God Keeps Promises

Today I read Zechariah 6:9-10:2 and Revelation 20:1-21:6. My favorite verses are:

Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Revelation 21:1-4 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

The prophecy given by Zechariah came to pass as Jesus Himself rode the colt into Jerusalem near the end of His life on earth. He brought salvation for all who will accept Him by dying on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins then coming forth from the grave as the firstfruits to life everlasting. Just as that prophecy was fulfilled, so will the prophecy from the Book of Revelation be fulfilled. What a beautiful promise to trust in. We know that those who have accepted the gift of salvation will dwell with God in the new Jerusalem when “the former things are passed away”.