Day 6: The Crowning of the Priest-King and the Coming Humble King



Zechariah 6:9–15 & 9:9–10

After the eight visions, the Lord gives Zechariah a symbolic act. He is to take silver and gold from certain returned exiles, make crowns, and set them on the head of Joshua the high priest (6:11). Then the prophetic word is spoken: “Behold the man whose name is The Branch; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord: Even he shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both” (6:12–13).

Here the two offices that had been carefully separated in Israel—king and priest—are united in one Person, the Branch. Only Jesus Christ fulfills this prophecy. He is the King who sits on David’s throne, and He is the great High Priest who ever lives to make intercession. The counsel of peace is between the two offices because they meet perfectly in Him.

Later, in the first major oracle of the book, Zechariah prophesies the manner of the King’s coming: “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass” (9:9). This was fulfilled to the letter on Palm Sunday when Jesus entered Jerusalem. Yet the prophecy continues: “And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem… and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth” (9:10). The first coming was in humility; the second will be in power and universal dominion.

Conservative Christians must hold both truths together. We worship a King who first came lowly, bearing salvation through the cross. We also await a King who will return in glory to speak peace to the nations and to reign from sea to sea. The same Jesus who rode the donkey will one day ride the white horse. Between those two comings we live, serve, and watch. Crown Him with many crowns—both as Priest and as King—and look for His appearing.

DMMC 

7-27-26

Location: Plymouth, IN 46563, USA

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