The Pierced One (8/1-7)

01-07 August 2015 - The Pierced One – Manna by Dorothy Callies

Zechariah 12:10 NLT, “Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the family of David and on all the people of Jerusalem. They will look on Me whom they have pierced and mourn for Him as for an only son. . .”

The commentary in KJV, “They shall mourn for Him” states: “In the midst of danger on that day of battle, the people will cry out to God for His help. God will pour out His Holy Spirit to bring grace and to answer their prayers. The repentant people will then recognize that they were guilty for the Roman sword which pierced the side of Jesus the Messiah.”

Zechariah 12:11 KJV, “In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem…” The commentary states: “Eventually all people will realize that Jesus, the man who was pierced and killed, is indeed the Messiah. There will be an awakening, with sorrow for sin and genuine revival. The crucified Messiah will be clearly revealed.” Philippians 2:10 KJV, “And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord …”

To understand this future prophecy’s Scriptures, one needs to know a story of Joseph and his brothers. Often I have watched the heart touching movie of Joseph. Joseph is a type of Christ and Joseph’s brother is a type of Christ’s future family. There will be a beautiful reunion between Christ and His future family.

I would like to come to a few point of Joseph’s story. His brothers rejected him and sold him to Egyptians. Years came to pass, Joseph became the second ruler in order to prepare the seven plenteous years of gathering corns for another seven years of famine. This was where his brothers travel to Egypt to buy corn for their families because there was famine in the land of Canaan.   

Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but they knew not him (Gen.42:8). Joseph was a type of Jesus and “Jesus came to His own, and His own received Him not” (John 1:11). His brothers did not recognized Joseph and Jesus’ own people did not recognized Him as a Messiah yet. So the story of Joseph goes on until the brothers made the second trip to Egypt and until the second time . . .

Joseph revealed himself to his brothers. They were troubled at his presence. They mourned what they have done, but Joseph said, “Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: FOR GOD DID SEND ME BEFORE YOU TO PRESERVE LIFE” (Gen.45:1-5). “So now it was not you that sent me, it was God . . .” (Gen. 45:7-8).

Jesus like Joseph will reveal Himself to His own people the second time, Jesus will say to His very own people, “Come near, I am Jesus, your brother, whom you crucified. Now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you crucified Me: FOR GOD DID SEND ME BEFORE YOU TO SAVE THE WORLD AND HAVE ETERNAL LIFE” (John 3:16). There will be a great time of rejoicing between the Messiah and His own people just like the story of Joseph. 

I hope and pray that you get the whole picture of what Zechariah 12:10 was about. May the Lord richly bless you!