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Zechariah 1 Explained: Verses 18-21
Zechariah 1 explained: Let’s turn our attention to the book of Zechariah and the first chapter. Zechariah 1 is where we’ll be studying today. And this is really the last time that we’ll be in this first chapter of this book.
We’ll be studying verses 18-21 which constitute the second
vision given to this prophet on this single night back around 520 BC.
The first vision that was communicated to this man concerned
God once again returning in mercy to his people.
And that was in accordance with the original introduction to
this book where God promised to return to his people if they would but return
to him. They did turn to him. And so, according to his original promise in the
beginning of this chapter, God in the first vision promised to return to his
people.
And so, now we’re in this second vision. And the message of
this vision is this: God Will Destroy
the Enemies of His People. Let’s read Zechariah 1:18-21 to begin with and
then we’ll get into the explanation of this passage.
KJV Zechariah 1:18 ¶ [Then/Once again] [lifted I up mine eyes, and saw/I looked], and [behold/this time I saw/before me were] four horns.
19 [And/So] I [said unto/asked] the [angel/angelic messenger] [that talked/who was speaking] with me,
What [be/are]these?
[And he answered me/He replied],
These are the horns which
have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
20 [And/Then/Next] the LORD [shewed/showed] me four [carpenters/craftsmen/blacksmiths].
21 [Then said I/I said/I asked],
What [come these/are these coming/are these going] to do?
[And he spake, saying/And he said/He answered],
These [are the horns/horns are the ones] which have scattered Judah,
so that [no man did lift up his head/there is no one to be seen/no one could raise his head]:
but [these/these craftsmen/the blacksmiths] [are/have] come to [fray/terrify] [them/Judah’s enemies],
to [cast out/throw down/cut off] the horns of the [Gentiles/nations], which [lifted up their horn over/have thrust themselves against] the land of Judah to scatter [it/its people].
And that ends this second vision. It’s very short. But the
message is plain. God Will Destroy the
Enemies of His People.
And I’m not sure what you thought you might hear as you came
to church this morning. I’m not sure that any one of us here would have been
wishing that we could hear a message from God’s word about the destruction of
our enemies.
Perhaps you feel like you really don’t have any enemies. Maybe
you don’t sense any sort of friction with anyone else in this life. Or maybe
there’s friction – but it’s of such a kind that you wouldn’t describe it as
enmity with another person.
And yet, for us Christians – we all – if we’re really doing
God’s work, we do tend to accumulate people in our lives that don’t like what
we stand for. They don’t like what we
stand against.
And I trust that we’re not gaining ene
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By PaulZechariah 1 explained: Let’s turn our attention to the book of Zechariah and the first chapter. Zechariah 1 is where we’ll be studying today. And this is really the last time that we’ll be in this first chapter of this book.
We’ll be studying verses 18-21 which constitute the second
vision given to this prophet on this single night back around 520 BC.
The first vision that was communicated to this man concerned
God once again returning in mercy to his people.
And that was in accordance with the original introduction to
this book where God promised to return to his people if they would but return
to him. They did turn to him. And so, according to his original promise in the
beginning of this chapter, God in the first vision promised to return to his
people.
And so, now we’re in this second vision. And the message of
this vision is this: God Will Destroy
the Enemies of His People. Let’s read Zechariah 1:18-21 to begin with and
then we’ll get into the explanation of this passage.
KJV Zechariah 1:18 ¶ [Then/Once again] [lifted I up mine eyes, and saw/I looked], and [behold/this time I saw/before me were] four horns.
19 [And/So] I [said unto/asked] the [angel/angelic messenger] [that talked/who was speaking] with me,
What [be/are]these?
[And he answered me/He replied],
These are the horns which
have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
20 [And/Then/Next] the LORD [shewed/showed] me four [carpenters/craftsmen/blacksmiths].
21 [Then said I/I said/I asked],
What [come these/are these coming/are these going] to do?
[And he spake, saying/And he said/He answered],
These [are the horns/horns are the ones] which have scattered Judah,
so that [no man did lift up his head/there is no one to be seen/no one could raise his head]:
but [these/these craftsmen/the blacksmiths] [are/have] come to [fray/terrify] [them/Judah’s enemies],
to [cast out/throw down/cut off] the horns of the [Gentiles/nations], which [lifted up their horn over/have thrust themselves against] the land of Judah to scatter [it/its people].
And that ends this second vision. It’s very short. But the
message is plain. God Will Destroy the
Enemies of His People.
And I’m not sure what you thought you might hear as you came
to church this morning. I’m not sure that any one of us here would have been
wishing that we could hear a message from God’s word about the destruction of
our enemies.
Perhaps you feel like you really don’t have any enemies. Maybe
you don’t sense any sort of friction with anyone else in this life. Or maybe
there’s friction – but it’s of such a kind that you wouldn’t describe it as
enmity with another person.
And yet, for us Christians – we all – if we’re really doing
God’s work, we do tend to accumulate people in our lives that don’t like what
we stand for. They don’t like what we
stand against.
And I trust that we’re not gaining ene