A curated series inside Reverend Michael Malanga.
Jun 9, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
On the day of the LORD the holiness of God will be revealed in all its danger and safety. It will be a day of dread and a day of hope; a day of punishment and a day of reward; a day of judgment and a day of salvation.
Jun 2, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
The imagery of danger and safety is a central theme of Zechariah 14 and his description of the day of the LORD. On that day, the day when Christ returns to judge the earth and all who dwell therein, everyone will discover that God is not safe. The danger
May 26, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
God is not safe. There is a danger in God and that danger is His holiness.
May 19, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
Zechariah 14 is filled with frightening images and scary words. And yet, if we are to be good students of the Bible; if we are, as Paul tells Timothy, to present ourselves to God as workmen who need not be ashamed, who use the word of God correctly; then
Mar 17, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
The connection between Zechariah 13.7 and the death of Jesus Christ lies in this: in both cases God does something unexpected. Sometimes God does the unexpected to help us see His love through a different lens.
Mar 10, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
Zechariah 13 ends with God refining His people as silver and testing them like gold. The aim of this refining and testing is so they will call upon His name and He will answer them.
Mar 3, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
Here is as clear a picture of the death of Jesus as you will find in the OT. Pause and linger over this text. The death of Jesus Christ is both the fulfillment of OT prophecy and the starting point of the new covenant of salvation by grace through faith.
Feb 24, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
The God who made heaven and earth, also made us in His image and likeness. He breathed His Spirit into us and designed us to rely on Him to lead us through every circumstance we encounter. Come what may, we can trust Him to help us through. We can trust H
Feb 17, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
Reading Zechariah 11 is like reading a book or watching a movie in which your favorite character keeps making the same mistakes over and over again. Despite being warned by God not to repeat the mistakes made by their ancestors Zechariah's generation will
Feb 10, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
In many ways the generation addressed by Zechariah is not all that different from the generation addressed by Moses. They have the form of religion but not its substance. And even though they consider themselves to have descended from Abraham, Isaac, and
Feb 3, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
Having set the table Zechariah now describes how the LORD will make the enemies of the King His footstool. God will help the King restore His people and protect them in a climactic battle against their enemies. By this the LORD will do for His people what
Nov 25, 2018 6:00 AM America/New_York
Inasmuch as 500 years after Zechariah spoke this these words, Jesus Christ fulfilled them when He entered Jerusalem riding a donkey on the very first Palm Sunday, it is only appropriate to study this text on this last Sunday before Advent—the day we cal
Nov 18, 2018 6:00 AM America/New_York
A change is gonna come means: "Cheer up; you're a lot worse off than you think you are, but in Jesus you're far more loved than you could have ever imagined.” When it comes to the judgment of God, some receive justice while others receive mercy.
Oct 28, 2018 7:00 AM America/New_York
Post tenebras lux (After darkness light) became the rallying cry of the Protestant Reformation. The phrase refers to the rediscovery of biblical truth in a time of spiritual darkness. After years of being covered up, the Reformation represented the dawn o
Oct 21, 2018 7:00 AM America/New_York
When we engage in acts of piety we are not prepared to be told that God had no regard for our crocodile tears.
Oct 7, 2018 7:00 AM America/New_York
The leader whom God will send will be unlike any leader they’ve had in the past. He will be a new kind of leader; a leader who will be both king and priest. A leader who will wear the crown yet serve and reign in and from the temple. A leader whose name
Sep 30, 2018 7:00 AM America/New_York
As we approach this last vision given to Zechariah, God has separated the wheat from the chaff, the sheep from the goats, the true believers from the false. The stage is set. All that remains is for the chariots of God’s wrath to be released to carry ou
Jun 17, 2018 7:00 AM America/New_York
All of Zechariah’s visions have a unifying theme: the restoration of God’s people through the fulfillment of His promise to be their salvation. Closely tied to this theme is God’s promise to eliminate evil forever and to establish His reign and rule
Jun 3, 2018 7:00 AM America/New_York
When God takes the curse off His people He does what we cannot: He deals decisively with sin. God does what we cannot by dealing decisively with sin.
May 27, 2018 7:00 AM America/New_York
In this challenging text, we learn the importance of loving the Lord with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength.
May 20, 2018 7:00 AM America/New_York
Despite spending 70-years in exile, Israel’s occupancy in the Promised Land is not guaranteed. It will depend on keeping covenant with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; with the God of Moses, Joshua, and David. They will need to keep covenant with t
May 13, 2018 7:00 AM America/New_York
According to the apostle Paul, “whatever was written in former days (i.e., in the OT) was written for our instruction,” (Romans 15.4). Thus what is written for Zerubbabel is written for us. And by us is meant the church.
May 6, 2018 7:00 AM America/New_York
Many figures in the OT predict the coming ministry of Jesus Christ. Zerubbabel is one such figure. His role in the rebuilding of the temple predicts Christ's own role in building His church and our mission as His disciples.
Apr 22, 2018 7:00 AM America/New_York
Zechariah's vision of the golden lampstand framed between two olive trees represents God's promise to provide the power needed to carry out His mission with the assurance of His presence.