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Zechariah 14:9 and the Other Verses of Zechariah 14

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“As Moses lifted up the serpent [the serpent made of bronze described in Numbers 21:8–9] in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that whosoever believes in Him will have eternal life, for God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten [uniquely born] Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

“…for by grace you are saved through faith and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not as a result of works, lest any man should boast.”

Above is the content of John 3:14–16 and the content of Ephesians 2:8–9, respectively.  Itʼs worthwhile to refrain from receiving the mark referenced in Revelation 13:11–18 and to instead receive eternal life for free by believing that Jesus is the Savior.  Before doing any Bible studying and before praying to God the Father, it is useful for a person who has believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Savior to try to think of any sins that one might have committed since one last confessed oneʼs known post-salvation sins to God the Father, and if one has indeed committed any, to then silently confess those sins to God the Father—confessing only one time for each sin—in accordance with what is mentioned in 1 John 1:9:  

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

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When studying the Word of God, it is beneficial to keep in mind the content of Hebrews 4:12:  

“Indeed, the Word of God is alive and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of the soul and the spirit and of the joints and the marrow and is a critic of thoughts and intents of the heart.”

Note:  The heart refers to the mind.  

It is also beneficial to keep in mind the content of 2 Timothy 3:16–17 when studying the Word of God:  

“All Scripture is God breathed and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God might be mature, having been thoroughly furnished unto all good work.”

It is the responsibility of a pastor-teacher to endeavor to correctly understand the Word of God and then to accurately teach the Word of God, as per the content of 2 Timothy 2:15:  

“Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the Word of Truth.”

A pastor-teacher is a communicator rather than a crutch on which to be leaned.  In that regard, a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ should refrain from putting oneʼs trust in and thereby serving as a devoted follower of and thus worshiping a pastor-teacher.  Likewise, a believer should refrain from putting oneʼs trust in and thereby serving as a devoted follower of and thus worshiping anyone other than the Trinity [God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit], as per Joshua 24:15, the content of which references Joshua speaking to the Israelites:  

If it is disagreeable/bad/evil/wrong/wretchedness/displeasing in your sight to serve/worship Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One, choose for yourselves today whom you serve/worship:  whether the gods ['elohiym / false gods] which your fathers have served/worshiped which were beyond the river or the gods ['elohiym / false gods] of the Amorites in whose land you are living.  As for me and my house, we serve/worship Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One.

Note:  Joshua, the leader of the Israelites after Joshua had been serving as the assistant of Moses while Moses was the leader of the Israelites, set the example for the Israelites.  Joshua chose to put his trust in and thereby serve as a devoted follower of and thus worship God the Father rather than Joshua choosing to put his trust in and thereby serve as a devoted follower of and thus worship the lesser of multiple evils amongst multiple choices of 'elohiym [el-oh-HEEM].  The word 'elohiym with a lowercase e can refer to false gods, to angels, or to human rulers or judges.  The word 'Elohiym with a capital E refers to the Trinity.  The word 'elohiym can also be used to refer to might as in mightiness.  In that regard, the use of the word 'elohiym in reference to false gods, to angels, or to human rulers or judges involves the connotation of mightiness in comparison to an average human.  When a person puts oneʼs trust in and thereby serves as a devoted follower of and thus worships an angel or human, that angel or human is that personʼs false god.  Regarding the foregoing, the content of Joshua 24:15 involves Joshua calling attention to the choices that the Israelites had, and that content involves Joshua permitting the Israelites to make their choices while Joshua led by example with his choice.  

The gift of pastor-teacher is for the purpose of each pastor-teacher functioning as a messenger who communicates the Word of God rather than functioning as a priest between the Trinity and mankind.  In that regard, the time period that can be referred to as the Church Age started fifty days after the Lord Jesus Christ was resurrected, and all Church Age believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are priests.  The Lord Jesus Christ is the High Priest of Church Age believers, and believers should be willing to acknowledge/confess/profess to people the believersʼ faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, as per Hebrews 4:14–15:  

Therefore, since we have a great High Priest Who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the acknowledgment/confession/profession.  Indeed, we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One Who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.

Also, the Lord Jesus Christ is the High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek [mel-KIZ-uh-dek], who was the ruler of Salem when Abraham was still named Abram.  Melchizedek was both a king and a priest, as per Genesis 14:18, which references Melchizedek greeting Abram:  

Then Melchizedek king of Salem has brought out bread and wine, and he is a priest of 'El [AYL] 'Elyown [el-YOHN] / God [focusing on God the Fatherʼs power] Most High.

The Lord Jesus Christ is also both a king and a priest because the Lord is the Priest according to the order of Melchizedek, as per Hebrews 7:14–17:  

Indeed, it is evident that our Lord has arisen from Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.  Also, it is still much more evident:  that according to the similarity of Melchizedek, Another of a different type of priest arises, Who has become such not on the basis of a law of fleshly command / physical requirement but according to the power of an indestructible life.  Indeed, it is attested:  “YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER, ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK.”

Note:  The Lord Jesus Christ is from the tribe of Judah.  Also, the Lord Jesus Christ is qualified to be a priest because He was resurrected and therefore has an indestructible body.  The above content in all capital letters is a reference to Psalm 110:4.  

Because a king is royalty, a king who is a priest is a royal priest.  In that regard, Church Age believers are royalty because they are members of the Lord Jesus Christʼs family.  Therefore, all Church Age believers are royal priests, as per 1 Peter 2:9–10:  

However, you are A CHOSEN PEOPLE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR ACQUISITION/PRESERVATION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him Who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light, for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are GODʼS PEOPLE.  You had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY.

Note:  Before the Church Age, Gentiles were not Godʼs people.  In the Church Age, both Jewish and Gentile believers are Godʼs people.  The content of 1 Peter 2:10 references Hosea 2:23.  In that regard, Peter uses references involving Israel in the Old Testament to refer to Church Age believers.  

Itʼs the message rather than the messenger that should be the focus of the believer in the Lord Jesus Christ.  Put succinctly:  itʼs the message rather than the messenger.  In that regard, it is beneficial to keep in mind the content of Revelation 22:8–9, which was written by the apostle John, who, in addition to writing The Revelation to John, wrote The Gospel According to John, The First Epistle of John, The Second Epistle of John, and The Third Epistle of John:  

I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things, and when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things, but he says* to me, “Do not do that.  I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brethren the prophets and of those who keep the words of this book.  Worship God.”

*Note:  The word says is in the Greek historical present tense.  By means of the Greek historical present tense, past action or future action can be described from the perspective of someone seeing the action as it occurs.  

Regarding messages, believers should use the Word of God to examine what is being communicated.  That is what the Bereans who are mentioned in Acts 17:10–12 did:  

The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, who, when they arrived, went into the synagogue of the Jews.  Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all eagerness / readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.  Therefore, many of them believed, and not a few prominent Greek women and men.

Note:  The phrase not a few means “quite a few.”  

Today, the return of the Lord Jesus Christ to meet believers in the Lord Jesus Christ in the clouds on the occasion of the Rapture is one day closer than it was yesterday.  The Rapture involves both deceased and living believers in the Lord Jesus Christ meeting the Lord in the clouds in the atmosphere of the earth, receiving glorified immortal resurrection bodies similar to the Lord Jesus Christʼs glorified resurrection body, and going to Heaven with those resurrection bodies.  Before the Rapture occurs, deceased believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are in Heaven without glorified bodies.  While it is possible that the Rapture will occur on the day of the Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah [yahm tuh-ROO-uh or yohm tuh-ROO-uh]—which is what some people call Rosh Hashanah and which some people celebrate for two days—the next occurrence of which will possibly be during August, September, or October of 2026, it is worthwhile for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to get into the habit of being prepared every day for the return of the Lord, just in case the Rapture will occur on a day other than the day of the Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah.  Furthermore, it is worthwhile to be in the habit of being prepared for the Rapture so that if it does occur on the day of the Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah, one can be prepared for that day because of already being in the habit of being prepared.  Examples of being prepared for the Rapture include applying the content of 1 John 1:9 whenever one sins, being unselfish, and whenever circumstances are such that an opportunity arises, sharing the gospel—the good news that believing that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Savior Who was judged on the cross for the sins of humanity is the means by which a person is able to have eternal life.  Regarding sharing the gospel, one could also have a written or printed message containing the gospel with that written or printed message located somewhere where it could be easily noticed so that if a person or people were to read or hear that written or printed message either before or after the Rapture occurs, that person or people would thereby read or hear the gospel by means of that written or printed message.  

