The One Pierced

 

Zechariah 12:10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn. 

This chapter begins with God saying: "On that day," indicating the day when He makes everything right. He goes on to announce His salvation is coming through Jerusalem and going out to surrounding nations. He then presents this picture of His coming in grace and mercy.  Note the pronouns above: when they look on ME, on Him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for Him.  God speaks as if He is more than one Person - Me and Him.  When we respond to or reject Christ, we are responding to or rejecting Him, the One Who He sent to be pierced.  What a prophetic picture of Christ in this Old Testament Prophet.