by Stuart | 15 Mar 2022 | Devotionals, The Minor Prophets
As we saw while introducing the book of Zechariah, the prophecy is structured quite neatly. The first six chapters contain eight visions. Chapters 7–8 contain two sermons. Chapters 9–14 contain two oracles. The first of those oracles is in recorded chapters 9–11 while...
by Stuart | 14 Mar 2022 | Devotionals, The Minor Prophets
As we have seen in our studies in Zechariah, the prophecy has thus far contained very little by way of imperative. In the eight visions we have considered, we have seen God pointing the people to who he is and what he was doing rather than asking them to do anything....
by Stuart | 11 Mar 2022 | Devotionals, The Minor Prophets
We have been considering in recent days the various strange visions that God gave to Zechariah as he ministered to God’s returning people after the Babylonian exile. Though they had returned, having paid the full penalty of their sin in Babylon, they dared not grow...
by Stuart | 10 Mar 2022 | Blog
I’m a little perplexed by what I’ve seen in the world of evangelical Christianity recently. (Disclaimer: I write as a South African, where, largely, the term “evangelical” has not been hijacked by partisan politics.) If I’m totally honest, I may be tempted toward a...
by Stuart | 10 Mar 2022 | Devotionals, The Minor Prophets
Haggai and Zechariah were sent by God to encourage his people to return to him. Specifically, they needed to return to him by completing the temple, which they had started to build, and then to continue rebuilding Jerusalem. In the opening two chapters, comprising...
