The Complete Guide to the Bible by Miller Stephen M

Author:Miller, Stephen M. [Miller, Stephen M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2013-11-04T00:00:00+00:00

Heaven-sent. Angels appear in visions to Zechariah, acting out symbolic scenes and then explaining the messages behind them. Artists often paint angels with wings, though the Bible rarely describes them that way. Wings may have started appearing in paintings because the ancients couldn’t image how messengers would travel from the heavens, unless they flew like birds.

FINALLY, A PROPHET WITH GOOD NEWS

It’s not that other Bible prophets were pessimists, delivering only bad news. They just seem that way compared to Zechariah.

Most other Bible prophets lived before God punished the Jews by exiling them to Assyria and Babylon, in what is now Iraq. So those earlier prophets warned the Jews where they were headed if they didn’t stop sinning. But even those prophets offered hope, promising that God would bring the Jews home one day.

Zechariah lives after the exile. Jews are back in their homeland, rebuilding their nation.

But 18 years after their return, it’s still a struggle for them.

They live under the shadow of another superpower: Persia. The Persians treat Judah as a province of the empire, not as an independent nation.

Farming and herding are tough work, especially given the drought that Zechariah’s prophet colleague, Haggai, describes.

There’s no temple in which to seek God’s help, though Haggai has just recently convinced the Jews to start rebuilding it.

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