Salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us — the salvation Zechariah envisions is initially framed in the political and national language of the Old Testament: deliverance from enemies and those who hate Israel. The fullness of what this salvation means — that the enemies are not Rome but sin and death — will only become clear as the Gospel unfolds. Zechariah's expectation is not wrong but incomplete: the salvation coming is more comprehensive than he imagines.

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