The Book of Zechariah

Zechariah received a message from God during the reign of Darius.  So, the temple has not been rebuilt, although some have returned from exile.

Zechariah contains a lot of symbolic description of the spiritual realm.  For instances, he sees four horses which represent four spirits of heaven going around the earth.

The first few chapters focus on the sins of Judah.  By the end, transitions to a message of hope, restoration, and rulership of Judah.  The final few chapters describe a Messianic time.  

One such prediction is that the Messiah will enter on a young donkey.  Is that Christ entering the Passover week?  In the context, that is not an easy conclusion as he rest of the chapter contains military imagery which suggests a military Messiah.  But these military descriptions seem to be written in the nebulous style of the rest of Zechariah.

The final chapter states some interesting stuff.  For instance, the Messiah will stand on the Mount of Olives and the mount will cleave in two.  The Messiah will then reign over all the earth and the whole world will come to Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Booths.  If they do not do the Feast of Booths, then God will withhold rain.

Taken literally, this obviously has not happened yet.  But that said, the entire book of Zechariah blends the literal with the figurative or symbolic.  Thus, I think a case could be that from a Christian perspective, these events have already happened.  No, the entire world does not celebrate the Feast of Booths, nor is rain withheld for failure to do so.  But Christianity has spread to much of the world and has embraced days that commentate the New Testament, for example Christmas and Easter. 

Likewise, I do not see in Zechariah a suggestion that Christ will come twice.  Christ entered Jerusalem on a donkey and lots of stuff happened that week.  The splitting of the Mount of Olives to release a wellspring of water in opposite directions could represent the Holy Spirit going out from Jerusalem to encompass the world.

Alternatively, maybe the final chapter of Zechariah describes event that must literally happen in the future and all of humanity will celebrate the Feast of Booths or else God will withhold rain.  This last detail necessitates the existence of religious free will.