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BULLSEYE!
ACCURATE
BIBLE KNOWLEDGE!
“ZECHARIAH
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“GOD’S
TAG TEAM PARTNER WITH HAGGAI”
Part 4
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Chapter
6:1-8 VISION OF THE FOUR WAR CHARIOTS (number 8 of 9)
6:1
And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold,
there
came four chariots out from between two mountains; and
the
mountains were mountains of brass.
6:2 In
the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black
horses;
6:3 And
in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled
and bay horses.
6:4
Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me,
What are
these, my lord?
6:5 And
the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of
the
heavens, which go forth from standing before the LORD of all the
earth.
6:6 The
black horses which are therein go forth into the north
country;
and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go
forth
toward the south country.
6:7 And
the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to
and fro
through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through
the
earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.
6:8
Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these
that go
toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the
north
country.
Chariots represent
war
Four chariots
will go to all corners of the earth, the four corners of the
earth
Two
mountains in the Old
testament were
Gerizim and Ebal (Deut 11:29) with blessings and cursings. It’s gone
beyond Israel now, with just cursings for the world. There are no
blessings to
be had.
Brass represents
judgment (Judges
16:21 where Samson is bound in fetters of brass).
Ringstraked,
speckled and grisled are
Jacob’s wages (Gen 31:10,12) Jacob’s (Israel’s)
rewards. These horses will now take the world for Israel.
Bay is a
reddish brown colour.
Black
horse to North
represents famine (Rev 6:5)
Quieted my
spirit means God
is now
pleased with the work of the bay horse.
Chapter
6:9-15 VISION OF THE CORONATION OF HIGH PRIEST JOSHUA (number 9 of 9)
6:9
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
6:10
Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah,
and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the
same day,
and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;
6:11
Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon
the head
of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;
6:12
And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts,
saying,
Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up
out of his
place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
6:13
Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear
the glory,
and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon
his
throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
6:14
And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah,
and to Jedaiah,
and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple
of the
LORD.
6:15
And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple
of the
LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto
you. And
this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the
LORD your
God.
Heldai one
of the 12 captains that served David
Tobijah one of the
chief Levites (2Chron 17:8)
Jedaiah one of the
priests
The BRANCH is Jesus
Christ and he will build his
temple, and indeed, he is the temple.
Helem 1Chron
7:35 mighty man of valour
Hen son of the
prophet Zephaniah
They that
are far off shall come and build in
the temple of the LORD are those
saved nations coming to worship in Jerusalem
(Rev 21:24; 22:2)
Chapters
7, 8 Questions about fasting
Fasting
has become
a mere pretence for Israel. He tells of the future where the fast will
not be
burden but a joyful feast (8:19). God paints a picture where Zion’s
streets
will be full of happy boys and girls along with old men and women
(8:3-5). All
nations will be coming to the Jews to learn of their God (8:22-23, and
1:17; 2:4,11;
14:8, 16).
Chapters
9, 10, 11 God’s judgements on neighbour nations
Chapter
9 – prophecy
of Judah’s struggle with Greece and
Alexander the Great when he invaded Palestine (332 BC). He conquered
Tyrus
(Read Ezekiel chapter 26) and other cities (v1-7) but he spared
Jerusalem (v8).
He prophesizes about Jesus Christ to come (v9-10).
Chapter
10 – is a
prophecy for “the latter rain time” (Joel 2:23-32)
Chapter
11 – Cedar trees
represent Israel’s righteousness, and these
trees will be burnt.
God’s
anger against
false shepherds (v3-6)
The ark of the
covenant (Heb 9:4)
which contained the ten commandments (the two tables of the law),
Aaron’s
budded rod (Aaron’s rod represents the law, and out of the law comes
Christ)
and the manna (Christ which feeds Israel in the desert) was carried on
either
side by two poles or
sticks covered
with gold.
One is called Beauty and the
other Bands, with the
former representing God’s
covenant with Israel, and the
latter being the relationship or the
brotherhood between the Northern tribes and the
Southern tribes.
God breaks both, to
signify that
the ungodly line of the northern kings is finished, when they were
carried off
to Assyria, and the godly line with the Southern kings is also broken,
with the
book of Malachi being God’s last words to Israel for about 400 years.
His total
support for Israel will stop and collapse (v10, 14)
God presents
Christ (v12-13)
and the
idol shepherd, the antichrist (v14-17).