Regarding information about the Rapture, it is beneficial to keep in mind the content of 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 and 1 Corinthians 15:51–52:  

1 Thessalonians 4:13–18

Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope, for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again—and we do indeed believe that Jesus died and rose again—so also God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.  Indeed, this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive who remain until the coming of the Lord will not precede those who have fallen asleep, for the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout of command, with a voice of an archangel and with a trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.  Then we who are alive who remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.  Therefore, comfort one another with these words.

1 Corinthians 15:51–52

Behold, I tell you a mystery:  we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet, for a trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.

After the Rapture will be the seven-year Tribulation.  The believers who will be alive on the earth when the Rapture occurs will escape the Tribulation.  1 Thessalonians 5:1–11 covers that topic.  In that regard, in the book 1 Thessalonians, the content of 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 is immediately followed by the content of 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11.  

1 Thessalonians 5:1–11

Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you, for you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord is coming just like a thief in the night.  While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.  However, you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief, for you are all sons of light and sons of day.  We are not of night nor of darkness; therefore, let us not sleep as others, but let us be alert and sober.  Indeed, those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night.  However, since we are of day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and benevolence/goodwill, and as a helmet, the hope / absolute confidence of deliverance, for God has not destined us for wrath but for obtaining deliverance through our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.  Therefore, comfort one another and edify one another, just as you also are doing.

Note:  In this context, the day of the Lord is the time period that consists of the Rapture, the seven years of the Tribulation, and the Second Advent.  In that regard, deliverance from the Tribulation is the deliverance in this context.  Also, unspecified is who will be saying “Peace and safety!”  In this context, sleeping refers to a lack of alertness.  The alertness in this context involves being ready for the Rapture.  In order to be ready for the Rapture, a believer needs to be filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit and to pay attention for historical trends such as people saying “Peace and safety!” and for historical trends that match the pattern of the world being on the brink of tremendous calamities like those that will occur during the Tribulation.  Regarding being filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit, once a believer commits a sin after salvation, that believer is no longer filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit and is out of fellowship with the Trinity.  After that believer has confessed/acknowledged to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, fellowship with the Trinity and the filling with the power of the Holy Spirit are restored.  The procedure for confessing/acknowledging to God the Father all of oneʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins is mentioned in 1 John 1:9:  “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”  Fellowship with God the Father and God the Son is mentioned in 1 John 1.  Being out of fellowship with God the Holy Spirit is referenced in Ephesians 4:30.  In that regard, when a believer sins, that believer grieves the Holy Spirit.  Losing the filling of the power of God the Holy Spirit is referenced in 1 Thessalonians 5:19.  In that regard, when a believer sins, the power of God the Holy Spirit is quenched in that believer.  After a believer has confessed/acknowledged to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, that believer is then filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit again and in fellowship with the Trinity again.  

The verse of the day for June 30th is Zechariah 14:9.  Zechariah was an Old Testament prophet.  Many Israelites of the Southern Kingdom, which is also known as Judah, were exiled to Babylon in 586 B.C.  Israelites returned to the land in 516 B.C., which was seventy years later.  Zechariah is categorized as a post-exilic prophet.  

In the below notes related to Zechariah 14, the Promised Land is referenced.  The Promised Land is the land promised to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the Israelites.  At the time the Israelites entered it, the land was inhabited by Canaanites.  In that regard, that land can also be referred to as the land of Canaan.  

God the Fatherʼs promise of land to Abraham is part of God the Fatherʼs promises to Abraham.  Also, the content of Genesis 12:3 involves some of God the Fatherʼs promises to Abraham.  God the Fatherʼs promises to Abraham are called the Abrahamic Covenant.  The Abrahamic Covenant is for Abraham, Abrahamʼs son Isaac, Abrahamʼs grandson Jacob, and the people descended from Jacob.  Jacob was renamed Israel.  In that regard, the people descended from Jacob can be referred to as Israelites.  Regarding Genesis 12:3, below is content related to Genesis 12:1–3.  

Genesis 12:1

Now Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One says to Abram, “Go away from your country and from your relatives and from your fatherʼs house to the land which I show you, 

Note:  At the time described in Genesis 12:1, Abraham was still named Abram.  In this verse, the uses of a present tense in the phrase says to Abram and the phrase which I show you are references to what has occurred in the past.  Such uses of a present tense have a rhetorical effect.  In that regard, using a verb in a present tense to refer to the past can help a reader or hearer of the Word of God imagine past events as though the reader or hearer is watching those events as they occur.  

