Once again, it's a wonderful
thing to be home from our trip, and I'm thankful for Mike filling
in for me last Wednesday night. We're going to be in the book
of Zechariah tonight. I had the privilege of spending
quite a bit of time in my room on that boat, and wondering what
we were going to say about the 14th chapter of the book of Zechariah.
So often, if we're not careful, we are tipped off in the wrong
direction by the headings in most of our Bibles. Because most
of those who are printing our Bibles have the idea that most
of this stuff is about future things for Israel. And it struck
me as I was reading through this book of Zechariah, that Zechariah,
like any book of the Bible, if necessary, could stand alone.
Obadiah could stand alone. One chapter. And the books of
the New Testament. But I'm particularly interested
in the Old Testament in that statement. The gospel is in every
book of the Old Testament. And if necessary, they could
stand alone. And so when I was looking at
the book of Zechariah, How would I look at the Book of Zechariah
if that is all I had? How would I interpret? And it
reminded me of Brother Lance being here some time ago and
brought several messages from the Book of Colossians and only
used the Book of Colossians as text verses. I'd never seen that. But he did it, and he did it
so well. So there's As we look at the
book of Zechariah tonight, I want to look at the book of Zechariah
and its context of how it would interpret itself. And we would
never get some of the interpretations that commentaries have if we
looked at it from that standpoint, as we look at it interpreting
itself. Now, there is a phrase that is
used 20 times in the book of Zechariah, seven times in the
last chapter. and 13 times in the previous
13 chapters. And that phrase is, in that day. In that day. Now before we read
this, the verses in the book of Zechariah that have to do
with in that day, turn with me to the book of Isaiah. Isaiah. It was interesting after studying
this that on Sunday, And I get out here and I turn on Gary Shepherd,
and he is in the book of Zechariah, and he read these verses. And
I says, well, that's a confirmation. The book of Isaiah chapter 19,
the book of Isaiah chapter 19, and it shares with us, Isaiah
also was led of the Holy Spirit to write in this figurative language
about in that day, in that day. Now there's a lot of surmising
by people about that day, but I believe Isaiah, standing alone,
could interpret itself by using that, and certainly we are going
to the book of Zechariah in a few moments. But in Isaiah chapter
19, verse 23 and verse 24, in that day shall there be a highway
out of Egypt to Assyria. And the Assyrians shall come
into Egypt, and the Egyptians into Assyria, and the Egyptians
shall serve the Assyrians. In that day shall Israel be the
third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst
of the land." Now, figurative language, talking about those
who are not Israel and those who are Israel, it shares with
us in verse 24 that Israel is even a blessing in the midst
of the land. So the church is a blessing in
the midst of the land. I'm gonna look at Israel in most
of these verses of scripture, not from a physical or a national
context, but from a church context, because that's how the Lord used
it in the New Testament, and that's how the other writers
did. All right, in the book of Isaiah, chapter 22. You turn
with me to the book of Isaiah, chapter 22, and in this passage
of scripture, verse 25, we have that same phrase used, It says,
Isaiah chapter 22 and verse 25, In that day, saith the Lord of
hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in a sure place be removed,
and be cut down, and fall, and the burden that was upon it shall
be cut off, for the Lord hath spoken it. So there is a nail
in a sure place. But what happened to that? Well,
he went to the cross. The Lord went to the cross. All
right, and then in the book of Isaiah chapter 27, Isaiah chapter
27, we find the same phrase and it's jumping off point here in
just a moment to our passages in the book of Zechariah. In
that, and it shall come to pass in that day that the great trumpet
shall be blown. And they shall come, which were
ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts of
the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy
mount at Jerusalem." So here is the gospel trumpet. This is
what we're gonna find out throughout the book of Isaiah, through all
the Old Testament books, and through the New Testament books,
that God's people are gonna be brought to Jerusalem, to Zion,
to Christ. And this trumpet sounds, it's
blown, there should be those that are ready to perish are
going to come and worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem. Well, what if that's Mount Moriah
or Mount of Olives? There's where the Lord was in
his day. He was on both of those. All right? And chapter 28, chapter
28 of the book of Isaiah, in verse 5. Chapter 28, verse 5,
we have these words. In that day shall the Lord of
hosts be for a crown of glory and for a diadem of beauty unto
the residue of his people. Well, the church, the remnant,
according to the election of grace, has a great appreciation
for this dot royal diadem of beauty the lord and then one
of the first over here and that's in the next chapter chapter twenty
nine of the book of isaiah chapter twenty nine and verse eighteen
chapter twenty nine What a wonderful verse this is. Now what is this?
