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Zachariah, chapter 6, verses 12 and 13, and say to him, thus says the Lord of hosts,

behold, the man whose name is the branch, for he shall branch out from his place,

and he shall build the temple of the Lord, and as he who shall build the temple of the Lord,

and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne, and there shall be a priest

on his throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. Yes, I, I love these

minor prophets. There's nothing minor about them. These are glorious books and pictures

in the Old Testament. One of God's love for his people in that time and that place, God,

speaking to his people, calling them back to himself and giving them promises to hold on to

for the future. And this is one of those promises talking about the man whose name is the branch,

and the branch there, since you're listening to this, just, you know, it's capitalized B,

capital B branch, which is a picture we see all throughout the Old Testament to refer to the

kingly line of David. So this is talking about one who will come from the line of King David,

who will build the temple of the Lord and bear royal honor. So this picture of a king to come,

who will rule on his throne. And yet, right after that, in verse 13, second part of verse 13, it says,

and there shall be a priest on his throne, and the counsel of peace be between them both. So

basically the picture here in Zechariah chapter 6 is the unining of king and priest in one,

the priest on the throne, and the counsel of peace being between them both. The picture is a perfect

priest and king in one person. This is giving us a picture of Zechariah chapter 6 centuries

before Jesus came. Zechariah chapter 6 is telling us about the perfect priest king. And Jesus

is the fulfillment of this picture of this promise. Jesus is the perfect high priest who makes

a tonement for sin. He brings peace with God to sinners. I just soaked that in you and I

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