Jesus, Our Intercessor
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Blessings and Curses
Blessings and Curses
in vs 1-6 we saw Zechariah pleading with the people to not do what their ancestors did in
in Deut God promised blessings and curses if they followed his laws
not following God and killing and not listening to the prophets
God wants to bless the people but they would not
Zechariah is telling them to turn to God and He will turn to you
But because of their totally depraved heart it was impossible for them to do that
in fact the people eventually killed Zechariah
and its only through God’s grace that we turn to God
His Grace changes our heart to accept Him
lets look at what God did in the book Haggai
And Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and did the work on the house of Yahweh of hosts, their God,
it was God who prompted the people to work
A few months later Zechariah receives his first vision
Read Zechariah 1 7-17
Pray
Zechariah’s First Vision
Zechariah’s First Vision
On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah the prophet, son of Berekiah, son of Iddo, saying, I had a vision in the night, and look, a man riding on a red horse. And he was standing between the myrtle shrubs that were in the ravine, and behind him were red, reddish-brown, and white horses. And I asked, “What are these, my lord?” And the angel who was talking with me said, “I will show you what these are.”
His first apocalyptic vision was
one man with Zechariah / messenger angel
the myrtle shrubs / small evergreen with flowers
one man with a red horse / Jesus
3 men behind him on horses / Patrolling angels
this vision needs to be interpreted to Zechariah - V 9
he doesn't understand what he is seeing
The man / Angel that was beside Zechariah said V 9
The Man with the red horse now speaks
And the man standing between the myrtle shrubs answered and said, “These are those whom Yahweh has sent to patrol the earth.”
He Gestures to the 3 on horses behind him
and they give their report
And they answered the angel of Yahweh who was standing between the myrtle shrubs, and they said, “We have patrolled the earth, and look, all the earth is dwelling in peace.”
Who did they give their report to? Pre incarnate Jesus
Jesus is the leader of the angels who patrol the earth
Jesus knows all but still has angels out on patrol
lets look at this in Heaven
And it happened one day that the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan also came into their midst. So Yahweh said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, “From roaming on the earth and from walking about in it.”
the patrolling angels came back from their patrol to give their report
Satan is also on patrol
Be sober; be on the alert. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
aren't you glad there are good angels also out there patrolling
The report is-- the earth is dwelling in peace
it is the second year of Darius
Darius put down some uprisings that was happening in the kingdom
Darius has his own patrol men on fast horses reporting back to him
the world at peace should be a good thing but...
Jerusalem was in ruin
God’s people have no place to worship
globalism is alive and well
but God’s people are being persecuted
the world is at peace but God’s wrath has been poured out on the children of Israel
Jesus Intercedes For His People
Jesus Intercedes For His People
this is the theme of the message
the conversation now turns Heavenward
we are going to see Jesus praying to the Father
as a response to the report from the patrolling
the report that the earth is at peace
The angel of Yahweh answered and said, “O Yahweh of hosts, how long will you have no compassion on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which you showed fury these seventy years?”
Jesus asks the Father, How long?
the question is should He have compassion?
what has the people of Israel done do deserve compassion?
Have they turned to God?
Have they followed His commandments?
do they obey His law?
do they love Him more than they love themselves?
the answer is a resounding NO
Lets step back and re read V 12
Jesus is pleading for Jerusalem
Jesus is pleading for the people
because of His great love for them
because of the covenant that He gave to Abraham
And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great. And you will be a blessing. And I will bless those who bless you, and those who curse you I will curse. And all families of the earth will be blessed in you.”
On that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram saying, “To your offspring I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates river,
these unconditional covenants were given to Abraham
then talking to David about Solomon God says
He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be a father to him, and he will be a son for me, whom I will punish when he does wrong, with a rod of men and with blows of human beings. But my loyal love shall not depart from him as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before you; your throne shall be established forever.” ’ ”
God has promised to love, to keep David’s descendants on the throne
promised to make Israel a great nation
to change their heart
And I will sprinkle on you pure water, and you will be clean from all of your uncleanness, and I will cleanse you from all of your idols. And I will give a new heart to you, and a new spirit I will give into your inner parts, and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh, and I will give to you a heart of flesh. And I will give my spirit into your inner parts, and I will make it so that you will go in my rules, and my regulations you will remember, and you will do them.
all of these promises God gave to the people
Jesus is here interceding for them
How long? its been 70 years
when will you restore Jerusalem?
The Answer
The Answer
Jesus is praying to the Father on behalf of the people in Jerusalem
Jesus is praying on behalf of Zechariah
these are the questions that zechariah wants to know the answer to
probably is afraid to ask
then the Father answers to the messenger angel
With gracious and comforting words Yahweh answered the angel who was talking with me.
Gracious and comforting words
Our God is Good
our God is love
Our God is full of compassion
our God is full of grace and mercy
despite their undeservidness He will restore Jerusalem
And the angel who was talking with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts: “I am very jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion!
God has a love for Jerusalem even today
God will keep His promises to the Nation Israel
And I am extremely angry with the nations that are at ease, for while I was a little angry, they furthered disaster.”
the nations that God used to punish Israel went overboard
Therefore, thus says Yahweh: “I have returned to Jerusalem with compassion. My temple will be built in it,” declares Yahweh of hosts, “and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.” ’
God will again bless Israel
Proclaim again, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts: “My cities shall again overflow from prosperity, and Yahweh will comfort Zion again, and he will choose Jerusalem again.” ’ ”
what great comfort to God’s people, that God is in charge
What a great comfort to know that Jesus is interceding for us before the throne of God
Standing in the gap for us
For there is one God and one mediator between God and human beings, the man Christ Jesus,
Who is the one who condemns? Christ is the one who died, and more than that, who was raised, who is also at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.
Therefore also he is able to save completely those who draw near to God through him, because he always lives in order to intercede on their behalf.
We are also a undeserving people who The Father loved enough to send Jesus to die for us
to be the substitute sacrifice on our behalf
to make our heart of stone into flesh
to make us from unbelieving to believing
to make us from a son of satan to be adopted into the family of God
Jesus interceded on our behalf