zechariah

Exegesis and theological exploration of Zechariah’s prophecies.

MATTHEW 27:9-10: A MISTAKEN ATTRIBUTION? Members Public

Some critics of the Holy Bible claim that Matthew false and mistakenly attributed a prophecy from Zechariah 11:13 to the prophet Jeremiah (cf. Matt. 27:9-10). Here I will cite the lengthy refutation to this argument from Dr. Michael L. Brown’s book, Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Volume

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OMNISCIENCE OF YHWH’S ANGEL Members Public

Arian polemicist and the founder of Christian Witnesses of Jah Greg Stafford cites the following passage where the Angel asks YHWH how long would he show no compassion to Judah in order to prove that the Angel isn’t omniscient: “So they answered the angel of Yahweh who was standing

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THE DIVINE SHEPHERD THAT BRINGS EXILE Members Public

The following is taken from The Moody Handbook of Messianic Prophecies: Studies and Expositions of the Messiah in the Old Testament, eds. Michael Rydelnik & Edwin Blum, published by Moody Publishers, Chicago, IL 2019, pp. 1271-1283. Zechariah 11:4-14 The Rejected Shepherd ABNER CHOU For Old Testament scholars, Zch 11:

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ZECHARIAH 6:9-15: THE MESSIANIC PRIESTLY-KING Members Public

The following is taken from The Moody Handbook of Messianic Prophecies: Studies and Expositions of the Messiah in the Old Testament, eds. Michael Rydelnik & Edwin Blum, published by Moody Publishers, Chicago, IL 2019, pp. 1800-1818.  Zechariah 6:9-15 The Royal Priesthood of Messiah MICHAEL L. BROWN Messianic Jewish and

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CHRISTIAN COMMENTARY ON THE QURAN: Q. 19 Members Public

19:2: A mention (in the Book) of your Lord’s mercy to His servant Zachariah, His servant Zachariah. Here we find a repetition of the stories of John the Baptist and Jesus, albeit with major differences and even contradictions with the version found in Q. 3:33-59. The fact

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MESSIANIC PROPHECIES PT. 3: THE TIME OF MESSIAH’S APPEARANCE Members Public

There are two passages in the Hebrew Bible which speak of God doing something amazingly miraculous during the second Temple. The first comes from the book of Haggai: “In the seventh [month], on the twenty-first of the month, the word of the Lord came through Haggai the prophet, saying: Say

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MESSIANIC PROPHECIES SERIES PT. 2 Members Public

I continue from where I previously left off: MESSIANIC PROPHECIES SERIES PT. 1. Second Prophecy: The Messianic Star from Egypt. In the book of numbers the Holy Spirit inspired a false prophet named Balaam to see and proclaim the coming of a Ruler from Jacob, whom Balaam described as a

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The Slaying of the God-Man Members Public

In this post I am going to cite two passages from Zechariah where the inspired prophet foretells of a Man who is God’s equal, since he is Jehovah God in the flesh, that returns to save the remnant of Israel, resulting in the nation mourning for their sin of

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