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Zechariah is maybe the most Jesus-focused book in the whole Old Testament. There were times while we were studying this book that I even forgot it was Old Testament. That’s how future-focused it is.  And today, we’re gonna wrap it all up. So my plan for today is to recap what we’ve studied in this book, with a particular emphasis on Jesus. Let’s highlight all the places that spoke about Jesus’ first AND second comings. I’d like to share what some of my favorite episodes were here.  And after that, we’ll take a look at the last six verses of chapter 14.  And then: we’ll talk about which book we could study next—and give you a chance to weigh in on whether you’d even like to the podcast to continue at all.  That’s what we’ll do today on the God and His Prophets podcast. Watch these episodes at my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LukeTaylorPodcasts Need to get in touch with me? Reach me at [email protected] If you’re looking for a Bible study podcast that goes deep into the major and minor prophets, God and His Prophets offers a verse by verse Bible study through these powerful Old Testament writings. Each episode explores the prophecy in the Bible, from the Book of Ezekiel study and later in Zechariah, helping listeners in understanding prophetic books and seeing their relevance today. We also connect the prophets’ words to end times Bible teaching and highlight connections to Revelation, giving you a Christian Bible commentary that equips you for spiritual insight and growth.

You’re probably familiar with this story from the beginning of Jesus’ ministry:  Luke 4:16-20 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,     because he has anointed me     to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives     and recovering of sight to the blind,     to set at liberty those who are oppressed, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.” And then it says this 20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.  Very familiar story for a lot of us who have read the gospels. Made a lot of people unhappy, but it was a very positive message: the first time Jesus came, as you know, His purpose was to set people free. Free from the devil, free from their sicknesses, free from their sin. But did you know he didn’t finish His sentence? He pulled open the book of Isaiah, started reading at chapter 61, and He stopped at a comma. Let’s go look at the original words.  Isaiah 61, starting at verse 1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,     because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor;     he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives,     and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, And that’s where Jesus stopped reading, but here’s what came next in the original passage:     and the day of vengeance of our God That was the part He left out. And why? Because that wasn’t His mission in His first coming. The Day of Vengeance of Our God would be reserved for His Second Coming.  And that’s what I want to talk about today on the God and His Prophets podcast. Watch these episodes at my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LukeTaylorPodcasts Need to get in touch with me? Reach me at [email protected] If you’re looking for a Bible study podcast that goes deep into the major and minor prophets, God and His Prophets offers a verse by verse Bible study through these powerful Old Testament writings. Each episode explores the prophecy in the Bible, from the Book of Ezekiel study and later in Zechariah, helping listeners in understanding prophetic books and seeing their relevance today. We also connect the prophets’ words to end times Bible teaching and highlight connections to Revelation, giving you a Christian Bible commentary that equips you for spiritual insight and growth.

Last week, we covered what needs to happen before Jesus returns. The Jewish people must look on Him whom they pierced and mourn.  Once you understand that, you understand this demonic hatred of the Jewish people. Now you understand the spirit behind antisemitism. Now you understand why there was a holocaust.  But I have some really unpleasant news to share today from Bible prophecy: Zechariah 13 tells us there will be another. Another holocaust.  And … it will be twice as bad as the first one.  We will learn about that today on the God and His Prophets podcast. Watch these episodes at my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LukeTaylorPodcasts Need to get in touch with me? Reach me at [email protected] If you’re looking for a Bible study podcast that goes deep into the major and minor prophets, God and His Prophets offers a verse by verse Bible study through these powerful Old Testament writings. Each episode explores the prophecy in the Bible, from the Book of Ezekiel study and later in Zechariah, helping listeners in understanding prophetic books and seeing their relevance today. We also connect the prophets’ words to end times Bible teaching and highlight connections to Revelation, giving you a Christian Bible commentary that equips you for spiritual insight and growth.

