Zechariah 1:1-6
What does Zachariah's name mean?
God remembers
What was God’s promise that Zechariah proclaimed to the Israelites about returning to Him?
Return to God and He would return to them.
In Zechariah 6:12, God tells Zechariah that a man named Branch will branch out from his place to build the temple of the Lord. Who is the man named Branch?
Jesus
What is a false shepherd?
A religious leader who does not love or care for God’s people
What is grace?
God’s powerful kindness poured out on the undeserving
How did God say the Israelites should show obedient faith by putting God First?
That the Israelites should rebuild His temple before improving their own houses..
What did Zechariah remind the Israelites about their rebellious ancestors?
Refused to turn from their evil ways, so God sent them into exile.
What was the phrase God used in Zechariah each time He made a promise to them?
This is what the Lord Almighty says
Zechariah’s prophecy revealed that God’s plan involved Jesus coming not just once, but how many times?
Two
Jesus gives His followers power to overcome sin through what?
The Holy Spirit
According to Zechariah, what had God’s people neglected?
The Israelites had stopped rebuilding the temple used to worship God.
In his first vision, he say a man on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine. Behind him were 3 more horses. What color were they?
red, brown and white
Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die?
Death is the punishment for sin. Jesus willingly died on the cross in our place and paid our debt
In Zechariah 11:4, God described Israel as a "Flock marked for " what?
Slaughter
Sin is humanity’s greatest problem. It separates us from whom?
From God.
In Zechariah, how did God want the returning exiles to be different from their ancestors?
God wanted the people to return to Him and not be rebellious like their ancestors.
In another vision He saw a man with a measuring line. What was he going to measure?
Jerusalem
Zechariah was paid how many pieces of silver for becoming shepherd of a doomed flock??
30 Pieces
Jesus secured the defeat of all His rivals when He What?
When He rose from the dead
What promises did God give in Zechariah’s third vision?
Jerusalem would again be filled, God would be a wall of fire around the city and glory within.
Jesus Christ, the rejected ________, will rule eternally as conquering _____. (Main Truth)
Shepherd, King
Jesus will defeat His______ and reign as _____ forever without rival. (Main Truth)
Enemies, reign