Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Zechariah 12:10 - 12:14

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Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Zechariah 12:10 - 12:14


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Repentance and Conversion

v. 10. And I will pour upon the house of David,
the entire royal family, the royal priesthood of the Church of the New Testament, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the members of His congregation in general, the Spirit of grace and of supplications, Him who works in the heart of man the certainty of the divine grace and urges him to seek forgiveness of sins by daily prayer; and they shall look upon Me whom they have pierced, as they nailed their Redeemer to the cross, Joh_19:34; Rev_1:7, and they shall mourn for Him as one mourneth for his only son, acknowledging their transgression in killing the Prince of Life, Act_3:15, and shall be in bitterness for Him as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn, almost the greatest grief and sorrow known to the Jews.

v. 11. In that day,
when the greatness of their crime in putting their own Messiah to death, would be brought home to some of the people, shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as is ever the case when men realize that their sins were the cause of Christ's death, as the mourning of Hadad-rimmon, when the men of Judah mourned so bitterly over the death of their King Josiah, who was mortally wounded near that place in the Plain of Esdraelon, 2Ch_35:22 ff. in the Valley of Megiddon, this being the name of the battlefield.

v. 12. And the land shall mourn, every family apart,
every section of the nation taking part in this expression of sorrow:. the family of the house of David, those of royal descent, apart and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan, probably those belonging to the prophetic order, apart and their wives apart;

v. 13. the family of the house of Levi,
those belonging to the priestly family, apart and their wives apart; the family of Shimei, the teachers of the people, apart and their wives apart, so that two were of royal line and two of priestly descent;

v. 14. all the families that remain, every family apart and their wives apart.
Nor would this sorrow of true repentance be in vain. Zec_13:1. In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to the entire nation, as representative of the Church of the New Testament, in whose members the fruit of Christ's redemption is realized, for sin and for uncleanness. The blood of Christ, shed for the sins of the whole world, has prepared a water of sprinkling which thoroughly cleanses sinners from their uncleanness. Cf 1Jn_1:7. It is the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost which is shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ, our Savior, also in Holy Baptism. Tit_3:5-6.