“At that time Jesus said in response: “I publicly praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intellectual ones and have revealed them to young children””
(Matthew 11:25)
According to Jesus Christ, it is God who decides to whom He reveals the meaning of his Word. In the prophecy of Daniel, it is written that God gives meaning of His Word to “those having insight”: “And those having insight will shine as brightly as the expanse of heaven, and those bringing the many to righteousness like the stars, forever and ever. (…) Many will cleanse themselves and whiten themselves and will be refined. And the wicked ones will act wickedly, and none of the wicked will understand; but those having insight will understand” (Daniel 12:3,10).
To understand the prophecy of Zechariah, we must ask it to God, through his Son Jesus Christ. If we have good motives, He will give us to understand his mind through His Son Jesus Christ: “For “who has come to know the mind of Jehovah, so that he may instruct him?” But we do have the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16). The understanding of this prophecy is very important because it will allow us to know how to be prepared before, during, and after the Great Tribulation. The great tribulation is mentioned in the book of Daniel and in Christ’s prophecy regarding the end of this system of things:
“During that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who is standing in behalf of your people. And there will occur a time of distress such as has not occurred since there came to be a nation until that time” (Daniel 12:1). “for then there will be great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world’s beginning until now, no, nor will occur again. In fact, unless those days were cut short, no flesh would be saved; but on account of the chosen ones those days will be cut short” (Matthew 24:21,22).
This great tribulation is also mentioned in the book of Zechariah, as being the « Day of Jehovah (YHWH*) »: “In that day there will be no precious light—things will be congealed. And it will become one day that is known as belonging to Jehovah. It will not be day, nor will it be night; and at evening time there will be light. In that day living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and half of them toward the western sea. It will happen in summer and in winter. And Jehovah will be King over all the earth. In that day Jehovah will be one, and his name one” (Zechariah 14:6-9).
* YHWH is the tetragrammaton, or four-letter for the Divine Name. In the New World Translation of the Bible, it appears with the vocalization commonly used for centuries as « Jehovah ». This vocalization is doubly inaccurate because it inserts the pronunciation J instead of I (i) or Y, and the V corresponding to W, which is pronounced « U » or « ou » (not V). The correct vocalization of the Tetragrammaton is YeHou(W)aH, Yehouah. The inaccurate vocalization « Jehovah » is retained in the Bible translation used, just as the inaccurate vocalization of « Jesus, » pronounced Yeshua or Yeshoua, because they are the most known to readers (click on the link to examine the study on the Divine Name in more detail: The Divine Name YHWH is pronounced as it is written).
The framework of the prophecy of Zechariah is the preservation of the People of God during the Day of Jehovah, and how God will refine them for everlasting life: “And I will bring the third part through the fire; And I will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, And I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people,’ And they will say, ‘Jehovah is our God’ » (Zechariah 13:9).
As the apostle Paul pointed out, it is not easy to understand the mind of Jehovah, we need the loving help of His Son Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16). To use the expression of the prophecy of Daniel, this search is made of thorough examination: « As for you, Daniel, keep the words secret, and seal up the book until the time of the end. Many will rove about, and the true knowledge will become abundant » (Daniel 12:4).
But as Jesus Christ said, with perseverance motivated by good intentions, we can arrive at this understanding, thanks to the help of our Heavenly Father: « Keep on asking, and it will be given you; keep on seeking, and you will find; keep on knocking, and it will be opened to you; for everyone asking receives, and everyone seeking finds, and to everyone knocking, it will be opened. Indeed, which one of you, if his son asks for bread, will hand him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he will not hand him a serpent, will he? Therefore, if you, although being wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more so will your Father who is in the heavens give good things to those asking him! » (Matthew 7:7-11).
Although the biblical explanations are presented in the most objective method as possible. The reader will sometimes read the verbs « it seems that » or « it would seem », to express a strong probability tinged with prudence and devoid of any dogmatism or desire to impose a single way of thinking (Micah 6:8). These expressions also express, that at any time, the understanding of the mind of Jehovah requires adjustments, and rectifications to be made, if necessary, as quickly as possible, while keeping the course towards the research of the truth of God (Proverbs 4:18; John 17:17).
A prophecy is only useful if we understand it in advance. Therefore, it seems obvious that if God has put prophecies in His Word the Bible, even in a cryptic way, they are written with the purpose of being understood and to prepare His People for his “One Day”, to survive in view of everlasting life (Zechariah 14: 7). This is the purpose of the current presentation of the biblical explanations of the Prophecy of Zachariah. The explanations will be classified by themes, centered on the prophetic enigmas of Zechariah:
- The Historical Context of Zechariah’s Prophecy
- The rider on the red horse among the myrtles (Zechariah 1: 8,10,11)
- Jehovah’s « Seventy Years » of Invective Against His People (Zechariah 1:12)
- The four horns of the nations will render an account before God (Zechariah 1:18,19)
- The two anointed ones (Zechariah 4:14)
- God Purifies the Priesthood and His People (Zechariah 3:1,2)
- The flying scroll (Zechariah 5:1,2)
- The woman and the ephah (Zechariah 5:7,8)
- The four chariots coming from between two copper mountains (Zechariah 6:1-3)
- The Sprout is Yehoshuah Mashiah (Zechariah 6:12-15)
- We want to go with you, for we have heard that God is with you people (Zechariah 8:23)
- The False Prophets are ashamed of their vision (Zechariah 13:4)
- The third part of humanity will survive the great tribulation (Zechariah 13:8,9)
- The Day Of Jehovah (Zechariah 14:7)
- will go up from year to year to bow down to the King, Jehovah of armies, and to celebrate the Festival of Booths (Zechariah 14:16)
- I will favor the one whom I favor, and I will show mercy to the one to whom I show mercy (Exodus 33:19)
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