Zechariah 14:9 New Living
Translation
“And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day
there will be one Lord—his name alone will be worshiped.”
The future is like standing on the shore looking out upon
the ocean. As far as the eye can see
there is nothingness, just water below and sky above. The future is a sea of nothingness to mortal
man as well. We have no idea what will
happen in the next moment, let alone a day, week, month or year from now. And it is fruitless to guess, for there is no
point to it. However, we know someone
who knows the beginning from the end and everything in between. It is Almighty God, Creator of the Universe
and man’s first breath.
The Jews had recently been allowed to
return from their exile in Babylon once Cyrus, King of Persia had overthrown
that city. Once they had returned to
Jerusalem they began rebuilding the Temple.
Due to a 10 year hiatus in construction the Temple was not completed for
a total of 20 yrs. Zechariah was
considered in scripture to be one of the Minor Prophets or post-exilic prophets
along with Malachi and Haggai. Zechariah
set about encouraging the people that the Messiah, the deliverer of the people
of God, would come at a future time to rescue the people from sin and reign for
all time as their King.
Since gentiles had been grafted into the
branch that Israel had rejected (Romans 11:11-31), namely Christ, this message
is also important to us. One day the
Lord will return in the clouds to rescue all believers from this world of
degradation and then return with an angelic army to conquer all his enemies and
rule over the earth. All the vicious,
violent acts in the name of religion that are taking place in the world today
will be stopped upon the return of Christ.
He will return in power and glory and no man will be able to withstand
his fury of vengeance. We will live for
all eternity in peace under the loving and powerful rule of our Savior. That will be a glorious day! Until next time, walk with the King and be a
blessing!
Resource: The Life Application Study Bible; Tyndale
House Publishing.
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