And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
The Lord takes Judah as His own portion in the holy land and chooses Jerusalem again. In Zechariah's day this encouraged Israel, assuring the returned exiles of renewed favor and care as they rebuilt the temple and city after the exile.
In its context it shows God cherishing and protecting His people as His heritage, watching over them through trials that purify them, and promising to dwell among them, while many nations also join Him and become His people. Beyond its immediate setting it expresses His enduring purpose to give His obedient people an eternal inheritance and to dwell among them in His everlasting kingdom.
It shows that the Lord has not forsaken His people; nothing in this world is so dear to Him as His church, which He guards with jealous care when they seek Him. He defends His people's rights against Satan's servants who would rob them, and when Satan points to their mistakes and evil angels hold up their past unworthiness to make them believe they have separated themselves from God and their case is hopeless, He still stands by them and rebukes the accuser.
The promise belongs to these last days and is fulfilled as He goes before His people while they lift the standard, proclaim the truth for this time, and establish memorials for Him in new places in America and in Australia. It calls for using the Lord's money now for aggressive work as fields open and extend and the warning must be given, to relieve the two-thousand-dollar burden left for the work in Australia, to keep discouragement from workers, and to help provide the greatly needed sanitarium in Australia.
The Lord takes Judah as His own portion in the holy land and chooses Jerusalem again. In Zechariah's day this encouraged Israel, assuring the returned exiles of renewed favor and care as they rebuilt the temple and city after the exile.
In its context it shows God cherishing and protecting His people as His heritage, watching over them through trials that purify them, and promising to dwell among them, while many nations also join Him and become His people. Beyond its immediate setting it expresses His enduring purpose to give His obedient people an eternal inheritance and to dwell among them in His everlasting kingdom.
It shows that the Lord has not forsaken His people; nothing in this world is so dear to Him as His church, which He guards with jealous care when they seek Him. He defends His people's rights against Satan's servants who would rob them, and when Satan points to their mistakes and evil angels hold up their past unworthiness to make them believe they have separated themselves from God and their case is hopeless, He still stands by them and rebukes the accuser.
The promise belongs to these last days and is fulfilled as He goes before His people while they lift the standard, proclaim the truth for this time, and establish memorials for Him in new places in America and in Australia. It calls for using the Lord's money now for aggressive work as fields open and extend and the warning must be given, to relieve the two-thousand-dollar burden left for the work in Australia, to keep discouragement from workers, and to help provide the greatly needed sanitarium in Australia.