Zec 14:9-21 “In that day Shall There be one LORD, and His Name One”
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Zec 14:9-21 “In that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one”
[Study Aired September 7, 2023]
To remain with Christ “in my temptations” of this life (Luk 22:28) which He has already gone through, being tempted in all points (Heb 4:14-16), requires the faith of Christ as we’re shown in Luke 22:28-32.
Luk 22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Going through the suffering and judgment first in this life (Act 14:22, 1Pe 4:17) is what it takes for God’s elect to be in that blessed and holy first resurrection, having endured until the end (Mat 24:13-14) so that with the LORD we shall be kings “over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one“ [Rev 20:6, Rev 17:14].
Christ sees His body, the church, as one body, one bread, one spirit (1Co 12:13), and in in the fullness of the first resurrection “in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one” because this verse will have been accomplished by His might and power within the lives of those who were ordained to be in that first resurrection. “These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: (Col 1:24, Col 1:27) for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful” (Rev 17:14).
1Co 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body [Rom 6:3], whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Heb 4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens [our hearts and minds (Col 1:27)], Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession [Rev 3:11].
Heb 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Heb 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.[Our time of need is right now in these bodies of flesh, “the valley of the shadow of death” that cannot inherit the kingdom of God (1Co 15:50), and yet we have nothing to fear with God’s love being shed abroad in our hearts as a rod and staff through which God demonstrates His love (Psa 23:4, 1Jn 4:17-18, Rom 5:5, rod and staff Heb 12:6]
Luk 22:28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. [how we are doing that and what it is producing is defined in these verses in Colossians, (Col 1:27, Col 1:24)]
Luk 22:29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; [1Jn 4:17, Luk 17:21, Rom 8:9],
Luk 22:30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Luk 22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: [Rom 11:22]
Luk 22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: [If thou continue in his goodness that requires we confess our iniquities, we walked contrary to God and naturally would unless we are granted to die daily (Rom 2:4, Lev 26:40-42)] and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. [Luk 22:43]Luk 22:28 “You men have stayed with me through many struggles. [ERV]
Luk 22:28 And ye–ye are those who have remained with me in my temptations, [YLT]
Luk 22:28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. [KJV]
Lev 26:40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
Lev 26:41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
Lev 26:42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
The Lord will “be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one“, which is something God’s elect are experiencing right now in earnest (Eph 1:14). That mercy He is showing to the body of Christ today (Rom 11:7, Rom 11:22-28) so we can show it to the rest of God’s creation when men will learn of His righteousness and the earth will be full of His mercies. Those mercies were first shown to the body of Christ when God remembered first to bring us into covenant with Him through God’s holy spirit (Isa 26:9, Psa 119:64, Num 10:9, Psa 98:2-3, Eze 36:26).
Eph 1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Isa 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Psa 119:64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
Num 10:9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
Psa 98:2 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
Psa 98:3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel (Gal 6:16): all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.Eze 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Zec 14:9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
Zec 14:10 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.
Zec 14:11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
Zec 14:12 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.
Zec 14:13 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.
Zec 14:14 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.
Zec 14:15 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.
Zec 14:16 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.
Zec 14:17 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.
Zec 14:18 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.
Zec 14:19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Zec 14:20 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 bowls before the altar.
Zec 14:21 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.
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Zec 14:9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
Zec 14:10 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.
These opening verses tell us that when our Lord and His Christ begin to rule the nations in lock step (Rev 11:15) “All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem.” “The land” represents the hearts and minds of humanity, their bodies which will be turned to the Lord and His Christ, and that turning event is likened to souls that are turned as “a plainH6160 from GebaH1387 to RimmonH7417 south of Jerusalem“. Geba and Rimmon represent where the world was and still is in the yet carnal elevated “GebaH1387to RimmonH7417 ” heavens whose fleshly direction of being “south of Jerusalem” is now going to be dragged to the body of Christ stated this way: “it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place“, going from the sea to the earth as the first beast in all of us must experience (Rev 13:1). Being with Christ and believing in Him does not mean we are converted. We all begin coming to Christ by night like Nicodemus, or the disciples that came to Christ of whom He said “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (Joh 3:1-3, Joh 8:31-32).
