Zechariah 14:9
And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day the Lord will be one and his name one.
Tag: God WILL Reign
Zechariah, in the above passage, is telling us that God will, someday reign over the entire earth and be the ONLY God that people call God. To understand the basis for the claims Zechariah makes in this verse we have to read several other statements he makes and one verse from Deuteronomy:
Zechariah 12:1
The oracle of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus declares the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him:
Zechariah 13:2
“And on that day, declares the Lord of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more. And also I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness.
Deuteronomy 6:4
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
One of the central truths in the OT, and the entire Bible, is that God is ONE God. God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit are one God in three persons. It is a fact we struggle to understand. Like an egg has three parts (shell, white and yoke), so God is One. There are NO OTHER gods that compare to the God of Israel. He ALONE made the heavens and the earth and put the spirit into man. He will, states the prophet, “cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more.” That is the day that the Lord will be “king over all the earth.” That is the day when the entire earth will recognize Him as the only God. There is coming a day that God will both establish His reign and be declared as so. No other god will be remembered or mentioned. God IS and WILL BE, finally, recognized as the ONLY true God. He WILL reign. Those who reject that truth NOW, will be subject to that truth later.
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