Zerubbabel
The governor of Judah who led the first return from Babylon, laid the foundation of the Second Temple, heard Zechariah's word that the mountain before him would become a plain, and whose hands would finish what they started.
The Returned Governor
Scripture: Ezra 3; Haggai 1-2; Zechariah 4
The Biblical Record
Zerubbabel was of the line of David — a grandson of Jehoiachin, the exiled king. He returned with the first wave of exiles and led the rebuilding of the altar and the laying of the Temple foundation. When opposition arose and the work stopped for years, Haggai and Zechariah came with the word of YHWH. To Zerubbabel, Zechariah said: not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts. What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward the top stone with shouts of Grace, grace to it.
Zerubbabel in the Sanctum
Zerubbabel is the figure of the incomplete work that YHWH promises to complete. His story bridges the Davidic promise and the Second Temple period. The hands that laid the foundation will also bring forth the capstone — a promise the Sanctum treats as a type of Christ completing what He began.
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