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<h2><a onclick="return mV('Zec',14,'1-');">Zec 14</a> – Holiness to the <span class="c6">Lord</span></h2>
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<p>A. Israel attacked but defended by the returning Messiah.</p>
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<p class="c1">1. (<a onclick="return mV('Zec',14,'1-2');">1-2</a>) Jerusalem under siege from the nations.</p>
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<p class="c2">Behold, the day of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> is coming, and your spoil will be divided in your midst. For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; the city shall be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, but the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.</p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem</span></b>: Zechariah seems to have the very end times in view, when Jerusalem will be surrounded and attacked by some type of international force. When the Romans came against Jerusalem in 70 <span class="c6">a.d.</span> they came with a multinational army and brought terrible destruction on the city and its people. Yet there was none of the deliverance that Zechariah will describe in the following verses, so it is difficult to say that this was fulfilled in the Roman attack upon Jerusalem in 70 <span class="c6">a.d.</span></p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">Half the city shall go into captivity</span></b>: This attack against Jerusalem will be severe, but the city itself will not be overthrown (<b><span class="c3">the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city</span></b>).</p>
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<p class="c1">2. (<a onclick="return mV('Zec',14,'3-5');">3-5</a>) The Messiah intervenes for His people.</p>
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<p class="c2">Then the <span class="c6">Lord</span> will go forth and fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle. And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, from east to west, <i>making </i>a very large valley; half of the mountain shall move toward the north and half of it toward the south. Then you shall flee <i>through </i>My mountain valley, for the mountain valley shall reach to Azal. Yes, you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Thus the <span class="c6">Lord</span> my God will come, <i>and </i>all the saints with You.</p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">Then the <span class="c6">Lord</span> will go forth and fight</span></b>: Just when it seems that all hope is gone for Jerusalem and the people of Israel, then the Lord will fight for His people.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. "God is said to <i>go forth</i> when he manifests his power by delivering his people and punishing their enemies." (Pulpit)</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives . . . And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, from east to west</span></b>: This speaks of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> - Jesus, as God the Son - materially returning to a material earth and setting His feet on <b><span class="c3">the Mount of Olives</span></b>. At that time a great split will cut the Mount of Olives in two, and the persecuted people of Jerusalem will <b><span class="c3">flee through</span></b> the valley made by the split.</p>
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<p class="c4">c. <b><span class="c3">Thus the <span class="c6">Lord</span> my God will come, and all the saints with You</span></b>: Jesus will touch His feet to the Mount of Olives when He returns in glory with <b><span class="c3">all the saints</span></b>, the <i>armies of heaven</i> described in <a onclick="return mV('Rev',19,14);">Rev 19:14</a>.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. This was the type of arrival the Jews in Jesus' day hoped for. Indeed, when the Roman armies surrounded Jerusalem in 70 <span class="c6">a.d.</span> a mistaken assurance from prophecies like this made the Jews utterly confident that the Messiah would return from heaven and wipe out the Roman armies surrounding Jerusalem. They could not see that the Messiah must first be rejected and the nation brought to repentance as Zechariah mentioned in <a onclick="return mV('Zec',11,'12-13');">11:12-13</a> and <a onclick="return mV('Zec',12,10);">12:10</a>.</p>
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<p>B. The Kingdom of the Messiah.</p>
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<p class="c1">1. (<a onclick="return mV('Zec',14,'6-11');">6-11</a>) The Messiah's rule changes the earth.</p>
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<p class="c2">It shall come to pass in that day <i>that </i>there will be no light; the lights will diminish. It shall be one day which is known to the <span class="c6">Lord</span>; neither day nor night. But at evening time it shall happen <i>that </i>it will be light. And in that day it shall be <i>that </i>living waters shall flow from Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and half of them toward the western sea; in both summer and winter it shall occur. And the <span class="c6">Lord</span> shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be; "The <span class="c6">Lord</span> <i>is </i>one," and His name one. All the land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be raised up and inhabited in her place from Benjamin's Gate to the place of the First Gate and the Corner Gate, and <i>from </i>the Tower of Hananeel to the king's winepresses. <i>The people </i>shall dwell in it; and no longer shall there be utter destruction, but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.</p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">At evening time it shall happen that it will be light</span></b>: Now Zechariah looks forward to the glory of Jerusalem in the Messiah's kingdom. The lights we guide our lives by <b><span class="c3">will diminish</span></b>, but God will bring His own light.</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">Living waters shall flow from Jerusalem</span></b>: Jerusalem will no longer be a dry city, but a glorious river will flow from the city and branch off both east and west, and it will be a never ending flow (<b><span class="c3">in both summer and winter it shall occur</span></b>).</p>
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<p class="c5">i. All over the world people want to know what will happen to Jerusalem. Zechariah knows the answer - God will gloriously save and restore Jerusalem, making it the capital city of the millennial earth.</p>
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<p class="c5">ii. <a onclick="return mV('Eze',47,'1-');">Eze 47</a> records a vision that may describe this scene. Ezekiel saw a river flowing from the throne of God and down to the Dead Sea, bringing life and vitality everywhere.</p>
