MESSIAH’S REIGNZechariah 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 no passage in the OldContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”
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The 365-Day Devotional Commentary
JUSTICE, NOT FASTINGZechariah 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 Testament theme. The measure ofContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”
The 365-Day Devotional Commentary
Zechariah INTRODUCTIONZechariah 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 social renewal. OnlyContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”
The 365-Day Devotional Commentary
GOD’S KINGDOMMicah 6–7 “He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8). One day God’s kingdom will fill the earth. Until then we who know the Lord can live as citizensContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”
The 365-Day Devotional Commentary
THE COMING KINGMicah 3–5 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for Me One who will be Ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times” (Micah 5:2). Human leaders failed to lead Israel to righteousness. God would remedy man’s failuresContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”
