Zechariah Looks to the Future

Chapter 12-13:6

I. Jerusalem will be Impregnable 1-9

A.  God is the Creator  v. 1

B.  Jerusalem Under Attack  v. 2-5

    1.  A Cup of Drunkness  v. 2
                
    2.  A Heavy Stone  v. 3
        “In that day” is a prophetic marker throughout this passage which tells us the prophet is looking to the future by the direction of the Spirit of God.
    
    3.  God fights for Judah and Jerusalem  v. 4-5
                    
    4.  The leaders of Judah will destroy their attackers. V. 6
        
C.  God fights for Judah  v. 6-9
    

II. Weeping over the One they had Pierced 12:10-14

A.  The Pierced One   v. 10
    Ezekiel 36:26-27; John 19:31-37; Revelation 1:4-7	
    
B.  The Great Mourning  v. 11
    This alludes back to King Josiah, that we read about in II Chronicles 35:20-24.
    
C.  The Mourners  (individually) v. 12-14
    David & Nathan --  Levi & Shimei

Spurgeon, preaching on this text said, “Sham repentance can do its work in the mass; it talks about national sin and national sorrow, which generally means he mere notion of sin and the notion of repentance. But when it comes to a true work of the Spirit of God, and men really do mourn for sin so as to obtain pardon, it is a thing which each individual stands in a personal solitude, as much apart from everybody else as if he had been the sole man that God ever made…and had himself so sinned that the whole anger of God for sin had fallen upon him.”

III. Cleansing from Sin 3:1-6