The Minor Prophets Part 17 (Zechariah)

INTRO: David Levy, of the Friends of Israel says that the book of Zechariah covers four major periods of world history. First, the Persian period. This was the second world power. Babylon was the first. Babylon ruled from 626-539 BC. So Zechariah wrote his book just after the Medes and Persians defeated Babylon. The Medes and Persians defeated Babylon, and they ruled from 539-330 BC, and Zechariah speaks to this time in chapters 1-8. The second period Zechariah covers is the Grecian period. Greece ruled from 330-63 BC. Zechariah prophecies of this time in chapters 9-10. Third, he speaks to the Roman period in chapter 11. Here he basically deals with some aspects of the time of Christ, which took place in the Roman period. Fourth, Zechariah speaks to the tribulation and the millennial reign of Christ, in the future, and he does this mainly in chapters 12-14.