Messianic Prophecies Of Zechariah & Malachi

P2SERVE MODULE 3 (M3L5)

Messianic Prophecies

Over 300 prophecies in the OT

All Fulfilled in the NT

The Fulfilment of the OT prophecies in the Lord Jesus Christ RULE OUT any possibility of another Messiah.

There could only be One True Messiah He Who

Has Already Come.

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O.T. Bible Books

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Moses Books 5

Historical Books 12

Poetic Books 5

Major Prophets 5

Minor Prophets 12

39

2nd Canonical Books 7

Total 39 + 7 = 46

Bible History

Zechariah

Malachi

520 -- 518

420

Babylonians Captivity

586

444

457

538

3 Returns of the Jews

Zerubbabel

Temple

Ezra

OT

Nehemiah

Walls

• Zechariah means ”one whom Jehovah remembers”;
• A  common name, ~ 30 others of the same name in the O.T.
• Like Jeremiah and Ezekiel, he was a priest as well as a prophet, (Nehemiah 12:12, 16).
• He is called “the son of Berechiah the son of Iddo” (1:1); but simply “the son of Iddo” in (Ezra 5:1; 6:14).
• Zechariah is given 9 visions that promise the restoration of the city of Jerusalem and the temple, the overthrow of hostile nations, and the eradication of wickedness.

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Zechariah

• 14 Chapter into 3 major parts:
• The nine visions (1-6)
• The Question of Fasting (7, 8)
• The Coming of the Messiah (9-14)

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• Main Objective: “Motivating the People for There Spiritual Renewal”
• Messianic Theme: “The Righteous Branch”

Book of Zechariah

List of some

Messianic prophecies

Zechariah 2:10

“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” says the Lord.

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Zechariah 8:3

“Thus says the Lord: ‘I will return to Zion,

And dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth,

The Mountain of the Lord of hosts, The Holy Mountain.’

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Christ’s Incarnation

Zechariah 6: 12, 13

Then speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying:

“Behold, the Man whose name is the BRANCH!

From His place He shall branch out,

And He shall build the temple of the Lord;

Yes, He shall build the temple of the Lord.

He shall bear the glory,

And shall sit and rule on His throne;

So He shall be a priest on His throne,

And the counsel of peace shall be between them both.”

The Branch – Christ Priesthood

Our Lord Jesus Triumphal entry into Jerusalem on a Donkey

Zechariah 9:9

“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!

Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!

Behold, your King is coming to you;

He is just and having salvation,

Lowly and riding on a donkey,

A colt, the foal of a donkey.

Zechariah 11:13

And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord for the potter.

Christ’s Betrayal

His Crucifixion - Piercing

Zechariah 12:10

“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.

His Crucifixion - Rejection

Zechariah 13:7

“Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,

Against the Man who is My Companion,”

Says the Lord of hosts.

“Strike the Shepherd,

And the sheep will be scattered;

Then I will turn My hand against the little ones.

His Second Coming

Zechariah 14:4

And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,

Which faces Jerusalem on the east.

And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two,

From east to west,

Making a very large valley;

Half of the mountain shall move toward the north

And half of it toward the south.

His Second Coming (2)

Zechariah 9:14

Then the Lord will be seen over them,

And His arrow will go forth like lightning.

The Lord God will blow the trumpet,

And go with whirlwinds from the south.

• Malachi means “My Angel”
• Some say that the Author is uncertain as Malachi is the name of an office, rather than a person, “My messenger,” however the common view is that it is a proper name.
• Malachi was from the tribe of Zebulon and died at a young age
• Malachi forms the transition link between the Old and the New Testaments, ‘the skirt and boundary of Christianity” [Tertullian].
• After him there was no Prophet in Israel till the coming of Christ

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Malachi

• 4 Chapter into 4 major parts:
• The acceptable offering (1)
• The Holy Priest (2)
• The Coming of the Messiah (3)
• The Sun of Righteousness (4)
• Main Objective: “Proclaiming the awesome day of the advent of Christ, and the new worship”
• Messianic Theme: “The Sun of Righteousness”

Book of Malachi

List of some

Messianic prophecies

The forerunner prepares for the coming of the Lord

Malachi 3:1

“Behold, I send My messenger,

And he will prepare the way before Me.

And the Lord, whom you seek.

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The forerunner prepares for the coming of the Lord (2)

Malachi 4:5

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet

Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.

Christ comes to His temple

Malachi 3:1

…. And the Lord, whom you seek,

Will suddenly come to His temple,

Even the Messenger of the covenant,

In whom you delight.

Behold, He is coming,”

Says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 3:3

He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver;

He will purify the sons of Levi,

And purge them as gold and silver,

That they may offer to the Lord

An offering in righteousness.

Christ purifies His people

Christ coming brings judgment

Malachi 4:1

“For behold, the day is coming,

Burning like an oven,

And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble.

And the day which is coming shall burn them up,”

Says the Lord of hosts,

“That will leave them neither root nor branch.

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Christ coming brings judgment (2)

Malachi 3:2

“But who can endure the day of His coming?

And who can stand when He appears?

For He is like a refiner’s fire

And like launderers’ soap.

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Christ heals the multitudes

Malachi 4:2

But to you who fear My name

The Sun of Righteousness shall arise

With healing in His wings;

And you shall go out

And grow fat like stall-fed calves.