Please join us for the 3rd Wednesday of Lent (3/11 at 4 PM). In God’s service to His flock at New Life this evening is Rev. Caleb Strutz.
Our text from Zechariah this week is about an Old Testament priest being crowned as a king. Does that sound like a confusion of church and state? The Lord had actually forbidden such a dual role. Yet the Lord can always make an exception to His own rules. That is what we see as the high priest Joshua receives the royal crown. In holding both offices, Joshua serves as a picture of Christ. (By the way, Jesus’ name in Hebrew is Y’shua, or Joshua.)