Zechariah 6

2. True peace flows from subjection to Christ; where Christ gives peace, there he sets up his government in the heart (Isaiah 9:7): Of his government and peace there shall be no end. Christ is called a priest upon his throne (Zechariah 6:13). Christ as a priest makes peace, but…

But as he was in many things typed by the Levitical Priests, so in what they could not reach to, he was represented in Melchisedec, who was both a King and a Priest. And hence he is prophesied of as a Priest upon his Throne (Zechariah 6:13). And the immutable stability of his st…

Even the sins of the world, his will permits them, his power assists in the act, and his wisdom orders the sinfulness of the act for holy ends. The four chariots in Zechariah 6:2-5, by which some understand angels, are sent upon commission into the several parts of the world, an…

And he is so certain of his enemies being made his footstool, that he is waiting till he see it done; he must reign till then, despite all the malice and might of devils, and men. 3. It's a difficulty to the Church and people of God, to think on such great confusions as are in t…

The fairest and most glorious sight, that ever the eye of man saw, shall be, when Christ shall come riding through the clouds, on his chariot of glory, accompanied with his mighty angels, and with one pull, or shake of his mighty arms, shall cause the stars to fall from heaven,…

Even as then in the second chapter he disputed touching the restoring of mount Zion, so now also he promises, that a new Church shall spring up, even as a bud or sprig shoots up in the field, which was undressed before. They do commonly expound this place of Christ: and so much…

Anger, or the Irascible Faculty, Eccles. 7. 10. Fury, Zech. 6. 8. He will cut off the Spirit of Princes; that is, their Pride, Insolency, and Contempt of others. [[original in non-Latin script]] in the New Testament frequently intends the Intellectual Part of the Mind or Soul, a…

See Romans 11:7; chapter 8:28, &c. 3. This purpose of God being communicated with, and to the Lord Christ, or the Son, and so becoming the counsel of peace between them both (Zechariah 6:13), he rejoicing to do the work that was incumbent on him for the accomplishment of it (Pro…

That the soul of the Lord was well pleased with him and always delighted in him (Isaiah 42:1), and yet, that it pleased him to bruise him and put him to grief (Isaiah 53:10), to forsake him (Psalm 22:1). That he was to be a king and a priest upon his throne (Zechariah 6:13), and…

And hence the Rabbins speak of a three-fold crown, of the Ark, Altar and Table; of the last for the King, of the midst for the Priest, of the first for they know not whom, as Rabbi Solomon expressly. Indeed all representing the three-fold offices of Christ, for whom the crowns w…

First, the Rise and spring of it is to be considered. It came forth from the Eternal mutual consent and counsel of the father and the Son, Zechariah 6:13. The counsel of peace shall be between them both.

Conviction is the first step to conversion (John 8:16). 2. Has God ever made you willing to take Christ upon his own terms (Zechariah 6:13)? He shall be a Priest upon his Throne: Are you as willing that Christ should be upon the throne of your heart to rule, as a Priest at the A…

So was he by his Father designed to this work, Isaiah 42:1, Isaiah 61:1, Isaiah 49:9, Malachi 3:1, Zechariah 13:7, John 3:16, 1 Timothy 1:15. Thus the counsel of peace became to be between them both, Zechariah 6:13 — that is, the Father and the Son. And the Son rejoiced from ete…

8. As the former Argument is from the promise made to Christ, and fulfilled to him, so this is from the predictions, prophecies and promises of him, as he, of whom such glorious promises are foretold, and may claim the thing promised, by faith, he has some word of promise for su…

By Samuel Rutherford, Professor of Divinity in the University of St. Andrews. Zechariah 6:12. And speak to him, saying — Thus speaks the LORD of Hosts, saying, Behold the Man whose name is the BRANCH, and he shall grow out of his place, and He shall build the Temple of the LORD.…

This justice must be satisfied; man can no more approach to God but by a Mediator, for without one, God is a consuming fire. God graciously resolves to bring some of that unhappy race back again to himself, and be a fountain of life to them, and herein to manifest his rich grace…