The King's Coming
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Welcome:
Welcome:
Turn to Zech Ch. 9 (Penultimate prophet)
!!Open in Prayer!!
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Introduction
Introduction
We live in a world filled with problems.
Amongst these, we find wars have broken out for millennia.
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ANCIENT LAND CONQUESTS--
BUT NOW...MODERN NATIONS SET—YOU’D THINK WARS WOULD CEASE
WORLD WARS APPROX 100 YEARS AGO
MANY WARS SINCE
KOREAN WAR
VIETNAM
WAR on TERROR
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PRESENT:
RUSSIA/UKRAINE
CONFLICTS in ISRAEL
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Sad Reality: TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS — KILLING MORE EFFICIENCY
BOWS —> FULL-AUTO RIFLES
HORSES —> TANKS / AIRCRAFT
CATAPAULTS—> CANNON —> NUCLEAR/HYDROGEN BOMBS
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Need: ANYONE EVER DESIRE PEACE?
WORLD WITHOUT WORRY/WARS?
DOORS STAY UNLOCKED?
NATIONS GETTING ALONG?
Transition: Today’s text brings a MESSAGE of HOPE for a world filled w/ sorrows & wars...
LOOKING @ ZECH. CH. 9… V9-17
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II. Scripture Reading
II. Scripture Reading
Read Zechariah 9:9-17
Zechariah 9:9–17 (ESV)
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
11 As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
12 Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.
13 For I have bent Judah as my bow; I have made Ephraim its arrow. I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and wield you like a warrior’s sword.
14 Then the Lord will appear over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning; the Lord God will sound the trumpet and will march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.
15 The Lord of hosts will protect them, and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones, and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine, and be full like a bowl, drenched like the corners of the altar.
16 On that day the Lord their God will save them, as the flock of his people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land.
17 For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the young women.
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III. Background
III. Background
Context: ZECHARIAH PROPHESIED DURING RECONSTRUCTION—AFTER BABYLONIAN EXILE
O.T. — ABOUT GOD’S COVENANT W/ ABRAHAM & DESCENDANTS — NATION of ISRAEL
TIMES of PROSPERITY: DAVID & SOLOMON
Timeline:
NATION SPLITS — ISRAEL & JUDAH
BABYLONIAN EXILE—CONSEQUENCE of SIN/ DISOBEDIENCE
AFTERWARDS—REBUILDING/RECONSTRUCTION
EZRA
NEHEMIAH
ZERUBABBEL
HAGGAI
TO THESE PEOPLE: ZECH. BRINGS MESSAGE of HOPE.
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Context:
ZECH. FINISHED PRONOUNCING JUDGMENT on ISRAEL’S ENEMIES
LARGELY FULFILLED BY ALEXANDER the GREAT
Transition: NOW ADDRESSING PEOPLE of GOD W/ MESSAGE of HOPE....
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Relevance: This passage offers encouragement for us today,
POINTS to MESSIAH— WE KNOW as JESUS...
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IV. Passage Exposition
IV. Passage Exposition
A. Key Idea: The King’s Arrival Sparks Rejoicing (v. 9)
A. Key Idea: The King’s Arrival Sparks Rejoicing (v. 9)
Zechariah 9:9 (ESV)
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Twin Commands: “Rejoice greatly! Shout aloud!”—a RARE, JOYFUL CALL from a prophet.
Background: Typically PROPHETS = CALLING people to REPENTANCE/ PREDICTING JUDGMENT.
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REJOICE = COMMAND (Phil. 4:4)
Philippians 4:4 (ESV)
4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.
“In Scripture…the command to rejoice is never divorced from reason”
CHRISTIAN ALWAYS HAS a REASON to REJOICE...
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Contextual Reason: “Your king is coming”—the LONG-AWAITED MESSIAH—LORD JESUS...
—> Fulfilled on PALM SUNDAY—JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM
Luke’s Account:
Luke 19:37–40 (ESV)
37 As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen,
38 saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
39 And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”
40 He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”
Exhort: REJOICE = COMMAND
IF DISCIPLES DISOBEYED—CREATION WOULD REPLACE THEM!!...
—STONES CRYING OUT!
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CHURCH = SUPPOSED to BE a REJOICING PEOPLE...
“You’re allowed to get excited in church!”
Background, Church History:
SOME THOUGHT— CHRISTIAN GATHERINGS—DRUNKEN ORGIES!
KNOWN for REJOICING/ DOMINANT THEME & EMOTION—CHRIST is ALIVE!!
Has the Church lost her shout///her passion///her rejoicing?
CLASSIC EXAMPLE—SPORTS
FOOD NETWORK COMPETITIONS—THEY DON’T EVEN EAT the FOOD!
