Zechariah 1-3

I spent almost 10 minutes reading this passage. Zechariah was a contempoary of Haggai. The timing of their words from God are intertwined. During the secomd year of Darius Haggai spoke on the 21st day of the seventh month calling the returned exiles to begin their work on rebuilding the temple. Sometime in the next month Zechariah spoke calling the people to change their attitudes toward God. Haggai spoke again on the 24th day of the nineth month; encouraging them to keep working. Two months later Zechariah received a vision from God that he was to carry to the people. This message spoke of God's love for his people in Jerusalem. Zechariah and Haggai were God's cheer team to these returning exiles.
Stuart