Devotions
Sovereign Selfishness (Malachi Introduction)
We live in an age in which sincerity is the watchword in worship and religion. When it comes to matters of faith, people are less concerned about whether what you believe or do is right or wrong as they are about whether your beliefs and actions are sincere. The...
The God Who Reigns (Zechariah 12–14)
We saw yesterday that the two oracles that conclude the book of Zechariah follow a very similar trajectory, with one major difference. While the first oracle (chapters 9–11) ends with a prophecy of Messiah rejected, the second oracle (chapters 12–14) ends with a...
The God Who Is Rejected (Zechariah 9–11)
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...
The God Who Expects (Zechariah 7–8)
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....
The God Who Judges (Zechariah 5–6)
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...
The God Who Prepares (Zechariah 3–4)
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...