The Night Visions of Zechariah

The prophecy of Zechariah was written towards the end of the Old Testament time period and is anticipating the coming of the Messiah. It was a dark and difficult time for God’s people, who were in a low state spiritually. They had just returned from 70 difficult years of captivity in Babylon. Eight visions and additional prophecies by Zechariah were given to encourage God’s people to persevere through these dark times. They were instructed by God to rebuild the Temple and the broken walls of Jerusalem. God, through Zechariah, presents a hopeful view of the future. This was not only very encouraging to the Jews 2,500 years ago, but also to us today. This spiritually rich book calls on the Jews to return to God, and God promises to return to them. It proclaims that God is fully in control. He is ruling the nations and the future for his church is bright and encouraging.

We now come to our final lecture in this series on Zechariah’s visions. This lecture is entitled, “Climax of the Visions,” and it tells of the crowning of Joshua, and it’s to be found in Zechariah, chapter 6, and verses 9 to 16. In the eighth vision, we saw how God actively reigns over the earth, and the enemies of the Lord’s people will be destroyed. Some have described this new section, Zechariah 6, verses 9–15, as the ninth vision, but it is not a vision as such. It’s rather a symbolic acting out of a glorious truth. God commands the prophet to perform a symbolic action closely linked to the visions, building upon them, and yet focussing the faith of the Lord’s people on the coming Messiah. Men and women in Old Testament times were saved by looking forward in faith to the coming Messiah, just as we are saved by looking back in faith to our Lord Jesus Christ and his finished work for on Calvary’s cross.

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