Horns and Carpenters: A Divine Restoration; Zech 1:18-21
Horns and Carpenters: A Divine Restoration
Zech 1:18-21
I. THE FOUR HORNS: SYMBOLS OF OPPRESSION
A. DEFINITION AND FUNCTION OF HORNS V.18 “Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four
horns.”
B. THE SPECIFICITY OF THE SCATTERING V.19B “These are the horns which have scattered Judah,
Israel, and Jerusalem.”
II. THE CALL TO THE CARPENTERS: DIVINE RESTORATION
A. THE DIVINE INTERVENTION OF GOD V.20 “And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.”
B. THE ROLE OF THE CARPENTERS V.21C “but these are come to fray them,”
III. THE IMPACT OF THE HORNS AND THE CARPENTERS
A. THE HORNS’ IMPACT ON GOD’S PEOPLE V.21B so that no man did lift up his head
B. THE TRANSFORMATION THROUGH THE CARPENTERS
IV. THE REALITY OF HORNS AND CARPENTERS IN OUR LIVES
A. PERSONAL HORNS: THE STRUGGLES WE FACE
B. EMBRACING GOD’S CARPENTERS: HIS AGENTS OF CHANGE