Behold the King!

Preamble:

Text: Zechariah 14:1-9

Zechariah 14:1–9 LSB

Behold, a day is coming for Yahweh when the spoil taken from you will be divided among you. Indeed, I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished, and half of the city will go forth in exile, but those left of the people will not be cut off from the city. Then Yahweh will go forth and fight against those nations, as the day when He fights on a day of battle. And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south. And you will flee by the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azel; indeed, you will flee just as you fled before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then Yahweh, my God, will come, and all the holy ones with Him! And it will be in that day, that there will be no light; the luminaries will dwindle. And it will be a unique day which is known to Yahweh, neither day nor night, but it will be that at evening time there will be light. And it will be in that day, that living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter. And Yahweh will be king over all the earth; in that day Yahweh will be the only one, and His name one.

The King is coming to destroy darkness.

Intro:

The Ruin of the City

Zechariah 14:1 LSB

Behold, a day is coming for Yahweh when the spoil taken from you will be divided among you.

Zechariah 14:2 LSB

Indeed, I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished, and half of the city will go forth in exile, but those left of the people will not be cut off from the city.

Zechariah 14:3 LSB

Then Yahweh will go forth and fight against those nations, as the day when He fights on a day of battle.

The Return of the King

Zechariah 14:4 LSB

And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south.

Zechariah 14:5 LSB

And you will flee by the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azel; indeed, you will flee just as you fled before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then Yahweh, my God, will come, and all the holy ones with Him!

Zechariah 14:6 LSB

And it will be in that day, that there will be no light; the luminaries will dwindle.

The Reign of Christ

Zechariah 14:7 LSB

And it will be a unique day which is known to Yahweh, neither day nor night, but it will be that at evening time there will be light.

Zechariah 14:8 LSB

And it will be in that day, that living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter.

Zechariah 14:9 LSB

And Yahweh will be king over all the earth; in that day Yahweh will be the only one, and His name one.

Conclusion: