SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 10/15/2016 9:51 PM
My Worship Time
Focus: PT-3 The Siege of Jerusalem
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Zechariah 12:3
Message of the verses: “3 “It will come about in that day that I
will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be
severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.”
The words “heavy
stone” means that the stone that Zechariah is writing about is very heavy, it
actually speaks of stones that men use to lift to see how strong they were kind
of like the weights that are used in weight lifting competition today, as they
keep adding weights to the bars until no one can lift it any longer. The stone that is referred to here will be
Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be attacked by
all the nations in the world during the Day of the Lord and they will not be
able to defeat that city because God is going to defend Jerusalem.
Now when we
look at the words “severely injured” this pictures what happens to someone who
tries to lift more than they are capable to lift and what they end up with is a
rupture which is what the Hebrew means.
Now what is
going to happen during this time in the future we have discussed in many of our
earlier Spiritual Diaries from the ones in Daniel, Joel, and Revelation. We have learned that in these last days of
the Tribulation period comes a great battle that is called the battle of
Armageddon as all the world’s armies will be gathered in the Middle East, in
the nation of Israel and the armies will be coming from all directions and will
end up fighting against each other until they see in the sky the return of
Jesus Christ along with His armies and they will all begin to fight against Him
and His armies, but that will be fruitless as He will conquer them all in a
very short amount of time. This is what
is called The Day of the Lord. Let us
look at the third chapter of Joel “9 Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare a war; rouse the mighty men! Let all the soldiers draw near,
let them come up! (V. 9).” Verse
10-17 says “10 Beat your plowshares into
swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, "I am a
mighty man." 11 Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather
yourselves there. Bring down, O LORD, Your mighty ones. 12 Let the nations be
aroused And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to judge
All the surrounding nations. 13 Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
Come, tread, for the wine press is full; The vats overflow, for their
wickedness is great. 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For
the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 15 The sun and moon grow
dark And the stars lose their brightness. 16 The LORD roars from Zion And
utters His voice from Jerusalem, And the heavens and the earth tremble. But the
LORD is a refuge for His people And a stronghold to the sons of Israel. 17 Then
you will know that I am the LORD your God, Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain.
So Jerusalem will be holy, And strangers will pass through it no more.” These verses also speak of what is going to
happen during the battle of Armageddon.
I mentioned
in our last SD that we would next be looking at the Shielding of Israel in
today’s SD, but I was mistaken and we will do that in our next SD as we
continue to move through this 12th chapter of Zechariah.
10/15/2016 10:17 PM
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