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5/21/17 Kingdom Age, with a few exception. Zech. 12:10; 13:6-7 Zechariah 9-10 4. Both sections are depicted by the phrase “burden” implying judgment. The remaining chapters are prophetic revelation not a. The burden against ’s enemies. Zach. 9:1 visions. Zech. 9-14 b. The burden against Israel. Zach. 12:1

The first major division dealt with prophecies before 9:1-8 The Judgment on Israel’s enemies. the building of the temple consisting three part parts. Zach. 1-8 9:1-2b The cities of . 1. The visions imparted to Zechariah by God in one 1) The word burden “massa”, means oracle of night, dated 520 B.C. Zech. 1:1-6:8 judgment, with the idea of carrying and 2. The prophetic crowning of Joshua that pointed to proclaiming it. vs. 1a the crowning of in the Kingdom Age, dated 518 2) The source of the judgment is “the word of B.C. Zech. 6:9-15 the LORD”, the covenant God, Yahewh. vs. 3. The group of men that came from Babylon to ask of 1a God if they should continue to observe certain feast 3) The judgment is directed againt Hadrach, days, as during the captivity and the future Kingdom and , north of Israel in Syria. vs. Age. Zech. 7:1-8:23 1a-b a) Hadrack means “dwelling” in modern The second major division deals with prophecies after day Lebenon. the building of the temple. Zach. 9-14 b) Damascus means “silent is the sackcloth 1. All are undated, some have guessed about 480 weaver”, the capital of Syria. B.C.? c) Its resting place probably refers to it 2. Chapters 9-11 center on the Messiah’s First dependence for protection. Coming and rejection with inferences to His Second d) The comentary, “For the eyes of men Coming. Zach. 9-11 And all the tribes of Israel Are on the 3. Chapters 12-14 center on the Messiah’s Second LORD” ” refers to Israel and the Gentile Coming and enthronement with inferences to His First nations attention fixed on Alexander the Coming. Zach. 12-14 Great, as he was conquering the world. * These last three chapters are all to be fulfilled vs. 1c during the seven years of Great-Tribulation and the 4) The city of Hamath “fortress”, in th upper Syria in the valley of the Orontes, bordering 3 4

Damascus also was to be judged by God. vs. without conquest, as they moved 2a-b everything out to the Island. 2)) But Alexander the Great seized it for 9:2c-4 The Syro-Pheoncian cities. 7 months and scrapped the inland city 1) Judgment would come to Tyre and , of its rubble and dumped it into the though they are very wise. vs. 2c-d sea, building a causeway out to the * They were known for being master island city in fulfillment. Ezk. 26:4-5, meriners of the sea and building ships. 14 Ezk. 27 2) Judgment would come to Tyre and Sidon 9:5-7 The cities of the . though being powerful and wealthy. vs. 3 1) iin observing the destruction of a) Tyre “Tsor”, means a rock, fortress or Tyre and Sidon would fear, be petrified as citadel on the Medterranean coast, north the news and seeing the destruction. vs. 5a of Israel and Sidon “Tsiydown”, means 2) Gaza would be very sorrowful “chuwl”, to hunting, north of Tyre. wait anxiously for their doom. vs. 5b b) Tyre had built herself a massive wall 150 3) Ekron, seeing their financial benefit gone, foot high, about a half a mile from “for He dried up her expectation”, their mainland. vs. 3a-b commerce with Tyre was gone. vs. 5c b) Tyre had Heaped silver like the dust and * Jeremiah prophecied this also. Jer. 47:4 gold like mire of the street, meaning 4) The king from Gaza would perish. vs. 5d common and abundance. vs. 3c 5) Ashkelon would become uninhabited. vs. 5e 3) God would cast her out destroying her power a) Alexander the Great fulfilled all this as he in the sea and devour her by fire. vs. 4 worked his way to the Philistines, then a) The word “Behold” is an expression of Egypt who also was in fear over their paying attention, regardless of their devastation. Is. 23:5 seeming safe security Yahweh would b) Alexander died at 33 years of age after cast her out. vs. 4a drunken party and walking home in the b) Destroy her power in the sea, her rain and catching pneumonia. commerce and her very city with fire. vs. 6) The inhabitance of would be people 4b-d of low class, God cutting off the pride of 1)) Tyre was besieged by Shalmaneser Ashdod. vs. 6 for 5 years, 13 by Nebuchadnezzar * The phrase mixed race “mamzer” can mean illegitmate children or intermixed 5 6

