OUTLINE ZECHARIAH CHAPTER EIGHT

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OUTLINE ZECHARIAH CHAPTER EIGHT

• GOD PROMISES TO BE WITH THEM WHEN THEY RETURN
• THEIR FASTS WOULD BECOME A TIME OF REJOICING
• GOD PROMISES TO RESTORE THE JEWS ADD THE
  GENTILES V. 1-20
• JEWS WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN CONVERTING THE
  GENTILES V. 21-23
• READ ROMANS 1115-18

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READ ROMANS 1115-18

• 15 If their being cast away is the reconciling of
  the world, what will their acceptance be but life
  from the dead?
• 16 For if the first fruit is holy, the lump is
  also holy. And if the root is holy, so are the
  branches.
• 17 If some of the branches were broken off, and
  you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in
  among them, and with them became a partaker of
  the root and fatness of the olive tree,
• 18 Do not boast against the branches. But if you
  do boast, remember that you do not support the
  root, but the root supports you.
• THE ROOT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD
• THE ORIGINAL BRANCHES ARE THE JEWS
• THE GRAFTED BRANCHES ARE THE GENTILES

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READ ZECHARIAH 81-3

• 1 The word of the LORD of hosts came again,
  saying,
• 2 Thus says the LORD of hosts I am zealous for
  Zion with great zeal with great fervor I am
  zealous for her.
• 3 Thus says the LORD I will return to Zion, and
  dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall
  be called the City of Truth, the Mountain of the
  LORD of hosts, the Holy Mountain.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 81-3

• 1 The word of the LORD of hosts came, saying,
• 2 Thus says the LORD of hosts I am zealous for
  Zion with great zeal with great fervor I am
  zealous for her.
• 3 Thus says the LORD I will return to Zion. I
  will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem
  shall be called the City of Truth, the Mountain
  of the LORD of hosts, the Holy Mountain.
• WHO IS THE LORD ZEALOUS FOR? WHY?
• WHERE WILL THE LORD DWELL?
• WHAT WILL JERUSALEM BE CALLED? WHY?
• WHERE IS THIS HOLY MOUNTAIN?

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 81-3

• 2 Thus says the LORD of hosts I am zealous for
  Zion with great zeal with great fervor I am
  zealous for her.
• WHO IS THE LORD ZEALOUS FOR? WHY?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 1015
• 15 The LORD delighted only in your fathers, to
  love them. And He chose their descendants after
  them, you above all peoples, as it is this day.
• READ JOEL 218
• 18 The LORD will be zealous for His land and pity
  His people.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 81-3

• 3 Thus says the LORD I will return to Zion. I
  will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem
  shall be called the City of Truth, the Mountain
  of the LORD of hosts, the Holy Mountain.
• WHERE WILL THE LORD DWELL?
• READ JOEL 321
• 21 I will acquit them of the guilt of bloodshed,
  whom I had not acquitted for the LORD dwells in
  Zion.
• WHAT WILL JERUSALEM BE CALLED? WHY?
• WHERE IS THIS HOLY MOUNTAIN?

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 81-3

• WHAT WILL JERUSALEM BE CALLED? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 126
• 26 I will restore your judges as at the first,
  and your counselors as at the beginning.
  Afterward you shall be called the city of
  righteousness, the faithful city.
• READ JEREMIAH 3316
• 16 In those days Judah will be saved, and
  Jerusalem will dwell safely. This is the name by
  which she will be called THE LORD OUR
  RIGHTEOUSNESS. (NKJ)
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE LATTER DAYS?
• READ MICAH 41
• 1 It shall come to pass in the latter days that
  the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be
  established on the top of the mountains, and
  shall be exalted above the hills and peoples
  shall flow to it.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 81-3

• 3 Thus says the LORD I will return to Zion. I
  will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem
  shall be called the City of Truth, the Mountain
  of the LORD of hosts, the Holy Mountain.
• WHERE IS THIS HOLY MOUNTAIN?
• READ ISAIAH 22-3
• 2 It shall come to pass in the latter days That
  the mountain of the LORD's house Shall be
  established on the top of the mountains,
• And shall be exalted above the hills And all
  nations shall flow to it.
• 3 Many people shall come and say, Come, let us go
  up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of
  the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, And
  we shall walk in His paths. For out of Zion shall
  go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from
  Jerusalem.