MINECRAFT MOVIE—PEOPLE GETTING KICKED OUT??
“It’s weird when you’re having too much fun and the cops get called”
THESE THINGS DON’T CHANGE YOUR LIFE—BUT JESUS DOES!
COMING to CHURCH: “I’VE HEARD IT BEFORE...”
KING’S COMING = REASON to REJOICE!
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Character of the King (X3):
I. Righteous:
CONTRAST W/ WICKED LEADERS in ISRAEL & JUDAH
MODERN POLITICAL LEADERS—ALWAYS THROWING DIRT on EACH OTHER
THIS KING = SINLESS
RULING JUSTLY & FAIRLY
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II. Bringing Salvation:
FIRST from SIN/DEATH
LATER from NATURAL ENEMIES
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III. Humble—
ALTHOUGH KING
ALTHOUGH RIGHTEOUS
ALTHOUGH BRINGING SALVATION/DELIVERANCE
HE is HUMBLE
**RIDES DONKEY’S COLT...—NOT a WAR HORSE**
Ref: P.P. Picture—Me on Donkey
DONKEYS AREN’T VALIANT!— DON’T RIDE ONE INTO WAR!
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HE CAME NOT to CONQUER…BUT CAME in PEACE
to JERUSALEM “CITY of PEACE”
THIS = FULFILLED on PALM SUNDAY...
App: THIS KING = WORTH REJOICING OVER...
Transition: ALREADY GOOD…BUT THERE’S MORE to COME—YET UNFUFILLED:
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 10...
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B. Key Idea: The King’s Future Reign Brings Peace (v. 10)
Zechariah 9:10 (ESV)
10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
Future promise: PERFECT PEACE
GOD WILL END WAR:
CUTTING OFF CHARIOT—EPHRAIM (NORTH)
CUTTING OFF WAR HORSE—JERUSALEM (SOUTH)
Background: PEOPLE ADMONISHED—NOT to TRUST in THESE THINGS—BUT GOD WORKS THROUGH MEANS…OBVIOUSLY NEEDED WEAPONS!
A time is coming when weapons of war will be obsolete...
MESSIAH’S REIGN— WILL BE OVER ALL the EARTH
SEA to SEA
EUPHRATES (RIVER) to ENDS of EARTH
Contrast: I CAN SEE (V9)…BUT I DON’T SEE (V10) YET…??
THIS PEACE = UNREALIZED.
RIGHT NOW PEOPLE NEED THEIR WEAPONS of WAR—OTHERWISE THEY’LL BE CONQUERED...
Hope: BUT a DAY is COMING...
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Church— We’re living in the 9 1/2....
WE LIVE in ZECH 9.... 9 1/2...
Past: We know Palm Sunday & 1st coming
Future: We anticipate 2nd coming
NOT MOCKINGLY CALLED “KING of JEWS”
BUT RIGHTFULLY CALLED “KING of KINGS” — OF ALL CREATION...
2 pet. 3:13
2 Peter 3:13 (ESV)
13 But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Transition: This promise comes from an incredibly faithful God...
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 11-13...
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C. The King’s Future Salvation and Victory (vv. 11-17)
C. The King’s Future Salvation and Victory (vv. 11-17)
Zechariah 9:11–13 (ESV)
11 As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
12 Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.
13 For I have bent Judah as my bow; I have made Ephraim its arrow. I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and wield you like a warrior’s sword.
GOD SAYS HE’S BRINGING THEM BACK FULLY FROM CAPTIVITY (SYMBOLIZED as WATERLESS PIT)
WHY?
Reason: BECAUSE of BLOOD of COVENANT
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Background:
DEUTERONOMY CH. 28-30---
28—BLESSINGS & CURSES
29—COVENANT RENEWAL
30—CONDITIONAL PROMISES
RETURN to YAHWEH—YOU’LL RETURN to the LAND...
Explain: FEARFUL FAITHFULNESS of GOD
FAITHFUL to ALL of IT!!
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GOD (IN ZECH.) = HOLDING to HIS END of the DEAL!
(V12) Promise: RETURN to STRONGHOLD— “JERUSALEM” —
PRISONERS of HOPE WHO STILL HAVE REASON for HOPE!
The SAME GOD:
MADE COVENANT W/ ABRAHAM
MADE COVENANT W/ ISRAEL
PROMISED a RESTORATION from CAPTIVITY & FULFILLED IT...
SAME GOD:
SENT HIS SON on PALM SUNDAY
PROMISES HE’S COMING AGAIN
HE. IS. FAITHFUL.!
Transition: Again, He’ll tell of a future day of salvation:
LOOK W/ ME @ V14-15
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Zechariah 9:14–15 (ESV)
14 Then the Lord will appear over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning; the Lord God will sound the trumpet and will march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.
