Zech. 14:9–The Lord Will Be King

Zechariah 14:9–"And the Lord will be King over all the earth.  On that day the Lord will be one and His name one."

The promises of God are certain.  The promises of God are sure.  This is one of those promises, that God will be King over all the earth.  He is the One.  This is it, everything.  As Christians, the totality eternal hope depends upon the fact that God is faithful to fulfill all that He has promised through His Son, Christ Jesus.

In the end, perhaps the only appropriate response to this verse is a loud and resounding AMEN!

Luke 1:67-70–Zechariah's Song!

Luke 1:67-70–"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David, as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets of old,"

This is only a portion of one of the beautiful praises in all of Scripture.  We read that an angel of the Lord came to an elderly couple who had been without child and prophesied that a son would be born, a prophet who would herald in the coming of the Messiah.  Zechariah, having been informed by the angel, doesn't believe in the prophecy that he and his wife would be blessed with a son.  As a result of this doubt, Zechariah is ridden with muteness, unable to speak until his son, John, is born.  But as soon as John is born and named Zechariah is filled with the Holy Spirit and utters this beautiful and profound song of prophecy and praise.  It is this utterance that I point you to today.  Consider the great adoration that Zechariah heaps upon the Lord!