E. Seven-branched lamp stand and the two olive trees.
F. The flying scroll.
G. Woman and the measure.
H. The four chariots.
Zechariah fully believed that the Messianic age was about to dawn. He regarded Zerubbabel as being of the “seed of David” and as about to occupy the “throne of David.”
But the secret police of Darius, getting wind of such things, soon hurried Zerubbabel off the stage of action.
The last half of the book seems to pertain to the times of Alexander the Great.
Yahweh is getting farther and farther away from the prophets. Formerly they talked directly to Yahweh. Now God only speaks in visions, which are interpreted by angels.
The book of Zechariah introduces two almost new concepts:
A. Angelology. Angels attain new heights of importance.
B. Satan. He first appears as a personality.
The interpretation of the eight visions had, in general, to do with the coming of the Messianic kingdom.
Zechariah is quoted often in the New Testament. The episodes associated with Zechariah are:
The apple of his eye. “He who touches you touches the apple of his eye.” 2:8.
The brand plucked from the burning. “Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. And the Lord said to Satan, ‘The Lord rebuke you, O Satan!..Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?’” 3:1,2.
Not by might or power. “Then he said to me…‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts.” 4:6.
His people. “‘And they shall be my people and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness.’” 8:8.
Promoting peace. “‘Speak truth to one another, render…judgments that are true and make for peace, do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, says the Lord.’” 8:16,17.
The king riding on a colt. “Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on an ass, on a colt.'” 9:9.
Man’s spirit. “Thus says the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him.” 12:1.
Him whom they pierced. “‘So that, when they look on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him.’” 12:10.
Wounded in house of a friend. “‘“What are these wounds on your back?” He will say, “The wounds I received in the house of my friends.”’” 13:6.
God and his angels. “The Lord your God will come, and all the holy ones with him.” 14:5.