Zechariah · The Whole Book in Four Movements

The Cast · who is who in Zechariah

Keep the players straight

Zechariah is the richest of the twelve: eight night visions, a servant called the Branch, a King on a donkey, a pierced Shepherd, and the LORD reigning over all the earth. The index tags the whole book messiah and end-times.

The LORD of hosts

the coming King

He returns to dwell in Zion and reign over all the earth, one LORD and one name on that day.

The King

Zechariah

“the LORD remembers”

The visionary prophet of the eight night visions, sent to steady a discouraged remnant.

The Prophet

Joshua the High Priest

clothed in clean robes

Accused in filthy garments, then re-dressed by God in clean ones, a picture of sin forgiven.

The Forgiven

Zerubbabel

the temple-builder

The governor who finishes the house not by might or power, but by the Spirit of the LORD.

The Builder

The Branch

the servant Messiah

God's promised servant, priest and king in one, who grows up to build the true temple.

The Messiah

The Golden Lampstand

not by might, by the Spirit

The all-gold lampstand fed by two olive trees, the sign that God's work runs on His Spirit.

The Spirit

The Pierced King

whom they have pierced

The Shepherd sold for thirty pieces, pierced, then looked upon and mourned, and finally reigning.

The Pierced

Who is teaching: the colored dot beside each lettered point below shows which IHOPKC teacher it came from. Mike Bickle Corey Russell Allen Hood ESV text

Zechariah · The Whole Book in Four MovementsMovement I · 1 of 4

Movement I · Chapters 1–6

The Eight Night Visions

Zechariah 3:8; 4:6, 10

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for they are men who are a sign: behold, I will bring my servant the Branch.Zechariah 3:8 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 3 exact refs for Zechariah 3:8 · Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (150 chapters 43) · Corey Russell (Eternal Glory) · open in studio

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A.In one night Zechariah receives eight visions. All of them are aimed at a discouraged remnant rebuilding a small temple. God is telling them the little they are doing belongs to an enormous plan.In one night Zechariah gets eight visions. All of them are for a discouraged group of people rebuilding a small temple. God is telling them the little they are doing belongs to a huge plan.

Mike Bickle

B.In the fourth vision, Joshua the high priest stands in filthy garments as Satan accuses him. God rebukes the accuser, strips the filthy clothes, and dresses him in clean robes. Then He promises the Branch, His servant, who will build the true temple.In the fourth vision, Joshua the high priest stands in dirty clothes as Satan accuses him. God tells the accuser to be silent, takes off the dirty clothes, and puts clean robes on him. Then He promises the Branch, His servant, who will build the real temple.

Corey Russell

This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.Zechariah 4:6 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 5 exact refs for Zechariah 4:6 · Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (Haggai–Zechariah Course Notes; Forerunner Curriculum) · open in studio

C.The fifth vision is a golden lampstand fed by two olive trees. Its word to Zerubbabel is the line the whole book turns on: not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit. The temple will be finished by the Spirit rather than by human strength.The fifth vision is a golden lampstand fed by two olive trees. Its word to Zerubbabel is the line the whole book turns on: not by might, not by power, but by My Spirit. The temple gets finished by God's Spirit rather than by human strength.

Mike Bickle

D.And He adds a word for the discouraged: do not despise the day of small things. The plumb line in Zerubbabel's hand is a joy to heaven, because God delights to grow small beginnings into great ones.And He adds a word for the discouraged: do not look down on the day of small things. The plumb line in Zerubbabel's hand makes heaven glad, because God loves to grow small beginnings into great ones.

Mike Bickle

The visions are a gift to people whose work looked too small to matter. God shows them cleansing for the priest, His Spirit for the builder, and the Branch on the way. What they are rebuilding is the front edge of a kingdom bigger than they can see.The visions are a gift to people whose work looked too small to matter. God shows them cleansing for the priest, His Spirit for the builder, and the Branch on the way. What they are rebuilding is the leading edge of a kingdom bigger than they can see.

Sources Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (150 chapters 43; Haggai–Zechariah Course Notes) and Corey Russell on the visions. Zechariah 3:8 returned 3 exact matches, 4:6 returned 5.Index tags for Zechariah 1 through 6: messiah, end-times · ESV

Zechariah · The Whole Book in Four MovementsMovement II · 2 of 4

Movement II · Chapters 7–8

When You Fasted, Was It For Me?