Genesis 12:2

and I make you a great nation, and I bless you, and make your name great, and you be a blessing, 

Note:  The uses of a present tense in the verbs of this verse are references to the future.  

Genesis 12:3

and I bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I curse, and in you all the families of the earth have been blessed.”

Note:  The use of the perfect tense in the phrase have been blessed is a reference to the future.  Such a use of the perfect tense has a rhetorical effect.  In that regard, why would verbs in the perfect tense be used to refer to what will happen in the future?  Doing so in reference to something being indicated can communicate that what will occur in the future is 100% certain to happen and that because it is 100% certain to happen, it is as though it has happened already.  In that regard, the phrase in you all the families of the earth have been blessed indicated that it was 100% certain that the Savior would be descended from Abraham and that people of all racial groups would believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Savior.  

In Genesis 12:3, the phrase I bless those who bless you indicates that those who are kind to Israelites will experience blessing.  Being kind to Israelites can be referred to as being pro-Semitic.  Unspecified in this verse is in what way or ways the blessing will occur.  Also, such blessing can apply to individuals or groups of people.  In that regard, if kindness towards Israelites is widespread in a region, then that region will experience blessing.  

In Genesis 12:3, the phrase the one who curses you I curse indicates that those who are hostile towards any Israelites will experience cursing.  Hostility towards Israelites can be referred to as being anti-Semitic.  Unspecified in this verse is how soon the cursing occurs after hostility is directed towards any Israelites.  Also, such cursing can apply to individuals or groups of people.  In that regard, if hostility directed towards any Israelites is widespread in a region, then that region will experience cursing.  

The Abrahamic Covenant also involves promises related to land for Israelites.  Those promises will be completely fulfilled when the Lord Jesus Christ returns to the earth on the occasion of the Second Advent.  Below is a list of topics and related verses involving the land for Israelites.  

The land promise to Abraham when he was still named Abram is in Genesis 13:14–16.  

The dimensions of the land promise are referenced in Genesis 15:18–21.  

The confirmation of the promise to Isaac is in Genesis 26:3–4.  

The confirmation of the promise to Jacob and the Israelites is in Genesis 35:12.  

The fact that the promise of land was given to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the Israelites was communicated to Moses, and Moses communicated that fact to the Israelites whom he led in the Exodus out of Egypt.  That topic is covered in Exodus 6:2–9.  

Because it is useful to study verses that share the same context, below is content related to Zechariah 14.  

Note:  The content of Zechariah 14 involves the Tribulation, the Second Advent, and the Millennium.  With regard to the Tribulation, the Second Advent, and the Millennium, below is a synopsis of human history as categorized into time periods known as dispensations.  In the below synopsis, there is the term hypostatic union [high-PUH-stat-ick YOON-yuhn].  This refers to the Lord Jesus Christ being 100% Deity and 100% humanity.  The English word hypostatic is derived from the Koine [KOI-nay] Greek word ὑπόστασις [pronounced hoo-PAH-stah-sees and transliterated as hypostasis].  After the Lord Jesus Christ was judged for the sins of humanity, His body was in the grave for three days and three nights.  He was then resurrected, and He was on the earth for forty days after He was resurrected.  He then ascended to Heaven, and ten days after that, the Day of Pentecost [PEN-tih-kahst] occurred.  The Day of Pentecost was the beginning of the Church Age.  The word Pentecost is derived from the Koine Greek word πεντηκοστή [pronounced pen-tay-kah-STAY and transliterated as pentēkostē].  That word is derived from the Koine Greek word πεντήκοντα [pronounced pen-TAY-kahn-tah and transliterated as pentēkonta], which means “fifty.”  Therefore, the word Pentecost is derived from the fact that that day occurred fifty days after the Lord was resurrected.  In that regard, the Church Age began fifty days after the Lord was resurrected.  The Church Age will end with the Rapture.  The Rapture involves both deceased and living believers in the Lord Jesus Christ meeting the Lord in the clouds in the atmosphere of the earth, receiving glorified immortal resurrection bodies similar to the Lord Jesus Christʼs glorified resurrection body, and going to Heaven with those resurrection bodies.  Before the Rapture occurs, deceased believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are in Heaven without glorified bodies.  Absent from the Bible is anything specifically indicating the precise date and time when the Rapture will occur, although it is possible that the Rapture will occur on the day of the Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah [yahm tuh-ROO-uh or yohm tuh-ROO-uh]—which is what some people call Rosh Hashanah and which some people celebrate for two days—the next occurrence of which will possibly be during August, September, or October of 2026.  

