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Zechariah - Introduction
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In Ezra 5:1, we learn that Haggai and Zechariah were both prophets at the same time to the exiles who returned to Jerusalem and Judah to rebuild the temple. They had started the task with building the altar and the temple's foundation, but due to persecution, they had stopped building. It was through Haggai and Zechariah that they encouraged the leadership and the people to start building again because the Lord was with them. The prophets even helped with the building project. In Zechariah 1:1-6, Zechariah reminded the people that the Lord Almighty was angry with their fathers because of their disobedience and refusal to turn back to the Lord, and the Lord's word came true with Assyria, Babylon, and now with the Persians and the Medes. The Lord's words overtook their forefathers, but for those who obeyed and surrendered like king Jehoiachin obeyed the prophecy of Jeremiah, he lived, and now his grandson has come back to Jerusalem and Judah. The Lord keeps his word. This generation repented at Zechariah's words, and they acknowledge the justice of the Lord Almighty.
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