what is the sign that Israel would see announcing the coming King of Israel?
• The King would come to Jerusalem riding on a very young donkey. • Yes, we see the prophesied sign in Zechariah 9:9. • Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. (NIV) • Usually in the Bible when you are told to see something, the something is a sign. This is the sign that announced the new King of Jerusalem. • The people would all be singing and dancing for joy at his arrival. • No, the singing and dancing were not the prophesied sign that would inform Jerusalem of her new King. • The Holy Spirit would descend upon him at his baptism announcing the fact that he is the Christ. • This was only shown to John the Baptist. This sign was not found in the Old Testament. • He would be conceived in the womb of a virgin Israelite woman. • This was prophesied in Isaiah, but this miraculous event was hardly visible to the masses in Jer
