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Bible Book Summary. Zechariah Summary. by Jay Smith. The book of Zechariah is Narrative History, Prophetic and Apocalyptic in genre. It is a post-exilic book, meaning it was written after (post) the return from captivity (exile) in Babylon. The prophet Zechariah wrote chapters 1-8 approximately 520-518 B.C. (Before the temple completed), and ...
Jul 22, 2022 · Answer. The prophet Zechariah is just one of over thirty men named Zechariah in the Old Testament. His name means “Yahweh has remembered,” which might also be a good summary of the prophetic work that bears his name. We know little about Zechariah personally except that he was a priest as well as a prophet and was a contemporary of ...
Zechariah is a commonly used name in the Old Testament and means the LORD remembers, a meaning that contributes to the hope of the Messiah’s first and second coming prophesied in Zechariah’s book. The dates mentioned in the book confirm that he was a contemporary of Haggai ( Zechariah 1:1, 7; 7:1 ). Haggai had been preaching for two months ...
Jun 18, 2004 · The Rejection of the Messiah (11:1-17) God tells Zechariah to play out two roles. The first is a good shepherd that will be rejected and the second is a bad shepherd that will be destroyed. It is an announcement of the future.
Zechariah was a priest in the temple during the Roman reign of King Herod. His wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron's priestly line and both of them were "righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord" ( Luke 1:6 ). Their righteous standing before God is noteworthy because they remained ...
Zechariah. . Willmington's Bible at a Glance. Zechariah at a Glance. This book describes some eight heavenly visions given to Zechariah, all dealing with God’s past, present, and future relationships with Israel, concluding with a series of specific prophecies in reference to the first and second coming of the Messiah. Bottom Line Introduction.
Zechariah. ZECHARIAH, the eleventh book of the Twelve Minor Prophets. While the book is attributed to one prophet, in style and content it is clearly separated into two parts: (1) Chapters 1–8 are written with the return from Babylonian Exile as background, and the name of the prophet and the dates of his prophecy are clear; (2) Chapters 9 ...
