Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: Zechariah, Riding on a Donkey

The Prophet Zechariah presented a picture of Messiah, Israelโ€™s king, in an oracle that was fulfilled in the triumphal entry of Jesus. ย 

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: Zechariah, Alexander the Great

God had burdened Zechariah to talk about three subjects in this prophetic oracle: The Arrival of Messiah, the Reign of Messiah, and the Rejected Messiah.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: Zechariah, Pentecost

Many see these next verses as the greatest prophecy of the future in the whole Bible, the fulfillment happening when Jesus comes to establish His millennium kingdom.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: Zechariah, An Unexpected Answer

Instead of spending a lot of energy on religious rituals and ceremonies, the Lord wanted Godโ€™s people to put their love into action.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: Zechariah, A Big Question

Since the fall of Jerusalem to Babylon, the Jews in exile had been observing a series of fasts in memory of all that had happened to them.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: Zechariah, Vision Eight

Now in the wee hours of the morning, Zechariahโ€™s visions came to a close with the emperor sending his armies back into all the world to carry out his commands. They came thundering out from between two bronze mountains, icons of immovable might.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: Zechariah, Vision Seven

As Zechariah was gazing on the wreckage of what sin does in peopleโ€™s lives, the vision changed to a woman in a basket, moving through the sky, over the land.

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Minor Prophets: Zechariah, Vision Six

So far, you and I have read through five of those visions together, giving messages of reassurance and revealing Godโ€™s nature of mercy. The last three visions have a darker side, for they display Godโ€™s judgement against all that is wrong, corrupted, and evilโ€”Godโ€™s disposition against the seriousness of sin.

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Minor Prophets: Zechariah, Vision Five, PART 2

The angel had freely revealed what the rest of the vision meant. But what of the two trees? That would note be disclosed till the last verse.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: Zechariah, Vision Five PART 1

The lamp shining in the Holy Place represented, in part, the indwelling glory of God in the sacred temple of the Lord, and with the people of God.