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God’s Word
surprises. Zechariah 9 reads like a
common prophet. God promises doom
against the nations of the world. God
promises love for His people. It feels
very common.
Zechariah
9:9 seems to bring about even more comfort.
God’s king comes riding on a donkey.
He comes on the colt of a donkey.
This is the passage that is quoted in the Triumphal Entry.
How often is
Zechariah 9:9 quoted and how seldom is Zechariah 9:10 quoted? God will cut off the chariot. The war horses will fail. The bow will be cut off. God will speak peace to the nations.
I find it
interesting that God’s king will not come in a massive surge of power. God’s king comes with a wave of peace. God’s king comes in a manner that isn’t like
the world expect or even promotes.
Instead of dominating through power, God comes in peace.
Zechariah
9:9 should remind us of the Triumphal Entry.
Zechariah 9:10 should prove it was about Jesus. The Hebrew people expected their Messiah to
come in a display of force. People even
tried to make Jesus into that very political weapon. Yet, when Jesus is on the scene He isn’t
about military domination or other displays of power. Jesus comes in peace with a message of peace. He tells us to turn the other cheek, to not
let our anger have a place in our heart, and to not repay evil with evil.
He is the
Messiah, but not because He rode a donkey.
He is the Messiah because He came in peace to bring peace. Zechariah 9 contains a few surprises among
the verses of familiarity after all.
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