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Zechariah 2 Commentary: Today we’ll be finishing the vision that the prophet Zechariah received concerning the man with the measuring line in his hand.
So, let’s read Zechariah 2.
[Read Zec 2…]
So, we’ve studied up through verse 10 previously in this
class. And we saw in that verse that God’s Old Testament people were to rejoice
at the prospect of the Lord’s dwelling in their midst.
Zechariah 2 Commentary Verse 11
And one reason for that joy is that when God does finally
come to reside in the midst of Israel, it won’t just be Israel that wants to be
a part of that. Gentile nations – even some of those who plundered Israel as we
discussed before – even they will want to – not plunder Israel anymore – but actually join Israel!
11 [And many/many] nations [shall be joined/will join themselves/will be joined] to the LORD [in that day/on the day of salvation],
and [shall be/will become/they will also be] my people:
[and I/Then I/Indeed, I/I] will [dwell/settle/live] [in the midst of thee/in your midst/in the midst of you all/among you],
[and/Then] [thou shalt/you will] know that the LORD [of hosts/who rules over all/Almighty] [hath/has] sent me [unto thee/to you].
Zechariah 2 Commentary And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day
So, this reality of many nations joining themselves to the
Lord is one that is promised by the Lord in other places in the Old Testament.
The Lord in Micah 4:1-4 says:
KJV Micah 4:1 ¶ But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
2 And many nations shall come, and say,
Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths:
for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
So that’s Micah’s testimony to the fact that in the last
days many nations will be gathered to the Lord and there will be peace
everywhere.
Also, in Isaiah 2, the prophet Isaiah says something very
similar to what Micah said about the nations coming and joining themselves to
the Lord in the last days.
And even later on in the book of Zechariah we read of this
future reality in Zechariah 8:20-23:
KJV Zechariah 8:20 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying,
Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.
22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.
23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts;
In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying,
We will go with you: for we have heard t
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By PaulZechariah 2 Commentary: Today we’ll be finishing the vision that the prophet Zechariah received concerning the man with the measuring line in his hand.
So, let’s read Zechariah 2.
[Read Zec 2…]
So, we’ve studied up through verse 10 previously in this
class. And we saw in that verse that God’s Old Testament people were to rejoice
at the prospect of the Lord’s dwelling in their midst.
Zechariah 2 Commentary Verse 11
And one reason for that joy is that when God does finally
come to reside in the midst of Israel, it won’t just be Israel that wants to be
a part of that. Gentile nations – even some of those who plundered Israel as we
discussed before – even they will want to – not plunder Israel anymore – but actually join Israel!
11 [And many/many] nations [shall be joined/will join themselves/will be joined] to the LORD [in that day/on the day of salvation],
and [shall be/will become/they will also be] my people:
[and I/Then I/Indeed, I/I] will [dwell/settle/live] [in the midst of thee/in your midst/in the midst of you all/among you],
[and/Then] [thou shalt/you will] know that the LORD [of hosts/who rules over all/Almighty] [hath/has] sent me [unto thee/to you].
Zechariah 2 Commentary And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day
So, this reality of many nations joining themselves to the
Lord is one that is promised by the Lord in other places in the Old Testament.
The Lord in Micah 4:1-4 says:
KJV Micah 4:1 ¶ But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
2 And many nations shall come, and say,
Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths:
for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
So that’s Micah’s testimony to the fact that in the last
days many nations will be gathered to the Lord and there will be peace
everywhere.
Also, in Isaiah 2, the prophet Isaiah says something very
similar to what Micah said about the nations coming and joining themselves to
the Lord in the last days.
And even later on in the book of Zechariah we read of this
future reality in Zechariah 8:20-23:
KJV Zechariah 8:20 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying,
Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.
22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.
23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts;
In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying,
We will go with you: for we have heard t