SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 6/28/2016 11:05 PM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-2 The Coronation of the King
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Zechariah 6:9-15
Message of the verses: “9 The word of the LORD also came to me,
saying, 10 "Take an offering from
the exiles, from Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah; and you go the same day and enter
the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, where they have arrived from Babylon.
11 “Take silver and gold, make an ornate crown and set it on the head of Joshua
the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. 12 “Then say to him, ’Thus says the LORD
of hosts, "Behold, a man whose name is Branch, for He will branch out from
where He is; and He will build the temple of the LORD. 13 “Yes, it is He who
will build the temple of the LORD, and He who will bear the honor and sit and
rule on His throne. Thus, He will be a priest on His throne, and the counsel of
peace will be between the two offices."’ 14 “Now the crown will become a
reminder in the temple of the LORD to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah and Hen the son
of Zephaniah. 15 “Those who are far off will come and build the temple of the
LORD." Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. And
it will take place if you completely obey the LORD your God.”
We begin
this evening looking at the latter part of verse eleven where we read that this
crown that has been made is to go onto the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak
who is the high priest. What we are
seeing here is the combining of the priestly office with the office of the king
and that can only point to the Lord Jesus Christ. I have subscribed to a magazine called “Israel
My Glory,” and it is a magazine that has been around for many years and it is
used to give a witness to the nation of Israel even before Israel became a
nation. I got the second volume a couple
days ago and on the front cover was the headline “Prophet, Priest, and King,”
and as I looked at that it reminded me of what we are studying in the book of
Zechariah. I have not read the main
article on that subject as of yet, but when I do if there is anything in it
that pertains to our study in Zechariah I will make mention of it.
Let us take
a look at the book of Hebrews chapter seven and verse one: “For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest
of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of
the kings and blessed him.” We see here
that Melchizedek was a priest and a king and when we look more into the book of
Hebrews we will see that this was a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ, for
Melchizedek was priest and king of “Salem” which became Jerusalem. “To whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth
part of all the spoils, was first of all, by the translation of his name, king
of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace (Hebrews
7:2).”
Now as we
continue to look at our verses verse twelve speaks of someone called the
Branch, who is speaking once again of the Lord Jesus Christ. The KJV says in verse 12 “behold the Man
whose name is branch and Pilate said the same thing of Jesus in John 19:5 “Jesus
then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate *said to
them, "Behold, the Man!"”
Pilate seems to echoing the words of Zechariah in 6:12.
MacArthur
writes “Then it says, ‘whose name is The Branch,’ or literally, the shoot, the
sprout. Now, that is a Messianic title
for Him that is used in several places in the Old Testament, here and in
Isaiah, and it’s also used, as we saw, in chapter 3 of Zechariah and verse
8. It says if you have…and I don’t know
how else to explain it…but it says if you have the fallen tree of David and it’s
chopped down and fallen, but in the end time it puts forth a new shoot and the
fallen tree of David revives in the new life in the form of Messiah King, Jesus
Christ.”
We will continue looking at the wonderful prophecy of our
Lord Jesus Christ in our next SD.
6/28/2016 11:28 PM
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