This is the gospel day. This is the day the gospel is
brought to the elect. This is the day and this day
is has happened. It has happened since the day
that that. Abel heard the gospel until this
very day the gospel day has been in every generation in every
day here in the book of Isaiah 29 18 in that day shall the deaf
hear the words of the book and the eyes of the blind shall see
the See out of obscurity and out of darkness and the meek
also shall increase their joy in the Lord and the poor among
men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel and So what a statement
we have here with regard to the gospel day in that day. There
is no definite day except that day that the gospel came to his
people. And so let's turn over to the
book of Zechariah and read 20 verses out of this book of Zechariah
that have to do with the Lord and the gospel. And if we look
at this book alone, we just had this book and that's all we had
and The rest had been destroyed, taken from us, whatever. Can
we just imagine that for tonight? This is all we have, this book
of Zechariah. Chapter 14 has been a chapter
that has been put into an obscure place by so many commentaries
because they look at it as end times. But if we look at the
book of Zechariah as a standalone book and see what that day means
in other places, Well, we find one verse that we relish in.
In that day there shall be a fountain opened. Now that's the gospel
day when God reveals his son to us. All right. In the book
of Zechariah, in the verses that we're going to look at prior
to chapter 14, we're going to I had it out of order. I was
going to look at Chapter 14 first and then come back to the rest,
but we're going to start in Chapter 2 of the Book of Zechariah. Stand-alone book. Let's see what
it has to say about all of this that the Lord has for us in this
glorious Book of Zechariah. And we're going to use this phrase,
in that day. We could spend the entire night
in Isaiah and in Jeremiah. In that day. In that day. In that day. And it's not a far-off
day. It may be for the last one that's
going to be saved. We don't know. But for me, it
is a day that the gospel came to me. And all of these issues
that we have that are brought up here about the Lord and about
his salvation and about who he's saving, it's that day when that
gospel come and struck the chord. And in the book of Jeremiah,
excuse me, Zechariah chapter two, verse 11, it says, and many
nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be
my people, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt
know that the Lord of hosts has sent me unto thee. Many nations
shall be joined to the Lord in that day, out of every kindred,
nation, people, and tongue. We have God's elect have been
scattered. Now they were scattered after
the flood, they were scattered at the In the days of Peleg was
the earth divided. What you have to think about
that or what you don't have to think about that, but in some
way people have been scattered all over this world and there's
so many different languages. When Brother Lance was here,
he shared with us that in that island there are about as many
different languages as we're going to find in most parts of
the world. They can't understand each other
on the other side of a mountain range. multiply that times a
thousand, and we have somewhat of what we have in the world.
Now, it's interesting, if you go to Germany, you're going to
find people who speak French, and German, and Austrian, and
several other languages. They have to to survive. But
here, if we know two, we're bilingual. All right, so many nations. All
right, that's the first one. This is that day, and that day
shall be my people. All right? Chapter three of the
book of Zechariah. Chapter three of the book of
Zechariah, verse 10. Again, we have this word that
we're looking at, this phrase. In that day, saith the Lord of
hosts. Now, we don't have to be reminded
of what the Lord of hosts means. That is the absolute, almighty,
sovereign Lord. All right? Shall ye call every
man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree? Now,
Sunday we're going to be looking at that man who picked up sticks
on the Sabbath day. He just could not rest. He's
supposed to be in his tent, and he just cannot rest. Well, it's
a picture of people not being able to rest in the finished
work of Christ, and they're going to have to add things to it,
and the punishment is brought out there in the book of Numbers. Well, when we look over there
in the days of Solomon, every person was resting under their
vine and under their fig tree all the days of Solomon. Solomon was a picture of Christ,
and the church rests in Christ, the finished work of Christ.
We're not trying to establish anything else. All we have a
pleasure in doing is serving this God, serving the Lord. It's a miracle of grace that
when God saves us, we agree with Him. We're not in conflict with
him. Natural man is in conflict with
him, but he teaches everyone that he's gonna call, and he
calls those that belong to him from the foundation of the world,
and he teaches them, and he teaches them all the same thing. I am
God, and beside me there is none else, and salvation is of the
Lord. Well, under those two headings, we find that everything else
falls. So, I'm at rest. In that day, I shall be at rest.
