ZECHARIAH (Zechariah 1:1; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1; Zechariah 5:1; Zechariah 6:1; Zechariah 7:1; Zechariah 8:1) "Not by might, and not by force, but by My Spirit, saith Jehovah of Hosts." "Be not afraid, strengthen your hands! Speak truth ev [ Continue Reading ]
ZECHARIAH THE PROPHET Zechariah 1:1; Ezra 5:1; Ezra 6:14 ZECHARIAH is one of the prophets whose personality as distinguished from their message exerts some degree of fascination on the student. This is not due, however, as in the case of Hosea or Jeremiah, to the facts of his life, for of these we... [ Continue Reading ]
Zechariah 6:8 THE ANGELS OF THE VISIONS Zechariah 1:7 - Zechariah 6:8 AMONG the influences of the Exile which contributed the material of Zechariah's Visions we included a considerable development of Israel's belief in Angels. The general subject is in itself so large, and the Angels play so man... [ Continue Reading ]
3. EXPOSITION OF THE SEVERAL VISIONS For all the Visions there is one date, "in the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius." that is, January or February, 519; and one Divine impulse, "the Word of Jehovah came to the prophet Zekharyah, son of Berekhy... [ Continue Reading ]
THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1; Zechariah 5:1; Zechariah 6:1 THE Visions of Zechariah do not lack those large and simple views of religion which we have just seen to be the charm of his other prophecies. Indeed it is among the Visions that we fin... [ Continue Reading ]