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BULLSEYE!
ACCURATE BIBLE KNOWLEDGE!
“ZECHARIAH
“
“GOD’S
TAG TEAM PARTNER WITH HAGGAI”
Part 2
of 4
Chapter
1:1-6 The
captivity was due to disobedience
Zechariah’s
opening message comes between Haggai’s 2nd
and 3rd message, and between the two verses of Haggai
2:9-10, when
work on the temple was a little over a month
along. The
people had become disheartened. He warns them
about returning to the ways of their disobedient fathers. He then
encourages
them with visions that God
had given him for a wonderful future.
THE NINE
VISIONS OF
ZECHARIAH AND THEIR MEANINGS
1. HORSES: WAR. Israel
was
in captivity but will survive and prosper forever. The heathen are at
ease and
have afflicted Israel. Eyes of the Lord are watching and waiting, and
he is
displeased. (Zech 1:7-17). God is ready for war.
6. FLYING ROLL: The CURSE of the law
that will judge the
whole earth (Zech 5:1-4)
8. FOUR WAR
CHARIOTS: WAR and
judgment on the world (Zech 6:1-8)
re-arranges
the nine visions into the 7 stages of
God’s dealing with Israel
Stage 1 |
Israel the light of the
world (Israel is
enlightened one Heb 6:4) |
Candlestick
& two olive trees Vision #5 |
Stage 2 |
Israel will be
everlasting (Hosea, Amos, Jeremiah
Micah, Isaiah, Zephaniah, Habakkuk, Zechariah, Daniel, Ezekiel, Haggai)
|
Horses Vision 1 |
Stage 3 |
Other
nations will be judged and destroyed (Matt
25:31-46) |
Carpenters
Vision #2 |
Four war
chariots Vision #8 |
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Stage 4 |
The world will also
be judged (Rev 3:10;
Rev 13:8; Rev 16:14) |
Flying roll Vision #6 |
Stage 5 |
The BRANCH
(Jesus
Christ) will come (Is 11:1;
Jer 33:15; Zech 3:8; Zech 6:12)) |
Joshua Vision #4 |
Joshua
coronation Vision #9 |
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Stage 6 |
Babylon (Rome)
will be defeated (Rev 14:8;
Rev 16:19; Rev 17:5; Rev 18:2; Rev 18:10; Rev 18:21) |
Flying
ephah Vision #7 |
Stage 7 |
Nations will join
Israel (Rev
21:24; 21:26; 22:2) |
Measuring
line Vision #3 |
Zec 1:9
Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that
talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.
Zec 1:10
And the man that
stood among the myrtle
trees answered
and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to
and fro through the earth.
Zec 1:11
And they answered the angel of the LORD that
stood among the myrtle
trees, and
said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the
earth sitteth still, and is at rest.
Zec 1:12
Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long
wilt thou not have mercy on
Jerusalem and on
the cities of Judah, against which thou hast
had indignation these threescore
and ten
years?
Zec 1:13
And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good
words and
comfortable words.
Zec 1:14 So
the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus
saith the
LORD of hosts; I am
jealous for
Jerusalem and for
Zion with a great jealousy.
Zec 1:15
And I am very
sore
displeased with the
heathen that are at ease: for I
was but a
little displeased, and they
helped forward
the affliction.
Zec 1:16
Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with
mercies: my house shall be
built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line
shall be stretched forth upon
Jerusalem.
Zec 1:17
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities
through prosperity shall yet
be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and
shall
yet choose Jerusalem.
A man God’s
operations will be down here on earth. When events happen in
heaven, men are not mentioned
Riding represents a greater
distance that can be covered. A walking man covers small
distance and he can become tired. This horse, and the others mentioned,
will be
going great distances covering the earth, and not be tiring.
Red
horse represents
power to get men on earth to kill each
other, as God will not be doing the killing.
and also to take peace from the earth. This horse, and man, has
a great
sword, which he doesn’t necessarily use. It’s God’s horse ready for war
(Rev 6:4).
Christ came on an ass, a symbol of peace and not war. This time God
comes is a
man of war and ready for killing, on a horse. Israel were told not to
go into
Egypt for the horses (Deut 17:16) as Egypt was a war-like nation.
Israel was
not to have the war symbols of horses. Why? God would do their fighting
for
them. God kills Egypt horses showing that God is more powerful than the
war
machine of the pursuing Egyptian army and chariots (Deut 11:4)
Myrtle stands
for permanence and a sign that Israel will be everlasting (Is
55:13).
Trees – there
are many here. One tree would be enough, but God wants to show
his overwhelming and abundant love and promise to Israel with many
‘everlasting’ trees. It’s a sign to Israel that it stands for
everlasting,
everlasting and everlasting and so on. As stated, one ‘everlasting’
would be
enough.
Behind
him. The man on
the red horse is the main character here
with power to induce killing, and to kill, and take peace away from the
earth. The other
horses behind him are
God’s spirits that will walk and search out, and indeed survey, all
parts of
the earth.
In the
bottom
represents hid from sight (Amos 9:3). God is hidden
from the sight of Israel. They are asking “Where are you God? How long
will you
not have mercy on Jerusalem? We have suffered for 70 years in
captivity!” (Zech
1:12). God is waiting and will not be pushed into action against his
own will.
