Unchanging - Zechariah 1:1-6 God s message to man remains unchanged A. A Call To Repentance (1:1-3) 1. A constant (1:1) a. His hour - November, 520 BC b. His heritage 1). Zechariah Jehovah remembers 2). Berechaiah Jehovah blesses 3). Iddo His witness 2. A context (1:2) Jeremiah 25:7-9 3. A command (1:3) Turn ye unto me and I will turn unto you Matthew 9:13
Unchanging - Zechariah 1:1-6 God s message to man remains unchanged B. A Call To Remembrance (1:4-6) 1. Look at your parents (1:4-6) a. They ignored Hosea, Joel, Amos, Jeremiah, and Isaiah (1:4) b, Where are they now? (1:5) Your fathers - Buried in Babylon and Egypt The prophets voices - Gone c. Why did this happen? (1:6) 1). They recognized that God s judgment was deserved 2). We need to endure not evade - Jer 42:10-19
Vision 1: Night Riders Zechariah 1:7-17 God is always on watch
Isaiah 62 1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. 2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name. 3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Isaiah 62 continued 4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. 5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence,
Isaiah 62 continued 7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. 8 The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured: 9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
Isaiah 62 continued 10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people. 11 Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. 12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
I. The Calendar Date Of The Vision Zechariah 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, January 24, 519 BC
II. The Content Of The Vision Zechariah 1:8-11 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. 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.
II. The Content Of The Vision Zechariah 1:8-11 - continued 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. 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.
II. The Content Of The Vision A. Not a dream but a vision B. What Zechariah saw (1:8) 1. Man on a red horse Red represents blood 2. Others on sorrel and white horses
II. The Content Of The Vision A. Not a dream but a vision B. What Zechariah saw (1:8) 1. Man on a red horse Red represents blood 2. Others on sorrel and white horses 3. Among myrtle trees Prolific in Israel 4. In the bottom In a valley
II. The Content Of The Vision C. What Zechariah said (1:9) 1. Wanted understanding Psalm 119:34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
II. The Content Of The Vision D. What Zechariah heard (1:9) Will get a an answer Daniel 10:11-12 11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. 12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
II. The Content Of The Vision E. Who Zechariah saw (1:10-11) 1. The Angel of the Lord Pre-incarnate Christ 2. God s angel patrol a. Their mission b. Their report
III. The Cry of Christ Zechariah 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?
IV. The Comfort of God (1:13-17) A. Good and comfortable words (1:13) Zechariah 1:13 And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words. Romans 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
IV. The Comfort of God (1:13-17) B. Because of His nature (1:14) Zechariah 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. Joel 2:13 Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
IV. The Comfort of God (1:13-17) C. Because Jerusalem needed help (1:15-16) Zechariah 1:15-16 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. 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.
IV. The Comfort of God (1:13-17) D. Because of His promise (1:17) Zechariah 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.