marriages. KJV translates it bastard, an prophecies contain a two-fold fulfillment. Is. illegitamate child. 61:1-3 7) Their abominable idolatry would be removed 2) Traditionally called “The Triumphal Entry” and kingship, being assimilated into Israel as but it was anything but that, more like the the were in ’s time. vs. 7 “Tragic Rejection.” vs. 9 a) Matthew quotes this verse of Zechariah, 9:8 The city of would be sapared. but only in its partial fulfillment. Matt. 1) God would protect it, “I will camp around 21:4-5; Lk. 19:37-40; Mk. 11:2; My house Because of the army.” vs. 8a Jn. 12:14-15) 2) The reason “Because of him” Alexander the b) He didn’t quote “Rejoice greatly” nor Great who first went down to Egypt on his “He is just and having salvation, conquest, then up to Jerusalem, “who passes deliverance or victory”, this is to be by and him who returns.” vs. 8b fulfilled at His Second Coming. 3) God would not allow “an oppressor pass 2) His character is depicted. “Alexanser” through them”, the Jews. vs. 8c a) King of the Jews riding on a donkey, a 4) God affirmed this, “For now I have seen with colt, the foal of a donkey. My eyes.” vs. 8d * Kings rode on donkeys. a) Alexander had a vision of a man meeting b) Lowly in contrast to the proud Alexander him who knew the living God and the Great. showed him the book of Daniel that he * The amazing prophecy of Daniel was would conquer the world. Jerome fulfilled 483 years or 170,880 days b) Alexander made sacrifiee and spared from March 14, 445 b.c. when Jerusalem. Artaxerxes gave the command to c) God used Alexander to permeate the Nehemiah to restore Jerusalem. Dan. world with the Greek language for the 9:24-27 Gospel. 9:10 The Second Coming of Messiah. 9:9-10 The coming of the Messiah of Israel. 1) God will intervien and defend Israel and Jerusalem against her enemies at the battle 9:9 The First Coming of Messiah. against Jerusalem and that of Armegeddon. 1) The verses predict the First and Second vs. 10a-b Coming of Jesus as many a) Ephraim is used for the whole of the ten northern tribes, Israel. 7 8

b) Jerusalem represents, the southern even forever. The zeal of the LORD tribes of Benjamin and Judah. of hosts will perform this.” Is. 9:6-7 c) There are no lost tribes of Israel. 2) God shall establish the Kingdom Age. vs. 9:11-10:12 The deliverance and blessing of Israel. 10c-e a) He shall speak peace to the nations, And 9:11-12 The basis of God’s actions is the from the River to the ends of the earth. covenant. vs. 10c 1) God encourageous them to return to , * “He shall judge between the nations, the captivity was over, “The blood of your And rebuke many people; They shall covenant, I will set your prisoners free from beat their swords into plowshares, the waterless pit.” vs. 11 And their spears into pruning hooks; a) At Mount Sinai the covenant was made. Nation shall not lift up sword against b) God’s favor and graciousness due to the nation, Neither shall they learn war covenant. Ex. 24:8 anymore.” Is. 2:4 2) God encouraged the captives to return under b) His dominion shall be ‘from sea to sea, His protection, “Return to the stronghold, And from the River to the ends of the You prisoners of hope. Even today I declare earth. vs. 10d-e That I will restore double to you.” vs. 12 1)) The sea to sea is the Mediterranean to * Double to you indicates the complete and the , the area of Israel. full restoration. Is. 40:2; 61:7 2)) The River refers to the Euphrates to the entire earth. 9:13 The people returning to the land would * For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a be helped by God to defeat Greece. Son is given; And the government * This is during the 400 year of silence between will be upon His shoulder. And His Malachi and John the Baptist, called name will be called Wonderful, theinter-testmental period. Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting 1) God presents Himself by metephors of war Father, Prince of Peace. Of the as the Worrior for Israel using the people of increase of His government and peace Israel as a metaphor for His weapons to There will be no end, Upon the throne stand against their enemies and defeat them, of David and over His kingdom, To “For I have bent Judah, My bow, Fitted the order it and establish it with judgment bow with Ephraim, And raised up your sons, and justice From that time forward, O Zion.” vs. 13a-e 9 10

