In Psalm 32 King David offers a personal testimony—from his own experience—of the sweet assurance of sins forgiven when he writes:

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. (Psalm 32:1-2 in the English Standard Version)

Though even so great a leader as Israel’s King David could speak confidently of this assurance, the fact is that the concept is foreign to Jewish people today, as evidenced by the uncertainty with which they conclude their personal and corporate observance each year of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.

And yet, the prophet Zechariah declared the message of a time when this joyful assurance of forgiveness will be extended to all of Israel, but sadly after a time of great adversity and persecution.

The source of that forgiveness is the same for Jews and Gentiles alike, found only in the atoning death of Jesus.

With that in mind, let’s open our Bibles to Zechariah chapter 13 for the third in the series, “God Remembers: Studies in Zechariah twelve through fourteen,” an episode entitled, “There Is a Fountain.”

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