There will be a time in the future when all Israel will realize that Jesus is and was indeed their long awaited Messiah. In Zechariah 12, the people will mourn and grieve that they have pierced Him - allusion to the spear in his side and/or the nails in His hands and feet. But in the true character of God, He will not open their eyes to destroy them but to cleanse them. Chapter 13 promises that God will cleanse His people from sin and impurity.
All here and now must come to the point of grieving over their sin - it caused Jesus to need to be pierced for its forgiveness. God did not just turn His head from sin - He is just - it was paid for - by Christ in His pierced body. All sin is costly - to us but even more so to Jesus and His Father.
Praise God that He loves us so much that He paid the penalty for our sin for us. This is Good News to be shared with all. I believe that the more that we understand the cost of our sin to Jesus, then the more we will evangelize - the bad news about us makes Jesus' Good News even better.
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