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READ ZECHARIAH 84-6

• 4 Thus says the LORD of hosts Old men and old
  women shall again sit in the streets of
  Jerusalem, each one with his staff in his hand
  because of great age.
• 5 The streets of the city shall be full of boys
  and girls playing in its streets.
• 6 Thus says the LORD of hosts If it is marvelous
  in the eyes of the remnant of this people in
  these days, will it also be marvelous in My eyes?
  Says the LORD of hosts.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 84-6

• 4 Thus says the LORD of hosts Old men and old
  women shall again sit in the streets of
  Jerusalem, each one with his staff in his hand
  because of great age.
• 5 The streets of the city shall be full of boys
  and girls playing in its streets.
• 6 Thus says the LORD of hosts If it is marvelous
  in the eyes of the remnant of this people in
  these days, Will it also be marvelous in My eyes?
  Says the LORD of hosts.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE OLD FOLKS? WHY?
• WHAT WILL THE STREET BE FULL OF?
• WHY IS THIS MARVELOUS IN THE LORDS EYES?

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 84-6

• 4 Thus says the LORD of hosts Old men and old
  women shall again sit in the streets of
  Jerusalem, each one with his staff in his hand
  because of great age.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE OLD FOLKS? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 6520
• 20 No more shall an infant from there live but a
  few days, nor an old man who has not fulfilled
  his days. For the child shall die one hundred
  years old, but the sinner being one hundred years
  old shall be accursed.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 84-6

• 5 The streets of the city shall be full of boys
  and girls playing in its streets.
• WHAT WILL THE STREET BE FULL OF?
• READ JEREMIAH 3020
• 20 Their children also shall be as before, and
  their congregation shall be established before
  Me. I will punish all who oppress them.
• READ JEREMIAH 3113
• 13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance,
  and the young men and the old, together. For I
  will turn their mourning to joy, will comfort
  them, and make them rejoice rather than
  sorrow. (NKJ)

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 84-6

• 6 Thus says the LORD of hosts If it is marvelous
  in the eyes of the remnant of this people in
  these days, Will it also be marvelous in My eyes?
  Says the LORD of hosts.
• WHY IS THIS MARVELOUS IN THEIR EYES?
• READ PSALMS 11823
• 23 This was the LORD'S doing it is marvelous in
  our eyes.
• READ PSALMS 1261-3
• 1 When the LORD brought back the captivity of
  Zion, we were like those who dream.
• 2 Our mouth was filled with laughter and our
  tongue with singing. They said among the nations,
  The LORD has done great things for them.
• 3 The LORD has done great things for us and we
  are glad.

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READ ZECHARIAH 87-8

• 7 Thus says the LORD of hosts Behold, I will
  save My people from the land of the east and from
  the land of the west
• 8 I will bring them back, and they shall dwell in
  the midst of Jerusalem. They shall be My people
  and I will be their God, in truth and
  righteousness.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 87-8

• 7 Thus says the LORD of hosts Behold, I will
  save My people from the land of the east and from
  the land of the west
• 8 I will bring them back, and they shall dwell in
  the midst of Jerusalem. They shall be My people
  and I will be
• their God, in truth and righteousness.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR HIS PEOPLE?
• WHERE WERE THE LORDS PEOPLE?
• WHERE WILL HE TAKE THEM? WHY?
• WHY IS THE LORD BRINGING THEM BACK?

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 87-8

• 7 Thus says the LORD of hosts Behold, I will
  save My people from the land of the east and from
  the land of the west
• WHERE WERE THE LORDS PEOPLE?
• READ PSALMS 1071-3
• 1 Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!
  For His mercy endures forever.
• 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He
  has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,
• 3 And gathered out of the lands, from the east
  and from the west, from the north and from the
  south. (NKJ)
• WHAT LAND WAS IN THE EAST? WEST? NORTH? SOUTH?

