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“The book of the prophet Zechariah is not much studied or adequately understood in our day. When it is used, the visions and eschatological material are frequently given too much emphasis and attention so that somewhat fantastic results have been arrived at, which have caused men to wonder at the book rather than to seek to appropriate its wealth and comfort and instruction… We should like to do...

The first word of the Lord came to Zechariah in “the second year of Darius.” Since this king, also known as Darius Hystaspis, began to reign in 521 B.C., we get the year 520 for this first word. The return from the Exile has become a reality. The unbelievable had happened: a people torn loose from its soil had not taken permanent root in the land of captivity but, when permission came by the decree of Cyrus, had returned to the land of their fathers, at least almost 43,000
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