Bible Study Line Upon Line: Christ's Future Return Per Zechariah 14

[Davy]

Apostle Paul covered the event of Christ's future return to gather His faithful Church per the 1 Thessalonians 4 Chapter. But Paul did not specifically reveal just 'where'... Lord Jesus and His saints would wind up at. This Zechariah 14 Chapter reveals the 'where'... that Lord Jesus and His elect Church will descend to.

Because this was given through God's Old Testament prophet Zechariah, some Churches reject covering this Bible Chapter which continues about Christ's future coming and gathering of His Church. I have found many of my Christian brethren totally ignorant about it, when it easily settles many Bible questions about Christ's future return.


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

That "day of the Lord" is the LAST DAY of this present world. That is when Apostles Paul and Peter said it will come "as a thief in the night", meaning as a surprise upon the wicked and deceived (See 1 Thess.5 and 2 Peter 3:10). Lord Jesus even showed that "day of the Lord" is when He comes on the 7th Vial "as a thief", warning His Church to keep their garments, i.e., waiting on Him (See Rev.16:15-17).

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

That is about the final battle of this present world when Jesus returns, per Revelation 16, on the 7th Vial, the battle of Armageddon. That is when Jesus comes riding a white horse with His army from Heaven. Per Zephaniah 3:8, God said it is His purpose to gather the nations around Jerusalem so as to pour out His indignation upon them, even all His fierce anger, for the whole earth will be devoured by the fire of His jealousy.

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.

On that day, Jesus' feet shall stand upon the Mount of Olives east of Jerusalem, on earth. That Mount of Olives is where Jesus ascended to Heaven from per Acts 1. That is the specific spot where He will return at His future 2nd coming.

When that happens, that valley shall be parted from east to west.

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.

That Mount of Olives also is where... Jesus will bring all His faithful saints with Him there in the middle east. That is where His future "thousand years" reign with His elect will be from. Revelation 20 calls that place the "camp of the saints".

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

That is the day Jesus was speaking of in Matthew 24:36 that only The Father knows when it will be. It is when the sun shall be darkened. And at night, it shall be daylight.

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.

Those "living waters" going out from Jerusalem on that day is about God's future Millennial "sanctuary" of Ezekiel 47. It is to be built by Christ when He returns, per Zechariah 6.

Continued...

 

[Davy]

Continued...

9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and His name one.

There won't be many lords, nor many religions when this happens. There will be only ONE LORD as King over the whole earth, meaning over all... peoples and nations, something that has never, ever, happened in this present world. That KING will be Lord Jesus Christ, Which is GOD The Son in the three Person Godhead of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit.

10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.
11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

No more rockets fired at Jerusalem from Hezbollah. No more gathering of enemy's armies around Israel. We have never seen this happen during this present world.

12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

Just as God's consuming fire has destroyed others of His enemies upon this earth, it will also destroy that army coming out of the northern quarters against Israel as mentioned in the Ezekiel 38 and 39 Chapters. Then ten tribe "house of Israel" in the Christian West will be burying their bones that will be left for seven years after that event called Hamon-gog.

13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.

Such will be that great battle on that "day of the Lord" against Jerusalem and Israel. That will be the LAST DAY of this present world when Jesus returns to the Mount of Olives with His Church.

16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

There will be leftovers of the wicked from those armies that will have come up against Jerusalem on that "day of the Lord". They will exist after... Christ's future return, which reveals the "thousand years" reign by Jesus of Revelation 20 will be a literal reign over the unsaved nations, and not the new heavens and a new earth time just yet. This is what these coming up to worship Christ The KING "from year to year" is pointing to.

17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.

Jesus will penalize those nations which refuse to come up to Jerusalem from year to year to worship Him and keep the Feast of Tabernacles. No rain upon their lands. This reveals there will still exist a level of rebellion by the unsaved nations for after Christ's future return, again easily revealing this time is not about God's eternity of the new heavens and a new earth. The wicked unsaved will not see God's eternity, for it will only come after the "second death" event of the "lake of fire" at the end of Revelation 20.

18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Because specific nations above are mentioned in that future time, that points to their still being able to reject worship of Lord Jesus Christ after His future return. If any brethren have wondered just who Christ's "rod of iron" will be for in that future Millennial time, this reveals it.

20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be like the bowl's before the altar.
21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
KJV

Early in Israel's history, especially among the "house of Judah" (Jews), peoples of the nations of the lands of Canaan began creeping in to dwell among Israel. God had commanded Israel to destroy certain nations because of their iniquity and idol worship, but Israel failed in that. So God said He would let them dwell among Israel in order to test Israel to see if Israel would follow Him, or not. To this day, there are Canaanites within the "house of Judah". When Jesus comes, that will be no more.

 

[ScottA]

My response, here: Time No Longer - post #127

 

[Davy]

My response, here: Time No Longer - post #127

The way I interpret what you wrote, is the way you are interpreting the "day of the Lord" phrase is more towards legalism than understanding by many Bible Scriptures that speak of it, which reveal it certainly is about more than just one day.

The "day of the Lord" is per God's time reckoning like Apostle Peter showed in 2 Peter 3:8-9. To God one day is as a thousand years.

In 1 Corinthians 1 and 1 Corinthians 5, Apostle Paul points to that "day of the Lord" with the phrase, "the day of the Lord Jesus" (KJV).

Philippians 1:6 Paul again uses the phrase "the day of Jesus Christ" to point to the future "day of the Lord".

2 Thessalonians 2:2 also with "the day of Christ" is referring to that time when Jesus returns.

BUT ALSO... it is referring to the future "thousand years" of Christ's literal reign on earth at His return, with His elect, over the unsaved nations.

 

[ScottA]

The way I interpret what you wrote, is the way you are interpreting the "day of the Lord" phrase is more towards legalism than understanding by many Bible Scriptures that speak of it, which reveal it certainly is about more than just one day.

The "day of the Lord" is per God's time reckoning like Apostle Peter showed in 2 Peter 3:8-9. To God one day is as a thousand years.

In 1 Corinthians 1 and 1 Corinthians 5, Apostle Paul points to that "day of the Lord" with the phrase, "the day of the Lord Jesus" (KJV).

Philippians 1:6 Paul again uses the phrase "the day of Jesus Christ" to point to the future "day of the Lord".

2 Thessalonians 2:2 also with "the day of Christ" is referring to that time when Jesus returns.

BUT ALSO... it is referring to the future "thousand years" of Christ's literal reign on earth at His return, with His elect, over the unsaved nations.

You saying "God's time" tells all, for to say such is no better than an oxymoron--for everyday and all of time is His.

With your explanation and logic, God would only own one cow on a thousand hills, or exactly a thousand cows on only one hill. So your accusation of legalism...is merely you projecting your own insistence on what is and isn't reality by your own interpretation. You're picking and choosing.

Don't be so foolish!

If you are at all up to being reasonable--consider that just as the first day and the first man has unfolded to be many, and just as the many refold unto one man (Christ)--so too is "the day of the Lord" many, but One. Also consider that just as all who come to be of the One, come "but each one in his own order"--that the timing of "each one" cannot possibly be all "future" (as you say). Except for those who are stuck in thinking as men of the world think, only by the terms of this world, these things ought to be elementary, as they too are written and to be received.

 

[Davy]

You saying "God's time" tells all, for to say such is no better than an oxymoron--for everyday and all of time is His.

With your explanation and logic, God would only own one cow on a thousand hills, or exactly a thousand cows on only one hill. So your accusation of legalism...is merely you projecting your own insistence on what is and isn't reality by your own interpretation. You're picking and choosing.

Don't be so foolish!

If you are at all up to being reasonable--consider that just as the first day and the first man has unfolded to be many, and just as the many refold unto one man (Christ)--so too is "the day of the Lord" many, but One. Also consider that just as all who come to be of the One, come "but each one in his own order"--that the timing of "each one" cannot possibly be all "future" (as you say). Except for those who are stuck in thinking as men of the world think, only by the terms of this world, these things ought to be elementary, as they too are written and to be received.

Truly as God has said, many of His people are "sottish" children (KJV). That word in the Hebrew means 'stupid' (Jeremiah 4:22). I will agree with it along the lines of Biblical ignorance about them. They don't actually listen to God in His written Word, nor do they actually study it. And post's by ScottA reveals that clearly.

 

[ScottA]

Truly as God has said, many of His people are "sottish" children (KJV). That word in the Hebrew means 'stupid' (Jeremiah 4:22). I will agree with it along the lines of Biblical ignorance about them. They don't actually listen to God in His written Word, nor do they actually study it. And post's by ScottA reveals that clearly.

Name calling is a sign of failure.

 

[Davy]

Name calling is a sign of failure.

Then God failed when He called His stubborn people "sottish".