Regarding the word judgment, the proper way to spell that word is without an e between the dg and the m.  In that regard, the e of the root word judge is dropped when the suffix ment is added to that root word.  The formation of the word judgment is shown below.  

judge −e +ment

= judg +ment

= judgment

Another way to categorize human history is by means of civilizations.  Civilizations begin only with believers.  Regarding the timing of civilizations and dispensations, the first civilization began with Adam and ended on the occasion of the Great Flood (also known as the Flood).  That civilization is known as the antediluvian civilization and the predulivian civilization.  In that regard, the prefixes ante and pre mean “before.”  Also, there are various spellings of the adjectives that refer to the time before the Flood.  Those spellings include antediluvian, ante-diluvian, prediluvian, and pre-diluvian.  

After the Flood, there were only eight believers on the earth:  Noah, his wife, their three sons, and their sonsʼ wives.  With the removal of the unbelievers from the earth on the occasion of the Flood, a new civilization was started.  That civilization is known as the postdiluvian civilization (also known as the postdiluvial civilization).  Regarding the terminology, the prefix post means “after,” and the adjectives diluvian and diluvial mean “having to do with a flood.”  Also, there are various spellings of the adjectives that refer to the time after the Flood.  Those spellings include postdiluvian, post-diluvian, postdiluvial, and post-diluvial.  The postdiluvian civilization will end on the occasion of the Second Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ.  On the occasion of the Second Advent, the Lord will remove all unbelievers from the earth.  Their removal will be by means of physical death just as the removal of all unbelievers was by means of physical death on the occasion of the Flood.  This is called the Baptism of Fire, which is either a metaphorical description because fire can be used to represent judgment or a literal reference to the use of fire in the judgment of unbelievers on the occasion of the Second Advent.  The Baptism of Fire is referenced in Matthew 3:11–12; Luke 3:15–17; and 2 Thessalonians 1:7–9.  

Just as a new civilization started after the Flood, so also a new civilization will start after the Baptism of Fire.  That civilization is called the Millennium.  The Millennium is both a civilization and a dispensation.  The Eternal State is also both a civilization and a dispensation.  

Zechariah 14:1

Behold, a day is coming for Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One, and the spoil in your midst has been divided.

Note:  This verse refers to what will happen to Israelites during the Tribulation.  In that regard, people of various nations will invade Israel and pillage the property of Israelites.  Some details regarding that are provided in the next verse.  

The uses of a present tense in verbs in this verse and the verses that follow are references to what will occur in the future.  Such uses of a present tense have a rhetorical effect.  In that regard, using a verb in a present tense to refer to the future can help a reader or hearer of the Word of God imagine future events as though the reader or hearer is watching those events as they occur.  

Also, the uses of the perfect tense in this verse and the verses that follow are references to the future.  Such uses of the perfect tense have a rhetorical effect.  In that regard, why would verbs in the perfect tense be used to refer to what will happen in the future?  Doing so in reference to something being indicated can communicate that what will occur in the future is 100% certain to happen and that because it is 100% certain to happen, it is as though it has happened already.  

Zechariah 14:2

Indeed, I have gathered all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city has been captured, the houses have been plundered, the women are ravished, and half of the city has been exiled, but the rest of the people are not cut off from the city.

Note:  This verse provides some details about what will happen to Israelites during the Tribulation.  In this verse, the phrase are not cut off from the city refers to not going into exile.  In that regard, some of the Israelites will be exiled from Jerusalem, and some of the Israelites will remain in Jerusalem.  

Zechariah 14:3

Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One has gone forth and has fought against those nations as in the day of His fighting in a day of battle.

Note:  At the end of the Tribulation, on the occasion of the Second Advent, the Lord Jesus Christ will fight the enemies of Israel.  Some details regarding that are provided in the next verse.  

Zechariah 14:4

On that day, His feet have stood on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives has been split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley so that half of the mountain has moved toward the north and the other half toward the south.

