Seeing and Believing

²⁴ Now Thomas, ^(A)called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵ The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”

So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”

²⁶ And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!” ²⁷ Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and ^(B)reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be ^(C)unbelieving, but believing.”

²⁸ And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

²⁹ Jesus said to him, ^[a]“Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. ^(D)Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

That You May Believe

³⁰ And ^(E)truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; ^31 (F)but these are written that ^(G)you may believe that Jesus ^(H)is the Christ, the Son of God, ^(I)and that believing you may have life in His name.

Satan Bound 1,000 Years

20 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, ^(A)having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. ² He laid hold of ^(B)the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; ³ and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and ^(C)set a seal on him, ^(D)so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.

The Saints Reign with Christ 1,000 Years

⁴ And I saw ^(E)thrones, and they sat on them, and ^(F)judgment was committed to them. Then I saw ^(G)the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, ^(H)who had not worshiped the beast ^(I)or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they ^(J)lived and ^(K)reigned with Christ for ^[a]a thousand years. ⁵ But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. ⁶ Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such ^(L)the second death has no power, but they shall be ^(M)priests of God and of Christ, ^(N)and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

Satanic Rebellion Crushed^(O)

⁷ Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison ⁸ and will go out ^(P)to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, ^(Q)Gog and Magog, ^(R)to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. ^9 (S)They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. ¹⁰ The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone ^(T)where^[b] the beast and the false prophet are. And they ^(U)will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

The Great White Throne Judgment

¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face ^(V)the earth and the heaven fled away. ^(W)And there was found no place for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, ^(X)small and great, standing before ^[c]God, ^(Y)and books were opened. And another ^(Z)book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged ^(AA)according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. ¹³ The sea gave up the dead who were in it, ^(AB)and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. ^(AC)And they were judged, each one according to his works. ¹⁴ Then ^(AD)Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. ^(AE)This is the second ^[d]death. ¹⁵ And anyone not found written in the Book of Life ^(AF)was cast into the lake of fire.

God’s Power in the Leviathan

Vision of the Four Chariots

6 Then I turned and raised my eyes and looked, and behold, four chariots were coming from between two mountains, and the mountains were mountains of bronze. ² With the first chariot were ^(A)red horses, with the second chariot ^(B)black horses, ³ with the third chariot white horses, and with the fourth chariot dappled horses—strong steeds. ⁴ Then I answered ^(C)and said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

⁵ And the angel answered and said to me, ^(D)“These are four spirits of heaven, who go out from their ^(E)station before the Lord of all the earth. ^6 [a]The one with the black horses is going to ^(F)the north country, the white are going after them, and the dappled are going toward the south country.” ⁷ Then the strong steeds went out, eager to go, that they might ^(G)walk to and fro throughout the earth. And He said, “Go, walk to and fro throughout the earth.” So they walked to and fro throughout the earth. ⁸ And He called to me, and spoke to me, saying, “See, those who go toward the north country have given rest to My ^(H)Spirit in the north country.”

The Command to Crown Joshua

⁹ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: ¹⁰ “Receive the gift from the captives—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have come from Babylon—and go the same day and enter the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah. ¹¹ Take the silver and gold, make ^(I)an^[b] elaborate crown, and set it on the head of ^(J)Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. ¹² Then speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying:

¹⁴ “Now the ^[e]elaborate crown shall be ^(P)for a memorial in the temple of the Lord ^[f]for Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Hen the son of Zephaniah. ¹⁵ Even ^(Q)those from afar shall come and build the temple of the Lord. Then you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you. And this shall come to pass if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”

Obedience Better than Fasting

7 Now in the fourth year of King Darius it came to pass that the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, on the fourth day of the ninth month, Chislev, ² when ^[g]the people sent ^[h]Sherezer, with Regem-Melech and his men, to ^[i]the house of God, ^[j]to pray before the Lord, ³ and to ^(R)ask the priests who were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in ^(S)the fifth month and ^[k]fast as I have done for so many years?”

⁴ Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, ⁵ “Say to all the people of the land, and to the priests: ‘When you ^(T)fasted and mourned in the fifth ^(U)and seventh months ^(V)during those seventy years, did you really fast ^(W)for Me—for Me? ^6 (X)When you eat and when you drink, do you not eat and drink for yourselves? ⁷ Should you not have obeyed the words which the Lord proclaimed through the ^(Y)former prophets when Jerusalem and the cities around it were inhabited and prosperous, and ^(Z)the ^[l]South and the Lowland were inhabited?’ ”

Disobedience Resulted in Captivity

⁸ Then the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying, ⁹ “Thus says the Lord of hosts:

¹¹ “But they refused to heed, ^(AD)shrugged^[n] their shoulders, and ^(AE)stopped^[o] their ears so that they could not hear. ¹² Yes, they made their ^(AF)hearts like flint, ^(AG)refusing to hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. ^(AH)Thus great wrath came from the Lord of hosts. ¹³ Therefore it happened, that just as He proclaimed and they would not hear, so ^(AI)they called out and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts. ¹⁴ “But ^(AJ)I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no one passed through or returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.”

Jerusalem, Holy City of the Future

8 Again the word of the Lord of hosts came, saying, ² “Thus says the Lord of hosts:

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^11 (BB)But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as in the former days,’ says the Lord of hosts.

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¹⁸ Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, ¹⁹ “Thus says the Lord of hosts:

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²³ “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘In those days ten men ^(BU)from every language of the nations shall ^(BV)grasp the ^[z]sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard ^(BW)that God is with you.” ’ ”

Israel Defended Against Enemies

The Coming King^(CJ)

God Will Save His People