CONTENTS

PART I

THE VISIONS AND THE ANSWER TO THE DEPUTA-

TION FROM BETHEL IN REFERENCE TO THE

CONTINUED OBSERVANCE OF THE FASTS

CHAP.

I. INTRODUCTION AND THE PROPHET'S INTRODUCTORY

ADDRESS: A CALL TO REPENTANCE (Chap. i. 1–6) .

II. THE FIRST VISION: THE ANGEL OF JEHOVAH AMONG

THE MYRTLE TREES (Chap. i. 7-17)

III. THE SECOND VISION: THE HORNS AND THE "CAR-

PENTERS" (Chap. i. 18-21)

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IV. THE THIRD VISION: THE MAN WITH THE MEAsur-

ING LINE (Chap. ii. 1-13)

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V. THE FOURTH VISION: JOSHUA BEFORE THE ANGEL

OF JEHOVAH (Chap. iii.); “THE BODY OF MOSES"

(Note to Chap. iii.)

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VI. THE FIFTH VISION: THE CANDLESTICK (Chap. iv.)

VII. THE SIXTH VISION: THE FLYING ROLL (Chap. v. 1-4)

VIII. THE SEVENTH VISION: THE EPHAH (Chap. v. 5-11). 153

IX. THE

VISION : THE FOUR CHARIOTS

EIGHTH

(Chap. vi. 1-8)

X. THE CLIMAX OF THE VISIONS: THE CROWNING OF

JOSHUA (Chap. vi. 9-15) .

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XI. ADDRESS TO THE DEPUTATION FROM BETHEL: (a)

THE NEGATIVE ANSWER (Chap. vii.) .

XII. ADDRESS TO THE DEPUTATION FROM BETHEL: (b)

THE POSITIVE ANSWER (Chap. viii.) .

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CHAP.

PART II

THE PROPHECIES

XIII. INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND PART OF ZECHARIAH :

AN EXAMINATION OF THE MODERN CRITICAL

VIEW

XIV. THE GENTILE WORLD - CONQUEROR

Prince of PEACE (Chap. ix.) .

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AND ISRAEL'S

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XV. WHAT ISRAEL'S SHEPHERD-KING WILL BE AND DO

XVI. A DARK EPISODE: THE REJECTION OF THE TRUE

SHEPHERD AND THE RULE OF THE FALSE

XVIII. THE CLEANSING OF THE PEOPLE FROM SIN AND THE

LAND FROM IDOLATRY (Chap. xiii. 1-6)

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XIX. THE SMITING OF THE SHEPHERD AND THE SCATTER-

Ing of the FLOCK (Chap. xiii. 7-9).

XX. THE GLORIOUS CONSUMMATION: MESSIAH'S VISIBLE

APPEARING AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GOD'S

KINGDOM ON EARTH (Chap. xiv.)

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GENERAL INDEX

533

INDEX TO SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

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PART I

The Visions and the Answer to the

Deputation from Bethel

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION AND THE PROPHET'S

INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS

A CALL TO REPENTANCE

(CHAPTER I. 1-6)