In this passage, the return from Babylon is well underway. Zechariah has overseen the rebuilding of the Temple and now the people are ready to worship.

One of the hardest things to learn as a Christian is that the highest form of worship is obedience. We like rituals because they are ‘easy’.

Christians all around the world celebrated Palm Sunday this past Sunday. Many pastors will refer to Zechariah 9:9 as the fulfilled prophecy mentioned by the Gospel writers and rightly so.