Temporada 1
In the last chapter of hte Old Testament we have a surprise - Elijah is going to come, and he has a special job to do. So who/what is this Elijah and what was he going to do?
Bring the Whole Tithe into the storehouse says the Lord. So are we supposed to tithe or not? Do the NT and OT really say opposite thigns?
God hates divorce, so says the book of Malachi. But why exactly is that the case, especially given that God divorces his own wife earlier in the Bible.
The last little book of the Old Testament contains some surprises, including a comment that seems to suggest God hated Esau, the brother of Jacob. What is that all about?
The last little book of the Old Testament contains some surprises, including a comment that seems to suggest God hated Esau, the brother of Jacob. What is that all about?
In Zechariah 13 it says a spring will be opened in David's house. What is this spring? It would seem that over 2200 years later, the English songwriter William Cowper would pen "There is a fountain filled with blood, that flows from Emmanuel's veins, and sinners plunged beneath the flood, lose all their guilty stains. This chapter is an amazing view into what Jesus would do, from 400 years before he did it.
Who put Jesus on the Cross? Its an age-old question and so often the blame is either the Jews or the Romans. Who then exactly is going to look on the one "they" have pierced and mourn? Is it the jews, or something else?
In Zechariah 11, we find what seems at first an obscure and difficult prophecy about three shepherds, and about fire devouring Lebanon. But soon it becomes apparent it is talking about the temple and the probably the priests.
In this video God is cranky because the people are listening to what they think is the voice of idols, and they attribute the blessing of rain and fertile harvests to Teraphim, that is other gods which are not even gods. The Lord declares he is sendin the cornerstone and the nail which are both symbols of Christ. He is also sending the battleblow - a symbol of judgement against Jerusalem. He is going to sow them into the nations, which is what happens, and the result is an amazing gospel outcome some 400 years later.
In this chapter, Zechariah comes out with a prophecy more like the type we would see in Isaiah, and it includes strong Messianic and gospel ideas. The most obvious is the Palm Sunday prophecy in verse 9 quoted by the gospel writers. Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. However hidden in this chapter is also the telling of the destruction of the temple and the spreading of the gospel after Jesus death and resurrection. Who knew? Christ did, that is for sure.