Zechariah 14:6-7

IN THAT DAY (11). Zechariah 14:6-7

RV. And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall not be light; the bright ones shall withdraw themselves: but it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah; not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.

LXX. And it shall come to pass in that day that there shall be no light, and there shall be for one day cold and frost, and that day shall be known to the Lord, and it shall not be day nor night: but towards evening it shall be light.

COMMENTS

The description is typical of many in which the day of Jehovah is pictured in the prophets. Isaiah said Then the moon shall be con* founded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously, (Isaiah 24:23) and Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. (Isaiah 13:9-10) Joel stated The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. (Joel 3:15) Jesus-' own description was Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (Matthew 24:29-31)

On Pentecost Peter saw at least the beginning of this prediction being fulfilled in the coming of the Holy Spirit. Nothing that happened on Pentecost, however, answers to the last two verses of Joel's prediction, as quoted by Peter (cf. Acts 2:17-20). Perhaps here is a clue to the events described by Zechariah. The coming of the Holy Spirit marked the beginning of the day of Jehovah (Acts 2:17-18). The happenings pictured by Isaiah, Joel, Jesus, and John marked its end. (Acts 2:19-20)

Chapter XLIIQuestions

In the Second Day

1.

Chapter fourteen deals almost exclusively with _________________.

2.

Eschatology may be defined simply as _________________.

3.

Do scholars generally agree on the meaning of this chapter?

4.

Discuss the two extreme views of pre and post millenialists in regard to Zechariah fourteen.

5.

One can never be _________________ and be dogmatic about eschatology, especially when it is written in apocalyptic form.

6.

In the study of eschatology we are deprived of a very useful tool in the interpretation of prophecy in general. What is that tool?

7.

Review the meaning of a day of Jehovah in chapter forty-one.

8.

In the day of Jehovah described in Zechariah fourteen the ______________ of Jerusalem is to be divided in her midst.

9.

Half the population of Jerusalem is to be _________________.

10.

Why does the Roman occupation of Jerusalem not fit the description here?

11.

List the events of Zechariah

a.

In that day (10)

b.

In that day (11)

c.

In that day (12)

d.

In that day (13)

e.

In that day (14)

f.

In that day (15)

g.

In that day (16)

12.

Describe the present setting of the Mount of Olives.

13.

The division of the Mount of Olives would provide an easy ___________________.

14.

The events here are compared to an historic earthquake in the days of ___________________.

15.

The description of the Lord in company with all the saints always refers to ___________________.

16.

What other prophets described the day of the Lord in terms similar to those used here by Zechariah?

17.

Peter saw at least the beginning of the fulfillment of a similar prediction by Joel in ___________________.

18.

God has always been king over the whole earth. In the end He will be ___________________.

19.

Locate Geba and Rimmon.

20.

What other topographical alterations accompany the splitting of the Mount of Olives?

21.

Who will be safe during these cataclysmic events?

22.

Describe the plague which is to come upon those arrayed against Jerusalem.

23.

What is the result of this plague?

24.

What Jewish feast is to be celebrated by all the nations? What is its significance?

25.

What is to be the consequence if any nation fails to keep the feast?

26.

Why is Egypt here singled out for special punishment should she fail to keep the feast?

27.

Finally the inscription _______________ is to be seen on everything in Jerusalem.

28.

Explain the significance of this inscription appearing on such diverse items as altar utensils and cook pots in the home.

29.

Who were the Canaanites?