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Malachi INTRODUCTION Malachi is the last of the three postexilic prophets. He ministered to descendants of those who returned to Judea from the Babylonian Captivity. When Malachi wrote, priests and people had become lax in their worship at the rebuilt temple, which had been completed in 515 B.C. Through a series of sharp rhetorical questionsContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

JULY 12 Reading 193 MESSIAH’S REIGN Zechariah 10–14 “I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on Me, the One they have pierced, and they will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child” (Zech. 12:10).There is noContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

JULY 11 Reading 192 JUSTICE, NOT FASTING Zechariah 7–9 “These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts; do not plot evil against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely” (Zech. 8:16–17).This passage deals with a repeated Old TestamentContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

Zechariah JULY 10 Reading 191 NIGHT VISIONS Zechariah 1–6 “During the night I had a vision—and there before me was a man riding a red horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine. Behind him were red, brown and white horses. I asked, ‘What are these, my lord?’ ”(Zech. 1:8–9)Much of ZechariahContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

Zechariah INTRODUCTION Zechariah ministered to the little group of Jews who returned to Judah after the Babylonian Captivity. His first prophecy is dated just two months after Haggai’s call to finish rebuilding the Jerusalem temple (520 B.C.). Zechariah too encouraged the temple builders. But he went beyond Haggai in calling for personal spiritual and socialContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”