Return to Me!

Meaning “Yahweh remembers,” Zechariah’s name was appropriate to
the purpose of his prophecies. His words brim over with
redemptive hope: that God would remember and recover his promises
to his people, even after the judgment of 70 years of Babylonian
captivity.


 


Through the sharing of eight visions and four messages, Zechariah
encourages the people to anticipate and execute the rebuilding of
Jerusalem and the temple. But ultimately the book points to the
future sign of the Messiah – through whom God would not only save
his people, Israel – but through whom God would save the world.