When Jesus Sings

King James Version Chapter 3

14  Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel;

Be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

King James Version Chapter 3

15  The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy:

The king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee:

Thou shalt not see evil any more.

King James Version Chapter 3

16  In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not:

And to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.

King James Version Chapter 3

17  The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty;

He will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy;

He will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

Introduction

Our journey to receive revelation knowledge has brought us to an understanding that all prophecy points to the cross of Jesus. As we are taught, to identify and follow the action of the principals of the Bible, will always yield optimal impact in both the understanding of and the application of scripture.

As our Biblical training asserts, there is no less sensitivity to the image and action of God’s Body relegated in our text. For sure, when we apply the caveats from our pattern of teaching, the aforementioned will become a reality and cause a heightened sense of renewal to the accomplishments of our Lord to bring salvation, renewal and resurrection to His body, the church.

We call your attention to some key points and a few Greater Charity cliches relevant to today’s message.

The first teaches that: “It’s ALL SCRIPTURE ALL THE TIME!” In other words, we understand scripture in light of other scripture. The Bible was written over a period of 1500 years by some 40 contributors having lived in various geographical regions at different times. The Bible is comprised of 66 Books bound into one publication. The harmony of the scriptures speak to its’ divine nature.

Another Greater Charity cliche is this: “Father, Holy Ghost, and Jesus never do anything without each other.” The mere mention of the three in the same sentence should emboldens the understanding that: “Father creates, Holy Spirit develops instruction that Jesus uses to make what His Father Creates.”

And finally: “The action of Father empowers the action of Holy Ghost, whose action empowers Jesus our Lord to take careful, intentional, meticulous, precise, skillful and audaciously explicit action employing the services of the church, which is His body, to manifest the action of His Father, the eternal God, our heavenly Father.”

Understanding that all prophecy points to the cross makes the essence of our text clear. As we enter into the exegetical section of this message, I encourage you to do so with extreme passion; for our Lord continues His saga to rescue His espoused mistress from the clutches of an aggressive enemy who’s intent is to kill, to steal and to destroy that glorious bride, his people, Jerusalem, his body, the church of the living God.

Exegesis

Zephaniah shows how God's justice and love work together through the action of our Lord Jesus to give the world hope, purifying his people and restoring Jerusalem; which is the image of the Lord’s body. Zephaniah announces God's purifying judgment on Israel, the preoptic image of the church.

Our text depicts a Song of Joy (Zephaniah 3:14-17). Verse 14a begins with instruction to sing. Singing is a sign of victory. Singing comes at a time of celebration. We are in good company with this one because David instructed in Psalm 100 that we should “… come before His presence with singing.” Ephesians 5:19 directs individuals to speak “… to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.”

Verse 14b having given reference to the “… daughter of Jerusalem. Daughter of Jerusalem is implication to ‘New Jerusalem’. Jerusalem of the body of people who produced Jesus who is the head of New Jerusalem, the church, which is His body.

The prophetic revelation of Verse 15 is consistent with its’ object described in Hebrews 2:14 which reads: “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; ...” Therefore, the cause for singing is that Jesus who is a picture of Jerusalem and the one who judges has taken away the judgement of the daughter of Jerusalem who is a picture of New Jerusalem or the church by marrying her. Ephesians 5:27 reads: “ That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”

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