SCRIPTURE: Zechariah 10 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I will strengthen them in the LORD and in his name they will live securely,” declares the LORD. [Zechariah 10:12] Zechariah is reminding God’s scattered, defeated people that He still cares for them, He will gather them together and re-establish them as a strong people! Their strength will be in the Lord, and…
hope on a donkey
SCRIPTURE: Zechariah 9 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. [Zechariah 9:9, Matthew 21:5]. Here we see an anticipation of Jesus’ triumphal entry, riding on a donkey. We believe that Jesus is the fulfillment of this Messianic promise – that the…
when they sense God in us
SCRIPTURE: Zechariah 8 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: This is what the LORD Almighty says: “In those days ten people from all languages and nations will take firm hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, ‘Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.’” [Zechariah 8:23] When God describes what His…
empty religion
SCRIPTURE: Zechariah 7 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, was it really for me that you fasted? And when you were eating and drinking, were you not just feasting for yourselves? [Zechariah 7:5-6] When you sing…
the Lion and the Lamb
SCRIPTURE: Zechariah 6 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Tell him this is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Here is the man whose name is the Branch, and he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the LORD. It is he who will build the temple of the LORD, and he will be clothed with majesty and…
hot or cold?
SCRIPTURE: Zechariah 5 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: This is the curse that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely will be banished. [Zechariah 5:3] The scroll represents God’s judgment against all sinners –…
my source of power
SCRIPTURE: Zechariah 4 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty. [Zechariah 4:6] The basic message here is that Zerubbabel will do the impossible, because God will give Him the necessary power. Zerubbabel is like a…
symbols of love
SCRIPTURE: Zechariah 3 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch. See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription…
living with God forever
SCRIPTURE: Zechariah 2 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of people and animals in it. And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will be its glory within.’ [Zechariah 2:4-5] We have heard earlier that the temple was a symbol of God’s…
God’s ‘house’ restored!
SCRIPTURE: Zechariah 1 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem,’ declares the LORD Almighty. [Zechariah 1:16] Through Zechariah, God explains how He will restore His people after they have been punished, after…