Zechariah
Summary[i]
Zechariah, like Haggai, was a
prophet to the remnant which returned after the 70 years. There is much of
symbol in Zechariah, but these difficult passages are readily interpreted in the
light of the whole body of related prophecy. The great Messianic passages are,
upon comparison with the other prophecies of the kingdom, perfectly clear. Both
advents of Christ are in Zechariah's prophecy Zec_9:9;
Mat_21:1-11 Zec_14:3-4.
More than Haggai or Malachi, Zechariah gives the mind of God about the Gentile
world-powers surrounding the restored remnant. He has given them their
authority Dan_2:27-40 and will hold
them to account; the test, as always, being their treatment of Israel.
See Scofield
- Gen_15:18 note 3, clause 6; Zec_2:8. Zechariah, therefore, falls into three
broad divisions:
1. Symbolic visions in the light of the
Messianic hope (Zechariah 1:1 - 6:15).
2. The mission from Babylon (Zechariah 7-8).
3. Messiah in rejection and afterwards in power
(Zechariah 9-14).