S3E318 – Zechariah 1-7:The Lord Remembers

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Podcast Introduction

Today is Prophecy Friday. We’ll read the first seven chapters of Zechariah. I’m calling today’s episode “The Lord Remembers.”

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Zechariah and Haggai were contemporaries. Both were called by God after the 70 year exile. Zechariah’s prophecy came two months after Haggai’s first prophecy. Where the prophecies of Haggai had primarily to do with the Temple, Zechariah’s were about the people. The language of Zechariah’s messages were very similar to that of the book of Revelation, with symbolism, types, and visions.

Zechariah, which means “The Lord Remembers”,  is a common name in the Old Testament, and we do not know much about the author of this prophetic book. We do know from the book of Ezra that he was the son of Iddo.

In chapter one, God’s message to the people is, “Return to me, and I will return to you.”

Were you able to see Zechariah’s reference to Jesus in these chapters?

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In chapter 1, verse 11, He is the man who stood among the myrtle trees.

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