Zechariah 9:9-10 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes to you: he is just… I. CONTEMPLATE MESSIAH IN HIS TITLE, AS A KING. There are many senses in which we may contemplate Christ as a King. 1. He has all the ancestral honours, titles, and high-born qualifications of a king. He was descended of a stock of heavenly royalty; He was the first-born of every creature. 2. Christ gave out laws and principles of government as a King. His sermon on the Mount is a beautiful unfolding of the principles of spiritual rule, the righteous awards which would characterise His future administration. Christ then is a King. He defines the terms of our obedience; He lays down the maxims of the spiritual realm; He declares what worship He will accept, and in what way alone His presence can be approached. 3. Christ protects, defends, and counsels His subjects as a King. In the primitive condition of society monarchs were for the most part chosen on account of their possessing, in the estimation of their subjects, some special kingly qualities. He who was the first to go forth with their armies, He who would redeem them from the power of the oppressor, He who was valiant in fight, prompt in action, prudent in counsel, apt to rule, He by one consent would be allowed to be advanced to the throne; and in this sense, Christ ever vindicated His claim to be the King, and "Head over all things to His Church." And He is King over all His spiritual subjects today. For all the purposes of guidance, help, comfort, and protection, He still reigns. 4. And Christ bestows honours, and gifts, and recompenses, as a King. Christ gives as a King — pardons full and free, grace rich and abounding, crowns bright and glorious. II. CONTEMPLATE MESSIAH IN HIS CHARACTER — HE IS JUST. The word is to be taken in its largest and highest sense, as comprehensive both of the unblemished sanctity of His personal character, and the perfect righteousness which would distinguish His spiritual government. In all His dispensations of grace and goodness, Christ is ever just. III. CONTEMPLATE MESSIAH IN HIS POWER — HAVING SALVATION. He has that which is to procure salvation. His salvation saves from a great danger, it frees from a great condemnation; it was bought at: a great price; it admits to great and glorious prerogatives. Note. also the mild and gentle manner of Christ's spiritual administration. "He is lowly." (Daniel Moore, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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