Rev 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Joh 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
Joh 3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
Joh 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.H6160 plain
‛ărâbâh
BDB Definition:
1) desert plain, steppe, desert, wildernessH1387 Geba geba‛
BDB Definition:
Gaba or Geba or Gibeah = “hill”1) a city in Benjamin, modern ‘Jeba’, which stands on the top of a steep terraced hill, six miles or ten kilometres north east of Jerusalem and three miles or five kilometres from Gibeah, on the edge of the Wadi Suweinit looking northward to the opposite village of ancient Michmash, modern ‘Mukhmas’
Part of Speech: proper noun location
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from the same as H1375 (From an unused root (meaning to be convex); a goblet; by analogy the calyx of a flower: – house, cup, pot.)H7417 Rimmon rimmôn / rimmônô
BDB Definition: Rimmon = “pomegranate”
1) the deity of wind, rain, and storm, worshipped by the Syrians of Damascus (noun proper deity)2) a Benjamite of Beeroth, the father of Rechab and Baanah, the murderers of Ishbosheth (noun proper masculine)
3) the Rock; a cliff or inaccessible natural fastness in which the 600 Benjamites who escaped the slaughter of Gibeah took refuge (noun proper locative)
4) a town in the southern portion of Judah allotted to Simeon (noun proper locative)
5) a Levitical city in Zebulun located approximately 6 miles north of Nazareth (noun proper locative)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: the same as H7416
Mankind’s new habitation, once they learn of God’s government that takes over the governments of this world (Rev 11:15), is described in these terms: “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.” Benjamin’s gate and unto the first gate, and unto the corner gate all describe the figurative location where God’s elect will abide in the temple of God (1Co 3:16), where we will administer the words of Christ, the knowledge of Christ (1Co 3:13) as “the king’s winepresses” who are liken unto “the tower of Hananeel“H2606 [“God has favored“].
It is in this elevated position of honor that Christ’s bride has been granted having been already crushed under the stone in this life as the “king’s winepress” (Mat 21:44). God gives honor where honor is due, and the world does not understand that all glory and honor are the Lord’s. So, we see this contrast being shown with those who are exalted in themselves “a plain from GebaH1387 to RimmonH7417 south of Jerusalem” as opposed to those who have been humbled in their flesh (judged ‘in the north’) and exalted in due time (1Pe 5:6) through God’s grace [favor] and the faith of Jesus “the tower of HananeelH2606” [“God has favored“].
1Pe 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Zec 14:11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
“There shall be no more utter destruction [of Jerusalem]” is speaking of the resurrected body of Christ, [on such the second death hath no power (Rev 20:6)], “but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited” by those who are being dragged by God to Christ and His body (Joh 6:44).
Joh 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Zec 14:12 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.
One can be deceived into thinking this is speaking of the effects of a nuclear bomb. It sure sounds like it, but it is actually something more powerful than anything man can conjure up and throw at us. These “plagues” represent the rod of iron judgments that God will execute upon “all the people that have fought against Jerusalem“, meaning coming against Christ and His body, which we all have done in our appointed time in our former conversation (Eph 2:1-3).
What is being discussed here is what happens to our old man when God’s fiery judgments begin to lay hold on our carnal hearts and minds. The end result of His judgments is described in these words that brightly express the thorough purging process all humanity must go through in order to die to self in thought and in speech and in the walk of life, to become a new creation formed in Christ. “Their flesh shall consume away [pride of life, carnal ways and thinking (1Jn 2:16, Rom 8:6-8)] while they stand upon their feet [walk of life, conversation (Eph 2:3, Eph 4:22)], and their eyes shall consume away in their holes [lust of the eyes (1Jn 2:16, Mat 6:22-23], and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth [boasting, deceiving (Jas 3:5-8, 1Pe 3:10)].”
Rom 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Rom 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Rom 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
It is when we self-righteously stand upon our own “feet” (Zec 14:4, Psa 94:16, Rev 6:17) saying that we see with our own “eyes” (Joh 9:41) and speak the words we consider to be right with no deference to God’s commandments out of our own “mouths” (1Co 14:37, 1Co 4:6) that brings about the need for this consuming of our old man who is found wanting before God every time. The second resurrection is the time when the beast that received the deadly wound is healed and the man of perdition is destroyed by the brightness of his coming, which this verse typifies (Zec 14:12).
Rev 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Joh 9:41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
1Co 4:6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
Zec 14:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumultH4103 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.
