ISRAEL AND THE DAY OF THE LORD (12)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: Zechariah 12:1-14, Zechariah 13:1-9
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Title: Israel and the Day of the Lord (12)
Series: The Best is Yet to Come
Text: Zechariah 12:1-13:9
Author: Jeff Schreve
If you have your Bible, please turn to Zechariah chapter 12. We are closing in on the end of our study on Zechariah. We have this message on chapters 12 and 13, and then chapter 14 that we'll do next time. We will finish the Book of Zechariah because Zechariah is a great book, but it's a difficult book. One theologian said, "It is the most Messianic, apocalyptic, and eschatological book of all the Old Testament books." That is the book, the minor prophet Zechariah.
Now, one of the things that Zechariah did was, he talked about the first coming of Jesus, and he talked about the second coming of Jesus, and he didn't really tell his listeners, "Hey, now I'm talking about the first coming; now I'm talking about the second coming." He just kind of puts it all in there and that's what makes it difficult to understand.
Well, Zechariah didn't have a long ministry. He began to minister in 520 B.C., and he was done by 518 B.C. The temple was completed in 515 B.C. IT was wiped out by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C. They didn't complete it until 515 B.C. So, for all those years they didn't have a temple. According to Jesus, we don't read this in the Old Testament, but we read it from the lips of Jesus, Zechariah was the last prophet to be murdered. He said, "From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah..." The blood of the prophets is going to be put on the people who rejected Him. And so, we don't know what happened to Zechariah after the temple was built. Somebody got tired of his preaching, and they killed him. That happens a lot. And, anyway, he was a great preacher. I was talking to Dr. David Allen, a seminary professor. I said, "Much of what Zechariah preached is so difficult." And anybody who teaches and preaches the Bible, they'll tell you the Book of Zechariah is hard, the Book of Ezekiel is hard, because prophetic language and apocalypt ...
Series: The Best is Yet to Come
Text: Zechariah 12:1-13:9
Author: Jeff Schreve
If you have your Bible, please turn to Zechariah chapter 12. We are closing in on the end of our study on Zechariah. We have this message on chapters 12 and 13, and then chapter 14 that we'll do next time. We will finish the Book of Zechariah because Zechariah is a great book, but it's a difficult book. One theologian said, "It is the most Messianic, apocalyptic, and eschatological book of all the Old Testament books." That is the book, the minor prophet Zechariah.
Now, one of the things that Zechariah did was, he talked about the first coming of Jesus, and he talked about the second coming of Jesus, and he didn't really tell his listeners, "Hey, now I'm talking about the first coming; now I'm talking about the second coming." He just kind of puts it all in there and that's what makes it difficult to understand.
Well, Zechariah didn't have a long ministry. He began to minister in 520 B.C., and he was done by 518 B.C. The temple was completed in 515 B.C. IT was wiped out by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C. They didn't complete it until 515 B.C. So, for all those years they didn't have a temple. According to Jesus, we don't read this in the Old Testament, but we read it from the lips of Jesus, Zechariah was the last prophet to be murdered. He said, "From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah..." The blood of the prophets is going to be put on the people who rejected Him. And so, we don't know what happened to Zechariah after the temple was built. Somebody got tired of his preaching, and they killed him. That happens a lot. And, anyway, he was a great preacher. I was talking to Dr. David Allen, a seminary professor. I said, "Much of what Zechariah preached is so difficult." And anybody who teaches and preaches the Bible, they'll tell you the Book of Zechariah is hard, the Book of Ezekiel is hard, because prophetic language and apocalypt ...
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