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Zechariah 14:16
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14 Judah also will fight at Jerusalem.
aAnd the wealth of all the surrounding nations
Shall be gathered together:
Gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance. 
15 aSuch also shall be the plague
On the horse and the mule,
On the camel and the donkey,
And on all the cattle that will be in those camps.
So shall this plague be.  

The Nations Worship the King

16 And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall ago up from year to year to bworship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep cthe Feast of Tabernacles.  
17 aAnd it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, on them there will be no rain.  
18 If the family of aEgypt will not come up and enter in, bthey shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the Lord strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.  
19 This shall be the1 punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.  
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Forerunner Commentary
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What Does Zechariah 14:16 Mean?

This passage opens a small window into the Millennium, the one-thousand-year reign of Jesus Christ. During this time, God will actively bless or curse all nations, not merely Israel. He continues exercising sovereignty over His creation beyond the return of Jesus Christ, even over inanimate things like the weather and ground. Blessing or cursing is an act of His sovereignty, conditioned to our response to Him. He does not passively pay attention and respond as He sees fit, but initiates actions to bring His people to His desired end. The Feast of Tabernacles kept here points to this Millennial reign.




Zechariah 14:16-19

These verses give us a small window into the Millennium, showing that God will then be involved in actively blessing or cursing all nations, not just Israel. The Bible clearly shows that God is now exercising His sovereignty over His creation and will continue to do so beyond the return of Jesus Christ, even in the area of inanimate things like the weather and ground. Blessing or cursing is an act of His sovereignty conditioned to our response to Him. He is not merely passively paying attention and responding as He sees fit, but even more so initiating actions to bring His people to His desired end.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Sovereignty of God: Part Four

Related Topics: Blessings and Cursings | Feast of Tabernacles | God's Control | God's Intervention | God's Involvement | God's Sovereignty | Millennium | Weather, God's Control Over




Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Zechariah 14:16:

Amos 4:6-13


 
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