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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”

Haggai JULY 9 Reading 190 PUTTING GOD FIRST Haggai 1–2 “Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?” (Hag. 1:4)The fall of Israel to Assyria, and of Judah to Babylon, illustrates what happens when people fail to put God first. The response ofContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

Haggai INTRODUCTION Haggai was the first of the postexilic prophets. When a company of Jews returned from Babylon in 538 B.C., they laid the foundations of a new temple. But for the next 18 years members of the community concentrated on building their own houses, leaving the house of the Lord unfinished. Haggai urged theContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”