In our staff devotions I’ve committed to us getting lots from the obscure and unhandled parts of God’s word to be opened before us! So literally we’re trundling through Zechariah.

Zechariah, means, “Yahweh remembers,”
This is an appropriate title for this book because the reader of the book is told the good news, Yahweh remembers His chosen people and His promises and will be faithful. It is a book of comfort and hope, beginning with a call to repentance and ending with prophecies concerning the return and reign of Christ.

Zechariah emphasizes the need for repentance and spiritual renewal. The central theme of the book is encouragement and hope. The bases of his ministry is divine authority, “the word of the Lord” (Zechariah 1:1).

He received a divine commission to be the Lord’s spokesman, with instructions what to say to the returned captives and he delivered to the people what he received. There is a time when the Lord can no longer permit the disobedience of His children and though we find it hard to believe the Lord will deal harshly with the disobedient. He will do as He did with the ancient Israelites. We have been warned disobedience has its consequences. The prophets have warned us. The apostles have warned us. Above all others Jesus has warned us. Today, the Holy Spirit warns us.
Are we listening and heeding the warnings?

The word of the Lord told Zechariah , tell the returned captives: “Return to Me…that I may return to you.”

In Psalm 78 Asaph speaks to the people about the early history of the nation in order to warn future generations they are not to be like their fathers who he said, were a stubborn and rebellious generation “that did not prepare its heart and whose spirit was not faithful to God” v 8.

Zechariah’s point is, pay attention to the Word of God because, though the prophets die, the Word of God endures and the proof that it endures is that its warnings come true
Zechariah, means, “Yahweh remembers”

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