What we can tell from Zechariah 14:1-5

[guysmith]

What we can tell from Zechariah 14:1-5

Verse 1 is a proclaimation of the impending DOTL.

1 A day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided among you.

Verse 2's description suggest that the DOTL hasn't yet started (The gathering of the nations to Jerusalem and the women being raped implies that the DOTL has yet to start) at that time. Half of the city will go into exile, which raises several questions:

A. Who are "the rest of the people will not be taken from the city?"
B. Since they are in Jerusalem before the DOTL, when did they get there?
C. Do they have the Mark-of-the-Beast / are they Christian? (If they have the MOTB or they aren't, then why does Christ come to fight for them ((verse 3))? Also, why would Christ give "flee" instructions if they have the MOTB or they are not Christian((verse 3))? )

2 I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.

Verse 3 and 4 is a grand description of the advent of Christ which clarifies that the DOTL will have started at this time.

3 Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights in the day of battle.
4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south.

Verse 5 is very interesting. The "flee" instructions are obviously for "the rest of the people will not be taken from the city" which will still be in Jerusalem at the time when Christ returns with those who are in the first resurrection ("the holy ones with him").

5 You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.

The conclusion that I draw from this is that there will individuals without the MOTB (Christians)in Jerusalem prior to the prior to the DOTL.

Guy

 

[n25an]

Isn't It Interesting How The Lord Always Stand Up For His People In their darkest hour...

I take comfort in that...

And I will pay attention to the warning of the scriptures...

The Day Of The Lord Is Coming...

Zechariah 14:1-5 (King James Version) 1Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
5And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

 

[Sinthesis]

Hmm... I read Zechariah 14:1-5 and understand that this particular Day of the Lord has already happened.:shocked!
Good thing too, as otherwise we would all still be stuck in Babylon.:shocked!