Teacher: Pastor Chet Lowe

Main Scriptures: Nehemiah 5, Zechariah 5, Revelation 18, Hebrews 7

Date of Message: December 1, 2022

• Review/overview
  • Zechariah 1-6: to inspire the nation to rebuild the temple
  • Zechariah 7-8: God answers a theology question about fasting
  • Zechariah 9-14: the ministry of Jesus in His first and second coming
    • For His first coming, everything came to pass
    • We anticipate everything for His second coming
• Though the visions are about Israel, these visions are encouraging to the church
• Eight visions
  • 1-3
    • Horses: God was working behind the scenes to provide the environment to do the work
    • Horns: God brought down the enemies against His people
    • Measuring Line: God will protect you so that you can accomplish the work He has called you to do to glorify Him
  • 4-5
    • Joshua: God will redeem our broken lives by His grace
    • Zerubbabel: God will empower us by His Spirit to do the work
  • 6-8
    • Flying Scroll: God will point out areas in our life that need to be purified as we do the work
      • God is concerned about holiness, not our happiness
      • Zechariah 5:3 – this vision was for the whole earth – that God will judge the entire world
    • Woman in the basket: God will not allow the way of the world to represent the way of the WORD (materialism, commercialism)
      • Nehemiah 5:1-3 – the people were taking advantage of their own brethren and selling each other into slavery
        • For the sake of financial gain
        • God brings down ministries when it is all about money
      • Zechariah 5:10-11 – people began worshiping their possessions
        • They were materialistic
        • What are we prone to worship?
        • This vision is also speaking of the rapture and the second coming of Christ
      • Revelation 6:6 – war ensues
      • Revelation 13:16-18 speaks of the antichrist and mark of the beast
        • Control of the worldwide economy
      • Revelation 18 – the end of the tribulation
      • Revelation 16: 9,11 – people were so upset with God taking away their money, materialism and commercialism, that they raised their first towards God
• Zechariah 6:1-8
  • God can do what He said He could do
  • The Mountain
  • Four Horses: winds of heaven
    • Zechariah 1:15 – God used the nations to discipline Israel, but they afflicted Israel with evil intent to destroy it
    • These horses are seen again in Revelation 6
    • At the end of the seven year tribulation is the battle of Armageddon–where God wins
• Zechariah 6:9-12
  • Zechariah was going to receive a gift from people coming back from Babylon
  • He was to receive it and make a crown out of it
• Zechariah 6:12-15
  • This is a symbol of the rule and reign of Jesus after the seven year tribulation
  • He was a King and Priest