.....2) Hag 2:21-23 and Zerubbabel being used to shake the nations and conquer kingdoms w/ the new signet ring (cf. Jeremiah 22:24)
How do you interpret these "literally" and not messianically/figurally about Jesus?
Comments from Gill on v 23:
"....the application of this and such like prophecies to the
Messiah, who may be
called Zerubbabel, as he is
sometimes David, because he sprung from him, was of his lineage, and because
he [Zerubbabel] was a type of him, in bringing the people of the Jews out of the Babylonish captivity, in rebuilding the temple, in the government of the people, and in being chosen of God, and precious; as well as a servant of the Lord, as here expressed, and which is often mentioned as a character of the Messiah,
Isa 49:3:"
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In Isa 49:3 Christ is called by the name of
Israel:
1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples, from far:
Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name:
2 and
he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me: and he hath made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he kept me close:
3 and
he said unto me, Thou art my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
4 But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity; yet surely the justice due to me is with Jehovah, and my recompense with my God.
5 And now saith Jehovah that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered unto him (for I am honorable in the eyes of Jehovah, and my God is become my strength);
6 yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel:
I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. Isa 49