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 87-8

• 7 Thus says the LORD of hosts Behold, I will
  save My people from the land of the east and from
  the land of the west
• WHAT LAND WAS IN THE EAST? WEST? NORTH? SOUTH?
• READ ISAIAH 1111
• 11 It shall come to pass in that day that the
  LORD shall set His hand again the second time to
  recover the remnant of His people who are left,
  from Assyria and Egypt, from Pathros and Cush,
  from Elam and Shinar, from Hamath and the islands
  of the sea.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 87-8

• 8 I will bring them back, and they shall dwell in
  the midst of Jerusalem. They shall be My people
  and I will be
• their God, in truth and righteousness.
• WHERE WILL HE TAKE THEM? WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 3712
• 12 Prophesy and say to them, Thus says the Lord
  GOD Behold, O My people, I will open your graves
  and cause you to come up from your graves. I will
  bring you into the land of Israel.
• READ ZECHARIAH 1010
• 10 I will bring them back from the land of Egypt
  and Assyria. I will bring them into the land
  of Gilead and Lebanon, until no more room is
  found for them.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 87-8

• 8 I will bring them back, and they shall dwell in
  the midst of Jerusalem. They shall be My people
  and I will be
• their God, in truth and righteousness.
• WHY IS THE LORD BRINGING THEM BACK?
• READ JEREMIAH 114
• 4 I commanded your fathers in the day I brought
  them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron
  furnace, Saying, Obey My voice, and do according
  to all that I command you so shall you be My
  people, and I will be your God, (NKJ)
• READ EZEKIEL 1119-20
• 19 I will give them one heart. I will put a new
  spirit within them. I will take the stony heart
  out of their flesh and give them a heart of
  flesh,
• 20 That they may walk in My statutes and keep My
  judgments and do them. They shall be My people
  and I will be their God.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 87-8

• 8 I will bring them back, and they shall dwell in
  the midst of Jerusalem. They shall be My people
  and I will be
• their God, in truth and righteousness.
• WHY IS THE LORD BRINGING THEM BACK?
• READ EZEKIEL 3628
• 28 You shall dwell in the land that I gave to
  your fathers. You shall be My people and I will
  be your God.
• READ HEBREWS 810
• 10 This is the covenant that I will make with the
  house of Israel after those days, says the Lord.
  I will put My laws in their mind and write them
  on their hearts. I will be their God, and they
  shall be My people.

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READ ZECHARIAH 89-10

• 9 Thus says the LORD of hosts Let your hands be
  strong, you who have been hearing in these days
  these words by the mouth of the prophets, who
  spoke in the day the foundation was laid for the
  house of the LORD of hosts, that the temple might
  be built.
• 10 For before these days there were no wages for
  man nor any hire for beast there was no peace
  from the enemy for whoever went out or came in
  for I set all men, everyone, against his
  neighbor.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 89-10

• 9 Thus says the LORD of hosts Let your hands be
  strong, you who have been hearing in these days
  these words by the mouth of the prophets, who
  spoke in the day the foundation was laid for the
  house of the LORD of hosts, that the temple might
  be built.
• 10 For before these days there were no wages for
  man nor any hire for beast. There was no peace
  from the enemy for whoever went out or came in.
  For I set all men, everyone, against his
  neighbor.
• WHAT PROPHETS DID THE LORD SEND?
• WHEN DID THE PROPHETS SPEAK TO THEM?
• WHAT DID THE PROPHETS TELL THEM?
• WHAT HAPPENED IN THOSE DAYS? WHY?

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 89-10

• 9 Thus says the LORD of hosts Let your hands be
  strong, you who have been hearing in these days
  these words by the mouth of the prophets, who
  spoke in the day the foundation was laid for the
  house of the LORD of hosts, that the temple might
  be built.
• WHAT PROPHETS DID THE LORD SEND?
• READ EZRA 51
• 1 The prophet Haggai and Zechariah the son of
  Iddo, prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were
  in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of
  Israel, who was over them.
• WHAT DID THE PROPHETS TELL THEM?
• READ HAGGAI 24
• 4 Be strong, Zerubbabel, says the LORD. Be
  strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high
  priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,
  says the LORD. Work for I am with you, says the
  LORD of hosts.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 89-10

• 10 For before these days there were no wages for
  man nor any hire for beast. There was no peace
  from the enemy for whoever went out or came in.
  For I set all men, everyone, against his
  neighbor.
• WHAT HAPPENED IN THOSE DAYS?
• READ HAGGAI 16
• 6 You have sown much, and bring in little. You
  eat but do not have enough. You drink but you are
  not filled with drink. You clothe yourselves but
  no one is warm. He who earns wages, Earns wages
  to put into a bag with holes.
• WHY DID THESE THINGS HAPPEN?
• READ HAGGAI 19-10

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 89-10

• WHY DID THESE THINGS HAPPEN?
• READ HAGGAI 19-10
• 9 You looked for much but indeed it came to
  little. When you brought it home, I blew it away.
  WHY? says the LORD of hosts. BECAUSE OF MY HOUSE
  THAT IS IN RUINS, WHILE EVERY ONE OF YOU RUNS TO
  HIS OWN HOUSE.
• 10 Therefore the heavens above you withhold the
  dew and the earth withholds its fruit.

