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ZECHARIAH
"Your King is Coming!"
Zechariah 1:18-21 (NIV) – [18] Then I looked up—and there before me were four horns! [19] I asked the angel who was speaking to me, “What are these?” He answered me, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem.” [20] Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen. [21] I asked, “What are these coming to do?” He answered, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head, but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter its people.”
1. Horns represent strength.
“Because the horn was used by animals as a weapon, it came to symbolize power and might… God lifts up the horn of the righteous but cuts off the horn of the wicked. Probably as an extension of this meaning of the word, horns in the visions of Daniel and John symbolized kingdoms and individual kings.” (Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary)
“The horns were the four world powers that oppressed Israel—Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, and Medo-Persia.” (Life Application Bible Notes)
Daniel 7:7 (NIV) – [7] “After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns.”
Psalms 75:10 (NIV) – [10] I will cut off the horns of all the wicked, but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.
2. The blacksmiths destroyed the horns.
“The word translated blacksmiths could refer to any sort of craftsmen (mason, carpenter, smith). If the horns representing the nations were metal, then blacksmiths were appropriate to the task of destroying them.” (NLT Study Bible Notes)
“The four blacksmiths (1:20) were the nations used to overthrow Israel’s enemies. God raised them up to judge the oppressors of his people.” (Life Application Bible Notes)
Isaiah 54:16-17 (NIV) – [16] “See, it is I who created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its work. And it is I who have created the destroyer to work havoc; [17] no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the LORD.
“It also reminds the Jews of God's providential care in the past and His promise of protection for the future, for God will not permit any nation to annihilate His chosen people. In the last days, when Antichrist, the ‘dreadful and terrible beast,’ establishes his kingdom (Daniel 7:7-8, 15-28) and persecutes the Jews, he and his kingdom will be destroyed by the return of Jesus Christ in glory and power.” (Wiersbe Bible Commentary)
3. No weapon formed against us will prosper.
4. Our vindication comes from LORD.
1 Peter 2:23 (AMP) – [23] When He was reviled and insulted, He did not revile or offer insult in return; [when] He was abused and suffered, He made no threats [of vengeance]; but he trusted [Himself and everything] to Him Who judges justly.
2 Thessalonians 1:6-7 (NIV) – [6] God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you [7] and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels.
5. No human kingdom lasts forever.
Daniel 7:1-4 (NIV) – [1] In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying on his bed. He wrote down the substance of his dream. [2] Daniel said: “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea. [3] Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea. [4] “The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a man, and the heart of a man was given to it.
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ZECHARIAH
"Your King is Coming!"
Zechariah 1:18-21 (NIV) – [18] Then I looked up—and there before me were four horns! [19] I asked the angel who was speaking to me, “What are these?” He answered me, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem.” [20] Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen. [21] I asked, “What are these coming to do?” He answered, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head, but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter its people.”
1. Horns represent strength.
“Because the horn was used by animals as a weapon, it came to symbolize power and might… God lifts up the horn of the righteous but cuts off the horn of the wicked. Probably as an extension of this meaning of the word, horns in the visions of Daniel and John symbolized kingdoms and individual kings.” (Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary)
“The horns were the four world powers that oppressed Israel—Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, and Medo-Persia.” (Life Application Bible Notes)
Daniel 7:7 (NIV) – [7] “After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns.”
Psalms 75:10 (NIV) – [10] I will cut off the horns of all the wicked, but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.
2. The blacksmiths destroyed the horns.
“The word translated blacksmiths could refer to any sort of craftsmen (mason, carpenter, smith). If the horns representing the nations were metal, then blacksmiths were appropriate to the task of destroying them.” (NLT Study Bible Notes)
“The four blacksmiths (1:20) were the nations used to overthrow Israel’s enemies. God raised them up to judge the oppressors of his people.” (Life Application Bible Notes)
Isaiah 54:16-17 (NIV) – [16] “See, it is I who created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its work. And it is I who have created the destroyer to work havoc; [17] no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the LORD.
“It also reminds the Jews of God's providential care in the past and His promise of protection for the future, for God will not permit any nation to annihilate His chosen people. In the last days, when Antichrist, the ‘dreadful and terrible beast,’ establishes his kingdom (Daniel 7:7-8, 15-28) and persecutes the Jews, he and his kingdom will be destroyed by the return of Jesus Christ in glory and power.” (Wiersbe Bible Commentary)
3. No weapon formed against us will prosper.
4. Our vindication comes from LORD.
1 Peter 2:23 (AMP) – [23] When He was reviled and insulted, He did not revile or offer insult in return; [when] He was abused and suffered, He made no threats [of vengeance]; but he trusted [Himself and everything] to Him Who judges justly.
2 Thessalonians 1:6-7 (NIV) – [6] God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you [7] and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels.
5. No human kingdom lasts forever.
Daniel 7:1-4 (NIV) – [1] In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying on his bed. He wrote down the substance of his dream. [2] Daniel said: “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea. [3] Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea. [4] “The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a man, and the heart of a man was given to it.