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Introduction

We come to chapter 12 today and things are intensifying and about what we are know about the prophetic nature of the future and what God is doing with the coming of the Messiah.

So lets get started

So right off the bat, verse 1 tell us the Lord is speaking, it is word of prophecy from the Lord himself and as a further evidence, the Lord described His work of creation.

He formed the heavens, the earth and man as well, even breathing into him and making him a living soul.

How great is our God.

Verse 2. This verse is interesting, he says that he is about to make Jerusalem a cup of staggering … it describes a cup of wine that because of its alcoholic state will cause people to be drunk, staggering.

The surrounding nations will become like a stumbling man, a drunken man,

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The seige of Jerusalem will also be against Judah… The nation Judah will also share the invasion of Jerusalem.

The idea here is that some of the citizens of Judah are forced to participate in the seige of Jerusalem by the enemy.

And finally here in this first section, verse 3

Zechariah begins with the thought, on that day…refers to the day when they will become a cup of staggering, the day of God’s judgment.

The heavy stone refers to a test of strength that the youth of the Palestine area often participated in, a heavy stone was the test, could they lift it.

The rock of offense, will be the savior, the Messiah and people will be broken as will the Antichrist, nothing can with stand the Lord himself.

Verses 4-5

Verses 4-5

So on the day the Lord has determined, the day with the staggering drink.. the Lord says He will do ....

Zech 12

strike every horse with panic… speaks to the idea of making them unable to ride into battle, they are uncontrollable.

Horses are always a symbol of strength and power, but no more and all of this is rendered to Israel;s enemies.

madness, blindness, confusion are curses that God will place upon the enemies of Israel.

and verse 5 God has chosen Jerusalem, they are the city of His affection.

The clans will have God’s power and protection during this time.

The Lord loves his people.

Verse 6

The blazing pot, speaks to a cooking vessel, or it could be a basin for water.

But in the case of this pot it is filled with hot coals, coals that would burn the surrounding wood.

The picture takes us back to , verses 1-3 where the trees representing the kings are burned with fire.

The flaming torch would burn the dry grain, it is a symbol of the Lord’s power and His ability to devour the enemies of the Lord and his people.

Even in the future days, the Lord will devour His enemies and those of his people as well

The Lord has said something to this fact to Zechariah already in chapter 5 verse 14,

Now lets move forward to verses 7-9

The Lord will grant salvation first to the towns and villages that are around jerusalem in the country of Judah first.

And it seems right because they were the first to be affected by the enemies of the Lord first.

it is some of them who have been forced to serve the enemies while jerusalem was being invaded and attacked.

This action will also demonstrate that the battle is the Lord’s and it is not won by military might and strength.

Verse 8 says that on that day, you keep hearing the mention of this and how the Lord will work on he day of his salvation.

The Lord will make the even the feeblest of the people will be like King David and will be made strong and mighty.

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The angel of the Lord going before them speaks to Messiah.

The Messiah will be the strength of this people.

The angel of the Lord going before them speaks to

And if you consider a future time look, The Savior of the World, Jesus will defeat all the enemies of HIs people.

and verse 9 proclaims that the Lord will seek to destroy those who are against the Lord’s people, the push is again looking at the future… on that day.

Now lets look at the last section, look at verses 10-14

Verse 10 God’s favor, given freely and wonderfully will be given to his people, to His nation.

he will pour this out freely upon the Lord’s people.

He will act to save Israel.

This was prophesied by other prophets as well.

but then the second portion of verse 10 speaks to the one whom they pierced, we know without a doubt who that refers too, it speaks to Jesus.

When they see Jesus on this day they will lament for they crucified the son of God.

The future generations on that day will know the wrong their ancestors committed and they will mourn for they understand their guilt.

Verse 11 says their mourning will be likened to the death of their righteousness King Josiah, on the plain of Megiddo.

This event was in 609 BC, and he was the last godly king of judah.

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Verse 12-13

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You see the lines of the kings, royal lines and the levitical lines as well, each family shall mourn for the way their evil generations acted, not allthe kings and not all the priests were good and righteous.. some were evil.

Verse 14

They are mourning, they are repentant, as they see Jesus… from the least to the greatest…

They will know who jesus is will be humbled in HIs presence.