…Sore Displeased With Your Fathers… Zechariah 1
Channel: Looking for that blessed hope,
Date: 2022-08-10

Zechariah links himself to the other prophets but contrasts the transience of all human things—those who prophesied and those to whom they prophesied—with the enduring nature of God's Word in the book's opening summons to those who have returned from captivity. It is divided into four distinct segments, each having a unique external personality but a striking internal coherence.
An announcement of the prophet's role, a fervent plea for the people to turn to the Lord so that He would turn to them, a caution not to commit the folly of ignoring God's word that had been so disastrous to their fathers,