Annotated Outline of Zechariah

Zechariah

1. Message to restored Judah  (1:1-21)
   1. Title, author, and historical background (Ezra 6:1, 12, 15)  (1:1)
   2. Admonition to return to God  (1:2-6)
   100. Ten visions (Zech. 1:7-6:8)  (1:7-8)
        1. First vision  (1:7-8)
           1. Spirit horses (Zech. 6:1-8; 2 Ki. 6:17; Rev. 19:14)  (1:7-8)
   4. Invisible agencies of God  (1:9-11)
   5. Judgment on Judah's enemies  (1:12-15)
   6. Judah yet to be restored  (1:16-17)
   7. Second vision: four horns  (1:18-19)
   8. Third vision: four carpenters  (1:20-21)
2. Fourth vision  (2:1-13)
   1. Man with the measuring line  (2:1-3)
   2. Jerusalem under Messiah  (2:4-5)
   100. Israel regathered  (2:6-9)
   4. Messiah reigning in Zion  (2:10)
   5. Conversion of all nations  (2:11-13)
3. Fifth vision  (3:1-10)
   1. Joshua the high priest and Satan  (3:1-2)
   2. Priesthood restored (Ex. 28)  (3:3-5)
   100. Charge to Joshua  (3:6-7)
   4. Sixth vision  (3:8)
      1. God's servant, the Branch  (3:8)
   5. His anointing (Mt. 3:16, refs.)  (3:9)
   6. Universal prosperity (Mic. 4)  (3:10)
4. Seventh vision  (4:1-14)
   1. The golden candlestick and the two olive trees (Rev. 11:3-4)  (4:1-4)
   2. Anointing of Zerubbabel with the Spirit and power  (4:5-7)
   100. Zerubbabel to finish the restoration temple  (4:8-10)
   4. The olive trees explained (Rev. 11:3-4)  (4:11-14)
5. Eighth vision  (5:1-11)
   1. Flying roll, 20 ft., 10 in. X 41 ft., 8 in.  (5:1-2)
   2. This is the curse  (5:3-4)
   100. Ninth vision  (5:5-7)
        1. The Ephah  (5:5-7)
   4. This is wickedness  (5:8)
   5. Ephah taken to Shinar: literal Babylon rebuilt (Rev. 18)  (5:9-11)
6. Tenth vision  (6:1-15)
   1. Four chariots and spirit horses (Zech. 1:7, refs.)  (6:1-3)
   2. Invisible agencies: God's judgment from the north quieted (Jer. 1:13-16; 4:6; 13:20; 25:9; Ez. 26:7)  (6:4-8)
   100. Prophecies-sermons to encourage restored Judah (Zech. 6:9-8:23)  (6:9-11)
        1. A sign   (6:9-11)
           1. Joshua crowned  (6:9-11)
   4. Messiah to build the millennial temple and be a priest-king in it (Ez. 40:1-43:7) of which Joshua and the restoration temple were only types  (6:12-13)
   5. Crowns a memorial of the faithfulness of God to Judah  (6:14)
   6. Many captives will come and help Zerubbabel build  (6:15)
7. Inquiry of the fasts (Isa. 58)  (7:1-14)
   1. God's answer  (7:4-7)
      1. Their fasts a mere form; they should have heeded the prophets  (7:4-7)
   2. Why their prayers were not heard and judgments had come  (7:8-14)
8. God's purpose still unchanged: Israel to be blessed  (8:1-23)
   1. Conditional blessings to restored Judah (cp. Isa. 1:19, refs.)  (8:9-17)
   2. Answer to 7:1  (8:18-19)
   100. Jerusalem to be the religious center of the earth  (8:20-22)
   4. Jews yet to evangelize the nations as purposed in Abraham (Nah. 1:15, refs.)  (8:23)
9. First burden for Israel (Zech. 9:1-11:17; cp. Isa. 13:1; Nah. 1:1)  (9:1-17)
   1. Deliverance from enemies  (9:1-8)
   2. Messiah's first coming (Mt. 21:1-11, refs.)  (9:9)
   100. Messiah's second coming (Mt. 24, notes)  (9:10-11)
   4. God Judah's defense against Antichrist and the Revived Grecian Empire at Armageddon  (9:12-17)
10. Material and spiritual rain (Hos. 6:3; Joel 2:23-32; Jas. 5:7)  (10:1-12)
    1. Judah made strong to fight at Armageddon (Zech. 14:14; 12:4-9)  (10:3-5)
    2. Judah and Joseph regathered  (10:6-8)
    100. Dispersion and regathering of Israel in one view  (10:9-12)
11. First advent and rejection of Messiah, and the result  (11:1-17)
    1. The wrath (Mt. 24:2; Lk. 21:20-24)  (11:1-6)
    2. Cause of the wrath  (11:7-9)
       1. A. Symbol of beauty (graciousness) and bands (union)  (11:7-9)
    100. B. Beauty (graciousness) cut off: no more mercy on Israel until Messiah's second coming (Mt. 23:39; Rom. 11:25-27)  (11:10-11)
    4. C. Messiah sold by the flock  (11:12-13)
    5. D. THEN: bands (union) was cut off: Israel again dispersed (Lk. 21:20-24; Ez. 37:1-25)  (11:14)
    6. Antichrist to come to Israel to teach them how to appreciate a good shepherd (Jn. 5:43)  (11:15-17)
12. Second burden for Israel (Zech. 12:1-14:21; cp. 9:1; Isa. 13:1)  (12:1-14)
    1. Siege of Jerusalem by Antichrist (Zech. 14:1-5; Ez. 38-39; Rev. 19)  (12:1-3)
    2. Messiah's second coming: Judah's part at Armageddon (Zech. 14:14)  (12:4-9)
    100. Conversion of Israel  (12:10)
         1. The outpoured Spirit: the crucified Messiah revealed  (12:10)
    4. Repentance of Israel (Isa. 64)  (12:11-14)
13. Israel accepts the cross  (13:1-9)
    1. Idolatry and spiritualism destroyed  (13:2)
    2. False prophets executed  (13:3-5)
    100. Crucified Messiah revealed  (13:6)
    4. How Israel's redemption was purchased (Mt. 26:31)  (13:7)
    5. Purpose of the tribulation: rebels purged from Judah  (13:8-9)
14. The day of the Lord (Isa. 2:10, refs.)  (14:1-21)
    1. Begins at Armageddon  (14:1-3)
    2. Messiah's second coming: physical changes in Palestine  (14:4-7)
    100. River of the sanctuary (Ez. 47:1-12; cp. Rev. 22:1-2)  (14:8)
    4. Extent of Messiah's reign  (14:9)
    5. Physical changes in Palestine (Isa. 35)  (14:10)
    6. Jerusalem restored (Ez. 48)  (14:11)
    7. How the armies at Armageddon will be destroyed (Ez. 38:17-39:7; 2 Th. 1:7-10; Rev. 19)  (14:12-13)
    8. Spoil and Judah's part at Armageddon (Zech. 10:3; 12:4-9)  (14:14)
    1. Plague on the animals (Zech. 12)  (14:15)
    10. Mosaic feasts established  (14:16)
    11. Judgment on disobedient nations in the Millennium  (14:17-19)
    50. Character of the kingdom  (14:20-21)