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READ ZECHARIAH 811-12

• 11 But now I will not treat the remnant of this
  people as in the former days, says the LORD of
  hosts.
• 12 For the seed shall be prosperous, the vine
  shall give its fruit, the ground shall give her
  increase, and the heavens shall give their dew--
  I will cause the remnant of this people to
  possess all these.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 811-12

• 11 But now I will not treat the remnant of this
  people as in the former days, says the LORD of
  hosts.
• 12 For the seed shall be prosperous, the vine
  shall give its fruit, the ground shall give her
  increase, and the heavens shall give their dew--
  I will cause the remnant of this people to
  possess all these.
• NOW, WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
• HOW WILL THINGS BE DIFFERENT? WHY?

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 811-12

• NOW, WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
• HOW WILL THINGS BE DIFFERENT? WHY?
• READ HOSEA 221-22
• 21 It shall come to pass in that day that I will
  answer, says the LORD. I will answer the heavens
  and they shall answer the earth.
• 22 The earth shall answer with grain, with new
  wine, and with oil. They shall answer
  Jezreel. (NKJ)
• WHO IS JEZREEL? GOD WILL SOW

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 811-12

• WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO CONSIDER?
• READ HAGGAI 215-19
• 15 Carefully consider from this day forward from
  before stone was laid upon stone in the temple of
  the LORD--
• 16 Since those days, when one came to a heap of
  twenty ephahs, there were but ten when one came
  to the wine vat to draw out fifty baths from the
  press, there were but twenty.
• 17 I struck you with blight and mildew and hail
  in all the labors of your hands yet you did not
  turn to Me, says the LORD.
• 18 Consider now from this day forward, from the
  twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, FROM THE
  DAY THAT THE FOUNDATION OF THE LORD'S TEMPLE WAS
  LAID-- consider it
• 19 Is the seed still in the barn? As yet the
  vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the
  olive tree have not yielded fruit. But FROM THIS
  DAY FORWARD I WILL BLESS YOU. (NKJ)

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READ ZECHARIAH 813-15

• 13 It shall come to pass that just as you were a
  curse among the nations, O house of Judah and
  house of Israel, so I will save you, and you
  shall be a blessing. Do not fear, let your hands
  be strong.
• 14 For thus says the LORD of hosts Just as I
  determined to punish you when your fathers
  provoked Me to wrath, says the LORD of hosts, And
  I would not relent,
• 15 So again in these days I am determined to do
  good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do
  not fear.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 813-15

• 13 It shall come to pass that just as you were a
  curse among the nations, O house of Judah and
  house of Israel, so I will save you, and you
  shall be a blessing. Do not fear, let your hands
  be strong.
• 14 For thus says the LORD of hosts Just as I
  determined to punish you when your fathers
  provoked Me to wrath, says the LORD of hosts, And
  I would not relent,
• 15 So again in these days I am determined to do
  good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do
  not fear.
• HOW DID THE LORD CURSE THEM? WHY?
• HOW WILL THE LORD BLESS THEM? WHY?

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 813-15

• HOW DID THE LORD CURSE THEM? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 249
• 9 I will deliver them to trouble into all the
  kingdoms of the earth, for their harm, to be a
  reproach and a byword, a taunt and a curse, in
  all places where I shall drive them.
• READ JEREMIAH 2517-18
• 17 I took the cup from the LORD'S hand and made
  all the nations drink, to whom the LORD had sent
  me
• 18 Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings
  and its princes, to make them a desolation, an
  astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is
  this day

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 813-15

• HOW DID THE LORD CURSE THEM? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 2918-19
• 18 I will pursue them with the sword, with
  famine, and with pestilence. I will deliver them
  to trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth--
  to be a curse, an astonishment, a hissing, and a
  reproach among all the nations where I have
  driven them,
• 19 Because they have not heeded My words, says
  the LORD, which I sent to them by My servants the
  prophets, rising up early and sending them
  neither would you heed, says the LORD.
• READ JEREMIAH 4422
• 22 The LORD could no longer bear it, because of
  the evil of your doings and because of the
  abominations which you committed. Therefore your
  land is a desolation, an astonishment, a curse,
  and without an inhabitant, as it is this day.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 813-15

