Zechariah 7:1 "...fourth year of King Darius..." Still under Medo/Persian control so still using their time reference. 3 "...to ask the priests who were in the house of the LORD of hosts..." The people send representatives to the temple, which hasn't been completed yet, to ask if they need to continue the fasting which they …
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Zechariah 6:1-3 "...four chariots...between two mountains...of bronze...red horses...black horses...white horses...dappled horses--strong" Four chariots coming from between two bronze mountains, or in the valley, each pulled by different colored horses. One commentary mentioned the word strong could have been bay or reddish-brown color of the horses. Somewhat reminiscent of the four horsemen of Revelation. 5 "...four …
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Zechariah 5:2 "...I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits." Scroll flying through the air, or hovering. It's unrolled completely so he can see how long and wide it is and apparently that it has writing on both sides. 3 "...Every thief shall be expelled...this side...Every perjurer shall …
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Zechariah 4:3 "Two olive trees are by it..." Reference the two witnesses of Revelation 11. NOTE: Have to read the entire chapter to understand what is being done and said. At first it doesn't appear that Zechariah's question is answered, and he actually asks it a second time. But if you look at the whole …
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Zechariah 3:1 "...Joshua the high priest..." Commentaries say Zechariah was a contemporary of Haggai, they prophesied at the same time. Haggai 1:1 tells us that Joshua was the high priest at that time. 1 "...Angel of the LORD..." Reference to pre-incarnate Christ. 1 "...Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him" Per Revelation 12, …
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Zechariah 2:2-5 "...To measure Jerusalem...Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls...I will be the glory in her midst" To measure something, to establish it's dimensions, to settle its existence. It will happen. At some future point, Jerusalem will be inhabited without the need for walls for God Himself will be in her midst. 7-9 …
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Zechariah 1:1 "...second year of Darius..." According to the intro in the commentary, he was a prophet to the exiles returning to the land. Still under the control of Darius, the Medo/Persian empire. 4 "Do not be like your fathers..." He opens with a call to repentance and an admonition to not be like their …
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Black & White with Shades of Gray 