Zechariah: Visions, Restoration, the Messiah, and the Coming King

Zechariah: Visions, Restoration, the Messiah, and the Coming King is a 20-lesson study of Zechariah 1-14. Students examine the prophet's call to return to God, the eight night visions, Joshua and the Branch, Zerubbabel and the Spirit, true fasting and justice, Zion's restoration, the humble King, shepherd prophecies, the pierced one, cleansing, refinement, the Day of the Lord, and the final vision of the Lord as King over all the earth. Messianic passages are studied first in their original prophetic setting and then in light of their New Testament use.

Learning Objectives

• Understand Zechariah's post-exilic setting and relationship to temple rebuilding.
• Trace the call to repentance that frames the book's restoration message.
• Identify and interpret the eight night visions using their literary context.
• Explain the cleansing of Joshua and the significance of the Branch.
• Understand the message 'not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit.'
• Explain Zechariah's teaching on true worship, justice, mercy, compassion, and care for vulnerable people.
• Trace the restoration promises of Zechariah 8.
• Study the humble King of Zechariah 9 and its New Testament use.
• Analyze Zechariah's complex shepherd imagery, including rejection and thirty pieces of silver.
• Interpret the pierced-one and struck-shepherd passages in their literary and canonical contexts.
• Explain the themes of cleansing, refining, covenant restoration, and holiness.
• Study Zechariah 14 carefully while distinguishing clear textual claims from debated prophetic chronologies.
• Recognize the book's concluding emphasis on the Lord's universal kingship and pervasive holiness.

Course Content

Twenty substantial self-study lessons cover all fourteen chapters of Zechariah. The course includes the call to return to God; all eight night visions; Joshua, Zerubbabel, and the Branch; fasting, justice, mercy, and restoration; the humble King riding on a donkey; faithful and failed shepherds; thirty pieces of silver; the pierced one; the opened fountain; the struck shepherd; the Day of the Lord; and the Lord as King over all the earth. Each lesson contains substantial HTML teaching, one plain-text assignment, and four multiple-choice review questions.