I. What many in Zechariah's Day apparently thought v. 1-6 – You can see how they would have looked at this as the Babylonian Captivity. During that time God did, Baal worship was removed from them.
II. What some at the time of Christ apparently thought “The Jewish Messiahs” – Harris Lenowitz -- Oxford University Press 2001 From the first century BCE to the present, several dozens of Jewish messiahs have appeared. While each event has its own circumstances, the appearances and their accounts occur with some frequency in communities throughout the Jewish world.
This is also alluded to in the Scriptures by the Jewish Rabbi Gamaliel (who was one of the Apostle Paul's teachers). Acts 5:29-39.
They become the predominant nation over all the earth 16-21 (Mark 10:35-41) Messianic fever helped to lead to the prophesied tragedy of 70 AD.
III. A Dispensational Understanding of this Passage v. 1-2 -- the 7 year tribulation period – after the rapture of the church v. 3 -- the second coming at the end of the tribulation v. 4-5 -- the mountain is broken and the Jews escaping through the newly made valley 6-11 -- a description of the millennial kingdom 12-15 -- How the Lord won the battle (right before the millennium). 16-21 - A picture of Gentile worship during the millennium. Israel is the greatest country on earth for a 1,000 years. God goes back to more of an O.T. system of worship.
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Pastor Steve came to Christ at the age of 11. He graduated from Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College in 1979 with a B.A. in theology as the Valedictorian of his class. He joined our church in 1978, came on staff, full-time in 1980, was ordained as an Elder in 1982, and became...