Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: Zechariah, Vision Four PART 3

We know that day has come and is yet to come, for Jesus opened the way through the cross and is preparing us for the Day of the Lord which will usher in the new heavens and the new earth.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: Zechariah, Vision Four, PART 2

Satan twisted the truth to his own ends, and God rebuked him.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: Zechariah, Vision Four, PART 1

Zechariah had now received one of the great Messianic prophecies in the Hebrew scriptures.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: Zechariah, Vision Three

Zechariah saw a man measuring out Jerusalem, yet the more he measured, the bigger Jerusalem seemed to be. In fact it was going to be so big it would have no walls. But wait! Yes, there would be a wall—Almighty God’s glory would surround God’s people with a wall of fire.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: Zechariah, Vision Two

It was evocative imagery, immense and forceful blacksmiths, their hammers raised, mighty opponents to the raw and primitive power of the bulls with their horns.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: Zechariah, Vision One

Generational sins complicate life. You and I live with the consequences of what the previous generations did, even what our own family members did. But there is always a way out.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: The Book of Zechariah

Zechariah, whose name means “God Remembered,” was probably a teen when he came with that first wave of Jewish exiles.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: Haggai, Zerubbabel and the Signet Ring

Though this is the shortest of Haggai’s oracles, it is surprisingly dense! In it God redeems Zerubbabel's family baggage.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: Haggai, Curses and Blessings

“The Lord will establish you as [God's] holy people, as [the Lord] has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in [God's] ways. All the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord.”

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: Haggai, Sukkot

A month into the work, but the people's spirits were flagging, and they needed a word from the Lord to lift them up. Thankfully, soon it would be Sukkot, the Festival of Booths, and Haggai knew God had something to give them that would bring them great joy.