Week 43 • Wrath or Deliverance  (Zechariah 6)

Memory Verse: 2 Timothy 1:7

In each reading assignment look for a . . .

Sin to Confess • Promise to Claim • Attitude to Change • Command to Obey • Example to Follow

Personal Study Notes:

Psalm 61

Psalm 62

Psalm 63

Psalm 64

Zachariah 6

Accountability Question

  • Did everyone read all five assignments?

  • What application points did you find?

Group Participation

  • Where are we on our ministry project?

  • Have someone take requests and lead prayer.

  • Have someone tell the story or paraphrase.

  • Have someone read the Bible passage.

  • Have someone facilitate the Bible study using the weekly discussion questions.

Weekly Discussion Questions  

Verses 1-8 speak of God’s wrath being released upon a rebellious world.  The four chariots drawn by four different color horses speak of conquest and victory (white), blood and carnage (red), sorrow and affliction (black), and plagues and pestilence (dapple).  They cover the earth so none are spared.  Initially God shows mercy but then releases them to unleash His wrath in judgment.  Then it ends, it does eventually stop.

Verse 9-15 are filled with hope as a King is seen being crowned and a temple is built as God reigns perfectly so that sin and death are no more.

  • Read Revelation 6:1-8.  Both John and Zechariah are referencing the same vision. What is the closest event in world history that you might imagine conjures visions of divine wrath?  Why do you suppose most people seemingly have no fear of God’s wrath or judgement to come?

  • Verse 7 says the horses (wrath of God) were impatient (straining) to go forth.  This indicates they were held in restraint for a time.  Why does God show patience toward sinners?

  • What impresses you more, the idea of God’s wrath or the idea of His mercy?  Why?

  • Do you ever despair of the spiritual and moral darkness that we live in?  If so, why?  What in verses 8-15 give you hope?

  • What biblical principle do you see n the closing words of verse 15?

Prayer: Father, you have not given us a spirit of fear, but of love, power, and self control.  Though we live in the midst of a dark generation fill our hearts with hope, hope in who Your are and Your great promises.