The first verse of the Bible, we all know it:  (Genesis 1:1) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  It’s 10 words in the English, 7 words in the Hebrew.  BUT- did you know that there’s an extra word in the Hebrew version of that verse which is not present in any English translation of Genesis 1:1? And that’s because it’s not a word. It says “in the beginning God” And then there’s a word that’s not really a word “Created the heavens and the earth” And this word which is not a word only shows up in two chapters of the Bible. Genesis chapter 1 and Zechariah chapter 12. So…what is the word that’s not a word?  You’ll find out today on the God and His Prophets podcast. Watch these episodes at my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LukeTaylorPodcasts Need to get in touch with me? Reach me at [email protected] If you’re looking for a Bible study podcast that goes deep into the major and minor prophets, God and His Prophets offers a verse by verse Bible study through these powerful Old Testament writings. Each episode explores the prophecy in the Bible, from the Book of Ezekiel study and later in Zechariah, helping listeners in understanding prophetic books and seeing their relevance today. We also connect the prophets’ words to end times Bible teaching and highlight connections to Revelation, giving you a Christian Bible commentary that equips you for spiritual insight and growth.

The Bible is not just a book about things that happened a long time ago. It’s a book about things that still happen today. Human nature. Spiritual realities. A God who never changes.  The Bible is alive, and if you just read it as being stories about events that happened a long time ago, you’ll miss the relevance it has to your life. The Bible is a book about things that always happen. And prophecy is like that as well. Prophecy is not just about events that are going to happen someday in the future. Prophecy is about things that happen now, because the Bible is a book about things that always happen.  You’ll find out what that means today on the God and His Prophets podcast. Watch these episodes at my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LukeTaylorPodcasts Need to get in touch with me? Reach me at [email protected] If you’re looking for a Bible study podcast that goes deep into the major and minor prophets, God and His Prophets offers a verse by verse Bible study through these powerful Old Testament writings. Each episode explores the prophecy in the Bible, from the Book of Ezekiel study and later in Zechariah, helping listeners in understanding prophetic books and seeing their relevance today. We also connect the prophets’ words to end times Bible teaching and highlight connections to Revelation, giving you a Christian Bible commentary that equips you for spiritual insight and growth.

If you’re watching for the Antichrist, if you’re speculating as to who he could be, you’re looking for the wrong thing.  Because the Bible does speak of a future antichrist—and he is coming at some point—but there is another major sign that must take place before the Antichrist can appear.  And it’s not the rapture. And I do think that the rapture will happen before the Antichrist appears, but that’s kind of a debatable point; there’s some wiggle room on that question amongst Christians. There’s something else that must happen before the Antichrist can appear. And this one is not debatable: it’s 100% clear when you read the prophetic timeline.  And once you learn what it is, you won’t be on the lookout for the antichrist anymore. You’ll know what you should be watching for instead.  Find out today on the God and His Prophets podcast. Watch these episodes at my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LukeTaylorPodcasts Need to get in touch with me? Reach me at [email protected] If you’re looking for a Bible study podcast that goes deep into the major and minor prophets, God and His Prophets offers a verse by verse Bible study through these powerful Old Testament writings. Each episode explores the prophecy in the Bible, from the Book of Ezekiel study and later in Zechariah, helping listeners in understanding prophetic books and seeing their relevance today. We also connect the prophets’ words to end times Bible teaching and highlight connections to Revelation, giving you a Christian Bible commentary that equips you for spiritual insight and growth.

What does the antichrist look like? I won’t pretend I know who it is. I won’t even guess. Frankly, I don’t even care. I don’t plan to be here when he shows up. And the Bible doesn’t exactly give us any hints about his hair color, his eye color or his favorite song by the Rolling Stones.  BUT in one place it does give us one description of his physical appearance. It might also give us a big hint as to what this mysterious “mark of the beast” is all about in the end times. And you’ll find out what that is today on the God and His Prophets podcast. Watch these episodes at my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LukeTaylorPodcasts Need to get in touch with me? Reach me at [email protected] If you’re looking for a Bible study podcast that goes deep into the major and minor prophets, God and His Prophets offers a verse by verse Bible study through these powerful Old Testament writings. Each episode explores the prophecy in the Bible, from the Book of Ezekiel study and later in Zechariah, helping listeners in understanding prophetic books and seeing their relevance today. We also connect the prophets’ words to end times Bible teaching and highlight connections to Revelation, giving you a Christian Bible commentary that equips you for spiritual insight and growth.

We all know the story of Judas- he betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. But why that amount- was there any significance to it? Well, it does show up in the book of Exodus as the price of a slave.  But what is the connection between the price of a slave and the price for which Judas betrayed Jesus? The book of Zechariah is gonna tie those two things together, and you’ll learn what that is as we study some Messianic Prophecy today on the God and His Prophets podcast. Watch these episodes at my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LukeTaylorPodcasts Need to get in touch with me? Reach me at [email protected] If you’re looking for a Bible study podcast that goes deep into the major and minor prophets, God and His Prophets offers a verse by verse Bible study through these powerful Old Testament writings. Each episode explores the prophecy in the Bible, from the Book of Ezekiel study and later in Zechariah, helping listeners in understanding prophetic books and seeing their relevance today. We also connect the prophets’ words to end times Bible teaching and highlight connections to Revelation, giving you a Christian Bible commentary that equips you for spiritual insight and growth.

When you think about it, box turtles have a pretty good life. Whenever they want to be left alone, they can close up into their shells. They always have an excuse for being late. (I mean after all, they’re turtles.) And if someone is ever annoying them, they can just pee on ‘em. Box turtles have got it figured out. Unfortunately, God did not call us to be box turtles. God called us to be sheep. And sheep aren’t to retreat into their shells and block out the world. Sheep are meant to thrive in a flock.  And sheep are meant to follow the leading of their shepherd.  And whether you’re a sheep or a shepherd today, Zechariah 10 is going to help you to know your place. You’ll find out what that is today on the God and His Prophets podcast. Watch these episodes at my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LukeTaylorPodcasts Need to get in touch with me? Reach me at [email protected] If you’re looking for a Bible study podcast that goes deep into the major and minor prophets, God and His Prophets offers a verse by verse Bible study through these powerful Old Testament writings. Each episode explores the prophecy in the Bible, from the Book of Ezekiel study and later in Zechariah, helping listeners in understanding prophetic books and seeing their relevance today. We also connect the prophets’ words to end times Bible teaching and highlight connections to Revelation, giving you a Christian Bible commentary that equips you for spiritual insight and growth.

Between the Old and New Testaments was a period of about 400 years, often called the Silent Years. Why? Because during this time between Malachi and Matthew, there were no new Scriptural writings given.  However, was God entirely silent? I’ll say no. There was actually quite a bit of info written during this time; it was just told to us in advance.  In fact, there was one really significant world ruler who emerged on the scene during the intertestamental period, and we’ve all heard about him: Alexander the Great.  This man was put into leadership at 20; he conquered virtually all of the known world for Greece by the time he reached the age of 30.  Which has always kind of given me a complex. Like, he did all that in his 20s, and I’m over here learning Fortnite dances. If you’re 27 years old and you haven’t conquered any nations yet- what are you even doing with your life? Right?  Alexander the Great actually made quite a name for himself at a young age. And then he quite suddenly and tragically died at the age of 32. But his decade in power reshuffled the landscape of the world. He put an end to the Persians and established the Greek culture, and this had ramifications into the time of the New Testament- which was written in Greek! But as I said, the Bible had already told us about this guy before he even arrived, way back in the Old Testament. And the most fascinating thing of all: Alexander the Great knew it. For real. You’ll find out about that today on the God and His Prophets podcast. Watch these episodes at my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LukeTaylorPodcasts Need to get in touch with me? Reach me at [email protected] If you’re looking for a Bible study podcast that goes deep into the major and minor prophets, God and His Prophets offers a verse by verse Bible study through these powerful Old Testament writings. Each episode explores the prophecy in the Bible, from the Book of Ezekiel study and later in Zechariah, helping listeners in understanding prophetic books and seeing their relevance today. We also connect the prophets’ words to end times Bible teaching and highlight connections to Revelation, giving you a Christian Bible commentary that equips you for spiritual insight and growth.

