{"id":52778,"date":"2023-01-20T14:47:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T22:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/?p=52778"},"modified":"2023-09-19T15:23:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T22:23:54","slug":"visions-of-a-post-exilic-prophet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/visions-of-a-post-exilic-prophet\/","title":{"rendered":"Visions of a Post-Exilic Prophet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/store\/product.php?productid=59057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NIV Halley\u2019s Study Bible<\/a> is an excellent study Bible for those looking to maximize their Bible reading. This resource combines the NIV translation with content taking from the bestselling Bible handbook of all time\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/store\/product.php?productid=42724\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Halley\u2019s Bible Handbook<\/a>. With thousands of notes, hundreds of articles, charts, and photos, this will greatly assist you in your pursuit of God. Here\u2019s an example of the content you can expect from this resource. This is from the book of Zechariah where God provides several visions to encourage his people after returning from exile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-captivity-due-to-disobedience-zechariah-1-1-6\"><strong>The Captivity Due to Disobedience \u2013<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+1%3A1-6&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zechariah 1:1\u20136<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This opening message of Zechariah came between Haggai\u2019s second and third messages (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=hag+2%3A9-10&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">between verses 9 and 10 of Hag 2<\/a>). The work on the temple was a little over a month along. And its unimposing appearance and lack of splendor were disheartening to the people. Some people were old enough to remember Solomon\u2019s temple, which had been destroyed more than 50 years earlier. Those born in Babylonia had heard their parents tell about the temple and its beauty. They may well have formed a mental image of the old temple that was even grander than the temple was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zechariah warns against their evident rising tendency to return to the ways of their disobedient fathers. This is what brought them to their present pitiful condition in the first place. <em>He then proceeds to encourage them with visions God had given him of the magnificent future.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Vision of Four Horns and Four Craftsmen \u2013<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+1%3A18-21&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zechariah 1:18\u201321<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The four horns represent the nations that had destroyed Judah and Israel. The four craftsmen represent God\u2019s destroyers of those nations. It was a figurative way of saying that the prevailing world powers would be broken. And Judah would again be exalted. God is on the throne, even when his people are temporarily vanquished. These verses provide insight into the interpretation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=rev+13%3A1&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Revelation 13:1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=rev+17%3A12&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">17:12<\/a>, where \u201chorns\u201d also symbolize nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Vision of the Measuring Line \u2013<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+2&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zechariah 2<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This grand chapter is a forecast of a Jerusalem so populous and prosperous and secure that it will overflow its walls, since God himself is its protection. Work on the temple, five months along, progressed nicely.  The people no doubt were making plans to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem. As it turned out, this didn&#8217;t happen until 75 years later. But their plans to rebuild are the setting for this vision of the day when \u201cmany nations\u201d shall come to the God of the Jews and will be his people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Vision of Joshua the High Priest \u2013<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+3&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zechariah 3<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a pre-vision of the atonement of Christ. Joshua the high priest is wearing filthy garments, symbolizing the sinfulness of the people. Joshua\u2019s filthy garments are removed, meaning that the people\u2019s sins are forgiven and they are accepted by God. It is a picture of the time when the Lord removes the sins of humanity \u201cin a single day\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+3%3A9&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v. 9<\/a>), as the coming \u201cBranch\u201d in David\u2019s house (the Messiah; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+3%3A8&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v. 8<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+6%3A12&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6:12<\/a>) is \u201cpierced\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+12%3A10&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">12:10<\/a>), and \u201ca fountain will be opened . . . to cleanse them from sin\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+13%3A1&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">13:1<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Lampstand and Two Olive Trees \u2013<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+4&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zechariah 4<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>What is said here is meant directly for Zerubbabel and the temple he was building. But there is an unmistakable reference to a later, more glorious house. A house to be built by a descendant of Zerubbabel, called the Branch. It is an exhortation to take courage, in the day of small beginnings, by keeping our eyes on the grandeur of the end. The candlestick is a symbolic representation of God\u2019s house, or the light-bearing qualities of God\u2019s house. The lampstand was in the tabernacle and in the temple. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=rev+1%3A20&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Revelation 1:20<\/a> the lampstand represents the church. The two olive trees seem to represent Joshua and Zerubbabel. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+3&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chapter 3<\/a> the vision was especially for Joshua; here it is especially for Zerubbabel. The imagery here is carried over into the vision of the \u201ctwo witnesses\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=rev+11&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Revelation 11<\/a>. Some people believe that the witnesses represent Moses and Elijah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Coronation of Joshua \u2013<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+6%3A9-15&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zechariah 6:9\u201315<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a prophetically symbolic act, expanding on the vision of the Branch (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+3%3A8-9&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3:8\u20139<\/a>) and the vision about Zerubbabel (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+4%3A6-9&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4:6\u20139<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Branch (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+6%3A12&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v. 12<\/a>) is the name of the coming Messiah in David\u2019s family (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=isa+4%3A2&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Isa 4:2<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=isa+11%3A1&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">11:1<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=isa+11%3A10&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=jer+23%3A5-6&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jer 23:5\u20136<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=jer+33%3A15-17&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">33:15\u201317<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=rev+5%3A5&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rev 5:5<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=rev+22%3A16&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">22:16<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zerubbabel, the