Zechariah 8:16–17, 23

These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace.Zechariah 8:16 · ESV

✓ 5578 · Zechariah 7 and 8 are indexed under messiah and end-times · Mike Bickle / IHOPKC. The promise at 8:23 carries a verse-level exact match · open in studio

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E.A delegation comes asking whether they should keep fasting over the fallen temple. God turns the question around: when you fasted, was it ever really for Me? He wanted mercy and justice all along, more than a ritual of grief.Some people come asking whether they should keep fasting over the ruined temple. God flips the question: when you fasted, was it ever really for Me? He wanted mercy and fairness all along, more than a sad ceremony.

Mike Bickle

F.So He tells them plainly what He is after. Speak the truth to one another, judge honestly in your gates, love no false oath. Real worship shows up as fair dealing on an ordinary weekday, not just as a fast on the calendar.So He tells them plainly what He wants. Tell each other the truth, judge fairly in your courts, do not swear false oaths. Real worship shows up as fair dealing on a normal day, not just a fast on the calendar.

Mike Bickle

In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”Zechariah 8:23 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 1 exact ref for Zechariah 8:23 · Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (Haggai–Zechariah Course Notes) · open in studio

G.And He gives a stunning promise to the tiny remnant. A day is coming when ten men from every nation will grab the robe of one Jew and say, let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you. The nations will chase the God of this little people.And He gives a stunning promise to the tiny remnant. A day is coming when ten people from every nation will grab the robe of one Jew and say, let us come with you, because we have heard that God is with you. The nations will run after the God of this small people.

Mike Bickle

Chapters 7 and 8 clear up what God ever wanted from His people. The fasting was fine, but He was after truth in the mouth and justice in the gate, and a community so full of His presence that outsiders would grab a sleeve to come along. Worship He accepts always shows up in the way people treat each other.Chapters 7 and 8 clear up what God really wanted from His people. The fasting was fine, but He was after honest words and fair courts, and a people so full of His presence that outsiders would grab a sleeve to come too. Worship He accepts always shows up in how people treat each other.

Sources Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (Haggai–Zechariah Course Notes) on Zechariah 7 and 8. Zechariah 8:23 returned 1 exact match.Index tags for Zechariah 7 and 8: messiah, end-times · ESV

Zechariah · The Whole Book in Four MovementsMovement III · 3 of 4

Movement III · Chapters 9–11

Your King Comes to You

Zechariah 9:9; 11:12–13

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.Zechariah 9:9 · ESV

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H.Then the vision the Gospels quote on Palm Sunday. Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion, your king is coming, righteous and bringing salvation, humble and riding on a donkey. The King of all the earth arrives on the animal of the poor.Then the verse the Gospels quote on Palm Sunday. Celebrate, daughter of Zion, your king is coming, good and bringing salvation, humble and riding on a donkey. The King of all the earth shows up on the animal of poor people.

Mike Bickle

Then I said to them, “If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” And they weighed out as my wages thirty pieces of silver.Zechariah 11:12 · ESV

I.But this shepherd is rejected by His own flock. They weigh out His wages at thirty pieces of silver, the price of a slave, and throw it to the potter in the house of the LORD. Matthew sees Judas and the potter's field in the scene, five hundred years early.But this shepherd gets rejected by His own flock. They pay Him thirty pieces of silver, the price of a slave, and throw it to the potter in the house of the LORD. Matthew sees Judas and the potter's field in this scene, five hundred years ahead of time.

Mike Bickle

Chapters 9 through 11 hold the two halves of the Messiah's first coming side by side. He arrives as the humble King the whole city cheers, and He is sold by His own for the price of a slave. Zechariah saw the palm branches and the thirty silver coins in the same breath, centuries before either happened.Chapters 9 through 11 hold the two halves of the Messiah's first coming side by side. He arrives as the humble King the whole city cheers, and He is sold by His own for the price of a slave. Zechariah saw the palm branches and the thirty silver coins together, centuries before either one happened.

