By God's Spirit
Zechariah 4:1-6 Zechariah 4:6 “So he answered and said to me: ‘This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit’ says the Lord of hosts.” The exiled Jews returned to their homeland in 536B.C. God gave the prophet Zechariah a series of eight visions to assure the people that He still loved and cared for them. Zerubbabel was one of the leaders that was helping the people to rebuild the altar and begin reconstruction on the temple. In chapter 4, verse 6, God is letting the people know that He was going to help them by the power of His spirit and not by their own power. The words "might" and "power" indicate human force and power, such as an army. It includes human accomplishment in obtaining goods. But God is letting His people know that the rebuilding of the altar and the temple, and facing the obstacles that they would face- was going to be accomplished by His Spirit. I believe God is telling His people- the Church-...