I am going to do a few posts entitled “Who Is Jesus?”.
Why?
Because one I think many people in the church haven’t been taught who He is. Scriptures from the Old Testament said who he was going to be and The New Testament scriptures claim who He is and who He said He was.
Zechariah 12:10 – 10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
And “I”…..it says. Who is “I” in this passage. Well for one were talking about an Individual who was pierced by the Jews or the Hous of David. It’s a prophetic verse as we’ll read below and it’s in the Old Testament. Whomever they have pierced, the House of David grieves terribly that they have done so.
So lets take a look from the beginning of Chapter 12 in Zechariah.
Zechariah 12:1-14 – 1 This is the word of the LORD concerning Israel. The LORD, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the spirit of man within him, declares: 2 “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. 3 On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves. 4 On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness,” declares the LORD. “I will keep a watchful eye over the house of Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations. 5 Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the LORD Almighty is their God.’
So we know that this first part is the Lord and it’s a word from him as stated in verse 1. Zechariah 12 is about Israel being surrounded by all the nations around them who want to destroy them. Kind of like…in today’s world. In verse three the Lord states Jerusalem will be an immovable rock. So when Israel gets back in the land again at this period and time, they’re not officially going anywhere again. I say officially because during the last 3 and half years there’s a lot of chaos, but their still not removed. Verse four says the Lord will look out for the house of Judah. Verse 5 now confirms who we think is speaking, because this is the Old Testament. The Lord Almighty is their God.
Tomorrow we will continue on with this story in Who Is Jesus?- Zechariah 12:10 Part 2