The Coming King

"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, lowly and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey."

Zechariah 9:9

How great it is to know the King is coming to us!  Kings who rule nations have messengers, ambassadors, servants, and armies to do their bidding and I cannot imagine one having such humility to attend personally to the needs of their subjects.  God bids the daughter of Zion to rejoice greatly because the king comes who is just, having salvation, lowly, and in peace.  He does not come to His own to wage war but in humility, meekness, and ultimately triumph.

This about how the news of the king's coming would affect his starving subjects who were at war and under siege in a city surrounded enemies, the city about to fall.  Consider how great the relief this message would bring a man wrongly imprisoned, knowing his king was coming in justice!  What would it mean for the woman who was being abused by a spouse, a family who had lost everything in a fire, or a child being bullied to hear from the lips of the prophet, "Behold, your King is coming to you?"  To the person feeling alone, lost, or forgotten, to hear "Your King is coming to you!" would bring great rejoicing.  It would immediately shift the focus of the afflicted to the Saviour who was coming with salvation.

It is amazing the King would come to His people, and the manner of His coming is important.  If the King was coming with a great army it would be an intimidating show of force, but to come riding on an ambling donkey shows great humility.  When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, the people shouted with rejoicing, "Hosanna!"  The King of the Jews had come, but Jesus Christ was more than that being the Son of God.  To think God would humble Himself to become lowly man to save sinners and become the servant of all is beyond comprehension.  Though He has ascended alive into heaven, He comes to those who trust in Him today and provides the Holy Spirit, Living Water for our souls which causes us to be refreshed and born again.

To those who need salvation, the coming of Jesus to us is most welcome news.  Let's be those who live in light of the Light of the World, His love and care for us.  If Jesus is not your King, however, it would be great causes for alarm.  The book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ says His second coming will be to take vengeance on His enemies.  A sharp two-edged sword will come out from His mouth to strike the nations, and He will rule the nations with a rod of iron.  Praise God that what strikes fear into His enemies is a source of comfort for those He protects and avenges.  God's people can rejoice always, and again I say rejoice because our King is coming to us having salvation!