Post by gsmithb on Dec 28, 2014 6:15:58 GMT
The Coming Day of Yahweh
Chapter 12 commences a new prophecy that continues on to the end of the book of Zechariah. The theme of this long, extended prophecy is the Coming Day of Yahweh: a Day when Yahweh will be vindicated by the outpouring of certain and necessary judgments (Eze 39;8 Isa. 2:10-22; Isa. 13;1-6; Zeph. 1;7) The Day of Yahweh does not refer to the return of Christ to his saints, but speaks primarily of His judgments against an evil world, executed by His hosts. There have been similar Days in the past, as there will be in the future.
Notice the significant repetition of the phrase "In that day," contained in this section of Zechariah's prophecy: Chapters 12:3, 4,6,8,9,11; 13:1,2,4: 14:4,6,8,9,13,20,21. For this Day, Yahweh "waits. "Isaiah declares: "Therefore will Yahweh wait, that He may be gracious unto you and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you; for Yahweh is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for Him" (Isa 30:18). In that Day, also, He shall repair the breach made when Jewry rejected the Good Shepherd, and when the staves Beauty (Grace) and Bands (Unity) were severed. In that Day, also Israel will learn that everything that has been done has been for the ultimate good of the nation -- even its punishment. Ezekiel 14;22-23 declares:" Ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem ... and they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith Adonai Yahweh."
As is appropriate, in these closing chapters of Zechariah's prophecy which deal with that Day, Yahweh is mentioned some 30 times, Jerusalem some 22 times, and the nations some 13 times. It is emphatically His Day As He will dominate events, so His Name dominates the prophecy; it is the Day when Jerusalem will be elevated to glory, thus constant reference is made to it; and it is the time when the nations will at last be humbled under His power, so they too are brought into the picture.
That Day will soon be revealed in the earth. It will be the time when the followers of the Lord will be glorified, so that every care should be taken in studying the wonderful events then to take place in the earth.
p. 157 The Christadelphian Expositor Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi
Chapter 12 commences a new prophecy that continues on to the end of the book of Zechariah. The theme of this long, extended prophecy is the Coming Day of Yahweh: a Day when Yahweh will be vindicated by the outpouring of certain and necessary judgments (Eze 39;8 Isa. 2:10-22; Isa. 13;1-6; Zeph. 1;7) The Day of Yahweh does not refer to the return of Christ to his saints, but speaks primarily of His judgments against an evil world, executed by His hosts. There have been similar Days in the past, as there will be in the future.
Notice the significant repetition of the phrase "In that day," contained in this section of Zechariah's prophecy: Chapters 12:3, 4,6,8,9,11; 13:1,2,4: 14:4,6,8,9,13,20,21. For this Day, Yahweh "waits. "Isaiah declares: "Therefore will Yahweh wait, that He may be gracious unto you and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you; for Yahweh is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for Him" (Isa 30:18). In that Day, also, He shall repair the breach made when Jewry rejected the Good Shepherd, and when the staves Beauty (Grace) and Bands (Unity) were severed. In that Day, also Israel will learn that everything that has been done has been for the ultimate good of the nation -- even its punishment. Ezekiel 14;22-23 declares:" Ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem ... and they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith Adonai Yahweh."
As is appropriate, in these closing chapters of Zechariah's prophecy which deal with that Day, Yahweh is mentioned some 30 times, Jerusalem some 22 times, and the nations some 13 times. It is emphatically His Day As He will dominate events, so His Name dominates the prophecy; it is the Day when Jerusalem will be elevated to glory, thus constant reference is made to it; and it is the time when the nations will at last be humbled under His power, so they too are brought into the picture.
That Day will soon be revealed in the earth. It will be the time when the followers of the Lord will be glorified, so that every care should be taken in studying the wonderful events then to take place in the earth.
p. 157 The Christadelphian Expositor Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi