“Rejoice greatly, O Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
Zechariah 9:9
Zechariah prophesied with precise detail of the coming of our Savior, saying He would be riding a donkey. That is exactly what we read of in the Gospel accounts in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. God the Father sent His Son, the Messiah, to rescue the world. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son” (John 3:16). Some 400 years before it actually occurred, the prophet declared the Messiah would come to establish His covenant of love through His sacrifice on the cross. His resurrection and ascension into heaven would follow. The prophet states salvation is possible for anyone who chooses Jesus as Savior. And He will proclaim peace to the nations (see v. 10).
Zechariah’s prophetic vision points us to our Messiah’s first coming. In just a few months we’ll celebrate again His wondrous birth at Christmas. But Zechariah also speaks of a prophecy for the future which we still await: His coming again. God’s plan for the world remains in place; His promises are ever sure. It’s why we can sing with confidence, “Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine!”
Zechariah’s prophetic vision points us to our Messiah’s first coming. In just a few months we’ll celebrate again His wondrous birth at Christmas. But Zechariah also speaks of a prophecy for the future which we still await: His coming again. God’s plan for the world remains in place; His promises are ever sure. It’s why we can sing with confidence, “Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine!”
Scripture Focus
Zechariah 9:9-17
Insight
“O, what a foretaste of glory divine!/ heir of salvation, purchase of God,/ Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.” (Fanny Crosby, 1873)
Bible In A Year
- Isaiah 6-8
- Psalm 75
- John 16