Chariots of the Four Spirits. Zechariah 6:1-8 Zechariah encouraged God’s people to build the physical temple, but he also reminded them that they were really building a future kingdom far beyond the borders of Jerusalem in which the Messiah will reign in power.
As believers in Jesus today, we can see in the New Testament how Jesus fulfilled many of Zechariah’s prophecies, yet we too await a coming day when we will see the fullness of Jesus’ kingdom over all the earth.Horses and horsemen are mentioned some three hundred times in the Bible. But there aren’t any that even come close to being as famous as the four horses—white, red, black, and pale—ridden by the four horsemen of the apocalypse.Horses in the Bible frequently represent God’s activity on earth and the forces He uses to accomplish His divine purposes.The four chariots with their horses represented the “four spirits” from God, that is, four angels assigned to different parts of the world to do God’s bidding.Every believer has a tremendous calling upon his or her life: the call to serve the LORD.these visions point ultimately to the end times, the last days when God will judge the whole world, the visions also sent a clear message to the exiles in their own day and time. God was sending His forces to defeat every enemy—enemies from within and without, and enemies in both the physical and spiritual realms. We learn from Zechariah as well as from all of God’s Word that the LORD has an eternal plan for Israel, a plan to bless the whole world through her. This plan is still in effect through the church today. Christ has called the church and every true believer in it to be a blessing to the world.