15 The Lord of hosts will protect them, and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones, and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine, and be full like a bowl, drenched like the corners of the altar.
the LORD—Yahweh— WILL BRING SALVATION
HE is the MIGHTY GOD...
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(V15) Explain: LORD of HOSTS — GOD of ANGEL-ARMIES
HEAVEN’S ARMIES
HEAVENLY FORCES
“ALMIGHTY” —POINTING to HIS POWER
COMMANDER in CHIEF of ARMIES of HEAVEN!
THIS GOD…HAS PROMISED FUTURE SALVATION & DELIVERANCE
Transition: Text will close…
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 16-17...
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Zechariah 9:16–17 (ESV)
16 On that day the Lord their God will save them, as the flock of his people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land.
17 For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the young women.
FUTURE DAY of SALVATION = COMING for the PEOPLE of GOD
ALL WHO HAVE HIM as SHEPHERD—WILL BE SAVED
DAY WILL BRING PROSPERITY...
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Transition: And so what is God’s Word saying to us this morning?
Preaching Idea:
Preaching Idea:
The King’s coming brings peace and demands rejoicing.
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V. Gospel Connection
V. Gospel Connection
THE KING’S COMING = HUGE DEAL.
I LOVE: JESUS PIT-STOPS..
…TO GRAB a DONKEY to FULFILL PROPHECY.
DISTANCE from BETHPHAGE to JERUSALEM WASN’T TOO FAR—
Reality: JESUS WAS MAKING CLAIM to KINGSHIP—SHOWCASING HE WAS the MESSIAH
HE CAME RIGHTEOUSLY
HE CAME to SAVE
HE CAME HUMBLY in PEACE.
No greater humility:
Philippians 2:6–8 (ESV)
6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,
7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
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First Coming: HE HUMBLED HIMSELF— TO BRING ABOUT a GREATER PEACE than PEACE BETWEEN HUMANKIND
**PEACE BETWEEN MAN & HIS CREATOR**
Romans 5:1 (ESV)
1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
JESUS MADE a WAY for US to BE @ PEACE W/ GOD...
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Problem: HOLY & JUST GOD...
KNOWS ALL ABOUT US...
&& WE’RE SINFUL—WHILE HE’S PERFECT & JUST...
FRIGHTFUL THING...
Solution: BUT HE CAME,, PAYING the PRICE for SIN—PAVING the WAY to PEACE....
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Invitation:
IF YOU’RE NOT @ PEACE W/ GOD—YOU CAN BE…TODAY…
...THROUGH the PERFECT SACRIFICE of JESUS CHRIST...
TALK AFTER SERVICE
Transition: FOR THOSE @ PEACE W/ GOD—SOME ADDITIONAL ENCOURAGEMENT
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VI. Application: Rejoice! The King Has Come & Will Come!
VI. Application: Rejoice! The King Has Come & Will Come!
CHURCH WE HAVE REASON to REJOICE...
COMMAND to REJOICE is NEVER DIVORCED from REASON.
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OUR REJOICING—2FOLD TODAY.
Rejoice Now: CHRIST HAS COME
RIGHTEOUS KING
BROUGHT SALVATION
CAME HUMBLY—BRINGING PEACE W/ GOD.
**SOMETIMES LIFE = HARD,, WE COME to CHURCH FRIED,, DON’T FEEL LIKE REJOICING...
BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE REASON to...
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Transition: AND IT GETS EVEN BETTER...
NOT ONLY REJOICING BECAUSE HE HAS COME...
BUT REJOICING BECAUSE HE WILL COME.
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HE’S NOT COMING on a DONKEY AGAIN...
Revelation 19:11–16 (ESV)
11 Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.
12 His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself.
13 He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God.
14 And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses.
15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.
A DAY is COMING—
CHRIST WILL RETURN NOT on a DONKEY
—BUT on a WHITE HORSE
DAY of SALVATION for HIS PEOPLE
DAY of JUDGMENT for HIS ENEMIES
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RESULT: DAY of PERFECT PEACE
CHARIOTS WILL BE CUT OFF
WAR HORSES WILL BE RETIRED...
GATES in HEAVENLY JERUSALEM ARE NEVER LOCKED!!
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BUT WE WAIT BY FAITH...
IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF DISCOURAGED
— REMIND YOURSELF: “I’M LIVING in the 9 1/2”
BETWEEN HIS TWO COMINGS
I CAN REJOICE HE HAS COME
& I CAN REJOICE HE WILL COME
& THAT DAY of PERFECT PEACE is COMING... AMEN?
Close in Prayer
