Zechariah
Zechariah encouraged the post-exilic community with visions of God's future plans for Jerusalem and the coming Messiah. His prophecies span from the rebuilding of the Temple to the end times.
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๐ About This Book
Purpose
To encourage the rebuilding community with visions of future glory and the most detailed messianic prophecies of any minor prophet.
Audience
The post-exilic community rebuilding the temple and their hope.
Key Themes
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Did You Know?
- Contains more messianic prophecies than any minor prophet
- Predicted Christ riding on a donkey (9:9) - fulfilled on Palm Sunday
- Predicted 30 pieces of silver (11:12-13) - Judas' betrayal price
- Predicted 'they shall look upon me whom they have pierced' (12:10)
- Contains 8 night visions in a single night (ch. 1-6)
- The flying scroll vision (5:1-4) is one of the strangest in Scripture
- Prophesied alongside Haggai to encourage temple rebuilding
- Chapters 9-14 are among the most quoted in the NT passion narratives
- Zechariah means 'the LORD remembers'
- The book spans from 520 BC to the end of time