Overview of the Minor Prophets: Zechariah

In some ways, Zechariah is the most difficult of the minor prophets to understand. The first six chapters record visions that God gave Zechariah. These visions are full of symbolic images, and understanding symbolism properly is challenging.  Yet Zechariah more clearly than any other minor prophet points to the coming Savior. Prophecies of Christ’s coming, suffering, death, and atoning work and its benefits fill the book.  God sent Zechariah to prophesy about two months after Haggai (see the...