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Bart Bruehler points out in an article from CBQ <\/em> that the oracle to Zerubbabel in Zechariah 4:7 employs language (\u201cmight and power\u201d) typically used to describe military prowess. \u00a0Yet Zerubbabel doesn\u2019t lead an army; he organizes a construction project. <\/p>\n

He is a new Solomon. \u00a0Moses said to Joshua, \u201cBe strong and courageous\u201d before Joshua conquered the land; David said to Solomon, \u201cBe strong and courageous\u201d because Solomon was going to need \u201cmight and power\u201d to build the temple. The Davidic branch Zerubbabel needs similar might to build the second temple. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bart Bruehler points out in an article from CBQ that the oracle to Zerubbabel in Zechariah 4:7 employs language (\u201cmight and power\u201d) typically used to describe military prowess. \u00a0Yet Zerubbabel doesn\u2019t lead an army; he organizes a construction project. He is a new Solomon. \u00a0Moses said to Joshua, \u201cBe strong and courageous\u201d before Joshua conquered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-ot-zechariah"],"yoast_head":"\nConstructive Might<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bart Bruehler points out in an article from CBQ that the oracle to Zerubbabel in Zechariah 4:7 employs language (“might and power”) typically\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/leithart\/2010\/04\/constructive-might\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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