Zechariah

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Zechariah
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Plan for the Future

• It is hard to plan for the future.
• Save for our college costs lots of time yet
• Save for retirement I am still young, lots of
  time
• Instead of planning for the future, we are
  mortgaging our future.
• Most of us live in the here and now - paycheck
  to paycheck in the moment

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Plan for the Future

• We do not worry about the future.
• Old age Death Retirement
• We do not plan or think about the future
• Drunk driver kills people did not think about
  getting home safely when they got drunk
• Olympic athletes asked Take performance
  enhancing drugs, win gold medal even if caught
  later more than 50 said YES.

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Plan for the Future

• We do not worry about the future.
• Births out of wedlock just live in the moment
• Many will not go to heaven live for the moment,
  enjoy life, don't plan for the future.

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Plan for the Future

• Planning for the future takes work in the
  present.
• Kids have dreams to be baseball player, doctor,
  teacher, nurse, lawyer, movie star
• Doctor without science work in factory
• Athlete without practice sells used cars
• Better marriage Get out of debt Change habits
  all require work now.

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Zechariah - Background

• Longest of the minor prophets 14 chapters
• Zechariah common name, about 30 with this name
  mentioned in the Bible
• Zechariah means Jehovah remembers
• Tradition says that Zechariah, Malachi and Haggai
  are the ones who started the synagogues in
  Israel.
• Tomb near Jerusalem
• Written November, 520 BC, 2 months after Haggai

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Zechariah - Background

• Involved in collecting and preserving the
  inspired writings of the Old Testament
• Contains 8 visions
• Apocalyptic language similar to Revelation
• Many prophecies of Christ
• Promises of doom for Jerusalem
• Theme of the book BUILD FOR THE FUTURE TODAY!

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Zechariah The Book

• Zechariah is the longest and most obscure of all
  twelve minor prophets. (Adam Clarke)
• It is the most difficult of any of the OT books
  to interpret. (Homer Hailey)
• No prophet of the entire OT is more concerned
  with the Messianic hope or give more specific
  predictions about the coming Messiah. (Open
  Bible)

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Christ talked about Zechariah

• Matthew 2334-35 34 Therefore, indeed, I send you
  prophets, wise men, and scribes some of them you
  will kill and crucify, and some of them you will
  scourge in your synagogues and persecute from
  city to city, 35 that on you may come all the
  righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood
  of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son
  of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the
  temple and the altar.

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Zechariah Lessons

• While this book is the most difficult to study
  there are some lessons for us.
• God keeps His promises.
• God's chosen people are those in His church not
  physical Israel.
• God's kingdom is ruled by Jesus Christ both
  king and high priest.

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Dual Prophecies
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Dual Prophecies

• As the diagram shows, many prophecies are double
  barreled statements.
• These are statements that have a dual
  fulfillment.
• There is an immediate part to the statement
• There is also a long range intent.

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Examples

• Hosea 111 "When Israel was a child, I loved
  him, And out of Egypt I called My son.
• Israel came from Egypt at time of Moses.
• Jesus will come out of Egypt.
• Isaiah 714 Therefore the Lord Himself will
  give you a
• sign Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear
  a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
• Threat of Syria is short term
• Jesus will be born of a virgin

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Examples

• Galatians 316 Now to Abraham and his Seed were
  the promises made. He does not say, "And to
  seeds," as of many, but as of one, "And to your
  Seed," who is Christ.
• 1 Corinthians 104 and all drank the same
  spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual
  Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.

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REMEMBER

• The thing to remember from the book of Zechariah
  is this
• PLAN FOR THE FUTURE
• BY OBEYING GOD TODAY!