Today we begin another one of the minor prophets, Zechariah. This book is written to the Jews in Jerusalem to give them hope by revealing God’s future deliverance through the Messiah. It was written between 520-480 BC when the Jews returned to Jerusalem from their captivity in Babylon to rebuild the temple. Zechariah and Haggai confronted the people and encouraged them to complete it. God, through Zechariah, gave the people all they needed to complete the rebuilding of the temple if they were simply obedient. Zechariah 3:7 says, This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.’ God gives us everything we need to be a part of His perfect plan if we simply trust and obey Him.