THE LORD WILL CHOOSE JERUSALEM

(Zechariah 1:7-17)

7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month,

The month of Shebat,

In the second year of Darius,

The word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah

Son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo.

8 During the night I had a vision—

And there before me was a man riding a Red Horse!

He was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine.

Behind him were Red, Brown and White horses.

9 I asked, 'What are these my lord?'

The angel who was talking with me answered,

'I will show you what they are.'

10 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained,

'They are the ones the Lord has sent to go throughout the earth.'

11 And they reported to the angel of the Lord,

Who was standing among the myrtle trees,

'We have gone throughout the Earth

And found the Whole World at Rest and in Peace.'

12 Then the angel of the Lord said,

'Lord Almighty, how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem

And from the towns of Judah,

Which you have been Angry with these Seventy years?'

13 So the Lord spoke kind and comforting words

To the angel who talked with me.

14 Then the angel who was speaking to me said,

'Proclaim this word':This is what the Lord almighty says:

'I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,

15 BUT I AM VERY ANGRY

WITH THE NATIONS THAT FEEL SUCRUE.

I was only a little angry, but they added to the calamity.'

16 Therefore, this is what the Lord says,

I WILL RETUREN TO JERUSALEM'S

AND THERE MY HOUSE WILL BE REBUILT.

And the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem,'

Declares the Lord Almighty.

17 Proclaim further; This is what the Lord Almighty says;

'MY TOWNS WILL AGAIN OVERFLOW WITH PROSPERITY,

AND THE LORD WILL AGAIN COMFORT ZION

AND CHOOSE JERUSALEM.'

(Zechariah 1:7-17)

The Lord will choose Jerusalem.

He has made Israel the Object Lesson

For the Unbelieving World.

Israel has been returned to its Land

As Scripture had foretold,

An Event unparalleled in history,

After 2,000 years of dispersion.

And Christ Jesus returns to Jerusalem

To Establish his Kingdom on Earth as in Heaven

For a Thousand Years.

God's Day of Rest.

That is why Jerusalem, as the capitol of Israel,

Is so contested today.

It is contested by those ruled by the Evil One.