Note:  On the occasion of the Second Advent, the Lord Jesus Christ will land on the Mount of Olives.  The Mount of Olives is located east of Jerusalem.  At the time that Zechariah 14 was written, the eastward direction was referred to as the front direction.  When the Lord will land on the Mount of Olives, it will split into two pieces.  

Zechariah 14:5

You have fled by the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the mountains reaches to Azel.  Yes, you have fled just as you have fled before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah.  Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One, my 'Elohiym [el-oh-HEEM] / Godhead, has come—all the holy ones with You!

Note:  After the Mount of Olives will split into two pieces, Israelites will travel eastward in the newly formed valley that will be between the two halves of the Mount of Olives.  In that regard, rather than the pronoun at the beginning of this verse referring to the Israelites at the time that Zechariah wrote this verse, that pronoun refers to Israelites at the time of the Second Advent.  The earthquake in the time of King Uzziah is referenced in Amos 1:1.  Also, the traveling eastward of Israelites between the two halves of the Mount of Olives is reminiscent of Israelites traveling eastward between the two halves of the Sea of Reeds [also referred to as the Red Sea].  Unspecified in this verse and the surrounding verses is whether the phrase holy ones as used in this verse refers only to angels, only to believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, or both to angels and believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.  

Zechariah 14:6

In that day, there has been no light; the glorious ones congeal.

Note:  In this verse, the phrase the glorious ones refers to objects in the sky.  The metaphor involving those objects congealing indicates that the illumination provided by objects in the sky will be reduced.  

Zechariah 14:7

It has been a unique day which is known to Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One, neither day nor night, but it has come about that at evening time there is light.

Note:  In this verse, the phrase neither day nor night might be a description of a circumstance involving a level of illumination like that of twilight.  Then, in the evening, there will be light.  

Zechariah 14:8

It has come about in that day that living waters flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it is in summer as well as in winter.

Note:  The content of this verse refers to the Millennium.  In this verse, the phrase eastern sea refers to the Dead Sea, and the phrase western sea refers to the Mediterranean Sea.  

Zechariah 14:9

Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One has been King over all the earth; in that day, Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One is unique, and His name unique.

Note:  The Lord Jesus Christ will rule the earth while on the earth starting at the Second Advent.  He will rule the earth while on the earth during the Millennium.  The Hebrew adjective that is translated as “unique” in verse 9 is the same word that is translated as “unique” in verse 7.  That Hebrew word is אֶחָד [pronounced ekh-AHD and can be transliterated as 'echad].  (Hebrew is written and read from right to left.)  

Zechariah 14:10

All the land is changed into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem, but it has risen / been lifted up and has remained on its site from Benjaminʼs Gate as far as the place of the First Gate to the Corner Gate and from the Tower of Hananel to the kingʼs wine presses.

Zechariah 14:11

They have dwelt in it, and there is no longer a curse, for Jerusalem has dwelt in security.

Note:  This verse references the Israelites dwelling securely in Jerusalem during the Millennium.  

Zechariah 14:12

Now this is the plague with which Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One strikes all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem:  his flesh rots away / melts / dissolves while he stands on his feet, his eyes rot away / melt / dissolve in their sockets, and his tongue rots away / melts / dissolves in their mouth.

Note:  In this verse, the uses of the pronouns his and he refer to each individual who will be participating in the warfare against the Israelites during the Tribulation.  

Zechariah 14:13

It has come about in that day that a great panic from Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One is among them, and they have seized one anotherʼs hand, and the hand of one has risen up against the hand of another.

Note:  The people who will be attacking Israel during the Tribulation will panic when the Lord returns on the occasion of the Second Advent.  Those panicking people will then attack each other.  

Zechariah 14:14

Judah also fights at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations has been gathered:  gold and silver and garments in great abundance.

Note:  At the location of Jerusalem, Israelites will fight back against the people who will have invaded the land of Israel.  Also, Israelites will obtain the wealth of the invaders.  

Zechariah 14:15

Therefore, like this plague is the plague on the horse, the mule, the camel, the donkey, and all of the cattle that is in those camps.

Note:  Unspecified in this verse and the surrounding verses is whether the content of this verse is literal or metaphorical.  If the content of this verse is literal, then this verse indicates that the same means of destruction mentioned in verse 12 will destroy the various animals that the invaders will have used for their invading of Israel.  If the content of this verse is metaphorical, then this verse indicates that just as the invaders will be destroyed, so also there will be destruction of the various pieces of equipment that the invaders will have used for their invading of Israel.  

