Message of Zechariah
Published on 30. December 2003
249 pages
978-0-8308-8982-2 (ISBN)
Description
The study of the book of Zechariah is bound to be enriching, for it is imbued from beginning to end with the same heart-cry that Jesus turned into a prayer for all of us: "e;Your kingdom come."e;Here Barry G. Webb explores the kingdom of God as the prophet Zechariah apprehended it. In oracles and visions Zechariah challenged his hearersto return to the coming kingdomto cleanse themselves in anticipation of the cleansing fountain of God's graceto restore the city of Jerusalem in preparation for its coming glorificationThe promises of God in the book of Zechariah are meant to fuel the faithfulness of God?s people and prepare the way for the promised Messiah.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- General preface
- Preface
- Chief abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Introduction
- 1. Zechariah's world
- 2. Zechariah himself
- 3. The book of Zechariah
- a. Its structure
- b. Its message
- 4. The unity of Zechariah
- 5. Zechariah, Jesus and us
- 6. One final comment
- a. The nature of prophecy
- Part 1 - Kingdom prelude
- Zechariah 1 - 6
- 1. A call to return to the LORD (1:1-6)
- 2. Vision 1: The man among the myrtle trees (1:7-17)
- 3. Vision 2: Four horns and four craftsmen (1:18-21)
- 4. Vision 3: A man with a measuring line (2:1-13)
- 5. Vision 4: Clean garments for the high priest (3:1-10)
- a. The problem (3:1, 3)
- b. An astonishing reversal (3:2-7)
- c. The One who is to come (3:8-10)
- 6. Vision 5: The gold lampstand and the two olive trees (4:1-14)
- 7. Vision 6: The flying scroll (5:1-4)
- 8. Vision 7: The woman in a basket (5:5-11)
- 9. Vision 8: Four chariots (6:1-8)
- 10. The crowning of Joshua the high priest (6:9-15)
- Part 2 - Kingdom consummation
- Zechariah 7 - 14
- 1. A call for true fasting (7:1-14)
- a. The question: Should we continue to fast? (7:1-3)
- b. False fasting (7:4-7)
- c. The kind of fasting God requires (7:8-14)
- 2. The LORD promises to bless Jerusalem (8:1-23)
- a. Reasons for celebration now (8:1-17)
- b. Reasons for celebration then - in 'those' days (8:18-23)
- 3. Through suffering to glory: chapters 9 - 14
- 4. Oracle 1: God's rule and human leaders (chs. 9 - 11)
- a. The coming of the warrior God (9:1-8)
- b. The coming of the king (9:9-10)
- c. God's people share in his victory (9:11-17)
- d. True and false shepherds (10:1 - 11:3)
- e. Two shepherds: an enacted parable (11:4-17)
- 5. Oracle 2: Day of destiny in Jerusalem (chs. 12 - 14)
- a. Jerusalem's enemies to be destroyed (12:1-9)
- b. Mourning for the One they pierced (12:10-14)
- c. Cleansing from sin (13:1-6)
- d. The shepherd struck, the sheep scattered (13:7-9)
- e. Let there be light! Zechariah 12 - 13 and the New Testament
- f. The LORD comes and reigns (14:1-21)
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- The Bible Speaks Today: New Testament series
- The Bible Speaks Today: Bible Themes series
- About the Author
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