Daily Sacrifice, May 31 (6:12-13)
“And speak, unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the Man whose name is The BRANCH; and He shall grow up out of His place, and He shall build the temple of the Lord: even He shall build the temple of the Lord; and He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon His throne; and He shall be a priest upon His throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both”— Zechariah 6:12, 13.
CHRIST Himself is the Branch out of Jesse’s root. It is He who builds the temple of the Lord, who bears the glory and shall sit as a Priest upon His throne. The counsel of peace is between the Father and the Son, and all who believe enter into the blessedness of this peace which Christ Himself has made by the blood of His cross, and which He imparts freely. It is not we who make our peace with God, but we enter into the good of it and enjoy this peace when we believe the gospel.
―T. Kelly.