The people ask whether they still need to keep the mourning fasts now that the temple is being rebuilt. God’s answer moves past the ritual to the heart behind it, and then promises a day when those fasts become feasts. What God wants is not obliga...
God’s people had been staring at a temple foundation for years with nothing to show for it, and God answers their discouragement not with a bigger effort but with his Spirit. Across Zechariah 4 through 6 the Spirit empowers the builder, clears the...
Zechariah’s vision has four parts: defending Joshua from Satan’s accusations, removing Joshua’s filthy robes (representing Israel’s sin) and dressing him in fine garments, a charge given to Joshua to be obedient, and a hopeful promise of ‘the Bran...
God’s people expected judgment when the measuring line appeared, but instead received a promise: God himself was coming to live among them permanently. This sermon connects that ancient vision to its fulfillment in Christ and invites the congregat...
Zechariah begins where Haggai left off, calling a discouraged, still-rebuilding people to turn their hearts back to God, not just their resources. Through two night visions, God reveals that he is already watching over Jerusalem in mercy and prepa...
This chapter meets God’s people in the middle of an unfinished, discouraging project and reminds them that presence matters more than appearance. God owns every resource they think they lack, exposes how compromised hearts can quietly spoil even s...
