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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Zechariah 1:18-21; ; Zechariah 2:1-13
These visions which come before us are without doubt very obscure and were not less so for the young Zechariah. But how does he act each time that a new riddle is presented? He is not afraid to question his heavenly companion. Let us follow his example. Our interest for the Word will always be pleasing to the Lord. To understand its wonders, let us ask Him to open the eyes of our understanding (Psalms 119:18; Luke 24:45; 2 Timothy 2:7).
The horns in the second vision correspond to the horses of the first: that is to say, the great empires of the world, seen here as characteristic symbols of power (see Daniel 8:1-27). Workmen raised up by God (such as Cyrus) will put an end to their power.
The third vision has for its theme the restoration of Jerusalem. At present desolate, its wall in ruins, its gates burnt with fire (Nehemiah 2:13), the city will again be inhabited. The Lord will be around them as a wall of fire, and its poor scattered people will find themselves gathered there again in security. The love of God for them is so great that whoever touches them "touches the apple of his eye" (see Deuteronomy 32:10). Above all, they have the promise of the presence among them of the LORD in His glory (vv. 5, 10, 11). The same privileges belong to the children of God in our own day.