2) The enemy was Alexander the Great and b) The victory is vividly described, shall those that came after him, “Against your devour, subdue and filled with blood, all sons, O Greece, And made you like the infavor of Israel. sword of a mighty man.” vs. 13d-h a) God helped the Maccabees against 9:16-10:1 The promised day of salvation. Antiochus Epiphanea, a type of the 1) Yahweh would save and reconcile the Antichrist. Dan. 8:9-14, 11:32 adulterous wife, “The LORD “Yahweh” b) He sacrifice a pig on the altar desecrating their God will save them in that day.” vs. it, and made the priest to eat pigs meat, 16a they defeated him and rededicated the a) The phrase “that day” is used in chapter temple by God miraclulously providing 12-14 to indicate the final and complete the oil for the lamps, this is the feast of restoration of the remnant of Israel in the Hanukah,, De. 25, 165 B.C. last days of the Great-Tribulation and Second Coming. 9:14-15 The promised victory by God in the b) In our context it refers to the Maccabean battle. victory. 1) The battle described, God would be fighting 2) God was their Shepherd watching out for for them, “Then the LORD will be seen over them, “As the flock of His people.” vs. 16b them, And His arrow will go forth like * “Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He lightning. The Lord GOD will blow the who has made us, and not we ourselves; trumpet, And go with whirlwinds from the We are His people and the sheep of His south.” vs. 14 pasture.” Ps. 100:3 * Commanding, leading and fighting for 3) God would value them as precious, “For them! they shall be like the jewels of a crown.” vs. 2) The victory declared, “The LORD of hosts 16c will defend them; They shall devour and * The word for crown “nezer” is the same as subdue with slingstones. They shall drink for the High Priest. and roar as if with wine; They shall be filled 4) God would honor them, “Lifted like a banner with blood like basins, Like the corners of over His land. vs. 16d the altar.” vs. 15 * In joyous oneness of God and His people. a) The Captain of the armies of heaven is 5) The earthly blessings of Israel celebrated, the protector and defender of the Jews. “For how great is its goodness And how great its beauty!” vs. 17a 11 12

b) The materisl blessings, “Grain shall make * Balaam the was one. Num. 22- the young men thrive, And new wine the 24 young women.” vs. 17b-c c) Their words were empty of no benefit. * The church is promised spiritual 3) The conseqiences was spiritual deception. vs. blessings, not physical ones! Eph. 1:3 2d-e 3) The source of the blessing is rain. vs. 1 a) They followed blindly, “Therefore the * Verse one should be the last verse of people went their way like sheep.” vs. 2d chapter nine, it is a better brake. b) They were in danger, “They are in trouble a) Being reconciled they can ask the LORD because there is no shepherd.” vs. 2e for the latter rain. March or April for * Shepherds to teach them the word of harvest. vs. 1a God and not be deceived! Jer. 23; * Rain indicated blessings from God, no Ezk. 34; Matt. 23; 2Pet. 2 rain, cursings. Deut. 11:14; 4:7 4) The punishment of the false shepherds. vs. 3 b) God was going to open up the heavens, a) God would atend to it, “My anger is “The LORD will make flashing clouds; kindled against the shepherds, And I will “He will give them showers of rain, punish the goatherds.” vs. 3a-b Grass in the field for everyone.” vs. 1c-d b) God would search out the house of Judah and deal with the false , “For the 10:2-3 The condemnation of idols and false LORD of hosts will visit His flock, The prophets. house of Judah, And will make them as 1) Idolatry is deception, “For the idols speak His royal horse in the battle.” vs. 3c-e delusion.” vs. 2a * The LORD of hosts, the captain of the a) Idols “t@raphiym”, were household armies of heaven. images that indicated headship of family and heirship. 10:4 The Messsiah would come from the tribe b) Rachel stold them from Laben. Gen. of Judah. 31:32 1) From him comes the cornerstone. vs. 4a 2) The diviners envision lies, “And tell false a) “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: dreams; They comfort in vain.” vs. 2b-d “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a a) Diviners “qacem”, means they attempted foundation, A tried stone, a precious to foretell the future through the ocult. cornerstone, a sure foundation; Whoever b) The medium was false dreams through believes will not act hastily.” Is. 28:16 demons. 13 14

