撒迦利亞書是小先知書(何西阿書至瑪拉基書)中最長的一卷，其中並包含比舊約其他任何一卷書還多有關彌賽亞的預言。撒迦利亞和哈該所服事的對象相同，但他們的生命和著作有很顯著的對比。哈該年老；撒迦利亞年輕。哈該勸誡以色列人；撒迦利亞鼓勵以色列人。哈該傳講信息；撒迦利亞分享異象。哈該是個行動者；撒迦利雅是個夢想家。

        你認為你父親對你屬靈生命的貢獻如何？(1)微不足道，(2)頗為可觀，(3)影響甚鉅。
        撒迦利亞在他的開場白中四次提到猶大列祖悲慘的情況(1：2，4－6)。他們無視上帝的存在，追逐罪惡，結果使自己及他們的子孫遭到天譴。
        為人父者，你有一項可畏的任務:協助你的兒女成為上帝的子民。聖經中生動但痛苦的見證是:子女很少在靈性上超越他們的父母親。將撤迦利亞書一章的前六節當成「如何做成功父親』的手冊來讀，因為那幾節經文正有此功能!

        八個安慰和災難的異象
        在往後三天裡，你將讀到撒迦利亞八個夜間的異象─其中五個充滿安慰，三個帶來責難。在你讀完它們後，能否為每個異象起一個短標題？
撒迦利亞的異象                我的標題
1：7-17        「騎馬站在番石榴樹中間的人」
1：18-21        _________________________
2：1-13        _________________________
3：1-10        _________________________
4：1-14        _________________________
5：1-4        _________________________
5：5-11        _________________________
6：1-8        _________________________

一位父親對他兒女所說的話，不會傳於世人耳中，但必會藉著後代子孫的所作所為透露出來。

English

        Zechariah is the longest of the Minor Prophets (the books of Hosea-Malachi) and contains more messianic prophecies than perhaps any other Old Testament book. Zechariah and Haggai ministered to the same audience, hut their lives and books bear many striking contrasts. Haggai was old; Zechariah was young. Haggai exhorted; Zechariah encouraged. Haggai preached sermons; Zechariah shared signs. Haggai was an activist; Zechariah was a visionary.

        How would you evaluate the contribution your father made to your spiritual life? (a) negligible; (b) sizable; (c) enormous.
        Four times in his opening verses, Zechariah mentions the sorry state of Judah's fathers (1:2, 4-6) who, by ignoring God and pursuing evil, brought divine judgment upon themselves and their children.
        Fathers, yours is an awesome assignment: to assist your children in becoming men and women of God. And the eloquent, yet painful testimony of Scripture is this: Children will seldom rise to a higher spiritual plane than that of their parents. Read the first six verses of Zechariah as if it were a manual entitled How to Succeed as a Father because that is just what those verses will help you do!

        Eight Visions of Comfort and Woe —
        During the next three days, you will read Zechariah's eight night visions—five full of comfort and three full of condemnation. Can you give each a short title after you have read it?
Zechariah's Vision                My Title
1:7-17        "The Horseman Among the Myrtles"
1:18-21        __________________________
2:1-13        __________________________
3:1-10        __________________________
4:1-14        __________________________
5:1-4        __________________________
5:5-11        __________________________
6:1-8        __________________________

What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity.