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...