Zechariah 2:5-13
“The science to which I pinned my faith has failed, and you are beholding an atheist who has lost his faith.”
–George Bernard Shaw
Zechariah 3:3-10
“A brand plucked from the burning.”
–John Wesley, speaking of himself
Zechariah 9:4-9 and 9:10-17
The Conquerers
Jesus and Alexander died at thirty-three.
One lived and died for self; one died for you and me;
The Greek died on a throne; the Jew died on a cross;
One's life a triumph seemed; the other but a loss.
One led vast armies forth; the other walked alone.
One shed a whole world's blood; the other gave His own.
One won the world in life and lost it all in death;
The other lost His life to win the whole world's faith.
Jesus and Alexander died at thirty-three.
One died in Babylon, and one on Calvary.
One gained all for himself; and one Himself He gave,
One conquered every throne; the other every grave.
The one made himself God, the God made Himself less,
The one lived but to blast, the other but to bless.
When died the Greek, forever fell his throne of swords;
But Jesus died to live forever Lord of lords.
Jesus and Alexander died at thirty-three.
The Greek made all men slaves; the Jew made all men free.
One built a throne on blood; the other built on love.
The one was born of earth; the other from above.
One won all this earth, to lose all earth and heaven.
The other gave up all, that all to Him be given.
The Greek forever died; the Jew forever lives.
He loses all who gets, and wins all things who gives.
–Charles Ross Weede
Zechariah 9:9
"That crowd that followed Him, that said, 'Hosanna,' they never thought of Him as the Son of God, the Saviour of the world. But that same crowd that said, 'Hosanna,' one day, said 'Crucify Him' the next day."
–Bishop Rule
Zechariah 11:7-17
"If the Methodists were just as afraid of sin as they are of holiness, they would be a better people."
–Bishop Moore
"If you had a lion in a cage in your backyard, you wouldn't employ a guard to stay at the door of the cage to protect the lion from pussycats in the neighborhood. All you would need to do would be to open the door of the cage, and the lion would take care of himself."
–Dr. Bob Shuler
Zechariah 11:15–12:3
"Woe! Worthless shepherd, forsaker of the flock! Let the sword be against his arm and against his right eye! His arm shall be completely dried up and his right eye shall be completely blind."
–Dr. Merrill Unger, translating Zechariah 11:17
Zechariah 13:1-3
"Only a literal application of these prophecies to the restoration and conversion of the Jewish nation at the second advent of Christ can satisfy the scope of these prophetic disclosures. Other interpretations ignore the true scope of Zechariah's prophecy as a whole, violate the immediate context, resort to pointless mysticalizing and end up in a morass of uncertainty and confusion."
–Dr. Merrill F. Unger, Unger's Bible Commentary: Zechariah
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