December 9, 2019: Day 86 – Zechariah 14

As we  close  out Zechariah we begin with destruction and then end with eternal peace and eternal prosperity for the people and the city of Jerusalem.  Remember when Hoover promised a chicken in every pot?  Well this Scripture promises that every pot of every household would be as blessed and holy as the cooking pots which are found in the temple.  This  sense that the Lord will reach out of the temple and come into every home and be a blessing is somewhat unique in this Scripture for this concept of God with us is seen later in the coming of Christ.  

But we find God casting plagues upon the people who  rise up against Jerusalem and the people of Israel as well as a plague on those who do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the one true God.  This promise is given in vs.11 where we read that Jerusalem will never again be destroyed and it will abide in history.  Now, we know that this has not been the case.  Jerusalem has been conquered and destroyed and conquered and destroyed numerous times in history.  But these promises in the OT often are conditional on the faithfulness of the people of Israel.  We know that this does not last long.

So Zechariah ends with a scene from the Mount of Olives which then becomes a very important location in the New Testament Gospels where Jesus is often found there praying, teaching, with his disciples, and telling parables.  But for now, we end with the coming days where we find promises from the Lord upon which we can rely.