In that day shall ye call every man his neighbor under the vine
and under the fig tree, resting." At rest in Christ in that day. Now, never before that did we
ever have what the Lord gave us in that salvation. We're not
at rest. We're like a troubled sea tossed
to and fro. We're looking, looking, looking,
but never satisfied until that day, and then we are at rest. Chapter 8. chapter 8 verse 23
of the book of Zechariah in that day once again we find the commentary
on the book of Zechariah is the book of Zechariah thus saith
the Lord of hosts Zechariah chapter 8 verse 23 thus saith the Lord
of hosts in those days it shall come to pass that ten men shall
take hold out of all the languages of the nations even shall they
take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew Now, who is that? That is the Lord of glory. That's
the Lord of hosts saying, we will go with you for we have
heard that God is with you. What a quickened mind, what a
quickened heart, what a quickened eyes, what quickened ears that
they lay hold of this one. I'm reminded of that woman and
the whole crowd. I mean, the disciples said, what
are you talking about? Someone touched you. Look at
this crowd. Hundreds could have touched you. Well, he knew one
had touched the hem of his garment. Why? She knew because of faith,
because faith given her that this is him that could do something
for her. So we're going to lay hold of
the Jew, this one Jew, the Lord Jesus Christ. All right? And
then as we go down into the next one in chapter 9, chapter 9 of
the book of Zechariah, verse 16, it says, For the Lord their God shall
save them in that day. I love it. The Lord their God shall
save them in that day as the flock of his people, for they
shall be as stones of a crown lifted up as an ensign upon his
land. The Lord their God shall save
them in that day as a flock. He said, the good shepherd giveth
his life for the sheep. And my sheep hear my voice and
they follow me. Well, this is absolutely the
truth. And in that day, that gospel day, that day when the
gospel is brought to us, brought to our attention, brought to
us. And it's not whether we're going to accept it or not, because
we don't have the grace given to us in our nature, in our natural
birth, to do anything with the grace of God. God gives it, grants
it to us, and blesses us with it. So, this day. All right,
that ends chapter 9. Let's go to chapter 11 of the
book of Zechariah. As we look at this phrase, how
are we going to interpret The 14th chapter, well, we're going
to interpret it as the previous chapters have interpreted it.
This is the day of the Lord. This is the gospel day when he
brings us the gospel, when he quickens us by his power. I was handed a tract the other
day, and he said, this is a good tract. I could hand this tract
out. Well, I thought, from the person who gave it to me, I thought,
maybe it is. Maybe it is. You don't get the
new birth from this guy riding this track. You don't get the
new birth until you ask Jesus into your heart. I said, what
a garbage can of a track. It's just like all the other
tracks. That's not a track. That's a lie. So the gospel is
much greater than that. Gospel overcomes us. The gospel
is for our benefit. All right, here in the book of
of Zachariah chapter 11, verse 10 and 11. Zachariah chapter
11, verse 20. And I took my staff, even beauty,
and I cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant, which I had
made with all the people, and it was broken in that day. When
did the covenant of works get broken? When the covenant of
grace is imposed. We think we're in a covenant
of works, So the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew
that this was the word of the Lord in that day. All right,
now chapter 12, there are five places that this word is used,
so turn to chapter 12 if you would. Chapter 12 of the book
of Zechariah, as we look at this phrase, in that day. Now, here
in Zechariah chapter 12 and verse 3 is the first time that it's
used, in that day will i make jerusalem a burdensome stone
that on that in that day i will make jerusalem a an immovable
rock is what another translation has an immovable rock all the
nations will gather against it to move it but they will only
hurt themselves you know something about the church it is foundations
on a stone and it's not going to move even though it is imposed
upon by every religion If you'll change on this, we can work together.
If you'll change on this, we can work together. I'm so thankful. I hadn't been here a year, I
don't think, and someone said that they would become part of
our church if we would change the elements of the Lord's Supper.
And being green, I called my friend. And I says, what do you
think? And he says, well, it really
doesn't matter to me, but what are we going to do next time
someone wants to change something? And I said, you are right. Well,
guess what? They didn't come, and then the
guy gets his ear bit off in a drunken brawl where he's in a bar. Well, we can't change. The church
isn't going to change. Now, if we change, the church
still doesn't change. The truth of the gospel does
not change. It never changes. It can't change. It's as secure
as God. Churches may change and say,
we're going to go in another route here. The church I grew
up in, if you looked at what they were established on, you'd
say, I could go there. I believe that. But now, today,
it's changed to the degree that it's swill. You can't go there. Can't abide it. So, churches
may change, but the truth will never change. Jerusalem will
never change. The true church will never change.
Because Christ is going to hold it on the rock. Alright? And in that chapter also it says,
in verse 4, In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every
horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness. Now these
are those who are going to come up against Jerusalem. And it
says there, On that day, says the Lord, I'll
cause every horse to panic and every rider to lose his nerve.
The Lord is faithful. The Lord is gracious. What would
happen if everybody that intended to do harm to the church was
permitted to do so? Thanks be unto God. Thanks be
unto God. He withstood some of the greatest
worldly kings ever were. Caesar. Paul is permitted to
preach in Caesar's household and certain of Caesar's household
hear the gospel because they are the elect of God. You know,
I don't know what Caesar thought about it, but Caesar's household
members thought it was pretty good. So the grace of God. All right. And then in that chapter
in verse 6 of the 12th chapter, in that day I'll make the governors
of Judah like a hearth of fire among the wood and like a torch
of fire in the sheaf. On that day, I'll make the clans
of Judah like a flame that sets a woodpile ablaze and like a
burning torch among sheaves of grain." You know, it doesn't
look like much is going to get done. But when the Lord has His
gospel going out through His churches, things are going to
happen. It may look like a little blaze,
but to those that hear the Word, it is the blaze of Almighty God. And in that same chapter in verse
8, that day saith the lord the defendants of jerusalem the inhabitants
of jerusalem and he that is feeble among them at that day shall
be as david the people that didn't have any
backbone are going to be given backbone in that day that gospel
day they'll be able to say to their families i can't go there
anymore they'll be able to say to their families i don't believe
that anymore And they may take a tongue lashing, but they will
have a backbone that will stand and say, I can't do it anymore.
Glorious day. It's a glorious day. And then
in that same chapter, verse 9, it says, and it shall come to
pass in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations
that come against Jerusalem. Now there's a day coming that
all those who oppose the gospel are going to be dealt with. But
also, You know, people who say, you're not going to fall for
that, are you? People whose family or people in the church where
we're going, you're not going to go along with that, are you? God's
going to deal with them. And God's people are going to
come out even though they are hindered to come out. God will
deal with them. All right. And then three verses
in chapter 13 of this book of Zechariah, and then we'll get
into chapter 14. Chapter 13, verse 1. The gospel of Zacharias says,
in that day there should be a fountain open to the house of David. That
fountain's been opened. There's a lamb slain from the
foundation of the world. That fountain's been opened and
opened and opened, but when do we know that? When it's revealed
to us in the preaching of the gospel, the Holy Spirit gives
us the new birth, and then we realize what it was that cleansed
us. It was not our tears, it was
not our efforts, but it is the blood of Christ. And verse two, and it shall come
to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut
off the names of the idols out of the land. What does the Lord
do for us? He says, those are no value anymore. People have asked me, do you
believe that this certain group can be saved? And I said, yes,
but they're not gonna stay there. God's gonna take away those idols.
God's gonna give them grace, gonna give them Christ, and they'll
worship Him. He becomes their object of worship. They'll no longer be satisfied
with that stuff. All right? He will cut off, in
that day, He'll cut off the idols. We will have one idol, and that's
the Lord. He is our object of worship. And then it says in
verse 13, verse 4, And it shall come to pass in that day that
the prophet shall be ashamed, every one of his vision, when
he hath prophesied, neither shall they wear a rough garment to
deceive." What happens to those words that we said, God loves
everybody? Well, that's not according to
the Word anymore. I can't go along with that anymore. You
know what God said about the matter? He said, Jacob have I
loved and Esau have I hated. And you know what? The worldly
church has been saying ever since then, God loves everybody, God
loves everybody, and God loves everybody. Absolutely an untruth. God loves Jacobs. He never intended to die for
the Esau's, and therefore, they will meet his wrath. All right. Now, chapter 14. Chapter 14 begins,
this phrase is used in Just keep in mind all the gospel message
in this, in that day, in that day, in that day, in that day,
that Zachariah has been bringing up. Here in the book of Zachariah
chapter 14, we run into verse four, the first time. And his
feet shall stand in that day upon Mount of Olives. You know
what happens when he comes down, when he comes? He is going to
make a split between us. There is going to be a division
made. This is not something that's going to happen literally to
the Mount of Olives. This is what God does. Jesus
Christ produces division. I came not to bring peace, but
division. Mother against son. You know that verse of scripture?
