The first five visions of Zechariah are full of encouragement but the next two are more challenging. We all need encouragement, but we also need rebuke and correction. Too many ministers today flatter their congregations. They tell them that all is well when it is not. They do not mention sin and repentance, though these topics are a huge part of the Biblical message. People today like to hear that God is love, but they forget that God’s love is a holy love. He created a world that was perfect and happy, but very quickly man sinned, and so spoiled God’s beautiful world. God, in his wrath, cast our first parents out of the garden of Eden and threatened them with eternal hell if they would not repent and put their trust in the Savior he provided.