Study questions

Life-Study of Zechariah

1. An Introductory Word

  1. What is the significance of the status of Zechariah? What is the subject and central thought of this book?
  2. Compare Isaiah, Daniel, and Zechariah in the two matters of God's economy toward His chosen people and Christ for the people of His concern.

2. The Visions of Consolation and Promise (1)

  1. What is the significance of the vision of a man as the Angel of Jehovah riding on a red horse and standing among the myrtle trees?
  2. What is the significance of the vision of the four horns and the four craftsmen?

3. The Visions of Consolation and Promise (2)

  1. What is the significance of the vision of a man with a measuring line in his hand?
  2. What is the significance of Jehovah being the wall of fire round about Jerusalem and the glory within her? In addition, what is the significance of Zechariah 2:8? How does this verse imply the Divine Trinity?

4. The Visions of Consolation and Promise (3)

  1. What is the significance of the vision of Joshua the high priest perfected, established, and strengthened by the Angel of Jehovah with Jerubbabel the governor of Judah?
  2. What is the significance of the engraved stone with seven eyes?

5. The Visions of Consolation and Promise (4)

  1. How do we see the two offices of the priesthood and the kingship in Zechariah 3—4?
  2. What is the significance of the vision of the golden lampstand and the two olive trees? What does the topstone signify, and how are these matters related to the consummation of the building of the church?

6. The Visions of Consolation and Promise (5)

  1. What is the significance of the vision of the flying scroll?
  2. What is the significance of the vision of the woman in the ephah vessel?

7. The Visions of Consolation and Promise (6)

  1. What is the significance of the vision of the four chariots?
  2. What is the significance of the concluding word to confirm the eight visions? How is this concluding word related to Christ and the building up of the church in type?

8. The Advice to Israel to Turn from the Vanity of Their Ritualistic Religion to the Reality of a Godly Life and the Desire of Jehovah to Restore Israel

  1. What are the key points in Jehovah's word of advice to Israel to turn from the vanity of their ritualistic religion to the reality of a godly life? In particular, what are the key points related to a godly life seen in these verses?
  2. How does Zechariah 8 reveal the desire of Jehovah to restore Israel? How is this desire related to Israel turning from the vanity of their ritualistic religion to the reality of a godly life?

9. The Prophecies of Encouragement (1)

  1. What is the burden in the book of Zechariah? What was Zechariah's burden, and how does this convey God's burden for us today?
  2. What are the key points concerning Christ, the restoration, and the victory of the Jewish Maccabean heroes conveyed through these words of prophecy?

10. The Prophecies of Encouragement (2)

  1. What is the significance of Jehovah's word in Zechariah 10:1 to "Ask rain of Jehovah / At the time of spring rain, / Of Jehovah who makes the lightning, / And He will give them showers of rain, / To everyone herbage in the field"?
  2. What are the aspects of Christ we can see in this portion of the book of Zechariah?

11. The Prophecies of Encouragement (3)

  1. How do chapters 9 through 11 of Zechariah unveil Christ in a very intimate way? How are the prophecies in these chapters concerning Christ fulfilled in the New Testament?
  2. Who are the worthless shepherds, and what is the significance of Christ coming as a Shepherd with two staffs, one called Favor and the other called Bonds?

12. The Prophecies of Encouragement (4)

  1. How is Christ as revealed in Zechariah intimately involved with human history? How does Zechariah 12 unveil Israel's destiny in the great war of Armageddon and Christ's second coming?
  2. What is the crucial importance of Zechariah 12:1, and how does the significance of this verse relate to the thought of this book as a whole?

13. The Prophecies of Encouragement (5)

  1. How do Zechariah 12 and 13 unveil Israel's destiny in their household salvation?
  2. What aspects of Christ are revealed in this portion of Zechariah?

14. The Prophecies of Encouragement (6)

  1. How does Zechariah 14 unveil Israel's destiny in the millennium?
  2. Compare the things concerning human government and the things concerning Christ in the books of Daniel and Zechariah. In addition, please explain what it means to be brought into the realm of God's economy and why this is so crucial.

15. A Word Concerning the Human Spirit and the Christ Unveiled in Zechariah

  1. Prepare a brief prophecy concerning the importance of the human spirit in God's economy.
  2. Prepare a brief prophecy concerning Christ revealed in the book of Zechariah.