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Zechariah

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I.  The introductory word—1:1-6II.  The visions of consolation and promise—1:7-6:15A.  The vision of a man as the Angel of Jehovah riding on a red horse and standing among the myrtle trees—1:7-17B.  The vision of the four horns and the four craftsmen—1:18-21C.  The vision of a man with a measuring line in His hand—2:1-13D.  The vision of Joshua the high priest perfected, established, and strengthened by the Angel of Jehovah with Zerubbabel the governor of Judah—3:1-10E.  The vision of the lampstand of gold and two olive trees—4:1-14F.  The vision of the flying scroll—5:1-4G.  The vision of the ephah vessel—5:5-11H.  The vision of the four chariots—6:1-8I.  The concluding word to confirm the eight visions by the crowning of Joshua as a type of Christ—6:9-15III.  The advice to Israel to turn from the vanity of their ritualistic religion of a godly life, and the desire of Jehovah to restore Israel—7:1-8:23IV.  The prophecies of encouragement centered on Christ—9:1-14:21A.  The prophecy concerning the nations around Judah in relation to Israel—9:1-17
1.  Concerning the destruction carried out on the nations around Judah by Alexander the Great, the king of the Grecian empire (336-323 B.C., with the influence of his four successors extending to 44 B.C.)—vv. 1-7
2.  The Lord protecting Jerusalem with its temple as His house—v. 8
3.  Christ temporarily welcomed as the King into Jerusalem in a lowly form—vv. 9-10
4.  Concerning the victory of the Jewish Maccabean heroes over Antiochus Epiphanes the king of Syria (175-164 B.C.)—vv. 11-17
B.  The prophecy concerning the Lord's loving visitation to Israel—10:1-12C.  The prophecy concerning the living of Israel under the oppression of the Roman Empire—11:1-17
1.  The destruction carried out in the neighborhood of Israel by the Roman Empire—vv. 1-3
2.  The children of Israel falling into their neighbor's hand and into the hand of their neighbor's king—living under the tyranny of the Roman Empire—vv. 4-6
3.  Jehovah (as Jesus) shepherding the afflicted of the flock of Israel—vv. 7-11, 14
4.  The Messiah, as the proper Shepherd of Israel, detested, attacked, rejected, and sold for the price of a slave—vv. 12-13
5.  The children of Israel left to the foolish and worthless shepherds—vv. 15-17
D.  The prophecy concerning Israel's destiny in the great war of Armageddon, in their household salvation, and in the millennium—12:1-14:21
1.  In the great war of Armageddon—12:1-14
2.  The divine provision and the sovereign preparation for the household salvation of Israel—13:1-9
a.  The divine provision of a Redeemer with His redemption—vv. 1-7ab.  The sovereign preparation of a people to receive the Redeemer with His redemption—vv. 7b-9
3.  In the millennium—14:1-21
Outline of Zechariah
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