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O Worship the king
O
worship the King, all-glorious above,
And gratefully sing His
pow’r
and His love;
Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,
Pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise.Slide2
O Worship the king
O tell of His might and sing of His grace,
Whose robe is the light, Whose canopy space;
His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,
And dark is His path on the wings of the stormSlide3
O Worship the king
Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
In You do we trust, nor find You to fail.
Your mercies, how tender! How firm to the end,
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer and
Friend!Slide4
Got Any Rivers?
Got any rivers
You think are
uncrossable
?
Got any mountains
You can't tunnel through?
God specializes in
Things
tho't
impossible;
He does the things
Others cannot do.Slide5
He is able
He is able, more than able
To accomplish what concerns me today.
He is able, more than able
To handle anything that comes my way.
He is able, more than able
To do much more than I could ever dream,
He is able, more than able
To make me what He wants me to be.Slide6
Joyful joyful we adore thee
Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee,
God of glory, Lord of love;
Hearts unfold like
flow’rs
before Thee,
Op’ning
to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;
Drive the dark of doubt away;
Giver of immortal gladness,
Fill us with the light of day!Slide7
Joyful joyful we adore thee
All Thy works with joy surround Thee,
Earth and
heav’n
reflect Thy rays,
Stars and angels sing around Thee,
Center of unbroken praise.
Field and forest, vale and mountain,
Flow’ry
meadow, flashing sea,
Singing bird and flowing fountain
Call us to rejoice in Thee.Slide8
Joyful joyful we adore thee
Thou art giving and forgiving,
Ever blessing, ever blest,
Wellspring of the joy of living,
Ocean depth of happy rest!
Thou our Father, Christ our Brother,
All who live in love are Thine;
Teach us how to love each other,
Lift us to the joy divine.Slide9
Joyful joyful we adore thee
Mortals, join the happy chorus,
Which the morning stars began;
Father love is reigning o’er us,
Brother love binds man to man.
Ever singing, march we onward,
Victors in the midst of strife,
Joyful music leads us Sunward
In the triumph song of life.Slide10
Zechariah 1-6
People of the Word
NIGHT VISIONS
Slide11
God’s People:
“God, are you really with me?”
-
-Will you bless my efforts to
serve you?
--I’ve been trying, but I’m really tired!
--Is what I’m doing worth it?Slide12
Historical background:
Zechariah
--In Jerusalem
--At the construction site of the Temple
--520 BC
--18 years after the Jewish exiles returnedSlide13
A Different experience for
haggai
&
zechariah
--Spoke God’s Word to His people
--Haggai: a practical “doer”
--
Zechariah: An apocalyptic visionary!
--
This time, the people
listened!
--Compare them to Jeremiah & EzekielSlide14
ZECHARIAH: Who was he?
Name: “The LORD Remembers”
Both
a prophet and a PRIEST
Born in exile in Babylon
Prophesied at least twice in his lifetime: 520-518 BC; & much later (480 BC—Zech. 9-14)Slide15
Zechariah’s original prophecy
:
Zech. 1:2-4
:
2
“The
Lord
was very
angry
with your ancestors.
3
Therefore tell the people: This is what the
Lord
Almighty says: ‘
Return
to me
,’ declares the
Lord
Almighty, ‘
and I will return to you,
’
(
says
the
Lord
Almighty.
4
Do not be like your ancestors
…”Slide16
8 Visions in a single night!
Feb. 15, 519 BC
Zechariah 1:7-6:16
Arrangement of 8 Visions follows a “chiastic pattern”
a/b/b/c/c/b/b/a
Going up a short scale, then back downSlide17
Summary of 8 night visions:
Visions 1 and 8?
Earth is a rest/peace
Visions 2 and 3?
Nations threaten Judah, but God protects her
Visions 4 and 5?
2 appointed Leaders of community: Joshua &
Zerrababel
Visions 6 and 7?
Land and its people cleansed from sinSlide18
Vision #1:
A man riding a red horse among myrtle trees: 1-7-17
Myrtle trees symbolized God’s favor, peace, and blessing
All riders report: “The world is at peace”
God was jealous for Jerusalem and ZionSlide19
VISION #2:
4 HORNS & 4 CRAFTSMAN (1:18-21)
Represents powerful nations surrounding Judah in 4 directions
Could be Egypt, Greece,
Babilonia
and
PersiaSlide20
Vision #3: A man with a measuring line (2:1-13)
An Angel is sent to measure the boundaries of Jerusalem…
“Jerusalem will be a city without walls, because of the great number of men in it…And I will be a wall of fire around it…and I will be its glory within.”
Zechariah 2:4-5Slide21
Vision #4: Cleansing & crowning of
joshua
Joshua stands before the LORD, and there is Satan to
accuse him
.
“The LORD said to Satan, ‘The LORD rebuke you, Satan! …
Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?
” (3:1-3)
Quite a picture of salvation here
Give that man some
new clean clothes!Slide22
Vision #5: Gold Lampstand & 2 Olive treesSlide23
Vision is meant for
zerubbabel
--governor
“Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD Almighty”
(4:6)
Zerubabbel
given responsibility to rebuild God’s Temple—
How did he do it?
Began to rebuild in 538 BC (altar; foundation; delay; then completed Temple construction in March, 516 BC)Slide24
Vision #6: a flying scroll
It is a “giant
teradactyl
” of a 30 feet long, 15 feet wide scroll that is collecting sin, and
is a WARNING:
If you persist in stealing, lying, violating God’s commands?
You will be banished from the land!Slide25
Vision #7: A woman
in a basket
Her name is
“wickedness
”
She is getting hauled away to Babylon
Sin is being removed from the land
God is purifying His peopleSlide26
Vision #8: 4 chariots (Zech. 6:1-8)Slide27
Vision #8: four chariots
4 Chariots are 4 spirits of heaven, or angels
Sent out to
execute God’s judgmentSlide28
Crowning of “
joshua
”
Joshua was to be called
“The Branch”
Joshua as to build the Temple of the LORD
He will rule as King from his throne (?)
How does this apply to “Joshua”? In Greek, Joshua is Jesus. He will be both
P
riest and King!Slide29
Zech. 6: Conclusion & recap
“Lord, will this Temple really get rebuilt?”
“Lord, will you continue to help us?”
“Lord, if we finish rebuilding this Temple, what are you up to here?”Slide30
God was magnifying their destiny!
God’s people had returned to Him and obeyed His command (rebuild the Temple)
God would punish all of Israel’s enemies
God would remove sin from Israel
God would send His Messiah—The Branch
God’s people would become a light to the nations!Slide31
If you were god’s people & you heard that, wouldn’t you be encouraged?!?
“The LORD Almighty is with us!
The God of Jacob is our fortress…”
Psalm 46:11