Jer 4:22
22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
KJV

Jer 4:22
22 For my foolish people have not known me: they are foolish and senseless children: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Douay-Rheims

Jer 4:22
22 “For my people are foolish;
they know me not;
they are stupid children;
they have no understanding.
They are ‘wise’—in doing evil!
But how to do good they know not.”
ESV

Jer 4:22
22 "My people are fools. They don't know me.
They are stupid people. They don't understand.
They are experts in doing wrong,
and they don't know how to do good."
(from GOD'S WORD Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations Bible Society. All rights reserved.)

Jer 4:22
22 "What fools my people are!
They have no idea who I am.
A company of half-wits,
dopes and donkeys all!
Experts at evil
but klutzes at good."
(from THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.)

Jer 4:22
22 "My people are foolish
and do not know me," says the Lord.
"They are stupid children
who have no understanding.
They are clever enough at doing wrong,
but they have no idea how to do right!"
Holy Bible, New Living Translation ®, copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

Jer 4:22
22 For my people [are] foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons [are] they, yea, they [are] not intelligent, Wise [are] they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.
YLT

 

[ScottA]

Then God failed when He called His stubborn people "sottish".

Jer 4:22
22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
KJV

Jer 4:22
22 For my foolish people have not known me: they are foolish and senseless children: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Douay-Rheims

Jer 4:22
22 “For my people are foolish;
they know me not;
they are stupid children;
they have no understanding.
They are ‘wise’—in doing evil!
But how to do good they know not.”
ESV

Jer 4:22
22 "My people are fools. They don't know me.
They are stupid people. They don't understand.
They are experts in doing wrong,
and they don't know how to do good."
(from GOD'S WORD Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations Bible Society. All rights reserved.)

Jer 4:22
22 "What fools my people are!
They have no idea who I am.
A company of half-wits,
dopes and donkeys all!
Experts at evil
but klutzes at good."
(from THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.)

Jer 4:22
22 "My people are foolish
and do not know me," says the Lord.
"They are stupid children
who have no understanding.
They are clever enough at doing wrong,
but they have no idea how to do right!"
Holy Bible, New Living Translation ®, copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

Jer 4:22
22 For my people [are] foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons [are] they, yea, they [are] not intelligent, Wise [are] they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.
YLT

Good--by this you know 7-fold the charge against you, for which you will answer.

 

[Davy]

Good--by this you know 7-fold the charge against you, for which you will answer.

You are just full of... yourself.

You come to this Thread and starting preaching time and eternity theories, completely away from the subject of the Thread?

Do you even know what the SUBJECT of this Thread is about?? No, you don't, nor do you even CARE! You instead come here to try and spread MAN-MADE PHILOSOPHY instead. It's like your IMMATURITY needs stroking or something, and you are looking for approval through your created philosophy.

Well this Thread is about The Word of God, specifically the events written in the Zechariah 14 Chapter which are about Christ's future RETURN back to this earth, bringing all His saints with Him to the Mount of Olives east of Jerusalem, ON EARTH.

And YOU think you have to right to rebuke me for teaching my Heavenly Father's Word, instead of going off in La-La land with you and your time eternity theories, which means leaving... the Zechariah 14 Chapter I had covered here? No, may GOD rebuke YOU! Because you TRIED to use GOD against the TEACHING of His Word, which is for the edification of Christ's Church, and not myself.

 

[ScottA]

You are just full of... yourself.

You come to this Thread and starting preaching time and eternity theories, completely away from the subject of the Thread?

Do you even know what the SUBJECT of this Thread is about?? No, you don't, nor do you even CARE! You instead come here to try and spread MAN-MADE PHILOSOPHY instead. It's like your IMMATURITY needs stroking or something, and you are looking for approval through your created philosophy.

Well this Thread is about The Word of God, specifically the events written in the Zechariah 14 Chapter which are about Christ's future RETURN back to this earth, bringing all His saints with Him to the Mount of Olives east of Jerusalem, ON EARTH.

And YOU think you have to right to rebuke me for teaching my Heavenly Father's Word, instead of going off in La-La land with you and your time eternity theories, which means leaving... the Zechariah 14 Chapter I had covered here? No, may GOD rebuke YOU! Because you TRIED to use GOD against the TEACHING of His Word, which is for the edification of Christ's Church, and not myself.

Look, if you want to have a thread about the worldly aspects of our heavenly God revealing his greater truth in scripture for those who have ears to hear--but don't want to hear that greater truth--I have no problem leaving YOU to it. But your worldly understanding and focus is the makings of "destructive doctrines" 2 Peter 2:1 of men--and you do it here on a public forum, which is a disservice to God. So, yes, I have spoken up against you...and you despise me for it. Fine. I am glad you made that clear.