• HOW WOULD THE LORD BLESS THEM WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE ABRAHAM?
• READ GENESIS 122-3
• 2 I will make you a great nation. I will bless
  you and make your name great. You shall be a
  blessing.
• 3 I will bless those who bless you. I will curse
  him who curses you. In you all the families of
  the earth shall be blessed.
• READ GALATIANS 38
• 8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would
  justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the
  gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, In you all
  the nations shall be blessed.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 813-15

• HOW WOULD THE LORD BLESS THEM WHY?
• READ MICAH 57
• 7 The remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of
  many peoples, like dew from the LORD, like
  showers on the grass, that tarry for no man nor
  wait for the sons of men.
• READ ZEPHANIAH 320
• 20 At that time I will bring you back, even at
  the time I gather you. For I will give you fame
  and praise among all the peoples of the earth,
  when I return your captives before your eyes,
  says the LORD.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 813-15

• WHY DID THE LORD PUNISH THEM?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 3616
• 16 They mocked the messengers of God, despised
  His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the
  wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till
  there was no remedy.
• HOW WOULD THE LORD DO GOOD TO THEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 3128
• 28 It shall come to pass, that as I have watched
  over them to pluck up, to break down, to throw
  down, to destroy, and to afflict, So I will
  watch over them to build and to plant, says the
  LORD.

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READ ZECHARIAH 816-17

• 16 These are the things you shall do speak each
  man the truth to his neighbor give judgment in
  your gates for truth, justice, and peace
• 17 Let none of you think evil in your heart
  against your neighbor and do not love a false
  oath. For all these are things that I hate, says
  the LORD.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 816-17

• 16 These are the things you shall do speak each
  man the truth to his neighbor give judgment in
  your gates for truth, justice, and peace
• 17 Let none of you think evil in your heart
  against your neighbor and do not love a false
  oath. For all these are things that I hate, says
  the LORD.
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THEM TO DO?
• WHAT DOES THE LORD HATE?

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 816-17

• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THEM TO DO?
• READ ZECHARIAH 79-10
• 9 Thus says the LORD of hosts Execute true
  justice, show mercy and compassion everyone to
  his brother.
• 10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless,
  the alien or the poor. Let none of you lan evil
  in his heart against his brother.
• READ PROVERBS 329
• 29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for
  he dwells by you for safety's sake.
• READ EPHESIANS 425
• 25 Therefore, putting away lying, Let each one of
  you speak truth with his neighbor, for we are
  members of one another.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 816-17

• WHAT DOES THE LORD HATE?
• READ PROVERBS 616-19
• 16 These six things the LORD hates, yes, seven
  are an abomination to Him
• 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed
  innocent blood,
• 18 A heart that devises wicked plans, feet that
  are swift in running to evil,
• 19 A false witness who speaks lies, and one who
  sows discord among brethren.

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READ ZECHARIAH 818-19

• 18 The word of the LORD of hosts came to me,
  saying,
• 19 Thus says the LORD of hosts The fast of the
  fourth month, the fast of the fifth, the fast of
  the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be
  joy and gladness and cheerful feasts for the
  house of Judah. Therefore love truth and peace.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 818-19

• 18 The word of the LORD of hosts came to me,
  saying,
• 19 Thus says the LORD of hosts The fast of the
  fourth month, the fast of the fifth, the fast of
  the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be
  joy and gladness and cheerful feasts for the
  house of Judah. Therefore love truth and peace.
• WHAT WERE THESE DAYS OF FASTING?
• COULD THEY BE TURNED INTO CHEERFUL FEASTS?

