Zechariah: Jehovah Remembers


  1. A Look at the Book
    1. Author -- Zechariah, the son of Berechiah (1:1)
    2. Date -- @ 520-518 B.C. post-exilic period
    3. Theme -- God's love and care for His people
    4. Key Phrase -- "the Lord of hosts" (52 times in 45 verses)
    5. Key Chapter -- chapter 14
    6. Contemporaries -- Haggai (Hag 1:1 = Zech 1:1)


  2. Organization of the book -- a collection of commandments, visions, and prophecies given to Zechariah over the span of 2 years:
    1. 8th month of the 2nd year of Darius: call to repentance -- 1:1-6
    2. 24th day of 11th month of the second year of Darius
      1. Vision of the horses -- 1:7-11
      2. Vision of the horns -- 1:18-21
      3. Vision of the plumbline -- 2:1-5
      4. Prophecy of the restoration of Zion -- 2:6-13
      5. Vision of the High Priest (Joshua) -- 3:1-5
      6. Vision of the lampstands and olive trees -- 4:1-14
      7. Vision of the flying scroll -- 5:1-4
      8. Vision of the woman in a basket -- 5:5-11
      9. Vision of the four chariots -- 6:1-8
      10. The command to crown the high priest -- 6:9-15
    3. 4th day of the 9th month of the fourth year of Darius
      1. Obedience is better than fasting -- 7:1-7
      2. Reminder of cause of captivity -- 7:8-14
      3. Vision of the Holy City -- 8:1-23
      4. The Coming of the King -- 9:9-10
      5. The salvation of God's people -- 9:11-17
  3. Great Pictures & Prophecies of Jesus & His Church
    1. 1:16 -- The house of the Lord shall be built in Jerusalem and a line stretched over Jerusalem.
    2. 2:10-12 -- the universal nature of the church
    3. 3:6-10 -- Jesus pictured as the BRANCH
      1. Isaiah 11:1-5 (cf Isa 4:1-4)
      2. Jeremiah 23:5-6; 33:15-16
    4. 6:9-15 -- the high priest (Joshua) pictured as the:
      1. BRANCH (see notes above)
      2. crowned king -- 1 Timothy 1:17; 6:15; Rev 17:14; 19:16
      3. temple builder -- 1 Cor 3:16-17; 2 Cor 6:16; Eph 2:20-21
    5. 9:9-10 -- your King is coming:
      1. He is just & brings salvation -- Titus 2:11-12
      2. He is lowly, riding on a donkey -- Matthew 21:4-5
      3. He shall speak peace to the nations -- Ephesians 2:13-14
      4. His dominion is unbounded & everlasting -- 1 Cor 15:24-25
    6. 10:4 -- The Cornerstone shall arise from Judah:
      1. Isaiah 28:16
      2. Seven NT references to Jesus as the corner stone (cf Matt 21:42; Acts 4:11; Eph 2:20; 1 Pet 2:6-7)
    7. 13:7-9 -- the shepherd Saviour shall be struck down and His sheep scattered - Matthew 26:31
    8. Chapter 14: the establishment of the church, the assault upon Jerusalem (the church) by the world, and the fight of the Lord against the nations, the literal destruction of Jerusalem, the judgement.