Christians who like to study prophecy are often accused of obsessing over charts and graphs. Which, guilty as charged, I guess. I like studying infographics and other ways of communicating complicated information visually. When we study the past, we tend to use charts and graphs to explain what has gone on before us.  And when the Bible is clear about the future, I see no problem charting it out. And in my opinion, the Bible is pretty clear about several things that will go down in the future.  But if you don’t like charts and graphs, don’t worry, because today, I’m only going to give you two lines. That’s it, two lines. An outline and a timeline. I’ll give you an outline of the book of Revelation. And as I do so, you’re also going to get a timeline of how the end times play out.  And then hopefully you’ll understand why I take the book of Revelation, the Second Coming of Christ, and the Millennial Reign of Christ so literally. All that today on the God and His Prophets podcast. Watch these episodes at my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LukeTaylorPodcasts Need to get in touch with me? Reach me at [email protected] If you’re looking for a Bible study podcast that goes deep into the major and minor prophets, God and His Prophets offers a verse by verse Bible study through these powerful Old Testament writings. Each episode explores the prophecy in the Bible, from the Book of Ezekiel study and later in Zechariah, helping listeners in understanding prophetic books and seeing their relevance today. We also connect the prophets’ words to end times Bible teaching and highlight connections to Revelation, giving you a Christian Bible commentary that equips you for spiritual insight and growth.

When you can see the big picture, it makes it easier to get through the little day-to-day difficulties.  We all need that motivation from time to time. We need to refocus on what it is that we’re doing here. What’s the “big picture” of our Christian walk. And that’s what Zechariah 8 is.  Zechariah 8 allows us to take a step back and see the big picture. What are we building towards? You’ll find out today on the God and His Prophets podcast. Watch these episodes at my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LukeTaylorPodcasts Need to get in touch with me? Reach me at [email protected] If you’re looking for a Bible study podcast that goes deep into the major and minor prophets, God and His Prophets offers a verse by verse Bible study through these powerful Old Testament writings. Each episode explores the prophecy in the Bible, from the Book of Ezekiel study and later in Zechariah, helping listeners in understanding prophetic books and seeing their relevance today. We also connect the prophets’ words to end times Bible teaching and highlight connections to Revelation, giving you a Christian Bible commentary that equips you for spiritual insight and growth.

Zechariah’s 7th chapter contains some shocking words:  When I called, they would not listen; so when they called, I would not listen, says the Lord Almighty. Wait- I thought God always listened to our prayers? I thought God always hears us, no matter what? That it was never too late? There are things we can do that can cause God to turn down His volume knob on us. Things we can do that cause God to shut us out.  The Bible tells us that there is a sin unto death, that we can deteriorate our relationship with God to a point that He tunes us out, and Zechariah 7 shows us that process.  It ends with these words: I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations, where they were strangers. The land they left behind them was so desolate that no one traveled through it. This is how they made the pleasant land desolate. How did things get this bad between God and Israel? And how can I make sure things never get this bad between God and me? You’ll find out today on the God and His Prophets podcast. Watch these episodes at my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LukeTaylorPodcasts Need to get in touch with me? Reach me at [email protected] If you’re looking for a Bible study podcast that goes deep into the major and minor prophets, God and His Prophets offers a verse by verse Bible study through these powerful Old Testament writings. Each episode explores the prophecy in the Bible, from the Book of Ezekiel study and later in Zechariah, helping listeners in understanding prophetic books and seeing their relevance today. We also connect the prophets’ words to end times Bible teaching and highlight connections to Revelation, giving you a Christian Bible commentary that equips you for spiritual insight and growth.

