The Avenue Church
The Four Chariots and the Priestly Crown
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The Avenue Church
3030 Thatcher Ave, Pueblo, CO 81005, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:30 AM
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1. The Four Chariots with Horses
A. A Comparison with the Three Horses in the 1st Vision
B. Comparison with Four Horses of the Apocalypse in Revelation 6
Red = War
Black = Famine
White = Victory
Dappled (Pale) = Death
Black = Famine
White = Victory
Dappled (Pale) = Death
C. Actions Performed
Ultimately, this vision shows how God will bring peace to His people from all sides and from all enemies, ultimately fulfilled when Christ returns
2. The Priestly Crown
A. The Materials for the Crown
B. The Branch
He shall build the Temple
-Zerubbabel in Zechariah 4
-Zerubbabel in Zechariah 4
C. The Messianty Unification of Priest and King
D. The Building of God's Temple
Discussion Questions - Re-read our main passage from this week (Zechariah 6:1-15) and then with your Growth Group, family, friends, etc. thoughtfully answer the following:
1. Do you get caught up in needing to know the exact meaning of visions like the horsemen in this passage? Why or why not?
2. How does knowing God is at work in all areas of the world challenge our tendency to think the world revolves around us?
3. Ultimately God is at work in the world to bring about His peace. Where do you need his peace most in your life right now?
4. When you think of how Jesus functions in your life, is He more of a priest or a king? Why?
5. In what ways are you honoring or failing to honor God with your “temple” a.k.a. physical body?
6. What’s your next step in response to this message?
1. Do you get caught up in needing to know the exact meaning of visions like the horsemen in this passage? Why or why not?
2. How does knowing God is at work in all areas of the world challenge our tendency to think the world revolves around us?
3. Ultimately God is at work in the world to bring about His peace. Where do you need his peace most in your life right now?
4. When you think of how Jesus functions in your life, is He more of a priest or a king? Why?
5. In what ways are you honoring or failing to honor God with your “temple” a.k.a. physical body?
6. What’s your next step in response to this message?
Memory verse for this series:
Zechariah 8:7-8
7 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country, and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And they whall be my people, and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness.
Zechariah 8:7-8
7 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country, and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And they whall be my people, and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness.
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How to Read the Book of Zechariah
https://bibleproject.com/guides/book-of-zechariah/GOD’S SERVANT, THE BRANCH
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https://www.rightnowmedia.org/Account/Invite/TheAvenueChurchZECHARIAH by ReviveSchool
This book of the Old Testament is rich in messianic prophecies, second only to the book of Isaiah. Participants in this course will see pictures of Christ both in His first coming as the PIERCED ONE and His second coming as the righteous King ruling His people from Jerusalem.
https://app.rightnowmedia.org/en/content/details/786281ZECHARIAH: MOSAICS OF THE MESSIAH
Jon Kehrer, Old Testament and biblical languages professor at Ozark Christian College will help you to read the book of Zechariah to see different pictures of Jesus as revealed through this prophecy. He weaves together these images from Zechariah with other Old Testament texts, to show their fulfillment in Jesus in the Gospels.
https://app.rightnowmedia.org/en/content/details/780714