Zechariah 8:20-23, glorious verses indeed …
“Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. 22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.”
And Who is the Authority behind these Prophecies, these Promises? None Other than “the Lord of Hosts!” Whom I believe to be Jesus as depicted in Revelation 19:11-16 … “And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
This is the Lord of Hosts!
But back to Zechariah …
First just the “people,” then the “inhabitants of many cities,” then again, “many people,” finally he adds “strong nations!” Zechariah’s terminology … all coming to seek the Lord of Hosts “in Jerusalem!”
This is Millennial!
Why are they coming?
“To pray before the Lord!”
This has never happened before, not on this scale! But it’s on God’s Calendar! Some day …
Men and women “speaking the languages of all the nations!”
Sort of a Millennial Pentecost!
Worshipping the Lord Jesus Christ!
And loving Israel!
Ten men loving one Jew!
Better yet … ten men begging a single Jew to befriend them! To favor them! To introduce them to Jesus!
This is not anti-Semitism, this is pro-Semitism! A word that might not even be yet coined!
No wonder the whole Tenor of Scripture is one of longing for the dear Lord to return!
An old song, really a hymn, says it well …
“Jesus shall reign where’er the sun
Doth his successive journeys run;
His Kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.”
Beautiful!
— Dr. Mike Bagwell
He could come get us this very day!
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