Zechariah 4:10

"For who hath despised the day of small things? for these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel, these are the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro through the whole earth."

"For who hath despised the day of small things ...?" "The meaning of this is, `Do not despise the day of small things.' It is a plea not to run with the crowd and become guilty of its foolish judgments."[22] There were many in Israel who needed that warning. Being long accustomed to the traditional opulence and glory of their kings and the grandeur of the first temple, many of them wept when they first beheld the foundations of Zerubbabel's temple. "To the unenlightened mind the greatest achievement both in the making and in its completion seems trivial"[23] (Ezra 3:12,13).

"The eyes of Jehovah ..." also referred to as "these seven ..." must be understood as a figure for God Himself who will be pleased with the further establishment of his people in their former dwelling place; but more is meant. The completion of the temple under Zerubbabel would serve as a pledge that, in time, the true temple, the Church of Jesus Christ, would be built by that greater Son of David, of whom God said, "He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever" (2 Samuel 7:13). In all of these references to Zerubbabel, it is explicit that he is a type of the Messiah.

"Zerubbabel was made as a "signet," chosen by Jehovah (Haggai 2:23), a symbol of Him who was to come. His work was a foreshadowing of what the Messiah would accomplish."[24]

Even the Jewish Targum recognized this chapter as Messianic:

"The Targum recognizes here (v. 7) a Messianic prophecy: He will reveal the Messiah whose name is spoken of from all eternity, and he shall rule over all the kingdoms."[25]