The Lord's Salvation

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Intro: Some things are worth waiting for; yet when we get them we wonder why we did not enjoy that blessing all along.
We just passed the Canadian Thanksgiving feast day and the USA one is coming. After enjoying all the food you can possibly force down your own throat, you sometimes wonder why you waited till the end of November to enjoy such good food.
In todays passage we will see that the people of Israel will one day enjoy full deliverance and salvation from Jesus, and they will ask themselves why they waited so long?!

Review:

A.The Lord Remembers, Lord of Hosts, and now we get to the beginning of the 3rd section where we will see “In that day” repeated over and over again.

B. Last week we saw many words and phrases that were prophecies to point us to Christ. We have another one this week.

The Lord will bring salvation. 1-10a

A.A burden - not always nice to hear! 1a

1 of 2 that Zech gives.
Can be hard to understand because they were dealing with all future, and we are dealing with some future and some that is now history.
Zechariah 12:1 ESV
The oracle of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus declares the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him:

B.We have to make it clear that we are talking about the Creator God. verse 1b

1.He Made the heavens and earth
2.He created us - no evolution involved.
Zechariah 12:1 ESV
The oracle of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus declares the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him:
Paul did the same thing when talking to the people of Athens in Acts 17
Acts 17:23–27 ESV
For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,

C. Notice the number of times God says, “I will...”

2,4,6,9,10
“The Lord will....” 7, 8
This is God’s work! The future is in His hands!

D.Notice the number of times we read “In that day...”

3,4,6, 8-2x, 9,11
Same number as God will....
Default mode is to think future events when we read this.
Never been ultimately fulfilled. though it has been in part.
Is verse 6 talking about the 6 day war of June 5–10, 1967 ? Could be, but this same thing will happen again at the battle of Armageddon at the end of the tribulation period. We will see this brought up in chapter 14.
The first 10 verses talk about the attacks of the gentiles to destroy Jews.

Mourning for the Pierced One. 10b-14

A.An important identifier.

Zechariah 12:10 ESV
“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
Quoted in the NT and is an important identifier!
John 19:37 ESV
And again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they have pierced.”
Revelation 1:7 ESV
Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.

B.The sadness is a result of seeing Jesus!

We don’t see people seek a Saviour till they are ready to morn their sin!
James 4:8–9 ESV
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.

Conclusion: God wants to remind us that He remembers His people. He will ultimately deliver them from all who would do them harm.

While the future may not be clear to us...

1.Do we trust God and His plan?

2.Do we understand the impact it will have on people when they see Jesus?

3. What are we doing to help people have a relationship with Jesus now?

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