Judgment and Salvation of All the Nations
Bible Text: Zechariah 14:12-21 | Preacher: Alan Conner | Series: 2009, Zechariah
Intro
I. THE WRATH OF THE LORD (vv. 12-13, 15).
A. What does this refer to?
B. The judgment:
1) their flesh will rot
2) a great panic will fall on them
3) plague on the animals
Is this judgment temporal or eternal?
II. THE WEALTH OF THE LORD (v. 14).
A. Judah fights at Jerusalem.
B. The wealth of the nations will be gathered to Jerusalem (cf. 14:1).
Fulfilled on the New Earth. Rev. 21:26
III. THE WORSHIP OF THE LORD (vv. 16-21).
A. The remnant (v. 16).
B. The Feast of Booths [Tabernacles] (vv. 16-19).
1) This feast celebrated God’s deliverance of His people in the exodus.
2) Celebrates the Lord tabernacling among His people.
3) Universal worship (vv. 17-19).
Premillennial view and its problems.
a) Prophetic literature can be found in several different literary styles:
(1) Literal
(2) Typical –
(3) Figurative –
b) The millennial kingdom restores Israel and OT worship in the land promised to Abraham. Problems:
(1) The land promises are for an “eternal inheritance” Gen. 17:8
(2) Any return to the OT form of worship and the Levitical priesthood and animal sacrifices in a rebuilt temple would be “an unthinkable regression in redemptive history” (p. 320).
(3) There is much in this section that seems clearly fulfilled in the New Jerusalem on the New Earth.
There will be no light in that day (14:6-7). Cf. Rev. 21:23, 25; 22:5.
This Jerusalem has a river of living water (14:8). Cf. Rev. 22:1-2.
The LORD is king over all the earth and He will be the only one (14:9).
This city has no curse (14:11). Cf. Rev. 22:3; 21:4.
nations bring their glory into it (14:14), Cf. Rev. 21:26
(4) The “if” of v. 18
c. The worship of a holy people (vv. 20-21).
WHY WE NEED TO KNOW THIS?