Chapter 28 Zechariah

Zechariah Zechariah's Prophecy In August of the second year of King Darius, Zechariah was called to prophesy to the Jews who returned to Jerusalem. At this time, the Jews who had been exiled in Babylon had returned to Jerusalem for about 20 years. In November of this year, Zachariah had a vision in a dream.He saw a man riding a red horse standing among the guava trees in a hollow, and behind him were red horses, yellow horses, and white horses.He asked the angel in the guava bush what this meant, and the angel promised.Said that they were sent by the LORD to go around all over the place, and several other riders told the angel of the LORD among the guava trees that they had visited various places and found that the whole land was peaceful and peaceful.

The messenger asked God, "Lord of hosts! You have hated Jerusalem and the cities of Judah for seventy years. How long will you show no mercy?" The Lord answered the man who had spoken with Zechariah with a good word. angel.Then the angel conveyed to Zechariah, saying that God had treated Jerusalem coldly before, but now he was even more angry with the nations that harmed Judah, and said that God had returned to Jerusalem and still showed mercy to the people, and that his temple would be rebuilt in it, The yardstick will be drawn over Jerusalem. Zechariah saw four more horns in the vision, which the angel said were the horns that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.This implies harm to Judah's neighbors.

Yahweh then showed Zechariah the four craftsmen and told him that these craftsmen came to frighten the nations and knock off their horns that would harm the land of Judah. Zechariah saw someone holding a measuring line again, and asked him to go there. The man said he was going to measure the width and length of Jerusalem.It turned out that it was an angel too.Another angel came up to him and said, "Go and tell the young man that Jerusalem will be inhabited like a country without walls, because there are many people and livestock."Yahweh also said that he was the city of fire surrounding Jerusalem, and that he was the glory of it.He also said that since he had scattered the Jews in the four corners of heaven and now allowed them to flee from the land of the north, the people of Zion who lived with the Babylonians should also flee.

The angel also showed Zacharias that the high priest Joshua was standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan was standing at Joshua's right hand against him.God then reprimanded Satan for not opposing Judah, taking the opportunity to make trouble with Jerusalem. In order to show forgiveness of Judah's sins and to wash away her shame, God had Joshua stripped of his filthy clothes, put on a fine robe and a clean crown, and be ranked with the angels.God again admonished Joshua to walk in his ways and obey his commands, so that he could manage his house, keep his yards and walk among those who stood.

God told Joshua that he would send forth the offspring of David.He said that he set up a stone with seven eyes in front of Joshua, and that he would carve the stone himself and cleanse the sin of the land in one day. In the midst of this, the angel awakened Zechariah again, just as a person is awakened from sleep. Zechariah said that he also saw in a dream a pure gold lampstand with lamps on top, and on the lampstand were seven lamps, each with seven tubes, and an olive tree on each side of the lamps.The angel explained to him that this was what God instructed Zerubbabel, meaning that to accomplish something, one cannot rely on power or ability, but only on the Spirit of God.Zerubbabel can make a mountain a level ground, and he will lift a stone to the top of the temple, and there will be a loud shout; his hand, which laid the foundation of the temple, will finish the work.The seven eyes on the stone mean that the eyes of the LORD search all over the earth; Zerubbabel was happy when he saw the measuring thread in his hand.

As for the two olive trees standing next to the two golden mouths flowing with golden oil, according to the angel, it symbolizes the two anointed ones (the king of Israel and the king of Judah?) standing beside the Lord of the world. Zechariah saw another flying scroll, and the angel said that it signifies a curse to be cast on the earth: whoever steals and whoever swears falsely shall be destroyed. Zechariah also saw a woman sitting in a measuring vessel, and the angel said this was sin.He raised his eyes and looked again, and four more chariots came out from between the two mountains, which were made of copper.Red, black, white and spotted horses were harnessed to the four carts.The angel said that these were the four winds of heaven, coming from the presence of the Lord of the whole world.

After this, like all the prophetic books, Zechariah preached the word of the Lord and rebuked the inhabitants of Judah, saying that they had been exiled for seventy years in foreign lands and scattered among the nations. Restoring the temple soon, don't slack off.Jehovah will punish Damascus in the land of Hadra (Haran) for them, "I will strengthen the house of Judah, save the house of Joseph, and bring them back." But the prerequisite must be to abandon false prophets and idols and serve the Lord wholeheartedly. , holy to the LORD.