HE REMEMBERS...HE WILL PERFORM HIS WORD

​ ZECHARIAH 1:1-5
THE GOD WHO REMEMBERS
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, cam ethe word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
The Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
Therefore, say unto them, thus saith the Lord of hosts; turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.
Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, thus saith the Lord of hosts, turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, ot hearken unto me, saith the Lord.
Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
The children of Israel had already been led into captivity. King Cyrus of Persia made a decree releasing the children to return and begin to rebuild. Darius, the great, begins reigning and the Lord moves his Holy prophet Zechariah to speak pleading with the remnant to repent. He mentions their fathers were not pleasing in his sight. Although they are a chosen people, He is not pleased with the standard of righteousness that has been set. The Lord commands that the hearts of the people return unto him. Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you, he has said. Do not do those things that the prophets of old have cried against. Harden not your heart, but hear what the spirit of truth has to say. Your forefathers did not prosper in their way. Where are they? The prophets will not be there perpetually and continually speaking the same thing; judgment will come forth.
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But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? And they returned and said, like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us; according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.
Then said I, O my Lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.
And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, these are they whom the Lord hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
The Lord God remembers is the meaning the name Zechariah. Although he was a holy prophet, he is also from a household of priests in a day when the Lord God started bringing restoration to a people who had been in captivity. Although many of the Israelites had been exiled, not all of them were unrighteous in the sight of God. Remember the rain falls upon the just as well as the unjust. He remembers their need for his love. He remembers their need for his righteousness. He remembers their need for his salvation. He remembers the need for his instruction. He remembers a people who are his inheritance, a chosen priesthood. He remembers a people sanctified unto himself who he hath set his seal unto the day of redemption. The Lord gives a vision to the prophet who sees a man upon a red horse and then he sees him standing among the myrtle trees. The man is an angel and the color red is symbolic of the blood of the lamb and the love of Christ toward his chosen. He sees angels whom the Lord God has given charge in the earth to go forth as watchers. The eyes of the Lord are everywhere beholding the good and as well as the evil. He has instructed through his prophets to warn the people to repent and draw near and the angels are giving report to the Lord that the heathen are at ease. The Lord answered the angels concerning this with words of comfort. The Lord says He is jealous for our sake. He is remembering our enemies and the tares that have been sown in the midst to partake of our peace and prosperity. I will perform my jealousy against the heathen, the Lord has said and he will return with the sure mercies toward Jerusalem.
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