http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Zechariah%2010-13&version=NIV
I have to admit that for some reason I am just at a bit of a loss of what to say about these passages. Perhaps it's because I'm preparing to teach tomorrow and my thoughts are wrapped around a completely different passage. Or perhaps it's because God has far better things to show you and doesn't want my words to get in the way.
But what I will share is this one thought: God has been so gracious to his remnant. He has brought them back to a land and again dwells among them in the temple. He has made them into a people again. I'm certain that as he re-establishes this relationship, the Israelites are viewing him through new eyes - eyes that see a greater compassion, a greater mercy. And what I love is that he isn't done there. No, he doesn't just promises a 'for now' rescue and restoration. In our passages today he promises a final victory, a permanent victory. A gracious, loving King who fights FOR them. He promises the Messiah. And we know that God always delivers on his promises. In fact, we are living on the other side of this one, just waiting for the rest to be complete. He gives such a gracious promise just when they thought, I believe, that he couldn't love them more.
Apply that to your life. Has God been gracious to you. Watch to see what he will do next. Just when you thought he couldn't love you more....
Blessings precious friends!
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Go look at the headlines in today’s papers or read on the internet today and we see just how precise God's Word is.
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12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
The breakdown of all modern day peace talks concerning peace in the Middle East happens over Jerusalem. It is an in solvable problem for now (the man of sin shall have a temporary answer and the world will wonder)
You want to know where America is headed. We shall come against Israel. We see the seeds already in the making. "All people shall gather" against Jerusalem. Don't put your trust in America; place it in the Word of God and on our Lord. Judgment will come to all nations but those who name the Lord our God shall escape the wrath to come.
Think about this verse. In Zechariah’s time Jerusalem wasn’t some great city, it was just a small village in the Judean hills. No great sea port, no great wonder yet Zechariah prophesies that in the last days it will be a burden to the whole earth. All nations will be burdened with Jerusalem. Now some 2,600 years later we see the first part of this verse fulfilled before our eyes. We shall surely see the last part also. It's time to be strong in the Lord and the power of His might. What an exciting time to be living in! Jesus is truly coming to take His rightful place on the throne of David and no man, no nation, no power shall stop the Son of God though they shall try!
The insanity of sin stained human reasoning is this
Rev 19:19
19 And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army.
They shall try to make war with the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords!!!
Ps 2:2-4
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,
3 "Let us break Their bonds in pieces and cast away Their cords from us."
4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; the LORD shall hold them in derision.
Just incredible!