Acclamation (Zech. 2:10-13)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 4/26/2016 8:31 AM

My Worship Time                                                                                          Focus:  Acclamation

Bible Reading & Meditation                                                     Reference:  Zech. 2:10-13

            Message of the verses:  “10 "Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will dwell in your midst," declares the LORD. 11 “Many nations will join themselves to the LORD in that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you. 12 “The LORD will possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem. 13 “Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for He is aroused from His holy habitation."”

            These are wonderful verses which give all believers something to greatly look forward to and in the mean time to do as Zechariah suggests “Sing for joy and be glad.”  One of the things that I look forward to is the Millennial Kingdom where I will be able to live on planet earth in a glorified body and work for my Lord Jesus Christ doing exactly what He has planned for me to do, whatever that may be, and while doing that not be troubled with the world, the flesh, nor the devil.

            When we studied the last eight chapters of the book of Ezekiel we learned about some things that were going to happen during the Millennial Kingdom as the temple of the Lord will be built and the earth will be restored and also the Lord will reign from Jerusalem and as Ezekiel writes “"The city shall be 18,000 cubits round about; and the name of the city from that day shall be, ’The LORD is there’ (Ezekiel 48:35).  This is the last verse in the book of Ezekiel and notice the last thing he writes “The LORD is there.”  This word is “Jehovah Shammah,” and “The Lord is there” is exactly what that means.

            Verse eleven shows that there will be many Gentiles there who will know the Lord and worship Him there as when the Tribulation is over and the sheep and the goats are separated, the sheep going into the Millennial Kingdom and the goats into the lake of fire, and then the devil is cast into the pit for those 1000 years all on earth at that time will be believers, as it won’t be until the time when offspring are born that unbelievers will once again be on planet earth.

            Dr. Wiersbe writes “Zechariah 2:12 is the only place in the Scripture where Palestine is called ‘the holy land.’  That designation is often used today, but it really doesn’t apply.  The land will not be holy until Messiah cleanses the people and the land when He returns to reign (3:9).  A fountain will be opened to wash away sin and uncleanness (13:1), and then the Jews shall be called ‘the holy people’ (Isa. 62: 12).  That’s something to shout about!”

            Zechariah is saying in verse thirteen that the nations should be silent before the Lord, something that surely does not go on today as people are mocking the Lord and His people, and killing His people, but according to Zechariah 1:15 all those who treat God’s people in a wrong way will pay for that in the future.  That verse is especially speaking of how people have treated the Jews, God’s special people, but I’m sure that it also those who harm all of God’s people.  Now people should be silent before the Lord because Messiah is coming to reign and will reign forever.  Can you imagine being on earth during the last battle, the battle of Armageddon and as the war is ragging and millions of people are dying all of a sudden you look up to see the Lord Jesus Christ along with His angels and saints coming to earth and so the people stop fighting each other and start fighting against the Lord and instantly the Lord ends the war with the Sword in His mouth.  Now that is something to be silent about for sure!

            Dr. Wiersbe concludes “As you review these three night visions, you learn that God watches the nations and knows what they are doing; that He judges the nations for their sins, especially for their mistreatment of Israel; and that there is a glorious future planned for Jerusalem and the Jewish nation, when Messiah will return to cleanse them and restore the glory of God in their midst.

            “No wonder we’re taught to pray, ‘Thy kingdom come’ (Matt. 6:10); for when we pray that prayer, we are praying for the peace of Jerusalem.  And there can be no true peace in Jerusalem until the Prince of Peace reigns in glory.”   

            In our next SD I want to look again at this second chapter from the sermon from John MacArthur.

4/26/2016 9:00 AM