SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/1/2016 9:56 PM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-4 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.”
Let us
begin by looking at another prophecy very similar to this one from Psalm 110:4
“The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind, "You are a priest
forever According to the order of Melchizedek.’” Now we may ask what kind of priest was
Melchizedek? As one looks at the story
in Genesis about Melchizedek they will find out that he was also a king and a
priest as he was the king and priest of Salem later to be known as Jerusalem. Abraham gave tithes to him. Let us look at a couple of verses from the
book of Hebrews “And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact
representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power.
When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.” This speaks of Him being Priest and Hebrews
1:13 of Priest “But to which of the angels has He ever said, "SIT AT MY
RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET"?”
Now the
fifth element tells us from verse thirteen “and the counsel of peace will be
between the two offices."’” This
tells us that Jesus Christ will make peace between the two offices of Priest
and King. John MacArthur explains
“Listen to this. Do you know how in America today and in many countries of the
world there is a clear separation between...what?...church and state. Not in
the kingdom. He will harmonize both. He will bring both into one. And even in
Israel, throughout Israel's history, how many times the king was vile and the
king was rotten. On the other hand you had the priests and the prophet crying
out to God and there was no harmony. And how many times in the history of the
world has there been a terrible dichotomy between religion and politics? Not in
the kingdom because the same One who rules with the role of King is the same
One who intercedes and makes the worship of the true God the measure of every
man, the Lord Jesus Christ. No discord, no disharmony.” 7/1/2016 10:11 PM
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