How do you interpret Zec 14?
As mostly fulfilled with Christ's 1st advent
1.) Jesus' death is when the spoils were divided
Zechariah 14:1 Behold, a day is coming for the LORD, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst.
Isaiah 53:12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death
Luke 11:22 but when one stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted and divides his spoil.
2.) Jesus stood on the mount of olives just before ascending to the Father. It is by Christ's death, resurrection, and ascension that disarmed the authorities of the world.
Zecharaih 14:3-4 Then the LORD will go out 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 that 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 one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward.
Acts 1:9,12 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem,
Colossians 2:14- 15 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
3.) Christ's ascension results in the sending of the Spirit
Zecharaih 14:8 On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea
d and half of them to the western sea.
John 7:38-39 Whoever believes in me, as
f the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
4.) The requirement to come to Jerusalem to celebrate the feast of booths is symbolic for the new covenant. We now come to heavenly Jerusalem (hebrews 12:22). If the coming to Jerusalem and celebrating the feast of booths are literal, it contradicts the new testament as
A.) Jesus states a time was coming when it would no longer be required to worship in Jerusalem (John 4:21).
B.) Paul states we don't need to celebrate the feasts as they were only a shadow. (colossians 2:16-17)
How do you interpret Rev 20:7-9?
Rev 20:7 Now when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to bring them together for the battle. They are as numerous as the grains of sand in the sea. 9 They went up on the broad plain of the earth and encircled the campof the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and devoured them completely.
I view Revelation 20:1-6 as a parable of the work of the Cross and its lasting effects. The 1,000 years symbolically pointing to the fulfillment of the David monarchy through Christ. How many years were there between David and Christ? 1,000.
1.) It is through Jesus' ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension that Satan was bound and cast out.
Revelation 20:1-3 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pita and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended.
Mark 3:27 But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods,
unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house.
Luke 11:22 but when one stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him,
he takes away his armor in which he trusted and divides his spoil
Matthew 12:29 Or how can someone enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods,
unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house
John 12:31-32 Now is the judgment of this world;
now will the ruler of this world be cast out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him
2.) When Satan is cast out, his time is short
Revelation 20:3 After that he must be released for a little while.
Revelation 12:12 Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath,
because he knows that his time is short!”
John 14:30 I will no longer talk much with you,
for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me,
Romans 16:20 The
God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
3.) the binding and casting out of satan results in some given thrones with authority to judge, the 1st resurrection, and those in Christ being a kingdom of priests.
revelation 20:4-6 Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
Matthew 19:28-29 Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the regeneration when the Son of Man
will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Ephesians 2:5
even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
I also view parts of revelation 19 as related to the Cross and the working of the Gospel
Revelation 19:17-19 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly directly overhead, “Come, gather for the great supper of God, to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave,
d both small and great.”
And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against him who was sitting on the horse and against his army.
1.) the kings of the earth gathered against Jesus to crucify Him
Acts 4:25-27 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant,
d said by the Holy Spirit,
“‘Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers were gathered together,against the Lord and against his Anointed’e—for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel.
2.) We eat Christ's flesh and blood, who was the sacrifice on the mountains of Israel
Ezekiel 39:17-20 As for you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: Speak to the birds of every sort and to all beasts of the field: ‘Assemble and come, gather from all around
to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel, and you shall eat flesh and drink blood. You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth—of rams, of lambs, and of he-goats, of bulls, all of them fat beasts of Bashan. And you shall eat fat till you are filled, and drink blood till you are drunk, at the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you. And you shall be filled at my table with horses and charioteers, with mighty men and all kinds of warriors,’ declares the Lord GOD.
John 6:53-56 So Jesus said to them, “
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him
Thus I view the events of Gog and Magog as related to Christ's ministry, death, resurrection, ascension, sending of the Spirit, which resulted in satan being cast out for a little season to gather those against God's people to persecute.
Revelation 12:11 Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
Revelation 20:7 And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison
8and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.