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Introduction to the Book of Zechariah The
prophecies of Zechariah began just two

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months after the prophet Haggai's first
message in 520 BC.

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Zechariah was one of the 50,000 Jewish
people who returned to the region of

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Jerusalem after having been taken captive
to Babylon.

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Zechariah's name means, The Lord
Remembers, and God did remember to bring

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His people back into their land as He had
promised.

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Zechariah warns them that obedience is the
key to God's blessing.

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He encourages His people as they rebuilt
the destroyed temple and tells them that

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its destruction was only part of a much
greater plan of God for His people.

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God's plan included the coming of their
king.

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In fact, Zechariah predicts more about the
coming of Messiah than any other prophet

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except Isaiah.

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As you listen, notice which prophecies
describe the Messiah's first coming,

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and which will be fulfilled at His second
coming, when Christ returns to earth to

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reign.

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Remember, too, that these prophecies
concerning the first coming of the Messiah

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were written by Zechariah more than 500
years before their fulfillment.