From Handbook to Scripture, Day 205

READING: ZECHARIAH 14

The visions and exhortations of Zechariah 1–8 were given to the prophet in Jerusalem during the rebuilding of the temple by the returned remnant. The purpose of this portion of the book, dated from November of 520 BC to December of 518 BC, was to encourage the people to complete the new central sanctuary and to help them realize it was not simply a building but a key to their spiritual identity.