SEE THE INFOGRAPHIC: https://weirdstuffinthebible.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/passion-week-feast-crucifixion-jesus-layout.jpg WATCH THE TEACHING: https://youtu.be/fYiN9gX4FUE ARTICLE: https://weirdstuffinthebible.com/a-timeline-of-the-passion-week/ How did Jesus die on Good Friday, spend three days in the grave, and then rise on Sunday morning?  Math has never been my strong suit, but that math just ain't mathin' for me.  And there’s actually kind of an academic debate about this, which argues over whether Jesus died on Friday or whether He actually died on Thursday. And you know, I never really got into that subject because it just kinda went over my head. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter a whole lot; the most important thing to believe is that Jesus died and rose again. Whether it was part of Friday and all of Saturday and then part of Sunday, or whether it was a full 72-hour period, this is not an issue where you’ll forfeit your salvation if you don’t understand it. So I never really dug into this issue that deeply.  However, then I heard a friend of mine, Daniel Wade, give a lesson on this exact subject matter at a bible study a couple years ago. And it blew my mind to not only learn why it matters that Jesus was in the grave a full 72 hours, but also how His death and resurrection fulfilled the Jewish spring feasts so perfectly.  Passover. Unleavened Bread. Firstfruits. Jesus fulfilled them to the day, and even to the hour. But again, this is all kinda complicated, so I’ve got three ways to help convey all this information today.  One, my friend Daniel is going to join me for the episode today and talk me through passion week, according to the Levitical calendar.  Two, I’ve created an infographic that shows this entire timeline, which is available on my website, and I’ll link to it in the show notes. (see above)  Three, I’ve captured all this on video so you can see the graphic and the details of what Daniel is talking about on-screen as he’s talking us through all of it.  And again, none of this is a salvation issue. But I do see it as kind of a biblical authority issue. Jesus said He would be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights. But you can’t three days and three nights if Jesus died on Friday. So where does the concept of good Friday come from?  I find this to be weird, and kind of confusing, so Daniel Wade is gonna help us today make the Bible make sense.  --  Some of the music included in this interview is provided by Blue Tree Audio. Background Music: www.bluetreeaudio.com  --  Check out the website! www.weirdstuffinthebible.com If you want to get in touch, my email is [email protected] Host: Luke Taylor Guest: Daniel Wade

So many things in the Old Testament Levitical laws pointed forward to actions and characteristics of the future Messiah, Jesus.  The passover lamb was a foreshadowing of Jesus; that’s why it was killed without any bones being broken, just as Jesus- despite all the things He suffered- had no broken bones.  The sabbath rest principle in the 10 commandments was fulfilled by Jesus, who is our sabbath. To sabbath means to do no work; we can do know work to earn our place in heaven because we trust in the work that Jesus did. And even the priesthood itself pointed forward to Jesus.  Hebrews 4:14 tells us We have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God. But wait a minute. The Old Testament priesthood was given specifically to the tribe of Levi. Only Levites could be priests. Yet when God sent the Messiah, He did so through the tribe of Judah. That actually doesn’t make much sense, since everything else lines up so perfectly. And it creates a problem- how could the Messiah be our priest if He wasn’t from the priestly tribe? The priest was supposed to represent the people before God. The priest offered up the sacrifices to appease God’s wrath on sin. And Jesus did that by offering up Himself. We understand, I hope, the significance of all that- except how could Jesus fulfill that part of the Old Testament law if He wasn’t qualified to be an Old Testament priest? We’ll answer that question today on the God and His Prophets podcast. Watch these episodes at my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LukeTaylorPodcasts Need to get in touch with me? Reach me at [email protected] If you’re looking for a Bible study podcast that goes deep into the major and minor prophets, God and His Prophets offers a verse by verse Bible study through these powerful Old Testament writings. Each episode explores the prophecy in the Bible, from the Book of Ezekiel study and later in Zechariah, helping listeners in understanding prophetic books and seeing their relevance today. We also connect the prophets’ words to end times Bible teaching and highlight connections to Revelation, giving you a Christian Bible commentary that equips you for spiritual insight and growth.