Zechariah (Reformed Expository Commentary | REC)

by Richard D. Phillips

Publisher:

P&R

, 2007

Overview

The Book of Zechariah records the prophetic message of Zechariah to the community that had returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile and was charged with rebuilding the temple and city. The physical return was meant to prompt a spiritual and theological return to faith in the Lord.

Zechariah called the people to such a true return and reassured them of the Lord’s willingness to receive them and restore to them the promised blessings. It is a book whose eschatological perspective is of special value to Christians today who labor for reformation and long for revival.

Key Features

• Presents valuable insight to Chrisitans today who long for revival
• Discusses exhatological perspectives that are relevant to Christians today
• Includes material well suited for pastors and students

Contents

Top Highlights

“The reality is that God always uses failures to do his work: it is his gracious delight to call, atone, restore, and equip weak and sinful people to bring glory to himself. This is true because the hero of Zechariah is none other than Jesus Christ, whose portraits fill this prophecy with a depth and vibrancy unsurpassed anywhere else in the Old Testament.” (Page xiv)

“If the first lesson is the need for repentance, the second is a definition of repentance. Repentance is both turning from sin and turning to God.” (Page 12)

“This leaves a fourth and final point about repentance: it is only through the blood of Jesus Christ that God forgives those who repent.” (Page 14)

“the third point about repentance: God graciously receives all who turn to him.” (Page 13)

“But three main options stand out as those we should consider with respect to Zechariah’s golden lampstand: it signifies God’s temple, God’s saving presence, and God’s people.” (Pages 88–89)

Praise for the Print Edition

Rick Phillips has produced a gem of a book on the prophet Zechariah! It is popular in its presentation but reflects a wide reading in Puritan theology, critical commentaries, and conservative Reformed writers. In a word, it has all the hallmarks of an edifying commentary: it is historically sensitive, and it is robustly theological, Christological, and appropriately practical. Phillips reminds us in his methodology that what God has done and will do for the people of God always precedes what God expects of his people. I wholeheartedly commend this work for pastors and lay people.

—Bryan Estelle, associate professor of Old Testament, Westminster Seminary California

Product Details

• Title: Zechariah
• Author: Richard D. Phillips
• Series: Reformed Expository Commentary
• Publisher: P&R
• Print Publication Date: 2007
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 351
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. O.T. Zechariah › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9781596380288, 1596380284
• Resource ID: LLS:REC38ZEC
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:39:06Z

About Richard D. Phillips

Richard Davis Phillips has been the Senior Minister of Second Presbyterian Church in Greenville, South Carolina (PCA) since July, 2007. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Michigan, and a master of business administration degree at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. Prior to entering the ministry, he commanded tank units as an officer in the U.S. Army and later served as an assistant professor of leadership at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He came to faith in Jesus Christ at the age of 30, and was soon was leading evangelistic Bible studies at the college where he was teaching. A few years later he received God’s call to enter the gospel ministry, and received a master of divinity degree from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA.