Arlin Sorensen's Thoughts on Scripture
Zechariah 14 has a view of what is to come at the end. “I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle”. Zechariah seems to have the very end times in view, when Jerusalem will be surrounded and attacked by some type of international force. This attack against Jerusalem will be severe, but the city itself will not be overthrown (the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city). People will be killed, mistreated and scattered. But God is not going to allow them all to be destroyed.
“Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him”. Just when it seems that all hope is gone for Jerusalem and the people of Israel, then the Lord will fight for His people. This was the type of arrival the Jews in Jesus’ day hoped for. When Rome…
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