Tuesday, 6 February 2007

Zechariah 14

It's the end of Zechariah! He certainly goes out in style as well:

What happens:
- There is a long vision of what God will do in the future. It involves a lot of death, destruction, pain and misery for all people. He will attack foreign nations who attack Jerusalem and He will cause great suffering for many people.

Meaning:
- All of this will show that He is the Lord All-Powerful. This could be pointing towards the final end of the Earth as in when Jesus returns and there is the tribulation. It might refer to then. Either way it's pretty horrible and nasty.

Stuff for us:
- God is a hugely powerful God. He doesn't mess around and He isn't just the cuddley friend who helps us out when we're in trouble and comforts us when we fall. He is that God but He wis also the great and terrible God dscribed here. We should love Him fearfully.

1 comment:

susie said...

Oh happy days!

For Zec

On the day of judgment there will be destruction, disease. Some of the people will get to Azal while everyone suffers around Jerusalem. Those who fought will face a plague which will end in death and fighting.

After that, God will reign over everything and people will worship Him and Jeruslem will be the place where the temple will be to celebrate the Feast of Booths??

For us to take away

'Over all the earth you reign on high'... and so on

There will be a judgement day where people will be divided as to what they believe - we need to be telling others about Jesus.

One day we will be held to account before an almighty God who knows everything.

We worship a mighty awesome God who also loves us as we are. Soemtimes we forget just how powerful He is.