Horses represent
God’s four
spirits of the
heavens (Zech
6:2-3, 5) that go into the four corners of
the earth.
Red
horses stand for
war, killing, no peace. The
question is asked: “But why
does the Lord Jesus Christ comes on a white horse? Shouldn’t he be on a
red
horse (Rev 19:11)? No. The white
horse shows he is God himself as he is
light
and in him is no darkness at all (1John 1:5). However his clothes are
soaked in
blood meaning he is WAR HIMSELF PERSONIFIED.
Speckled
horses represent
Jacob wages and inheritance (Jeremiah
12:9, Laban may have robbed Jacob of wages, and indeed, the world may
rob
Israel, but Israel’s inheritance will be the world. The speckled horse
says
“The world is mine. It is Jacob’s. It is God’s. I am Jacob”.
White
horses represents
the righteousness of Christ, God himself,
on a white horse, to judge and make war (Rev
19:11). White horses represent fine linen, white and clean, and
these are what the righteous saints wear (Rev 19:14).
The
angel – God’s
dealing with Israel and the Hebrews nation in
the Old Testament, involves angels. Angels are next to God in
importance. The
Jew listened, talked to and believed angels when they appeared.
The man
– this is
another man, different from the one riding
the red horse
Walk to
and fro through the earth represents
God searching for
those who have a heart toward him (2Chron 16:9). God is not running, he
is
patient and waiting, as he is biding his time for the right moment.
The angel of the
LORD - is Gabriel
who helps men understand visions (Jude 1:9; Rev 12:7). The
red, speckled and white horses have returned and tell Gabriel what they
have
seen.
All the
earth sitteth still and is at rest – this is
explained in verse 15 as “the heathen are at ease” meaning they
don’t care about the things of God and Israel.
How
long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem Then
Gabriel asks the question of God as to when he will show mercy to
Israel as they were in captivity for 70 years. And indeed God gave them
his
anger, scorn and contempt.
Zion – Zion is
God’s physical place here on earth, generally represented as
physical Jerusalem.
My
house – God’s
temple at Jerusalem. God will be merciful, he
will make Jerusalem and other cities prosperous as he will choose
Israel to be
everlasting.
A line
shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem – this is
explained in Zech 2:1-2. God is an exact God and has already determined
the
tiniest dimensions of Jerusalem and he will bring this to pass (Rev
11:1;Rev 11:2 ;
Rev 21:15)
Zec 1:19
And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these?
And he
answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah,
Israel, and Jerusalem.
Zec 1:20
And the LORD shewed me four
carpenters.
Zec 1:21
Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These
are the
horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head:
but
these are come to fray them, to cast out
the horns of the
Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to
scatter it.
Four horns – Horns
represent the power of a nation. There is the true
horn of God (Ps 18:2)
and then there are the false horns are the other nations that have
scattered
the Jews around the world.
Carpenters are the
builders that will rip to shreds, terrify and frighten (fray)
and cast out the other nations.
Carpenters will also build
David a house (2Sam 5:11)
Four - Christ
comes from the 4th
tribe
of Judah. Four
also represents the four
corners of the earth.
Zec 2:2
Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure
Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the
length
thereof.
Zec 2:3
And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and
another angel
went out to meet him,
Zec 2:4 And
said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be
inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and
cattle
therein:
Zec 2:5 For
I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about,
and will
be the glory in the midst of her.
Zec 2:6 Ho,
ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the
LORD: for
I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven,
saith
the LORD.
Zec 2:7 Deliver
thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
Zec 2:8 For
thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the
nations
which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of
his eye.
Zec 2:9 For,
behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil
to
their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent
me.
Zec 2:10
Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I
will
dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
Zec 2:11
And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day,
and
shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou
shalt know
that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
Zec 2:12
And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land,
and shall
choose Jerusalem again.
Zec 2:13 Be
silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his
holy
habitation.
Towns
without walls – God is
exact (see
Zech 1:16) but Israel will not need to defend itself like other
nation’s
cities, as God will defend them (Ex14:24)
The land
of the north is Russia
Gog of
Magog (Ezek 38:2; Rev 20:8)
I have
spread you abroad as the four
winds
of the heaven – Jews are in every nation of the world. God
dispersed them
everywhere after 70 AD.
Apple of
his eye – an
apple is the
most nourishing of fruit. As the saying goes “An apple a day keeps the
doctor
away.” Good nutrition will keep you healthy. Other fruit is good
nutrition, but
apples are the best. Israel is not the banana of God’s eye, as the
pupil in the
eye is not curved but round – just like an apple.
Babylon represents
captivity. Jerusalem
is measured and has no walls, but God will its wall. God will protect
them.
They shall
be a spoil to
their servants
– Babylon was used by God to capture Israel but Babylon will be
destroyed
and all those nations that serve her. This will be Rome which is the
whore of
Babylon (Rev 17:1, 15, 16; 19:2)
Many
nations shall be joined to the LORD in
that day - Other
nations will come and join the Lord in Jerusalem (Rev 2:24).
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Harley Hitchcock
www.
AustralianBibleMinistries
.com