There will
be the
true shepherd, Jesus Christ (v12-13)
There will
be an
idol shepherd, the antichrist (v15-17)
Now God
says
“Israel, what do you think Christ is worth?” (v12a)
They reply
“Thirty
pieces of silver!” (v12b).
They
continue “We
would rather have the foolish
shepherd, that
will not feed us, he will tear us apart, and then leave us!”
(v15-17).
God says
“I will
not feed you, and you will eat each other for food.” (v9).
“THREE
SHEPHERDS also I CUT
OFF in ONE MONTH; and my soul lothed
them, and their soul also abhorred me.” (Zechariah 11:8).
These three
shepherds are Eli and his
sons Hophni,
Phineas.
One month
From the
time of the prophecy against Eli (1Sam 3:12-13), to the time of two deaths
in battle (Hophni
and Phineas), and the third death ending
with Eli falling
backwards (1Sam 4:17-18), was one month.
They were
false
shepherds
Eli, the
high priest, and his sons were false shepherds to the people,
by not feeding the sheep.
And the
child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the
word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open
vision. 1 Samuel 3:1
The sins
of Hophni, Phineas
The sins of Hophni,
Phineas, the sons
of Belial, were false
sacrifices (1Sam
2:12, 17); losing the
ark in battle
(1Sam 4:4, 11, 17),
and laying
with women at the
door of the tabernacle (1Sam 2:22).
But it was
to Eli, that God had
said “… I will CUT OFF thine arm, and the arm
of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in
thine
house.” 1 Samuel 2:31
The
prophesied sin of Eli
In that
day I will perform against Eli all things which I have
spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
For
I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the
iniquity
which he knoweth; because his SONS (Hophni
and Phineas) MADE
THEMSELVES VILE (sacrifices and women), and HE
RESTRAINED THEM
NOT. 1 Samuel 3:12-13
The end
result
These
three shepherds were CUT OFF.
“And the
messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the
Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter
among the
people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead,
and the ark
of God is taken. And it came to pass, when he made mention of the
ark of
God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate,
and his
(Eli) neck
brake, and he died: for he was an old man,
and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.” (1Samuel 4:17-18)
Child
named Ichabod
“And his
(Eli) daughter
in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child,
near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of
God was
taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed
herself
and travailed; for her pains came upon her. And about the time of her
death the
women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a
son. But
she answered not, neither did she regard it. And she
named the child
ICHABOD, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because
the
ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her
husband. And
she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is
taken.”
(1 Samuel 4:19-22).
Chapters
12, 13, 14 Vision of Israel’s future
Three
chapters
about the tribulation leading up to the battle of Armageddon.
ZECHARIAH’S
PROPHECIES ABOUT JESUS CHRIST
The two
books of Haggai and Zechariah are
about the temple being completed. They contain many prophecies about Jesus
Christ who is also called the perfect tabernacle (Hebrews
9:11)
1.
His atoning death for the removal of sin (Zec 3:8-9; Zec 13:1)
2.
As a builder of the house of God (Zec 6:12-13)
3.
His universal reign as King and Priest (Zec 6:13; Zec 9:10)
4.
Triumphal entry (Zec 9:9, quoted in Matt 21:5; John 12:15)
5.
Betrayal for 30 pieces of silver (Zec 11:12; quoted in Matt 27:9,10)
6.
His deity (Zec 12:10)
7.
His hands pierced (Zec 12:10; Zec 13:6, quoted in John 19:37)
8.
A smitten shepherd (Zec 13:7, quoted in Matt 26:31, Mark 14:27)
In summary:
ZECHARIAH 520-516BC
THE COMING
KING AND
HIS HOUSE AND HIS KINGDOM
Worked
with Haggai
for 4 years on temple rebuilding.
Ch1-6 Visions of
horses,
horns & smiths; measuring line; Joshua the priest;
candlestick,
two
olive trees; flying roll & ephah; four war chariots, coronation
Ch7-8 Fasting
Ch9-11 Other nations
Ch12-14
Future.
He
sees:
1.
Calvary Zec 9:9; Zec 11:12-13
2.
Antichrist Zec 11:15-17
3.
Armageddon Zec 14:1-3
4. 2nd
Advent Zec 12:9-14;
Zec 14:4-11
5.
Millenium Zec 8:3-4;
Zec 14:16-21
Harley Hitchcock
www.
AustralianBibleMinistries
.com
QUESTION:
“WHAT DID THE PROPHETS SEE?”
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