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The Branch

"Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou,

and they fellows that sit before thee;

for they are men wondered at; for, behold,

I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH."

Zechariah 3:8 KJV

 

• Name of God the Son
• "The Branch" appears six times in the KJV.
• Jesus is a branch- as in the most important branch of the family tree of King David.
• In Zechariah's vision, Joshua (the successor to Moses) is standing in front of God having his earthly clothes replaced by heavenly robes and God introduces him to Jesus.

In a park built on the grounds of what was once an imposing Scottish castle, a tree fell down. The gardeners came along and cut off most of the branches. But wise men that they were, they realized that a few of the tree's roots were still in the ground, and one new branch with fresh green leaves had sprouted since the tree had fallen. They left that little branch, and it grew while the trunk decomposed.

 

As it reached for the sky, the little branch began to look more and more like a tree in its own right. Eventually roots began to appear from the sides of the trunk, and from the nourishment provided by its fallen parent, a new tree came to be. Now birds live in it, children climb it, and families picnic in its shade.

The lineage of Jesus as recorded in the Bible might be seen as a tree- a family tree.

 

Adam, Abraham, David, and the others all fell eventually, but from their "trunk" grew a branch that became more than just a branch. And in His shelter we can all rest.