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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy
word.
A prophecy: The word of the Lord concerning Israel.
The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the
foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person,
declares: “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding
peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. On that day, when
all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an
immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure
themselves. On that day, I will strike every horse with panic and its rider
with madness,” declares the Lord. “I will keep a watchful eye over Judah, but I
will blind all the horses of the nations.”
“Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The
people of Jerusalem are strong, because the Lord Almighty is their God.’”
“On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a
firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume
all the surrounding peoples right and left, but Jerusalem will remain intact in
her place.”
“The Lord will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that
the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem’s inhabitants may not be
greater than that of Judah. On that day, the Lord will shield those who live in
Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them will be like David, and the house of
David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord going before them. On that
day, I will set out to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.”
Zechariah 12:1-9
This ends this reading from God's holy word. Thanks be
to God.
I don’t know about you but I tire hearing the number of
nations who want to declare themselves enemies of Israel. Some are subtle in
the way they convey this; others are less so, like these words from perennial
adversary, Iran:
"The Zionist regime -- as we have already said --
will cease to exist in the next 25 years if there is a collective and united
struggle by the Palestinians and the Muslims against the Zionists."
These words,
spoken by Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, were said recently
according to Iran’s Press TV. Perhaps, Khamenei and others like him who choose
to levy threats against God’s beloved nation and its people should pay close attention
to these opening verses of Zechariah 12 as well as other places in the Old
Testament that make it clear God will not allow for Israel’s enemies to have
victory. Look again at these words here:
A prophecy: The
word of the Lord concerning Israel.
The Lord, who
stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms
the human spirit within a person, declares: “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup
that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well
as Jerusalem. On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against
her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try
to move it will injure themselves. On that day, I will strike every horse with
panic and its rider with madness,” declares the Lord. “I will keep a watchful
eye over Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations.”
“Then the clans of
Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The people of Jerusalem are strong, because
the Lord Almighty is their God.’”
“On that day I
will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch
among sheaves. They will consume all the surrounding peoples right and left,
but Jerusalem will remain intact in her place.”
“The Lord will
save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and
of Jerusalem’s inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah. On that day,
the Lord will shield those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among
them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the
angel of the Lord going before them. On that day, I will set out to destroy all
the nations that attack Jerusalem.” Zechariah
12:1-9
This passage is identified not only as a prophecy but
more importantly as a “word of the Lord concerning Israel”, more important
because we know the words of the Lord are always perfectly true.
It is this Lord, the Lord who “stretches out the heavens”,
“lays the foundation of the earth”, and “forms the human spirit within a person”,
who declares that surrounding nations and their peoples who gather against
Israel will be sent reeling as the Lord promises to make His beloved nation “an
immovable rock for all the nations”. Anyone
who attempts to bring harm to Israel will in fact find themselves injured in
the process.
Not exactly words that should offer any foe of Israel
confidence. In fact, these words should bring any nation terror and hesitance in
taking any action against Israel because they do not stand on their own
strength and power but rather the strength of the Lord God Almighty, through
which all things are possible to include being saved from the danger of a
deadly adversary. Judah and Jerusalem will revel and rejoice in the Lord’s
protection, a protection that comes with the following vow:
“On that day, I
will set out to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.”
On that day, a day that is sure to come whenever the need
arises, God will set Israel free from all their enemies, all who would seek to attack
the Lord’s beloved holy nation.
Perhaps all these enemies like Iran who like to throw out
warnings should save their breath because I think the Lord has made this
message clear regarding any attack on His people:
It isn’t going to happen.
Amen.
In Christ,
Mark
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