Today’s passage: Zechariah 13
Helpful thoughts:
- There are two units in today’s chapter:
- Verses 1-6 – Israel is cleansed by the fountain of Christ’s blood and the people will live in righteousness.
- Public idolatry will cease.
- False prophets will have no success deceiving people.
- They will have to hide their idolatry and wicked practices from the rest of society (Verses 3-6).
- Verses 7-9 – The Good Shepherd is struck for our sins and a remnant will be saved out of Israel.
- Jesus refers to this prophecy in Matthew 26:31.
- Verses 1-6 – Israel is cleansed by the fountain of Christ’s blood and the people will live in righteousness.
Questions to consider:
- What does this passage teach us about the basis of everyone’s salvation, whether they are saved now or at the second coming of Christ? On what grounds must a person be saved?
- What did we learn about the obedience of God’s people during the millennial kingdom? If people are not truly loyal to Christ, what will they have to do? Will they succeed in hiding their rebellion forever (Revelation 20:7-10)?
- How do these prophecies help us to think about obedience? Christ died to pay the penalty for our sins, and now how are we to live before our holy and sovereign God? (Romans 6:1-4)