Concluding chapter 9 in his verse-by-verse study of the Book of Zechariah (זְכַרְיָה), Brother Gideon Levytam takes up verses 10 to 17 and the return of the King. Verse 9 was fulfilled when Yeshua rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. Verse 10 waits for His return: between the two verses lie some two thousand years. Our people have long spoken of two Messiahs, one who suffers and one who reigns. There is only one Messiah, and He comes twice. He came once to die for the sin of the world. He is coming again to reign. In His kingdom the instruments of war will be cut off. He will speak peace, shalom (שָׁלוֹם), to the nations, and swords will be beaten into plowshares (Isaiah 2:4). His rule will reach from sea to sea, to the ends of the earth. Israel's restoration rests on the blood of the covenant, not on her own righteousness. The old sacrifices could only cover sin; the blood of the Messiah takes it away (Jeremiah 31:31). Zechariah calls Israel prisoners of hope: captives still, but captives with God's promise. The LORD Himself will defend His people and save them in that day as His own flock. Israel will see her King at last and say: how great is His goodness, and how great His beauty. Everyone who receives Him can say the same now, in this day of grace.
Zechariah 9:10-17 - The Coming King and the Prisoners of Hope
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