The great “tumult“H4103 that is going to come upon the world is the reckoning of all the falsehoods of mankind, the millions of false doctrines (Rev 9:16-21) which have blocked the sun of righteousness and will begin to be revealed (Mal 4:2). This revelation of all humanity having gone astray and there being none righteous (Rom 3:10, Rom3:23) will cause people to start pointing fingers, like Adam and Eve when they were shown the error of their way in the garden (Gen 3:9-14), each blaming the other and ultimately putting the blame on Satan, which is what this verse is telling us will happen. “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.” This is what we do when we are of our father the devil. We look for a scapegoat, in the negative sense of that word, and don’t see the need to identify the beast within which only the fit man, Jesus Christ, can do (Lev 16:21).
Tumult H4103
mehûmâh
meh-hoo-maw’From H1949; confusion or uproar: – destruction, discomfiture, trouble, tumult, vexation, vexed. Total KJV occurrences: 12
Rev 9:16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
Gen 3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
Gen 3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Gen 3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
Gen 3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Gen 3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Gen 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Zec 14:14 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.
Zec 14:15 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.
In this instance, Judah represents Babylon that will also fight against the saints, bringing their many strong arguments as to why they are righteous when God says there is none righteous. All the non-Christian world will also bring their perceived spiritual wealth to lay claim to being righteous: “and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.” This burden of the word of the Lord in the heart of man, which we talked about in earlier chapters, is a burden because there is no conversion yet, and the words of the elect are like a plague to the beast of burden to which mankind is likened in this verse: “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” (Ecc 3:19-21).
Ecc 3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
Ecc 3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Ecc 3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Zec 14:16 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.
Zec 14:17 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.
Zec 14:18 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.
Zec 14:19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Three times we’re told that all nations that don’t come up to keep “the feast of tabernacles” will be punished, “even upon them shall be no rain.” The ‘three’ represents the process of judgment to which the world is being introduced during the symbolic period of time of one thousand years, which is the rod of iron judgment period or baptism of water period that all men must experience first [10x10x10=1000].
Three times Zechariah is inspired to use the phrase “the feast of tabernacles“, and one time “the families of the earth” is included as those going up to keep the feast. The ‘total’ of something being mentioned four times tells us this worship of “the King, the LORD of hosts” is something God is expecting of all the world. No one is excluded, Jew and gentile [Egypt] alike, and this is a process that is going to be used by God to judge the whole earth with a rod of iron, represented by the three times mentioning of “the feast of tabernacles.”
This entire economy created by the counsel of God’s will (Eph 1:11) during the reign of Christ with His saints is to leave a pattern for those who come up in the second resurrection to be baptized with water and with spirit, as all mankind must be in order to spiritually healed (Joh 3:5). The time of the reign of Christ and His saints typifies the baptism of water, and at the end of that reign, fire comes down from heaven upon Gog and Magog which typifies the baptism of spirit (Rev 20:8). Both typical baptisms will be experienced by all those in the second resurrection, only then the world will be saved yet so as by fire (Rev 20:9-12, 1Co 3:15).
Rev 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Rev 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Rev 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.1Co 3:15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
Resistance is to be expected during that age, and if any “families of the earth” do not come up to Jerusalem, they will ‘receive no rain.’ This, too, is a symbolic statement saying that if someone is not dragged to Christ, they won’t receive the living waters, a blessing and benefit to those who are given to hunger and thirst for them (Joh 6:44). The rod of iron the elect will wield (Rev 2:27, Rev 12:5) reminds us that the natural will precede the spiritual (1Co 15:46), meaning God will withhold the physical rain to get the attention of the prodigal sons of the world as a type and shadow of withholding the living waters of God’s spirit until judgment occurs in the lake of fire (Luk 15:18, Rom 9:22).
Like Christ in His day, the religious world can’t believe that a prophet could come out of Galilee (Joh 7:37-53), which means “the heathen circle“, that being the perspective of the world in Christ’s day seeing Him as the carpenter’s son, and it is the whole world’s perspective of the weak of the world, the uncomely branch who are now kings and priests of our Lord and savior, having those living waters within us (1Jn 4:17).
G1056
Galilee
Galilaia
gal-il-ah-yahOf hebrew origin [H1551 = circle, circuit]; Galilaea (that is, the heathen circle), a region of Palestine: – Galilee.
