Zerubabbel as a Messianic Figure

As my text, I am using the book of Haggai 2:23: “In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel,, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.” Thus, the messianic promise was passed onto Zerubbabel, the man that God entrusted to be the governor of God’s people upon their return to Israel, and with the rebuilding of the Temple at Jerusalem. Zerubbabel was a leader, a man of God, and a faithful servant to God’s will. Zerubbabel was a messianic figure. This can be seen in a series of comparisons and contrast to Christ and His work.

To begin, Zerubbabel was the son of Shealtiel and the grandson of Jehoiachin this is referenced in Ezra 3:2; and Matt 1:12). In I Chronicles 3:19 he is said to be the son of Pedaiah, Shealtiel’s’ brother. The explanation for this apparent discrepancy is very likely that Shealtiel died without having a son; and either his nephew was his legal heir and therefore called his son (reference here to Exod 2:10), or else; Pedaiah married his brother’s widow and, therefore, Zerubbabel became Shealtiel’s son by levir

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