Zechariah 6:12

The crowned Joshua represents 'the Branch,' who will grow up and build the Lord's temple. This is a messianic promise fulfilled in Jesus, who builds the true temple, His church.

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• Zech 3:8Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
• Jer 33:15In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
• Jer 23:5Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
• Isa 4:2In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
• Isa 11:1And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
• Isa 53:2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
• Zech 4:6–9Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Acts 17:31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
• Eph 2:20–22And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
• Mic 5:5And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
• 1 Cor 3:9For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
• John 2:19–21Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
• Matt 16:18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
• Ps 80:15–17And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
• Mark 15:39And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
• Acts 13:38Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
• Zech 13:7Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
• Matt 26:61And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
• Isa 32:1–2Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
• Heb 3:3–4For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
• Zech 8:9Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
• Heb 7:4Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
• Luke 1:78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
• Mark 15:29And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
• Ezra 3:10And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
• Ezra 3:8Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.
• John 1:45Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
• Heb 7:24But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
• Mark 14:58We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
• Heb 8:3For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
• Heb 10:12But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
• John 19:5Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
• 1 Pet 2:4–5To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

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