b) “The stone which the builders rejected 4) From him every ruler together. vs. 4d Has become the chief cornerstone.” Ps. a) The anointing of leaders. 118:22 b) The unity of the nation. c) Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion A chief 10:5-7 The promise of God to strengthen them cornerstone, elect, precious, And he as they returned to fight against Greece. who believes on Him will by no means 1) They would be fiece, “They shall be like be put to shame. Therefore, to you who mighty men, Who tread down their enemies believe, He is precious; but to those who In the mire of the streets in the battle.” vs. are disobedient, “The stone which the 5a-b builders rejected Has become the chief a) This is the period of the Maccabees. cornerstone,” 1Pet. 2:6-7 b) Josephus wrote about this period. 2) From him the tent peg. vs. 4b 2) Their confidence would be in God, “They a) “The key of the house of David I will lay shall fight because the LORD is with them, on his shoulder; So he shall open, and no And the riders on horses shall be put to one shall shut; And he shall shut, and no shame.” vs. 5c-d one shall open. I will fasten him as a peg 3) God would be behind their return, “I will in a secure place, And he will become a strengthen the house of Judah, And I will glorious throne to his father’s house. save the house of Joseph. I will bring them ‘They will hang on him all the glory of back.” vs. 6a-c his father’s house, the offspring and the a) Judah the Southern Kingdom. posterity, all vessels of small quantity, b) House of Joseph the Northern Kingdom. from the cups to all the pitchers.” Is. c) But not as two, but one nation, no longer 22:22-24 divided. b) “And to the angel of the church in 4) God’s forgiveness was complete, “Because I Philadelphia write, ‘These things says He have mercy on them. They shall be as who is holy, He who is true, “He who has though I had not cast them aside; For I am the key of David, He who opens and no the LORD their God, And I will hear them.” one shuts, and shuts and no one opens” vs. 6d-g Rev. 3:7 5) The courageous men of Ephraim and their 3) From him the battle bow. vs. 4c children would rejoice in the LORD, “Those a) The help against their enemies. of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, And b) The victory. their heart shall rejoice as if with wine. Yes, 15 16

their children shall see it and be glad; Their shall walk up and down in His name,” Says heart shall rejoice in the LORD.” vs. 7 the LORD.” vs. 12

10:8-12 The scattering and re-gathering of them by God. 1) God will bring them back from the Babylonian captivity, “I will whistle for them and gather them, For I will redeem them; And they shall increase as they once increased.” vs. 8 * Like a shepherd to his sheep! 2) God will disburst them again after they reject their Messiah, “I will sow them among the peoples, And they shall remember Me in far countries; They shall live, together with their children, And they shall return.” vs. 9 3) God will regather them in the last days prior to the Kingdom Age, “I will also bring them back from the land of Egypt, And gather them from Assyria. I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon, Until no more room is found for them.” vs. 10 * In other words as God did in the past! 4) God will keep His promised. “He shall pass through the sea with affliction, And strike the waves of the sea: All the depths of the River shall dry up. Then the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, And the scepter of Egypt shall depart.” vs. 11 5) God will be their total dependency, “So I will strengthen them in the LORD, And they