Zechariah (Reformed Expository Commentary | REC)
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Overview
The Book of Zechariah records the prophetic message of Zechariah to the community that had returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile and was charged with rebuilding the temple and city. The physical return was meant to prompt a spiritual and theological return to faith in the Lord.
Zechariah called the people to such a true return and reassured them of the Lord’s willingness to receive them and restore to them the promised blessings. It is a book whose eschatological perspective is of special value to Christians today who labor for reformation and long for revival.
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- Presents valuable insight to Chrisitans today who long for revival
- Discusses exhatological perspectives that are relevant to Christians today
- Includes material well suited for pastors and students
Top Highlights
“The reality is that God always uses failures to do his work: it is his gracious delight to call, atone, restore, and equip weak and sinful people to bring glory to himself. This is true because the hero of Zechariah is none other than Jesus Christ, whose portraits fill this prophecy with a depth and vibrancy unsurpassed anywhere else in the Old Testament.” (Page xiv)
“If the first lesson is the need for repentance, the second is a definition of repentance. Repentance is both turning from sin and turning to God.” (Page 12)
“This leaves a fourth and final point about repentance: it is only through the blood of Jesus Christ that God forgives those who repent.” (Page 14)
“the third point about repentance: God graciously receives all who turn to him.” (Page 13)
“But three main options stand out as those we should consider with respect to Zechariah’s golden lampstand: it signifies God’s temple, God’s saving presence, and God’s people.” (Pages 88–89)
Rick Phillips has produced a gem of a book on the prophet Zechariah! It is popular in its presentation but reflects a wide reading in Puritan theology, critical commentaries, and conservative Reformed writers. In a word, it has all the hallmarks of an edifying commentary: it is historically sensitive, and it is robustly theological, Christological, and appropriately practical. Phillips reminds us in his methodology that what God has done and will do for the people of God always precedes what God expects of his people. I wholeheartedly commend this work for pastors and lay people.
—Bryan Estelle, associate professor of Old Testament, Westminster Seminary California
Richard D. Phillips is the senior minister of Second Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC. He is a council member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals and chairman of the Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology.