04/03/2021 – Day 321 – Zechariah 1 – 7 – Zechariah, the prophet and visitation by an angel.
A couple of notes I was remiss on not noting earlier:
First, Halley’s summary of the book, including about Zechariah himself:
“Zechariah was contemporary with Haggai. While Haggai seems to have been an old man, it seems that Zechariah was a young man, for he was the grandson of Iddo who had returned to Jerusalem 16 years previously. (Nehemiah 12:4, 16). Haggai had been preaching 2 months , and the Temple work had already started , when Zechariah bega. Haggai’s total recorded ministry lasted a little less than 4 months, Zechariah’s about two years. But, no doubt , they were on hand the whole 4 years, exhorting and helping. The book of Zechariah teems with Messianic flashes, mentioning literally, many details of the life and work of Christ.
An interesting note: in 1: 7 – 17 . Vision of the Horses :
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God’s messages through the prophets generally come by the direct moving of God’s SPirit upon the prophet’s mind. But here they are given through an angel who talks back and forth with the prophet. “
Soli Deo Gloria!