Sources Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (End of the Age Ministry Paradigm) on the coming King. Zechariah 9:9 returned 2 exact matches.Index tags for Zechariah 9 through 11: messiah, end-times · ESV

Zechariah · The Whole Book in Four MovementsMovement IV · 4 of 4

Movement IV · Chapters 12–14

They Will Look On Me Whom They Pierced

Zechariah 12:10; 13:1; 14:9

And I will pour out on the house of David a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child.Zechariah 12:10 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 28 exact refs for Zechariah 12:10, the most-cited verse in the book · Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (Book of Joel; Standing with Israel) · open in studio

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J.The book climbs to its highest peak. God says He will pour out a spirit of grace, and they will look on Me, on Him whom they have pierced, and mourn as for an only child. Israel meets her Messiah in the wounds she gave Him.The book climbs to its highest point. God says He will pour out a spirit of grace, and they will look on Me, on Him whom they pierced, and cry as for an only child. Israel meets her Messiah in the wounds she gave Him.

Mike Bickle

On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.Zechariah 13:1 · ESV

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K.And on that day a fountain is opened for sin and uncleanness. The look at the pierced One breaks the heart, and the fountain washes it clean. Grief and cleansing arrive in the same moment, mourning that ends in a bath of mercy.And on that day a fountain is opened to wash away sin. The look at the pierced One breaks the heart, and the fountain washes it clean. Sadness and washing come at the same time, crying that ends in a flood of mercy.

Allen Hood

And the LORD will be king over all the earth. On that day the LORD will be one and his name one.Zechariah 14:9 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 7 exact refs for Zechariah 14:9 · Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (150 chapters 31; Millennial Kingdom) · open in studio

L.The last chapter ends the Bible's long ache in one line. The LORD will be king over all the earth. On that day the LORD will be one, and His name one. Every rival throne is gone, and God reigns from Jerusalem over a healed world.The last chapter answers the Bible's long ache in one line. The LORD will be king over all the earth. On that day the LORD will be one, and His name one. Every other throne is gone, and God rules from Jerusalem over a healed world.

Mike Bickle

Zechariah begins with a remnant too small to matter and ends with the LORD reigning over all the earth. In between come the Branch, the King on a donkey, the pierced Shepherd, and the fountain for sin. The little they were building was the front edge of the kingdom of God, and the King they were waiting for is the One they would one day pierce and then adore.Zechariah begins with a remnant too small to matter and ends with the LORD reigning over all the earth. In between come the Branch, the King on a donkey, the pierced Shepherd, and the fountain for sin. The little they were building was the leading edge of the kingdom of God, and the King they were waiting for is the One they would one day pierce and then love.

Sources Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (Book of Joel; 150 chapters 31) and Allen Hood (Excellencies). Zechariah 12:10 returned 28 exact matches, the most in the book, 13:1 returned 2, and 14:9 returned 7.Index tags for Zechariah 12 through 14: messiah, end-times · ESV

Zechariah today · modern pictures

What each beat looks like now

Zechariah in the language of now, a book that runs from a small rebuild to the King of all the earth. Each card carries the verse it grows from.

Zechariah 1-6

The bigger picture

Today it looks likeBeing shown, in a discouraging season, that the small thing in front of you belongs to a plan far larger than the room you are standing in.

Zechariah 3:4

Filthy clothes exchanged

Today it looks likeThe accused given a fresh start, shame taken off and honor put on, a clean record handed to someone braced for a verdict.

Zechariah 4:6

Not by might

Today it looks likeThe work that gets done by grace instead of sheer muscle, small strength plus the Spirit of God finishing what willpower could not.

Zechariah 9:9

Power that comes lowly

Today it looks likeThe leader who arrives without the motorcade, real authority that shows up humble and serving instead of armored and loud.

Zechariah 12:10

Seeing what it cost

Today it looks likeThe moment you finally see what your wrong actually did to someone who loved you, grief that opens the door to grace rather than closing it.

Zechariah 13:1

A fountain for sin

Today it looks likeThe cleansing that is always available and never runs dry, the wash that meets you the moment you turn and look.

Zechariah 14:9

One King in the end

Today it looks likeHistory's destination, every rival throne answering at last to one authority, one LORD and one name over a healed world.

These Zechariah parallels are the study's own work; the verses are ESV, and the grounding comes from the index's messiah-and-end-times tags and the exact matches marked above.