OUR FATHER WHOSE SON IS OUR KING AND PRIEST

The book of Zachariah chapter 6 verses 9 - 15 records a Messianic prophecy that the prophet Zacharia received.  Zacharia was told to take an offering from the Israelites who had been in in bondage and now had returned back to the promised land.

Immediately, Zacharia was to take the silver and gold he recieved and he was to make an elaborate (or an ornate) crown. This crown was then to be set upon the head of Joshua      ( the priest who had been given clean garments ) and while doing this, Zachariah was to say that Joshua was the Man named the 'BRANCH' and that He would build the temple of the LORD and the glory of God would be upon Him an he would be a priest but would be a king ruling from His throne.

9 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 10 “Receive the gift from the captives—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have come from Babylon—and go the same day and enter the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah. 11 Take the silver and gold, make an elaborate crown, and set it on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. 12 Then speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying:

“Behold, the Man whose name is the BRANCH!

From His place He shall  branch out,

And He shall build the temple of the Lord;

13 Yes, He shall build the temple of the Lord.

He shall bear the glory,

And shall sit and rule on His throne;

So He shall be a priest on His throne,

And the counsel of peace shall be between them both.” ’

14 “Now the elaborate crown shall be for a memorial in the temple of the Lord for Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Hen the son of Zephaniah. 15 Even those from afar shall come and build the temple of the Lord. Then you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you. And this shall come to pass if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”

This enactment of the placement of an ornate crown upon the head of a priest represented the coming Messiah who would be the high priest representing the people to God interceding for us and He would also be our King representing God and His will to the people.

Amen.

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