"A Priest Upon His Throne"
"This man, after he had offered one sacrifice for
sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God." Hebrews 10:12
The prophet Zechariah realized more truth concerning the mediatorial offices of the Lord Jesus Christ than do the majority
of our modern "theologians". He knew that our Lord could not be an
effectual Priest unless he was also a sovereign King. Therefore, he spoke of
him accomplishing his work and being exalted as "a priest upon his
throne" (Zech.
1. The Lord Jesus Christ Has Put
Away Sin By His One Atoning Sacrifice - "This man," this divinely
mysterious person, in all of his glorious Godhood and perfect manhood, has put
away sin by one all sufficient sacrifice. Our High Priest has accomplished what
the priests of
2. Having Perfectly Accomplished
Our Redemption, The Lord Jesus Christ Was Exalted To The Throne Of Glory. The
Priest sits upon his throne. Having power over all flesh, he gives eternal
life, repentance, and remission of sins to as many as the Father gave him. Our
Surety sat down forever in heaven. Jesus Christ stood in the sinner's place.
The guilt of all his elect was imputed to him. God accounted him, to be a sinner.
As such, he could not enter heaven until he had washed that sin away in his own
blood. Until those sins of his people were gone, our High Priest could not sit down in the holy place.
But, blessed: be his name, our Surety is freed from sin and so are we!
Don Fortner