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<p class="c4">c. <b><span class="c3">All the land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem</span></b>: Since the mountains around Jerusalem are no longer needed as a defense, they can be flattened into a plain.</p>
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<p class="c4">d. <b><span class="c3">Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited</span></b>: This will be the first time in a long time that Jerusalem will be a safe place to live.</p>
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<p class="c1">2. (<a onclick="return mV('Zec',14,'12-15');">12-15</a>) Enemies are forever plagued.</p>
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<p class="c2">And this shall be the plague with which the <span class="c6">Lord</span> will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, and their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths. It shall come to pass in that day <i>that </i>a great panic from the <span class="c6">Lord</span> will be among them. Everyone will seize the hand of his neighbor, and raise his hand against his neighbor's hand; Judah also will fight at Jerusalem. And the wealth of all the surrounding nations shall be gathered together: Gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance. Such also shall be the plague on the horse <i>and </i>the mule, on the camel and the donkey, and on all the cattle that will be in those camps. So <i>shall </i>this plague <i>be</i>.</p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet</span></b>: In the glorious deliverance the Messiah brings, the enemies of God and His people are destroyed by plague, mutual slaughter, and by the sword of Judah (<b><span class="c3">Judah also will fight at Jerusalem</span></b>).</p>
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<p class="c5">i. The description of flesh dissolving makes some think that Zechariah is describing the effects of a neutron or nuclear bomb.</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">The wealth of all the surrounding nations shall be gathered together</span></b>: In the glorious deliverance the Messiah brings, Jerusalem will become a wealthy and influential city again.</p>
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<p class="c1">3. (<a onclick="return mV('Zec',14,'16-19');">16-19</a>) All the nations come to Jerusalem to worship the <span class="c6">Lord</span>.</p>
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<p class="c2">And it shall come to pass <i>that </i>everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the <span class="c6">Lord</span> of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. And it shall be <i>that </i>whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the <span class="c6">Lord</span> of hosts, on them there will be no rain. If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they <i>shall have </i>no <i>rain</i>; they shall receive the plague with which the <span class="c6">Lord</span> strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.</p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">Shall go up from year to year to worship the King</span></b>: Instead of coming to Jerusalem for battle now the nations come to honor God and to remember His faithfulness to Israel in the wilderness by keeping the <b><span class="c3">Feast of Tabernacles</span></b>.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. Jesus told us to go to the ends of the earth with the gospel but in the millennium the earth will come to Jerusalem to worship and honor God.</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">Whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem . . . on them there will be no rain</span></b>: God won't <i>make</i> people worship Him during the millennium, but the advantages of worshipping and honoring God will be more evident than ever.</p>
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<p class="c4">c. <b><span class="c3">If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain</span></b>: Egypt is specifically mentioned because they were a nation not especially dependant on rain, yet they too would be punished if disobedient.</p>
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<p class="c1">4. (<a onclick="return mV('Zec',14,'20-21');">20-21</a>) The common is made holy.</p>
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<p class="c2">In that day "<span class="c6">Holiness to the Lord</span>" shall be <i>engraved </i>on the bells of the horses. The pots in the Lord's house shall be like the bowls before the altar. Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holiness to the <span class="c6">Lord</span> of hosts. Everyone who sacrifices shall come and take them and cook in them. In that day there shall no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> of hosts.</p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">In that day "<span class="c6">Holiness to the Lord</span>" shall be engraved on the bells of the horses</span></b>: This was the great inscription on the metal band around the high priest's headpiece (<a onclick="return mV('Exd',28,36);">Exd 28:36</a>). In the glory of the Messiah's kingdom horses won't be needed for war any longer - now even they can wear the emblems of <b><span class="cmscap">Holiness to the Lord</span></b>.</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">The pots in the Lord's house</span></b>: These were the cooking utensils used by worshippers to cook for their own the sacrificial meat intended for them from the peace offerings. The <b><span class="c3">bowls before the altar</span></b> were used to gather and sprinkle sacrificial blood on the altar. These show that animal sacrifice will continue in the millennium, but <i>not as atonement for sin</i> - which was perfectly satisfied by the atoning work of Jesus. Sacrifice in the millennium will look back to the perfect work of Jesus.</p>
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<p class="c4">c. <b><span class="c3">Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holiness to the <span class="c6">Lord</span> of hosts</span></b>: In the glory of the Messiah's kingdom, what was previously common is made holy; the holy is made holier; and the irreclaimably profane is forever shut out. At the end of it all, there is no longer any distinction between the holy and profane. All is set apart to God and His purposes.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. "The point is that the people and the city will be so holy that even these insignificant things will be fully dedicated to the Lord." (Boice)</p>
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<p class="c5">ii. There is a right way and a wrong way to eliminate the line between the holy and the profane: you can make everything <i>holy</i> (set apart to the <span class="c6">Lord</span>), or you can make everything <i>profane</i> (set apart to sin and self). Zechariah ends his prophecy making it clear that God's way is the make everything that was once common or profane <i>holy</i> instead.</p>
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