Just a short blurb today.... This week we will resume our study of Zechariah. When we left the young prophet last, he had received four visions and their meanings. Each designed to motivate the people in the completion of the temple. We also saw that as God revealed these visions, Zechariah, he also revealed greater things to come pertaining to the Messiah.
The next three chapters reveal four more visions, a gold lampstand with two olive trees, a flying scroll, a woman in a basket, and four chariots. These visions are capped with a command to Zechariah to crown Joshua, the High Priest.
While this symbolic crowning was intended to bolster and encourage Joshua and those captives who had returned to build the temple, there is a clear correlation to the coming Messiah. While to the children of Israel this was something they were still looking forward to, we have the great fortune to be able to look back and be reminded of our Lord's role as both king and priest. Thus we need to ask ourselves, are we submitting to the Kingship of Christ? Are we making proper use of His intercession as our High Priest?
Your response to His gospel is telling in answering those questions!
Take a few minutes and read Zechariah 4-6 today as you prepare for worship this week!
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