Good Morning Friends,
“‘Listen, O high priest Joshua and your
associates seated before you, who are men symbolic of things to come: I am
going to bring my servant, the Branch. See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua!
There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on
it,’ says the LORD Almighty, ‘and I will remove the sin of this land in a
single day. In that day each of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his
vine and fig tree,’ declares the LORD Almighty.” (Zechariah 3:8-10)
The prophet Zechariah spoke of the coming of
Jesus. He would be the servant of God -- coming to do God’s will and accomplish
God’s plan.
Jesus is referred to as the Branch. A branch
is something that comes forth from something else, the tree. On the one hand,
Jesus would be a branch from the root of Jesse, coming through the house and
line of David. But He would also be the Branch of God, coming directly from the
Father -- a part of Him!
What Jesus would accomplish was going to be
marvelous, even miraculous. In one single day He would remove the sin from the
land. The battle to conquer sin would be fought to the death on that one day,
and Jesus would come out victorious!
The battle with the consequences of sin is
not an ongoing battle that we fight, but something that Jesus has fully
accomplished on the cross. The consequences of sin has been removed by the one
act of Jesus!
What a marvelous thing to have happen for us!
In Christ, we are no longer guilty. Our sins are taken away. We have been
washed clean.
What do we do with that forgiveness? Zechariah says that we will share it with our
neighbors and invite them to enjoy the same blessings that we know. Forgiveness
is not to be guarded and kept for ourselves, but shared with all who will listen.
Is there someone around you that needs the forgiveness
that you have already found in Jesus?
Will you share the message of forgiveness with them?
His, by Grace,
Steve
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