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 818-19

• WHAT WERE THESE DAYS OF FASTING?
• THE FOURTH MONTH
• READ JEREMIAH 392
• 2 In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth
  month, on the ninth day of the month, the city
  was penetrated.
• READ JEREMIAH 526-7
• 6 The fourth month, on the ninth day of the
  month, the famine had become so severe in the
  city that there was no food for the people of the
  land.
• 7 The city wall was broken through, and all the
  men of war fled and went out of the city at night
  by way of the gate between the two walls, which
  was by the king's garden, even though the
  Chaldeans were near the city all around. They
  went by way of the plain.
• (READ 2 KINGS 253-4)

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 818-19

• WHAT WERE THESE DAYS OF FASTING?
• THE FIFTH MONTH
• READ 2 KINGS 258-10
• 8 In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the
  month which was the nineteenth year of King
  Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the
  captain of the guard, a servant of the king of
  Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
• 9 He burned the house of the LORD and the king's
  house all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all
  the houses of the great, he burned with fire.
• 10 All the army of the Chaldeans who were with
  the captain of the guard broke down the walls of
  Jerusalem all around.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 818-19

• WHAT WERE THESE DAYS OF FASTING?
• THE SEVENTH MONTH
• READ JEREMIAH 411-3
• 1 It came to pass in the seventh month that
  Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of
  Elishama, of the royal family and of the officers
  of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah the
  son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. And there they ate
  bread together in Mizpah.
• 2 Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten
  men who were with him, arose and struck Gedaliah
  the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the
  sword, and killed him whom the king of Babylon
  had made governor over the land.
• 3 Ishmael also struck down all the Jews who were
  with him, that is, with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and
  the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of
  war. (2 KINGS 2525-26)

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 818-19

• WHAT WERE THESE DAYS OF FASTING?
• THE TENTH MONTH
• READ JEREMIAH 391
• 1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in
  the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
  and all his army came against Jerusalem, and
  besieged it.
• READ JEREMIAH 524
• 4 It came to pass in the ninth year of his reign,
  in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the
  month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and
  all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped
  against it They built a siege wall against it
  all around.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 818-19

• COULD THEY BE TURNED INTO CHEERFUL FEASTS?
• READ JEREMIAH 3110-13
• 10 Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and
  declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He who
  scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him as
  a shepherd does his flock.
• 11 The LORD has redeemed Jacob and ransomed him
  from the hand of one stronger than he.
• 12 They shall come and sing in the height of
  Zion, streaming to the goodness of the LORD-- For
  wheat and new wine and oil, For the young of the
  flock and the herd. Their souls shall be like a
  well-watered garden and they shall sorrow no more
  at all.
• 13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance,
  the young men and the old, together. For I will
  turn their mourning to joy. I will comfort them
  and make them rejoice rather than sorrow.

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READ ZECHARIAH 820-22

• 20 Thus says the LORD of hosts Peoples shall yet
  come, inhabitants of many cities
• 21 The inhabitants of one city shall go to
  another, saying, Let us continue to go and pray
  before the LORD, and seek the LORD of hosts. I
  myself will go also.
• 22 Yes, many peoples and strong nations shall
  come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and
  to pray before the LORD.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 820-22

• 20 Thus says the LORD of hosts Peoples shall yet
  come, inhabitants of many cities
• 21 The inhabitants of one city shall go to
  another, saying, Let us continue to go and pray
  before the LORD, and seek the LORD of hosts. I
  myself will go also.
• 22 Yes, many peoples and strong nations shall
  come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem and
  to pray before the LORD.
• WHO WOULD COME TO JERUSALEM?
• WHAT WOULD THEY SAY?
• WHEN WOULD THIS COME TO PASS?
• HOW WAS THIS MADE POSSIBLE?
• WHY WOULD THEY COME TO JERUSALEM?

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 820-22

• WHY WOULD THEY COME TO JERUSALEM?
• READ MICAH 41-5
• 1 It shall come to pass in the latter days that
  the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be
  established on the top of the mountains, and
  shall be exalted above the hills and peoples
  shall flow to it.
• 2 Many nations shall come and say, Come, and let
  us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the
  house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His
  ways and we shall walk in His paths. For out of
  Zion the law shall go forth and the word of the
  LORD from Jerusalem.
• 3 He shall judge between many peoples and rebuke
  strong nations afar off. They shall beat their
  swords into plowshares and their spears into
  pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword
  against nation, neither shall they learn war any
  more.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 820-22

• WHY WOULD THEY COME TO JERUSALEM?
• READ MICAH 41-5
• 4 But everyone shall sit under his vine and under
  his fig tree, and no one shall make them afraid
  for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken.
• 5 For all people walk each in the name of his
  god, but we will walk in the name of the LORD our
  God forever and ever.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 820-22

