The Gospel in Zechariah – pt.2

Where is the Gospel in Zechariah 9-14?

Well, simply, we see that

• Jesus comes
• Jesus dies and is resurrected
• Jesus sends the Holy Spirit
• The Spirit turns all nations to Him

What is common in all of that – Jesus.

What is missing in all of that – us.

Where are we, and where is He?

Zechariah helps us to see that we are not all that much needed in the process, helps us to see our position relative to Jesus. 

He had the 9 visions of chapters 1-8 and all of them, we said last week, can be traced back to the purification on offer through the shed blood of Jesus and the faith therein. 

This week, His first coming, His second coming, His rule, His reign, His peace, His Spirit, His salvation, His vindication…not ours. 

If we were looking at the Minor Prophets and looking for good moral lessons, then Zechariah would have us coming up short. You know, things like, you put your sin in a basket and have it flown away. You ride on your donkey and bring your peace.

That’s not what it’s about, is it. 

Since we have such a hope, (in the glory of the ministry of the Holy Spirit and how much better this will be than law written on tablets), we are very bold, 13 not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. 14 But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. 15 Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. 16 But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 3.12-18   

Zechariah, then, helps us to behold, helps us to see all that Jesus has done, and all that Jesus will do.

Not us, Him. 

Where are we, and where is He?

That’s the message of Zechariah, and as we read it and hear it, the reaction will be as one commentator put it, that our hearts will again stand in awe of what God has done for us in Jesus Christ, the Crowned Priest, the Slaughtered, and Resurrected King.