foundation but others would finish the temple. 9. Those building the temple worked under pressure. (See Ezra4:4-5) 10. Zechariah did not understand the meaning of the oil coming from the bowl. 11. Was the lamp stand made of brass and covered with gold? 12. Did Zechariah call the angel who spoke to him Lord? 13. Would the temple be completed? 14. Was the completion of the temple a confirmation of who had sent the one who was talking with Zechariah? 15. Are we told who the two were who would serve the Lord of all the earth?

7 THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH - Chapter 5 1. What did Zechariah see next?. Verse 2. Where will the scroll be sent? 3. What did Zechariah see next?. Verse 4. What was inside it?. Verse 5. Where were the two women taking the basket?. Verse 6. The scroll was open so it could be measured and read by everybody. 7. This scroll would destroy both people and houses. 8. The woman in the basket represented sinfulness. 9. The measuring basket had a golden lid on it. 10. A building would be constructed to house the scroll and the basket. 11. Did God say these curses would come to them? (See Deuteronomy 27:16-19) 12. Was an angel showing Zechariah these things? 13. Do you think that the measuring basket meant that the evil of Israel was being measured? 14. Were the two women with wings angels? 15. Is it possible that the wickedness of idol worship would be sent back to where it came from?

8 THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH - Chapter 6 1. How many chariots were in this vision and what color were the horses? 2. In what direction did the black horse go?. Verse 3. What happened in the north?. Verse 4. Where was Zechariah to get the gold and silver? 5. What was he to do with the silver and gold?. Verse 6. Chariots had more than one horse pulling them. 7. The color of the different horses is significant. 8. The men who had the gold and silver had just come from Egypt. 9. The new king would also be the priest 10. For these things to come to pass, conditions were given. 11. Had the four spirits from heaven been STANDING in the Lord s presence? 12. Is the direction in which the fourth chariot was going given in this chapter? 13. Were the men with the gold and silver also exiles? 14. Is a man in this chapter called the Branch? 15. Will only the local people be allowed to rebuild the temple?

9 THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH - Chapter 7 1. What had the people of Bethel been doing during the fifth month each year?. Verse 2. How long had the exiles been doing this?. Verse 3. How did the people respond to what the Lord said through Zechariah? 4. When the people refused to listen to the Lord through the prophets, how did he respond? 5. What happened to the land after the people were scattered? 6. The people fasted unto the Lord but feasted for themselves. 7. True justice, mercy and compassion is desired more by the Lord than fasting. 8. The Lord did not want them to even THINK evil of one another. 9. The people listened to the prophets and thus were spared. 10. The people themselves made the pleasant land desolate. 11. Did the people of Bethel like the answer to their question? 12. Was even the Negev desert settled? 13. Did the people pay attention to what Zechariah said? 14. Were the widows, the fatherless, the alien and the poor all to be treated the same? 15. Does the Lord Almighty ever get very angry?

10 THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH - Chapter 8 1. What will the city of Jerusalem be called?. Verse 2. What will the people of the remnant think about the rebuilding of the temple?. Verse 3. Why could no one go about his business safely?. Verse 4. How should their courts be conducted?. Verse 5. What request will the ten men with different languages make of a Jew?. Verse 6. The Lord said that he would come and dwell in Jerusalem. 7. He said he would deal with his people now as he did in the past. 8. God promises that Judah and Israel will be a blessing. 9. The feasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh and eleventh months will be joyous. 10. Only the surrounding weaker nations will honor Jerusalem. 11. Will the mountain of the Lord have a new name? 12. Will the old and the young live in Jerusalem? 13. Was it God who turned every man against his neighbor? 14. Why were the people told now, Don t be afraid? 15. Would other nations recognize that God was with Israel?

11 THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH - Chapter 9 1. Name the cities of Israel s enemies that will be destroyed.. Verses 2. What prophesy spoken of here was fulfilled by Christ in Matthew 21:5?. Verse 3. What will he proclaim to all nations?. Verse 4. When they go to battle who will sound the trumpet?. Verse 5. What will make the young men thrive and the young women?. Verse 6. The Lord will take away the silver and gold of the city of Tyre. 7. Philistines from Gaza will become leaders in Judah. 8. The king riding on a colt of a donkey will have salvation. 9. God will restore to his people three times what they had. 10. God s people will sparkle like jewels in a crown. 11. Was Tyre a power on the sea? 12. Will forbidden food be taken out of the teeth of the Philistines? 13. Will war horses be taken from Jerusalem? 14. Will the Lord make an appearance when they go into battle? 15. Will the land again produce good crops?