• WHEN WOULD THIS COME TO PASS?
• READ ISAIAH 555
• 5 Surely you shall call a nation you do not know.
  And nations who do not know you shall run to you.
  Because of the LORD your God and the Holy One of
  Israel. For He has glorified you.
• READ ISAIAH 566-7
• 6 The sons of the foreigner who join themselves
  to the LORD, to serve Him, to love the name of
  the LORD, to be His servants-- Everyone who keeps
  from defiling the Sabbath and holds fast My
  covenant--
• 7 Even them I will bring to My holy mountain and
  make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their
  burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be
  accepted on My altar. For My house shall be
  called a house of prayer for all nations.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 820-22

• HOW WAS THIS MADE POSSIBLE?
• READ GALATIANS 38
• 8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would
  justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the
  gospel to Abraham beforehand, Saying, In you all
  the nations shall be blessed.
• READ GALATIANS 326-29
• 26 You are all sons of God through faith in
  Christ Jesus.
• 27 As many of you as were baptized into Christ
  have put on Christ.
• 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek. There is
  neither slave nor free. There is neither male nor
  female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
• 29 If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's
  seed and heirs according to the promise.

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READ ZECHARIAH 823

• 23 Thus says the LORD of hosts. In those days ten
  men from every language of the nations shall
  grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, Let us
  go with you, for we have heard that God is with
  you. (NKJ)

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 823

• 23 Thus says the LORD of hosts In those days ten
  men from every language of the nations shall
  grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, Let us
  go with you, for we have heard that God is with
  you.
• WHO ARE THESE NATIONS?
• WHY GRASP THE SLEEVE OF THE JEWISH MAN?
• WHAT HAD THEY HEARD ABOUT HIM?
• WHO WERE THEY SEEKING?
• WHO DID THEY FIND?

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 823

• WHAT DID THEY SEE IN ABRAHAM?
• READ GENESIS 2122
• 22 It came to pass at that time that Abimelech
  and Phichol, the commander of his army, spoke to
  Abraham, Saying, God is with you in all that you
  do.
• READ GENESIS 2628
• 28 They said, We have certainly seen that the
  LORD is with you. So we said, Let there now be an
  oath between us, between you and us and let us
  make a covenant with you,
• WHAT DID LABAN SEE IN JACOB?
• READ GENESIS 3027
• 27 Laban said to Jacob, Please stay, if I have
  found favor in your eyes, for I have learned by
  experience that the LORD has blessed me for your
  sake.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 823

• WHAT DID POTIPHAR SEE IN JOSEPH?
• READ GENESIS 392-5
• 2 The LORD was with Joseph and he was a
  successful man. He was in the house of his master
  the Egyptian.
• 3 His master saw that the LORD was with him and
  that the LORD made all he did to prosper in his
  hand.
• 4 Joseph found favor in his sight and served him.
  He made him overseer of his house and all that he
  had he put under his authority.
• 5 So it was, from the time that he had made him
  overseer of his house and all that he had, that
  the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for
  Joseph's sake. The blessing of the LORD was on
  all that he had in the house and in the field.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 823

• WHO WERE THEY SEEKING?
• READ ISAIAH 6618
• 18 I know their works and their thoughts. It
  shall be that I will gather all nations and
  tongues. They shall come and see My glory.
• READ ISAIAH 1110
• 10 In that day there shall be a Root of Jesse,
  who shall stand as a banner to the people for
  the Gentiles shall seek Him, and His resting
  place shall be glorious.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 823

• WHO WERE THEY SEEKING?
• WHO IS SHILOH? MESSIAH? CHRIST?
• READ GENESIS 4910
• 10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a
  lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh
  comes and to Him shall be the obedience of the
  people.
• READ ISAIAH 96
• 6 Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is
  given. And the government will be upon His
  shoulder. His name will be called Wonderful,
  Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince
  of Peace.

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QUESTIONS ZECHARIAH 823

• WHO DID THEY FIND?
• READ ROMANS 1625-27
• 25 Now to Him who is able to establish you
  according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus
  Christ, according to the revelation of the
  mystery kept secret since the world began
• 26 But now has been made manifest, and by the
  prophetic Scriptures has been made known to all
  nations, according to the
• commandment of the everlasting God, for obedience
  to the faith--
• 27 To God, alone, be glory through Jesus Christ
  forever. Amen.

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