governor, was a grandson of King Jehoiachin, who had been carried off to Babylon, and thus was heir to David\u2019s throne. What is said of Zerubbabel refers in part to himself personally and in part to his family\u2014that is, David\u2019s family\u2014and more particularly to the one great representative of David\u2019s family, the coming Messiah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To David\u2019s family God had, among other things, assigned the task of building God\u2019s house. To David himself God gave the plans and specifications of the temple (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=1+ch+28%3A11&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1Ch 28:11<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=1+ch+28%3A19&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">19<\/a>), and according to those specifications David\u2019s son Solomon built the temple (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=2+ch+2-7&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2Ch 2\u20137<\/a>), the most magnificent building in all the world at that time. Zerubbabel, a descendant of David, was now (520\u2013516 BC) engaged in rebuilding the temple. He was assured that he would bring it to completion (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+4%3A6-9&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4:6\u20139<\/a>), with intriguing hints of yet another temple to be built by the Branch, with help from \u201cthose who are far away\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+6%3A12-15&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6:12\u201315<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Branch was to be of Zerubbabel\u2019s (David\u2019s) family, the kingly line (from the tribe of Judah). But here Joshua the priest (from the tribe of Levi) is crowned and is represented as the Branch. He sits on the throne of David (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+6%3A12-13&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6:12\u201313<\/a>). This would appear to represent a symbolic merging of the two offices of king and priest in the coming Messiah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Vision of Israel\u2019s Future \u2013<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+12-14&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zechariah 12\u201314<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+9-11&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapters 9\u201311<\/a> are called an \u201coracle\u201d (a message coming from God) concerning neighboring nations (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+9%3A1&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">9:1<\/a>); <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+12-14&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chapters 12\u201314<\/a> are called an \u201coracle\u201d concerning Israel (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+12%3A1&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">12:1<\/a>). The two sections are quite similar. They both are an expansion and continuation of ideas in the visions of the first eight chapters, the same ideas recurring again and again in different dress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Judah\u2019s coming struggle with all nations<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+12%3A1-6&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">12:1\u20136<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+14%3A1-2&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">14:1\u20132<\/a>).<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The description of this struggle is continued in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+14%3A1-8&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">14:1\u20138<\/a>. Some consider the language to be a figurative representation of God\u2019s struggle with the nations through the whole Christian era. Others apply it more literally to the time of the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mourning in the house of David<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+12%3A7-13%3A9&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">12:7\u201413:9<\/a>).<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The thoughts here are evidently centered around the house of David. Though the language is difficult, it clearly depicts a tragedy of some kind or other that takes place in the family of David, an occasion for great sorrow, when some leading member of the family would be killed (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+13%3A7&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">13:7<\/a>), his hands would be pierced (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+12%3A10&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">12:10<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+13%3A6&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">13:6<\/a>), and a fountain for sin would be opened (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+13%3A1&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">13:1<\/a>). It was to happen in the day when \u201cthe house of David will be like God\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+12%3A8&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">12:8<\/a>). Only one member of David\u2019s family was God: that one was Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This identifies the person here referred to as the \u201cBranch\u201d of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+3%3A8&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3:8<\/a>, who would \u201cremove the sin of this land in a single day\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+3%3A9&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3:9<\/a>) and who would \u201cbuild the temple of the LORD\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+6%3A12&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6:12<\/a>) and rule from sea to sea (see also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+6%3A9-15&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6:9\u201315<\/a>). It is an amazingly detailed forecast of Jesus\u2019 death that is not applicable in any way to any other known person. Thus the death of the Branch in David\u2019s family would be the source of God\u2019s power against the nations (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+12%3A2-4&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">12:2\u20134<\/a>), and its effectiveness would be shown in the eventual removal of idols and false prophets from the earth (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+13%3A2-5&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">13:2\u20135<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>God\u2019s victory and universal reign<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+14%3A3-21&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">14:3\u201321<\/a>).<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This speaks of the grand consummation of the prophetic dreams, the day of the Lord\u2019s return, and the inauguration of his everlasting kingdom. However, some biblical scholars think that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+14%3A4-8&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">verses 4\u20138<\/a> mean that Jesus, when he returns, will literally make his throne on the Mount of Olives, that the mountain will literally be cleft, that waters literally will flow eastward and westward from Jerusalem, and that Jerusalem will literally be the center of pilgrimages from nations outlined in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=zech+14%3A10-21&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">verses 10\u201321<\/a>. Others take the language to be a figurative representation of the new heavens and the new earth, under the imagery of a benign, prosperous, and all-powerful earthly kingdom, the way <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=rev+21&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Revelation 21<\/a> describes heaven under the imagery of a magnificent earthly city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>See More from the NIV Halley\u2019s Study Bible<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.olivetree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NIVHalleysSBSocial-1024x580.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NIVHalleysSBSocial-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NIVHalleysSBSocial-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NIVHalleysSBSocial-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NIVHalleysSBSocial-1536x870.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is truly extraordinary to see how God encouraged his people in the past and kept his promises. 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