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Zechariah 6 Commentary: Verses 9-15
Let’s turn our attention once more to the 6th
chapter of the Old Testament prophet Zechariah.
There’s no question that Zechariah 6 contains the last
vision given to this prophet. The problem is determining which of the two
visions in this chapter are indeed the “last” vision.
Was the vision that we studied last time with the chariots
and the two bronze mountains – was that the last vision? Some people think so.
Or is the last vision in this book within the material that
we’re going to study today? I have personally come to think that this material
today is the last vision in this book.
So, let’s read Zechariah 6:9-15 and then I’ll try to show
why I think that this is the last vision rather than what we had last time.
[Read Zec 6:9-15…]
Zechariah 6 Commentary Verse 9
So, let’s read verse 9 one more time in order to see one
reason I think this section is the last vision in this book.
KJV Zechariah 6:9 ¶ [And the/The] word of the LORD [came/also came] [unto/to] [me, saying,/me as follows:/me:]
There it is. Here’s one reason I think this is the last
vision – this phrase in verse 9.
Because we see this exact phrase in Zechariah 4:8, which is
a continuation of the vision of the olive trees and the golden menorah. So,
this section that we’re studying today is possibly a continuation of the last
vision about the chariots and their horses and the two bronze mountains.
Or maybe this section is simply a continuation of all of the
visions that we’ve been receiving from Zechariah so far. But
however it works, this wording in verse 9 lends credibility to the idea that
verses 9-15 are the last vision in this book.
But there’s another factor that leads us to believe that
this is the last vision in this book. And that is this – there are three time
references in this book that seem to split up the material.
We have the first time reference in chapter 1 verse 1. You
can look there if you’d like and maybe even note it somehow. But in Zechariah
1:1 we’re told that the date is the 8th month of the Persian king
Darius’ second year. And it’s at that point that God gave a message to all the
returned Jews in Israel that if they turn to him, he will turn to them. So,
that was a pretty straightforward prophecy and it was introduced by this first time
reference that we see in this book.
The second time reference is just a few verses later in
chapter 1, verse 7. In Zechariah 1:7 the date given is still Darius’ second
year. But it’s now the 24th day of the 11th month. And
it’s at that time that God decided to send these visions to the prophet
Zechariah – which is the section we’ve been in now for around four months.
And that leads us to the third and last time reference in
this book – the reference that is going to end the visionary material. And you
know what? That reference is not found in verse 9 of Zechariah 6. It’s not
found in verse 10 or 11. Actually, it’s not found anywhere in this chapter.
Where the last time reference is found is after verse 15 –
in chapter 7. It’s there in Zechariah 7:1 where we’re taken about a year or two
past the time reference of these visions into the 4th year of Darius
in the 9th month and the 4th day of that month.
So, for these reasons in my estimation, we’re still in
visionary material as we study the last verses of Zechariah 6. Verse 9 is using
wording that we’ve seen already in these visions so far and the next time
reference that lets us know that we’re in a different s
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By PaulLet’s turn our attention once more to the 6th
chapter of the Old Testament prophet Zechariah.
There’s no question that Zechariah 6 contains the last
vision given to this prophet. The problem is determining which of the two
visions in this chapter are indeed the “last” vision.
Was the vision that we studied last time with the chariots
and the two bronze mountains – was that the last vision? Some people think so.
Or is the last vision in this book within the material that
we’re going to study today? I have personally come to think that this material
today is the last vision in this book.
So, let’s read Zechariah 6:9-15 and then I’ll try to show
why I think that this is the last vision rather than what we had last time.
[Read Zec 6:9-15…]
Zechariah 6 Commentary Verse 9
So, let’s read verse 9 one more time in order to see one
reason I think this section is the last vision in this book.
KJV Zechariah 6:9 ¶ [And the/The] word of the LORD [came/also came] [unto/to] [me, saying,/me as follows:/me:]
There it is. Here’s one reason I think this is the last
vision – this phrase in verse 9.
Because we see this exact phrase in Zechariah 4:8, which is
a continuation of the vision of the olive trees and the golden menorah. So,
this section that we’re studying today is possibly a continuation of the last
vision about the chariots and their horses and the two bronze mountains.
Or maybe this section is simply a continuation of all of the
visions that we’ve been receiving from Zechariah so far. But
however it works, this wording in verse 9 lends credibility to the idea that
verses 9-15 are the last vision in this book.
But there’s another factor that leads us to believe that
this is the last vision in this book. And that is this – there are three time
references in this book that seem to split up the material.
We have the first time reference in chapter 1 verse 1. You
can look there if you’d like and maybe even note it somehow. But in Zechariah
1:1 we’re told that the date is the 8th month of the Persian king
Darius’ second year. And it’s at that point that God gave a message to all the
returned Jews in Israel that if they turn to him, he will turn to them. So,
that was a pretty straightforward prophecy and it was introduced by this first time
reference that we see in this book.
The second time reference is just a few verses later in
chapter 1, verse 7. In Zechariah 1:7 the date given is still Darius’ second
year. But it’s now the 24th day of the 11th month. And
it’s at that time that God decided to send these visions to the prophet
Zechariah – which is the section we’ve been in now for around four months.
And that leads us to the third and last time reference in
this book – the reference that is going to end the visionary material. And you
know what? That reference is not found in verse 9 of Zechariah 6. It’s not
found in verse 10 or 11. Actually, it’s not found anywhere in this chapter.
Where the last time reference is found is after verse 15 –
in chapter 7. It’s there in Zechariah 7:1 where we’re taken about a year or two
past the time reference of these visions into the 4th year of Darius
in the 9th month and the 4th day of that month.
So, for these reasons in my estimation, we’re still in
visionary material as we study the last verses of Zechariah 6. Verse 9 is using
wording that we’ve seen already in these visions so far and the next time
reference that lets us know that we’re in a different s