"So he went with them and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. But as one was felling a log, his axe head fell into the water, and he cried out, "Alas, my master! It was borrowed." Then the man of God said "Where did it fall?" When he showed him the place, he cut off a branch and threw it in there and made the iron float. And he said, "Take it up". Se he reached in his hand and took it."
-2 Kings 6:1-7
This is our salvation.
We were doomed, held captive, borrowed. By sin.
He is THE tree. We depend on him. Our life flows from Him.
Every breath.
He was cut down, sacrificed, killed. For us.
We are the axe head that was borrowed. Lost in the water.
Sinking to the bottom. Soon to be forgotten.
But....its not the end of the story.
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
-John 14:13-14
When the axe head (us) was lost in the water (the fall of man) there was intercession from the man of God to the master (God) on our behalf, so a sacrifice was made. A branch (Christ) was tossed into the same watery grave as the axe head, in order to save and renew (death on the cross).
And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
-Zechariah 6:12-13
When the branch was tossed into the water by the man of God it floated to the top. It was iron. Iron doesn't float. But in this moment it was made light and buoyant. It was nothing short of a miracle. Our sins made us iron. Condemning us to death. The sacrifice on the cross broke the chains off of our future. Made us raised and glorified to life in Christ. Our salvation is nothing short of a miracle.
This isn't particularly revolutionary, but it is a reminder of our redeemer.
Remember what you have been rescued from, remember what you have been rescued for.
And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
-Zechariah 6:12-13