Zechariah 14:1-8

Zechariah 14:1-8

The Return of the Logos

 

Zec 14:1  Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 

Zec 14:2  For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 

Zec 14:3  Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. 

Zec 14:4  And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 

Zec 14:5  And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. 

Zec 14:6  And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: 

Zec 14:7  But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. 

Zec 14:8  And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. 

 

         1.     Jerusalem is Besieged by Evil – vs. 1-2

a.     Zechariah takes us back to the beginning of his vision described in Chapter 12 and give us more details about the second coming of the Messiah. – vs. 1

                                               i.     Zechariah 12:1-4 

b.     Jerusalem will seem to be almost defeated when the Global Confederacy which attacked her stops to divide the spoil. – vs. 2

                                               i.     All the nations of the world are involved in this Global Confederacy – vs. 2a

1.     Psalm 2:1-6 

2.     Revelation 16:14 

                                             ii.     The city will have fallen – vs. 2b

                                           iii.     The women will be ravished – vs. 2c

                                            iv.     Many will be led away to slavery – vs. 2d

                                             v.     Many will have been killed – vs. 2e

          2.     Jerusalem is Delivered – vs. 3-5

a.     Then the Lord will attack the Nations of the Global Confederacy – vs. 3a

                                               i.     Joel 3:9-16 

                                             ii.     Which means that this description of a siege of Jerusalem cannot be:

1.     Nebuchadnezzar’s siege

2.     The Roman’s siege in 70 AD

3.     Or any other major siege of Jerusalem in history

b.     The Lord will fight for Israel like as in the days of old – vs. 3b

                                               i.     2 Chronicles 20:15 

c.     God incarnate will stand on the Mount of Olives Again – vs. 4a

                                               i.     Acts 1:9-12 

d.     The Mount of Olives East of Jerusalem – vs. 4b

e.     The Mount of Olives will be cloven in half, and a huge valley will be formed in the wake – vs. 4c

                                               i.     Micah 1:3-4 

f.      The people of Jerusalem will escape through the valley – vs. 5a

g.     The people of Jerusalem will be able to reach the safety of Azal – vs. 5b

h.     This will all be caused by a great earthquake that happens when Jesus returns – vs. 5c

                                               i.     Revelation 16:17-19 

i.      These are all the events that lead up to the return of Zechariah’s Lord and God who is Jesus – vs. 5d

                                               i.     Matthew 24:29-31 

j.      Jesus will be at the head of a great army of saints – vs. 5e

                                               i.     1 Thessalonians 3:13 

          3.     The Dawning of a New Day – vs. 6-8

a.     In the New Kingdom there will be nor more Shadow – vs. 6

                                               i.     2 Peter 1:19 

b.     In the New Kingdom there will be no more night – vs. 7

                                               i.     Revelation 21:22-25 

c.     In the New Kingdom, Jerusalem will be the source of Living Water – vs. 8

                                               i.     Revelation 22:1-5