SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 10/19/2016 12:13 AM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-3 The Shielding of Israel
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Zechariah 12:8-9
Message of the verses: “8 “In that day the LORD will defend the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who is feeble among them in that day will
be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the
LORD before them. 9 "And in that
day I will set about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.”
As we look
at verse eight we see that even the feeble among the children of Israel “in
that day” will have the strength to fight like David who was the greatest
soldier that Israel has ever had.
Remember what the women were singing “Saul has killed his thousands, and
David his ten-thousands.” Having an army
filled with people like David will indeed be very helpful for Israel during the
tribulation period.
Now we will
conclude this SD and this subject by looking at verse nine, and as we look at
this verse we will see that all of the nations who have been persecuting the
Jews will be judged by the Lord, as God will set about to destroy those who
came against Jerusalem. John MacArthur
who comments on the words “will seek” which is translated “will set” in the
NASB writes “The term ‘will seek’ is a most interesting Hebrew term. It is a term that is used of a marksman who
bends his bow with his eye focused on the target. He wants to hit the bullseye and nothing
distracts him. The cup of iniquity is
full and God comes in judgment. Read
Revelation 16, read Revelation 19 and se how God begins to come in judgment,
how Jesus splits the heavens with His coming, comes in glory and power with a
flaming victory at hand with a sword dipped in blood and He comes to conquer.”
He goes on
to write “So, in summary, the first nine verses of the twelfth chapter describe
prophetically Israel’s great deliverance and the destruction of the armies of
the world gathered against her. That’s
political, folks. The next part is
spiritual. And that brings us to the
sorrow of Israel.” We will begin that in
our next SD.
10/19/2016 12:27 AM
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