The Day of Glorious Jehovah

The Day of glorious Jehovah (Zech 14:1-21)

A day of the Lord is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.

2 I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city. 3 Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle. 4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south. 5 You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.

6 On that day there will be neither sunlight nor cold, frosty darkness. 7 It will be a unique day—a day known only to the Lord—with no distinction between day and night. When evening comes, there will be light.

8 On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it east to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.

9 The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.

10 The whole land, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become like the Arabah. But Jerusalem will be raised up high from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses, and will remain in its place. 11 It will be inhabited; never again will it be destroyed. Jerusalem will be secure.

12 This is the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. 13 On that day people will be stricken by the Lord with great panic. They will seize each other by the hand and attack one another. 14 Judah too will fight at Jerusalem. The wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected—great quantities of gold and silver and clothing. 15 A similar plague will strike the horses and mules, the camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.

16 Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. 17 If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain. 18 If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The Lord will bring on them the plague he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. 19 This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.

20 On that day holy to the Lord will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the Lord’s house will be like the sacred bowls in front of the altar. 21 Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the Lord Almighty, and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the Lord Almighty.

Let’s pray

Introduction:

Finally, the issue of reconstruction of the temple and their spiritual problem for 14 years was solved by returning of God to Israel. Actually Zechariah saw the glory of the New Testament. The text reveals the glory and the promise of that day.

I. God establishes the church highly in the world.

1) According to verses 1-7 A day of the Lord is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.

Jehovah Himself who made to fight Israel against the all nations shall attack them in replace to Israel. When he stands up on the mountain of Olive, it shall be divided in two parts. When is dark the light shines. In the titration day the light shall rise in the world. And at Jerusalem the living water shall be fountained. The abundant grace shall come on the church in the New Testament. Especially the Lord is the warrior who fights against the enemy for the church. The full armored of Ephesian chapter 6 means the complete weapon that is Christ. Because these things shall be accomplished in Christ Jesus. We can overcome anyplace and anytime in the complete victory of Our Lord. So Paul shouted that we are more than conquerors. Who can overcome against Goliath of 21centry? Only Jesus Christ can overcome him, Jehovah that is Jesus Christ. Whenever we fight against them, always we can overcome them in the name of Jesus. We can believe that fact always.

II. At that day God dominates the world as the king of kings.

Already we saw that the dominion of God consisted of faithfulness and peace at chapter 8 of Zechariah. Here we see the climax. He shall be the King in the universe world. (9-11) when he rules over them it shall become the nation without any condemnation. (11) No Canute lives there. The curse of God shall come on them who attacked Judah. The almighty God rule over them with his unlimited power. So we can overcome the confused world with the spiritual power fully. Then we should enjoy the blessing that God provide to the obeying people. Really to the people, family and society who entertained Christ as his Lord.

III. that is the promise that keep the feast of tabernacle.

God promised that he shall establish the church and God Himself rules over them as the king and the day when they live as holy people shall come-on the world. Verses 16-21 all nations shall come to keep the feast of tabernacle. They shall keep the feast of tabernacle holily in Christ. Verse 20 say that the term, towards Jehovah be holy” shall be written on the bells of the horse. Before the letter “towards the Lord be holy” shall be written on all lives of the church. The tradition of holiness shall be completed in Christ which is true Nasality. (Rom12:1-2)
Therefore we enjoy the streams of the living water in the Christ who is the feast of true tabernacle. And also we experience the power of the spiritual world. (Jn7:38-39) Really we see the more wonderful things in the Spirit because this precious day came at the day of the incarnation of Grist and will come in the day of the second coming of Jesus Christ. We should rejoice that the sticks of grace and union rules over us in Holy Spirit.