The book of Zechariah provides the most complete and dramatic description in the minor prophets of the final triumph of God over the evil forces of the earth. It is an awesome picture of God gathering the enemy armies together for one destructive blow that will destroy them forever. It is a prophetic record of the final inning of the game when a decisive victory is assured. It ought to bring us courage and hope that justice will prevail and God will triumph.
It should also bring us hope and comfort to know that God controls the future. It is never out of his hands. He asks us to trust him and remain obedient to his own will no matter what the present or the future may look like to us. We only see the moment and have very little control at all. He knows the future and has total control.
