In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying. – Zechariah 1:1
If you ever have any doubts about the Bible being divinely inspired, just read the book of Zechariah. The book of Isaiah has more Messianic prophecies than any other of the Old Testament prophets. But Zechariah is not far behind and some of his prophecies are incredible in their accuracy and in their attention to detail.
It is in the book of Zechariah where we find the prediction that the Lord Jesus would enter Jerusalem on a donkey’s colt: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass – Zechariah 9:9. To see how that turned out, read the first 11 verses of Matthew 21, the first 11 verses of Mark 11, verses 28 to 38 of Luke 19, and verses 12 to 16 of John 12.
Zechariah also foretells exactly the price that the Jewish leaders would pay Judas to betray Jesus, and what they would do with the money when it was returned: And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. – Zechariah 11:12,13. The book also includes references to the One Who would refer to Himself as the good Shepherd, including Zechariah 13:7 – Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
And that’s just a start. Read Zechariah’s prophecy and rejoice as the book reveals our Saviour in so many ways. – Jim MacIntosh
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