"Rejoice
greatly ... your King comes to you ... having salvation ... because of
the blood of My covenant with you" (Zechariah 9:9,11). "The Ruler of the
kings of the earth ... who loves us and has freed us from our sins by
His blood" (Revelation 1:5). The King of love is revealed in both
Zechariah and Revelation. We see, however, different aspects of His
Kingship. We see His two comings. There is His first coming - "Your King
comes to you ... gentle and riding on a donkey" (Zechariah 9:9) - and
His second coming - "He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will
see Him" (Revelation 1:7). The Lord's way - "gentle" is to be our way.
We trust in Him when we are confronted by "men of violence" (Psalm
140:1). We know that, when the King comes again, the men of violence
will be exposed - "every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him;
and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of Him" (Revelation
1:7).
Psalm 48:1-14 Lord, we worship You in the place of worship – “Within Your Temple, we meditate on Your unfailing love.” Help us to go out from there, and play our part in seeing that Your praise “reaches to the ends of the earth” (Psalm 48:: 9-11). How will other people know of Your love, if we don’t tell them? How will they find their way to Your House, if we don’t invite them? When we share Your Word with others, help us to remember Your promise: “My Word … will not return to Me empty, but will … achieve the purpose for which I sent it” (Isaiah 55:11).
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