Sermon Series: Zechariah: Rebuilding the Discouraged
Title: The Foreigner’s Journey Home: Zechariah 2
Speaker: Anthony Gammage
September 27, 2026
Passage: Zechariah 2
And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand! 2 Then I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.” 3 And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him 4 and said to him, “Run, say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of people and livestock in it. 5 And I will be to her a wall of fire all around, declares the Lord, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”
6 Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north, declares the Lord. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the Lord. 7 Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. 8 For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye: 9 “Behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me. 10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord. 11 And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. 12 And the Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.”
13 Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.
Sermon Outline
Big Idea: Leave Babylon and return to God, because God himself is your safety and your home.
- God’s Bigger Vision – New Jerusalem (1-5)
- God’s Salvation: Come to Safety (6-9)
- God’s Presence: Sing and Rejoice (10-13)
Sermon Questions
- Vision (vv. 1-5): The young man measured Jerusalem by what he could see, but God said the city would outgrow its walls. Where have you set limits on what God might do in your life, your family, or our church? What would it look like to pray Ephesians 3:20 over that area this week?
- Babylon (vv. 6-9): The exiles were free to go home, but many stayed because Babylon felt safe and familiar. What comfort, habit, or sin have you started to treat as home? How does knowing you are “the apple of his eye” and held in Christ’s hand (John 10:28-29) give you courage to leave it?
- Presence (vv. 10-13): Most of us were once the “nations” in verse 11, foreigners whom Christ brought home (Ephesians 2:19). Who in your life is still far from God? What is one concrete way you could open the door to them this month through prayer, an invitation, or a meal?