Remember... #2

 Read Zechariah 2

Background: In chapter 1 Zechariah began with a word of challenge and encouragement to his people, sharing the visions God had given him indicating that He was going to restore their prosperity and protect them from all the surrounding nations that sought to harass and hinder them in their work on the temple and the wall.  In this chapter God gives him a vision of a plumbline, showing that the whole city would be rebuilt with a plan God had in mind. He was not done with them yet.

Key Verses:

10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord. 11 And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. 12 And the Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.” 13 Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.

Thoughts: God called the people to rejoice - not only because He was going to restore, rebuild and give them a secure city and land once again - but mostly because that meant He was coming back there to live; He was choosing to return His presence with them and they could be with Him.  He had remembered His promise; they should remember Him and His faithfulness.