January 06, 2019

Zechariah 2 Commentary

46 minutes

Zechariah 2 Commentary: So, in our national news today we hear a lot about a certain wall that needs to be built – or, doesn’t – depending on your perspective of things. We’ve also just come out of a season marked by the phrase “ho, ho, ho.”

And if you thought that you could escape these realities by

coming to this Sunday School class then you were mistaken. Because in Zechariah

chapter 2, we’re going to see both of these realities. We’re going to be

hearing the familiar phrase “ho, ho” followed by a subsequent “ho” and we’re

going to be considering the necessity of building a wall.

So, let’s turn our attention to the second chapter of the

book of Zechariah. Zechariah, chapter 2 is where we find the third vision given

to the prophet Zechariah in one night around the year 520 BC.

This follows the second vision he received where God

communicated with him that he will destroy the enemies of God’s people. And

before that in the first vision Zechariah was shown that God was very concerned

for the suffering of his people while the nations around them lived careless

and easy lives. And that was after the introduction where God called for the

Jews of Zechariah’s time to turn to him so that he could turn to them. And

those people did end up turning to the Lord, which allowed the Lord to turn to

them.

And so, now in this third vision, the Lord is expressing

similar realities to what he’s already expressed in the first two visions and

the introduction. And that is that the Lord is going to bless his people and

punish their enemies.

So, let’s read the entirety of Zechariah 2. And then we’ll

study in detail verses 1-7 after that.

[Read Zec 2]

Zechariah 2 Commentary: Verses 1-5

So, we just read about Zechariah seeing a man with a measuring

line in his hand and asking him where he’s going. The man responds that he’s

going to measure Jerusalem to determine its dimensions. The angel that speaks

with Zechariah then leaves and is met by another angel who tells that angel to

speak with Zechariah and tell him that Jerusalem will need walls no more because

the Lord himself will be her external wall and her internal glory.

Zechariah 2 Commentary: Verse 1

That’s the summary of verses 1-5. So, let’s look at the

details of each of those verses. Starting with verse 1.

KJV Zechariah 2:1 ¶ I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Zechariah 2 Commentary: I lifted up mine eyes again

So, Zechariah here becomes aware of a reality that he was

previously unaware of. He lifts up his eyes here just like he did before when

he saw the four horns in vision #2 and just like we’ll see him doing as he

becomes aware of a flying scroll in a subsequent vision or the woman in the

basket or the four chariots between the two mountains later on.

Zechariah 2 Commentary: and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand

But here, Zechariah is becoming aware of a man. And the man

has something in his hand. It’s a line – like a rope. And this rope would be

used to measure distance. Now this rope must have been fairly long because of

what we’re going to hear that its intended use is to measure the length and width

of an entire city.

But, this is all that Zechariah sees so far. A man with a

measuring line in his hand.

Zechariah 2 Commentary: Verse 2

And that prompts Zechariah to ask this man a question in

verse 2.

2 Then said I,

[Whither

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January 06, 2019

Zechariah 2 Commentary

46 minutes

And if you thought that you could escape these realities by

coming to this Sunday School class then you were mistaken. Because in Zechariah

chapter 2, we’re going to see both of these realities. We’re going to be

hearing the familiar phrase “ho, ho” followed by a subsequent “ho” and we’re

going to be considering the necessity of building a wall.

So, let’s turn our attention to the second chapter of the

book of Zechariah. Zechariah, chapter 2 is where we find the third vision given

to the prophet Zechariah in one night around the year 520 BC.

This follows the second vision he received where God

communicated with him that he will destroy the enemies of God’s people. And

before that in the first vision Zechariah was shown that God was very concerned

for the suffering of his people while the nations around them lived careless

and easy lives. And that was after the introduction where God called for the

Jews of Zechariah’s time to turn to him so that he could turn to them. And

those people did end up turning to the Lord, which allowed the Lord to turn to

them.

And so, now in this third vision, the Lord is expressing

similar realities to what he’s already expressed in the first two visions and

the introduction. And that is that the Lord is going to bless his people and

punish their enemies.

So, let’s read the entirety of Zechariah 2. And then we’ll

study in detail verses 1-7 after that.

[Read Zec 2]

Zechariah 2 Commentary: Verses 1-5

So, we just read about Zechariah seeing a man with a measuring

line in his hand and asking him where he’s going. The man responds that he’s

going to measure Jerusalem to determine its dimensions. The angel that speaks

with Zechariah then leaves and is met by another angel who tells that angel to

speak with Zechariah and tell him that Jerusalem will need walls no more because

the Lord himself will be her external wall and her internal glory.

Zechariah 2 Commentary: Verse 1

That’s the summary of verses 1-5. So, let’s look at the

details of each of those verses. Starting with verse 1.

KJV Zechariah 2:1 ¶ I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Zechariah 2 Commentary: I lifted up mine eyes again

So, Zechariah here becomes aware of a reality that he was

previously unaware of. He lifts up his eyes here just like he did before when

he saw the four horns in vision #2 and just like we’ll see him doing as he

becomes aware of a flying scroll in a subsequent vision or the woman in the

basket or the four chariots between the two mountains later on.

Zechariah 2 Commentary: and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand

But here, Zechariah is becoming aware of a man. And the man

has something in his hand. It’s a line – like a rope. And this rope would be

used to measure distance. Now this rope must have been fairly long because of

what we’re going to hear that its intended use is to measure the length and width

of an entire city.

But, this is all that Zechariah sees so far. A man with a

measuring line in his hand.

Zechariah 2 Commentary: Verse 2

And that prompts Zechariah to ask this man a question in

verse 2.

2 Then said I,

[Whither

...more

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