Zechariah is “the most messianic, the most truly apocalyptic and eschatalogical of all the writings of the Old Testament.”¹ There are 41 New Testament citations or allusions to Zechariah’s book²

Zechariah was a Levite born in Babylon (Nehemiah 12:1,16). Zechariah gives a series of eight prophetic dreams-visions he saw in a single night! We will read those today. (Zechariah 1:7 – 6:8).

Read Zechariah 1:1 – 7:14

¹International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1956

²Eberhard Nestle and Kurt Aland, eds., Novum Testamentum Graece. New York: American Bible Society, 1950