Zechariah 9                                                                                 
                                                             

Zechariah 9:1 The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the Lord.

 

2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.

3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.

9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

• Rejoice= This verse foretells the first coming of Messiah, recorded in the Gospels.
• Cometh unto = will come unto
• Where we have the going forth from Bethlehem
• Here we have the coming unto Jerusalem
• Between these lay all the events which we call "the first advent".
• So will it be at "the second advent" with its many events, before it is fulfilled.
• He is = Note the four features of Messiah's character and condition at His first advent.
  (1) Just = righteous, as being justified
• Isaiah 45:21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
  (2) Having salvation = Hebrew word nosha is the Niphal participle, which, though it may be reflexive, is never active.
• Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
  6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE Lord OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
• He was heard and delivered, referring to His own sufferings and death out of, which He was delivered and by which He becomes the Saviour of others
  (3) lowly = afflicted, or oppressed
  (4) Riding upon an ass, & Fulfilled
• (1) From two days afterward
• (2) A mark of His lowliness.

10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.

• I will cut off = reads "and He will cut off".
• This refers to the yet future second coming; the present dispensation lying between
• Verse 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
• He shall speak peace
• Psalms 46:9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
  10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
  11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
• Heathen = nations.
• From sea . . . to sea = Psalms 72:8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
• The river = the Euphrates
• Ephraim = Great Britain = we are to watch the nations = we're talking about the nation.  There are good and bad in each nation. Those that love the Lord have nothing to worry about.

11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

• By the blood of thy covenant = from false teaching
• Thee = thee O Zion (feminine; agreeing with Zion), which is also feminine
• Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
  10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
  11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
  12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
  13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
• The blood of thy covenant: or, thy covenant of blood = Exodus 24:5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the Lord.
  6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
  7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient.
  8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.
• Hebrews 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
  21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
• Have sent forth = sent forth "from their captivity".
• Out of the pit = Genesis 37:24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
• Pit = pit of lies

12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

• Double = a prosperity and blessing double what was possessed before.
• I will render double unto thee = The First fruits are God's Very Elect
• The firstborn's share
• Turn = Return
• Strong hold = Hebrew word bizzaron (from bazaar, to cut off) = a safe because of inaccessible place.
• Hope = the hope which God had given, and on which He had caused them to hope.

13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

• I'm going to use My Own people to bring about peace = Christian Nations = to bring peace

14 And the Lord shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.

• The Lord God shall blow the trumpet = at the last trumpet

15 The Lord of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.

• Defend = shield
  New Wine = Christ Our Passover, Christ Our Sabbath, Christ Our Rest !!
  Bible study Passover
• 1 Corinthians 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
• Bread for communion of the body of Christ
17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
• They shall drink = New Wine = Christ Our Passover, Christ Our Sabbath, Christ Our Rest !!
• Devour = devour "their enemies"
• Subdue with sling stones: or, trample on their weapons.
• Make noise = shout
• Filled =  filled "with wine"
• As  = as the sacrificial bowls "are filled with blood, which are tossed against" the corners (or horns) of the altar.

16 And the Lord their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.

• They shall be as the stones, the 12 tribes
• Stones = gems of crown = 12 tribes
• Lifted up = conspicuous, or sparkling
• Land = soil

17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

• Cheerful = flourish
• Psalms 144:1 Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
• Strength = Rock
• The Lord teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
• War is not murder
• 1 Samuel 17:37 David said more over, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee
• Husbands are to keep their family safe
• God did not said, let the wicked come in and kill your family
• God did not said, let other nations come in and kill your people
• Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
  24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
• Love your husband
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
• God said, love your wife, As Christ also loved the church
• If you love the Lord, You will Love your wife
• Keep her safe. Means to do what's right, work and take care of her and keep her safe
• Teach the word of God, teach your family what's right and wrong
Ephesians 5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
• Love each other as one
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
• Love each other as one

• Exactly 2520 years from the exile of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.

 

•  The first tribe to be conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh, in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.

(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.

He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them among the heathens (like lost sheep)

• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant, (A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt - page 25