Introduction The book of Zechariah bears the prophetās name, which means āJehovah will rememberā or āJehovah remembers.ā The book is difficult to date as a whole, because only three of the prophecies are dated. These exceptions are in Zechariah 1:1 (āthe eighth month of Dariusā second year,ā 520 B.C.), Zechariah 1:7 (āthe twenty-fourth day of […]
Chapter eleven begins the final section of Markās writing, six of out sixteen chapters being devoted to Jesusā Passion Week. In order to fulfill Zechariah 9:9, Jesus had two disciples procure an unbroken colt that he would ride into Jerusalem to present himself to Israel as her rightful King Messiah (Mark 11:1-11). The crowd following
Chapters twenty-four through twenty-seven fit together as one long prophecy about the future. Rather than addressing specific nations, as chapters 13-23 did, this speaks to Godās coming judgment on the whole earth, a reference to the Tribulation. (āThe earthā is mentioned sixteen times in Isaiah 24:1-20.) There is no class of people that will be
