Today’s passage: Zechariah 12
Helpful thoughts:
- Even when every nation on the face of the earth opposes God and His people, they still lose. Our God will never know defeat.
- God will pour out His grace on the people of Judah, therefore they will look to Jesus (The one “whom they have pierced”) and repent with weeping.
- The Holy Spirit will do a great work to bring those people to repentance and salvation in Christ when He returns. In that day, Israel will be saved (Romans 11:25-27).
- The final verses declaring the repentance of the people is careful to explain that this repentance will not be a formality spoken by the heads of households, but an individual repentance. Every individual soul will be brought to conviction, repentance and faith in Christ Jesus as Lord.
Questions to consider:
- Why should we listen when the Lord declares truth in His Word? What are His “credentials” listed in verse 1?
- How do those credentials give assurance and legitimacy to His promises in this chapter? Who alone could accomplish what God is promising here?
- What is necessary for Israel to repent? What is poured out before their hearts are broken in repentance? (Ephesians 2:8-9, Ezekiel 36:26)