12 THE BOOK OF Zechariah - Chapter Who is it that makes the storm clouds and brings the rain?. Verse 2. Why will people wander like sheep?. Verse 3. Verse 4 speaks of the cornerstone, who is he talking a about? (See Psalms 118:22 and Ephesians 2:20). Verse 4. Why will God restore the house of Joseph?. Verse 5. What will happen to Assyria s pride?. Verse 6. Diviners and visions tell lies. 7. God s anger burns against the shepherds and the leaders. 8. From the cornerstone will come every ruler. 9. There will be so many people return to the Holy Land that there will not be room to contain them. 10. Egypt will see defeat. 11. Does the rain come in the springtime? 12. Are plants of the field for everyone? 13. Is it from Judah that mighty men will come to save Israel? 14. Will those who were scattered remember the Lord? 15. Will the people walk in the name of the Lord?

13 THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH - Chapter What trees are mentioned in this chapter?. Verse 2. When the buyers go unpunished, what will they say?. Verse 3. When the flock detested him, what did he say?. Verse 4. What could the thirty pieces of silver be talking about? (See Matthew 26:15). Verse 5. What will the foolish shepherd eat?. Verse 6. The tallest trees in the area were the cedars of Lebanon. 7. A lot of people were going to die. 8. The people rejected the shepherd so the shepherd rejected the people. 9. The Lord was going to revoke his covenant with Israel. 10. The worthless shepherd will desert the flock. 11. Will the lion once again be heard near the Jordan? 12. Do their own shepherds spare them? 13. Did the flock love the shepherd? 14. Did the Lord say he would let the dying die and the perishing perish? 15. Will a shepherd be raised up who will not care for the sheep at all?

14 THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH - Chapter Who forms the spirit within a man?. Verse 2. What will Jerusalem become when all nations are gathered against her? 3. When the surrounding nations are consumed what will happen to Jerusalem? 4. In verse 10 who are they talking about?. Verse 5. What clans are mentioned in this chapter? 6. It is the Lord who stretches out the heavens. 7. Those who go against Israel will be punished themselves. 8. God will shield the people in Jerusalem but no one else. 9. They will pierce someone and be sorry they did it. 10. All of the clans and their wives will mourn. 11. Will all the nations be against Israel? 12. Will God give Jerusalem the strength to overcome her enemies? 13. Will the house of David be like God? 14. Will all the nation that attack Jerusalem be destroyed? 15. Will God send a special spirit upon Jerusalem?

15 THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH - Chapter What will the fountain do in Jerusalem?. Verse 2. What will happen to the false prophets?. Verse 3. What will a false prophet claim to be?. Verse 4. What happens when the shepherd is struck?. Verse 5. How will the one third left be refined?. Verse 6. After that day, the idols will be remembered no more. 7. If anyone still prophesies his parents are to kill him. 8. The prophets of old wore garments of hair. 9. The remark strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered is about Christ. 10. When all is finished some people will say, The Lord Is Our God 11. Was there a spirit of impurity in the land? 12. Will the parents kill their own son? 13. Will two thirds of the people perish? 14. Will God claim his own people again? 15. Will they admit that the Lord is their God?

16 THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH - Chapter What will happen when the nations gather to fight against Jerusalem? 2. What will happen when the Lord fights against Israel s enemies?. Verse 3. Describe that special day. 4. Who will be struck by a great panic?. Verse 5. What will happen to people who do NOT go up to see the King. 6. When the Lord stands to fight for Jerusalem, the Mount of Olives will be split in two. 7. Living water will then flow out of Bethlehem. 8. After this happens Jerusalem will never again be destroyed. 9. The Lord Almighty will be the King who rules in Jerusalem. 10. The Canaanite will no longer be in the house of the Lord. 11. Will half of the city of Jerusalem go into exile again? 12. Is a day coming when there will be no light? 13. Will the Lord Almighty be King in Jerusalem only? 14. Will rain in the land depend on whether that nation worships the Lord? 15. Will ALL of the pots in Jerusalem be holy?