abundance. The fact that (1) the priesthood serves as a sign of the coming Shoot and (2) the close connection between the coming of Shoot and the removal of the iniquity of the land suggest that Shoot may have a priestly function when he comes (cf. 6:13). Christians know the single day Zechariah foresaw—the day when the Messiah (‘Shoot’) Jesus was hung up on a cross outside Jerusalem, suffering the judgment of God and taking sin on himself. As the great high priest he offered the superior sacrifice,