Zechariah 14:16

It has come about that any who are left of all the nations that go against Jerusalem have gone up from year to year to worship the King, Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One of hosts / armies / tsaba' [tsah-VAH] / צָבָא and to celebrate the Feast of Booths/Tabernacles.

Note:  While the attackers of Israel during the Tribulation will consist of people from every nation, there will be some people who wonʼt attack Israel during the Tribulation.  Also, during the Tribulation, some of the believers in the Lord Jesus Christ will be Israelites, and some will be Gentiles.  On the occasion of the Second Advent, all of the unbelievers will be killed; therefore, the Millennium will start with believers only.  Those believers will be members of various nations.  Also, some of those believers will have children during the Millennium.  In that regard, there will be people in various nations during the Millennium.  Some of those people from various nations will go to Jerusalem in order to worship the Lord during the Millennium, doing that worshiping each year on the occasion of the Feast of Booths/Tabernacles.

Zechariah 14:17

It has been that whichever of the families/peoples of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One of hosts / armies / tsaba' [tsah-VAH] / צָבָא—there is no rain on them.

Note:  Unspecified in this verse and the surrounding verses is whether the reference to rain in this verse is a literal reference or a metaphorical reference.  If the reference to rain in this verse is a literal reference, then this verse indicates that during the Millennium, if there is a group of people that refrains from going to Jerusalem in order to worship the Lord on the occasion of the Feast of Booths/Tabernacles, then that group of people will experience lack of rain.  If the reference to rain in this verse is a metaphorical reference, then this verse indicates that during the Millennium, if there is a group of people that refrains from going to Jerusalem in order to worship the Lord on the occasion of the Feast of Booths/Tabernacles, then that group of people will experience some sort of judgment.  In that regard, an absence of rain results in a loss of prosperity for an agricultural economy; therefore, a metaphor involving an absence of rain can be used to refer to a loss of prosperity for any type of economy.  Regardless of whether the reference to rain in this verse is a literal reference or a metaphorical reference, this verse indicates that the groups of people who refrain from going to Jerusalem in order to worship the Lord on the occasion of the Feast of Booths/Tabernacles will experience hardship.  

Zechariah 14:18

If the family/people of Egypt does not go up nor enter—then not on them.  It is the plague with which Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One smites the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths/Tabernacles.

Note:  In this verse, Egypt is used as an example.  Also, the phrase then not on them refers to the lack of rain that is referenced in verse 17.  

Zechariah 14:19

This is the punishment for sin of Egypt, and the punishment for sin of all the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths/Tabernacles.

Note:  What will apply to Egypt will also apply to the other nations.  

Zechariah 14:20

In that day, there is on the bells of the horses:  “Holy to Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One,” and the cooking pots in Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing Oneʼs House have been like the bowls before the altar.

Note:  In this verse, the word House refers to the Temple that will exist during the Millennium.  That Temple can be referred to as the Millennial Temple.  Whereas certain objects were holy under the regulations of the Mosaic Law, more objects will be holy during the Millennium.  The term Mosaic Law refers to the laws communicated by Moses to the ancient Israelites.  Because Moses communicated those laws, they are known collectively as the Mosaic Law.  The Lord Jesus Christ fulfilled the Mosaic Law by being judged on the cross for the sins of humanity.  Now that the Lord Jesus Christ has fulfilled the Mosaic Law, no believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are under the regulations of the Mosaic Law.  Regarding holy objects, absent from the Bible is anything indicating that any objects during the Church Age are holy.  Instead, content in the Bible indicates that certain objects were holy under the regulations of the Mosaic Law and that even more objects will be holy during the Millennium.  

Zechariah 14:21

Every cooking pot in Jerusalem and in Judah has been holy to Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One of hosts / armies / tsaba' [tsah-VAH] / צָבָא, and all who sacrifice have come and have taken of them and have boiled in them.  In that day, there is no longer a Canaanite in the House of Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One of hosts / armies / tsaba' [tsah-VAH] / צָבָא.

Note:  The context of this verse and the preceding verses is such that the word Canaanite as used in this verse is a metaphorical reference to immoral people.  In that regard, Canaanites had been occupying the Promised Land when the Israelites entered that land.  Many of the Canaanites were immoral people.  During the Millennium, immoral people will be absent from the Millennial Temple.  

Sincerely,

John