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Zechariah 6:12

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Tell him this is what the Lord All-Powerful says: ‘A man whose name is the Branch will branch out from where he is, and he will build the Temple of the Lord.

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He will build a house for me, and I will let his kingdom rule always.

The builders finished laying the foundation of the Temple of the Lord. Then the priests, dressed in their robes, stood with their trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, stood with their cymbals. They all took their places and praised the Lord just as David king of Israel had said to do.

In the second month of the second year after their arrival at the Temple of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, their fellow priests and Levites, and all who had returned from captivity to Jerusalem began to work. They chose Levites twenty years old and older to be in charge of the building of the Temple of the Lord.

A new branch will grow from a stump of a tree; so a new king will come from the family of Jesse.

At that time the Lord’s branch will be very beautiful and great. The people still living in Israel will be proud of what the land grows.

He grew up like a small plant before the Lord, like a root growing in a dry land. He had no special beauty or form to make us notice him; there was nothing in his appearance to make us desire him.

“The days are coming,” says the Lord, “when I will raise up a good branch in David’s family. He will be a king who will rule in a wise way; he will do what is fair and right in the land.

In those days and at that time, I will make a good branch sprout from David’s family. He will do what is fair and right in the land.

They will live on the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land in which your ancestors lived. They will all live on the land forever: they, their children, and their grandchildren. David my servant will be their king forever.

The man brought me to the Holy Place and measured its side walls, which were each ten and one-half feet thick.

“The kingdom of David is like a fallen tent, but in that day I will set it up again and mend its broken places. I will rebuild its ruins as it was before.

He will bring peace. Assyria will surely come into our country and walk over our large buildings. We will set up seven shepherds, eight leaders of the people.

“Sword, hit the shepherd. Attack the man who is my friend,” says the Lord All-Powerful. “Kill the shepherd, and the sheep will scatter, and I will punish the little ones.”

“ ‘Listen, Joshua, the high priest, and your friends who are sitting in front of you. They are symbols of what will happen. I am going to bring my servant called the Branch.

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Work hard, you who are hearing these words today. The prophets spoke these words when the foundation was laid for the house of the Lord All-Powerful, for the building of the Temple.

So I tell you, you are Peter. On this rock I will build my church, and the power of death will not be able to defeat it.

“This man said, ‘I can destroy the Temple of God and build it again in three days.’ ”

“We heard this man say, ‘I will destroy this Temple that people made. And three days later, I will build another Temple not made by people.’ ”

People walked by and insulted Jesus and shook their heads, saying, “You said you could destroy the Temple and build it again in three days.

When the army officer who was standing in front of the cross saw what happened when Jesus died, he said, “This man really was the Son of God!”

With the loving mercy of our God, a new day from heaven will dawn upon us.

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the man that Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about him. He is Jesus, the son of Joseph, from Nazareth.”

So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”

Brothers, understand what we are telling you: You can have forgiveness of your sins through Jesus. The law of Moses could not free you from your sins. But through Jesus everyone who believes is free from all sins.

God has set a day that he will judge all the world with fairness, by the man he chose long ago. And God has proved this to everyone by raising that man from the dead!”

We are God’s workers, working together; you are like God’s farm, God’s house.

But after Christ offered one sacrifice for sins, forever, he sat down at the right side of God.

But because Jesus lives forever, he will never stop serving as priest.

You can see how great Melchizedek was. Abraham, the great father, gave him a tenth of everything that he won in battle.

Every high priest has the work of offering gifts and sacrifices to God. So our high priest must also offer something to God.




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