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Contents General preface 9 Preface 11 Chief abbreviations 14 Bibliography 15 Introduction 19 Zechariah's world 20 Zechariah himself 26 The book of Zechariah 29 Its structure 30 Its message 31 The unity of Zechariah 43 Zechariah, Jesus and us 47 One final comment 51 The nature of prophecy 51 Part 1. Kingdom prelude Zechariah 1 - 6 55 A call to return to the Lord (1:1-6) 55 Vision 1: The man among the myrtle trees (1:7-17) 65 Vision 2: Four horns and four craftsmen (1:18-21) 74 Vision 3: A man with a measuring line (2:1-13) 79 Vision 4: Clean garments for the high priest (3:1-10) 84 The problem (3:1, 3) 85 An astonishing reversal (3:2-7) 87 The One who is to come (3:8-10) 88 Vision 5: The gold lampstand and the two olive trees (4:1-14) 90 Vision 6: The flying scroll (5:1-4) 96 Vision 7: The woman in a basket (5:5-11) 99 Vision 8: Four chariots (6:1-8) 103 The crowning of Joshua the high priest (6:9-15) 106 Part 2. Kingdom consummation Zechariah 7 - 14 115 A call for true fasting (7:1-14) 116 The question: Should we continue to fast? (7:1-3) 117 False fasting (7:4-7) 118 The kind of fasting God requires (7:8-14) 118 The Lord promises to bless Jerusalem (8:1-23) 121 Reasons for celebration now (8:1-17) 122 Reasons for celebration then - in `those' days (8:18-23) 124 Through suffering to glory: chapters 9 - 14 127 Oracle 1: God's rule and human leaders (chs. 9 - 11) 128 The coming of the warrior God (9:1-8) 128 The coming of the king (9:9-10) 130 God's people share in his victory (9:11-17) 133 True and false shepherds (10:1 - 11:3) 135 Two shepherds: an enacted parable (11:4-17) 147 Oracle 2: Day of destiny in Jerusalem (chs. 12 - 14) 155 Jerusalem's enemies to be destroyed (12:1-9) 157 Mourning for the One they pierced (12:10-14) 159 Cleansing from sin (13:1-6) 162 The shepherd struck, the sheep scattered (13:7-9) 168 Let there be light! Zechariah 12 - 13 and the New Testament 171 The Lord comes and reigns (14:1-21) 176
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Kingdom of God Biblical teaching, Bible, O, T, Zechariah Commentaries, Messiah Prophecies