Post by Woody Williams on Nov 29, 2005 8:19:17 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Zechariah 14:1-9
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See, a day is coming for the LORD, when the plunder taken from you
will be divided in your midst. For I will gather all the nations
against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the
houses looted and the women raped; half the city shall go into exile,
but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then
the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations as when he
fights on a day of battle. On that day his feet shall stand on the
Mount of Olives, which lies before Jerusalem on the east; and the
Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very
wide valley; so that half of the Mount shall withdraw northwards, and
the other half southwards. And you shall flee by the valley of the
LORD's mountain, for the valley between the mountains shall reach to
Azal; and you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days
of King Uzziah of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the
holy ones with him.
On that day there shall not be either cold or frost. And there shall
be continuous day (it is known to the LORD), not day and not night,
for at evening time there shall be light.
On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them
to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea; it shall
continue in summer as in winter.
And the LORD will become king over all the earth; on that day the
LORD will be one and his name one.
Devotional
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These words describe in apocalyptic language and vision the Day of
the Lord. It is describe as a battle in which God both judges and
saves Israel and leads to a climax where God is Lord of all. Such
literature emphasizes that there is a spiritual struggle of ultimate
proportions and that God wins in the end.
Prayer
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Increase my hope in your victory, O Lord. Amen
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See, a day is coming for the LORD, when the plunder taken from you
will be divided in your midst. For I will gather all the nations
against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the
houses looted and the women raped; half the city shall go into exile,
but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then
the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations as when he
fights on a day of battle. On that day his feet shall stand on the
Mount of Olives, which lies before Jerusalem on the east; and the
Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very
wide valley; so that half of the Mount shall withdraw northwards, and
the other half southwards. And you shall flee by the valley of the
LORD's mountain, for the valley between the mountains shall reach to
Azal; and you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days
of King Uzziah of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the
holy ones with him.
On that day there shall not be either cold or frost. And there shall
be continuous day (it is known to the LORD), not day and not night,
for at evening time there shall be light.
On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them
to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea; it shall
continue in summer as in winter.
And the LORD will become king over all the earth; on that day the
LORD will be one and his name one.
Devotional
----------
These words describe in apocalyptic language and vision the Day of
the Lord. It is describe as a battle in which God both judges and
saves Israel and leads to a climax where God is Lord of all. Such
literature emphasizes that there is a spiritual struggle of ultimate
proportions and that God wins in the end.
Prayer
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Increase my hope in your victory, O Lord. Amen