Total KJV occurrences: 63
“The feast of tabernacles” mentioned in Zechariah 14:16 represents the symbolic timeframe of ‘one thousand years’ that is associated with the Jewish holy-day called “the feast of tabernacles.” The saints will be ruling and reigning with a rod of iron over all the nations of the earth for a symbolic thousand years, represented by “the feast of tabernacles.” It is the time of the grape harvest [symbolizing all of humanity], “the feast of tabernacles” (Deu 16:13, Rev 14:18) that leads into the last great day of the feast, which symbolizes the time when all men will experience God’s judgments in the lake of fire that will mature the hearts and minds of all of God’s creation (Joh 7:37-38, Joh 7:39).
Rev 14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
Joh 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
Joh 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Joh 7:39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)1Co 3:15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
These verses in John (Joh 7:37-53) close by saying in the last verse “and every man went unto his own house” (Joh 7:53), telling us there is no conversion in the world at this point which is a reserved event that will happen in the lake of fire where that Adamic house will be destroyed, yet so as by fire (1Co 3:15).
This withholding of rain or giving of rain is something Elijah prayed about (Jas 5:17-20), which was a type and shadow event showing that God alone can soften the hearts of mankind and create the conditions so people are moved to come and worship God via the church: “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.“
God is showing the world, through the thousand-year reign, this very point – that He is sovereign over all the earth. “And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.“ Although the body of Christ waters and plants throughout this dispensation called a thousand year reign, there will be no conversion and no increase until the great white throne period when the blindness of the world will be taken away and all Israel [the world] shall be saved (Rom 11:26).
Just because you know the truth does not guarantee that you are going to continue in it, and we know that humanity will ultimately not continue in the word during the reign of Christ and His saints. God is no respecter of persons, and the punishment will be the same for the religious world who do not adhere to the commandments of God just as much as the rest of the gentile world, who have their own gods that they worship. “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. This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.“
This section of Zachariah drives home the point that all flesh is Gentile in God’s eyes. God alone is the one who gives the increase, which comes when the desire is put in the heart of someone to respond obediently to the commandments of the Lord. God is not telling us that the world must come up to literal physical Jerusalem to keep the feast of tabernacles. Rather, He is saying the world has to abase themselves, which they can’t naturally do, and come up to the saints who are represented by Jerusalem where they will in time acknowledge that God has loved us and that they were deceived as we all were until we were dragged to Christ and started to be washed of all our wood, hay and stubble sins (Rev 3:9). The point never changes; the symbolic period of time known as the thousand-year reign of the saints represents a water baptism that concludes on the last great day, which represents the time when God’s word will be shown to have not returned void (Isa 55:11).
Rev 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
Isa 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Zec 14:20 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 bowls before the altar.
Zec 14:21 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.
There will be no more “Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts” meaning there will be no more carnal spirit of man teaching man what the truth is. Rather, there will be the elect bride of Christ who will have the strength and holiness of Christ abiding within them teaching the world (Rom 10:14, Isa 30:20). The pots (GebaH1387 to RimmonH7417) “shall be like the bowls before the altar.“
Geba
H1387
From the same as H1375 a hillock;H1375: cup, bowl, pot
Rimmon
H7417
The same as H7416H7416 From H7426; a pomegranate, the tree (from its upright growth) or the fruit (also an artificial ornament): – pomegranate
H7426 A primitive root; to rise (literally or figuratively): – exalt, get [oneself] up, lift up (self), mount up.
Rom 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Isa 30:20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
These verses (“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 bowls before the altar“) are speaking about that relationship of holiness forming with the nations via the church, the body of Christ, not by physically having to go to Jerusalem specifically ‘to seeth therein’ as it says, but rather by what God will work in the hearts of humanity represented by these actions: “and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seetheH1310 therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.”
It will be the bride of Christ’s role to nurture these children, to water and to plant as we are led by the Lord, but ultimately the growth or increase will only come in the great white throne judgment from God (1Co 3:6).
seethe
H1310BDB Definition:
1) to boil, cook, bake, roast, ripen, grow ripe (Psa_21:9, 1Pe_4:12)
None of the efforts of the saints will be in vain. Rather, they will be a witness to all nations of how “the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.“ That singleness and holiness which will be witnessed to the world through Christ and his bride during this period of time is symbolic of what must happen to all of humanity that will come up in the second resurrection. The natural must always precede the spiritual (1Co 15:46-47), and the spiritual cannot be accomplished unless the mind of Christ is given. Yet God will have the world take a good hard look at Christ’s bride [the physical pondering] who they will not be able to understand in the spirit until judgment in the lake of fire [the spiritual awakening] (Rom 8:8-9).
1Co 15:46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
1Co 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.Rom 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Rom 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
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