A Call to Repentance
520-518BC
Bible Reference: Haggai, Zechariah
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- Zechariah was the son of Berechiah and great-grandson of Iddo, the priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel and Joshua.
- Zechariah was the successor of the priesthood and he served as a prophet, calling the nation of Israel back to repentance along with Haggai.
- 50,000 Jewish people had returned from Babylon during the reign of Cyrus the Great in 538 BC. They laid the foundation for the temple in 536 BC, but work stalled for fifteen years.
- Instead of returning to worship and rebuild God’s temple, the Jewish people built their own houses with the materials supplied by Cyrus the Great.
- Zechariah wrote this prophecy with a call to repentance which the Jewish people responded to by completing the temple in 516 BC.
- Zechariah also predicted more about the Messiah than any other prophet except for Isaiah.
- He set the stage and built anticipation for the coming of Jesus Christ.
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