I have the most gorgeous verses to read to you from Zech 9! The beauty of reading through an entire book of the Bible, chapter by chapter, is that, when this kind of good news springs from the page, particularly from the OT prophets who have delivered bad news, you appreciate it!
Remember, God is addressing exiles He’d delivered into captivity after many unheeded warnings concerning their unfaithfulness. Also keep in mind many of the prophets, at least when under divine inspiration, were poets. This is pure poetry, folks, dripping like honey from heaven.
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey…As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you...”
[Pause here a second because that wording “blood of my covenant” ought to jump off the page at you. Could not be more significant. In the entire Old Testament, that exact phrase occurs only here and in Exodus 24:8. It’s Jesus who uses it the NT in Mark 14:24 at the last supper.]
Back to Zech 9, picking up at v.11.
“As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.”
Just a little more!->
“As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.”
Just a little more!->
Vv.16-17: “On that day the Lord their God will save them, as the flock of his people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land. For how great is his goodness & how great his beauty!”
How fitting for us, New Covenant saints, “while we wait for the Blessed Hope,
How fitting for us, New Covenant saints, “while we wait for the Blessed Hope,
the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.” Titus 2:13
Lift up your heads, weary saints. Be strengthened in your faith, followers of the Way. Rejoice, O prisoners of hope! Your redemption draws near. Our Redeemer is faithful and true.
Lift up your heads, weary saints. Be strengthened in your faith, followers of the Way. Rejoice, O prisoners of hope! Your redemption draws near. Our Redeemer is faithful and true.