There is division brought. When we stand for the truth of
the gospel, there is division brought. Now, it's not us that
wants to create the division. It's always, I can't go for that.
I understand that. I understand that completely.
You cannot go for that. But I have to go for that. Alright? In that day, his feet shall stand. And his feet are precious. His
feet are glorious. His feet are wonderful. How beautiful
are the feet of Him who brings the gospel of peace. But it does
bring division. Alright, in this same chapter,
chapter 14, verse 6. And it shall come to pass in
that day that the light shall not be clear nor dark, but it shall be one day which shall
be known to the Lord, not day nor night, but it shall come
to pass that at evening time It shall be light. You know,
even in the worst of times, there is light. The Lord shines
through. As it says here, it shall be
light. Even at evening time. You know, I didn't used to feel
like I do now about the short days. At 4.30 it's starting to
get dark. But in the Lord, there's still
light. And I was reading, somebody wrote one of those morning
and evening portions, and he mentioned this verse, he says,
even as we get close to the last of our life, there is light.
There's light. There is light. The light of
the Lord. Alright, in this chapter in verse 8, it shall be in that
day, oh look at this, that living water shall go out from Jerusalem,
from the church, and underline the word living, half of them towards the former
sea and half towards the hinder sea in summer and in winter shall
it be. Half of them over here and half
of them over there. The gospel goes out, and it doesn't
matter whether it's summer or winter. It is living waters. It is the gospel. It is going
out. It will accomplish that whereunto
it was sent. And the people shall be called
trees, rooted next to the river of life. In that day shall living
waters go out from Jerusalem. You know, that's what goes on
every time the gospel is preached. Living waters go out. Wherever
it is, living waters go out. That's the thing about the gospel.
It is living water. There is no death in it. The
death took place at the cross. There's only life in it for the
believer. There's only life in it for Christ's
children. And in that same chapter, in
verse 9, And the Lord shall be king over all the earth. In that
day shall there be one Lord. And His name, One. There is such
a unity about this One. You know, we may not understand
the Trinity, but it is here. He is One. He is the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit. All three have such a glorious
activity to perform in the covenant of grace. The Father chose a
people before the foundation of the world. The Son said, I
will lay down my life, a ransom for these people. And the Holy
Spirit confirmed it and said, I will go find them and bring
them the gospel and give them the new birth. And they all rejoice
in the activities of the others. And the compliment of it is,
one act will be done for every one of his lost children, and
they will see Christ. There will be one Lord and there
will be His name as one. In that day the Lord shall be
king over all the earth. That's one of the wonderful things
in revelation of Jesus Christ that the church is permitted
to know. Now to understand it is a different
thing, but to know it. He is sovereign ruler over all. I see things go on that just
don't seem right. but he's sovereign ruler over
all. He is the one in charge of his
own sovereignty. Well, he passed over that one
and went to that one. Is there unrighteousness with
God? Paul was used to write, God forbid.
God forbid. Don't ever get in that. God forbid. There is no unrighteousness.
Look at the person that is making pots, go down to the potter. Does he not have the right? And
then the question comes up, but that is not right. And Paul was
used of the Holy Spirit to write, is there unrighteousness with
God? No, I'm sorry I thought it. No, there is no unrighteousness
with God. What he does, he does according
to his will in the armies of heaven, among the inhabitants
of the earth, and none can stay his hand or say, what doest thou?
Now people may say, what are you doing? But it doesn't stop
him from doing what he has purpose to do. In verse 13 of this chapter,
remember this is all past, the feet touching Mount of Olives.
The rest of this is all after that. It's all complementary
of it. We don't have a change. We have
the gospel going out. We have living waters going out.
We have a remnant being fed by the gospel. Here in chapter 14
and verse 13, it shall come to pass in that day that a great
tollment from the Lord shall be among them And they shall
lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand
shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor. And Judah also
shall fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the heathen
round about shall be gathered together, gold and silver and
apparel in great abundance." What is that? No. The battle is the Lord's. The
victory is the Lord's, but the gospel goes out, and it is going
to create havoc. It's going to create havoc. And
then it tells us in verse 20 of that chapter, In that day
there shall be upon the bells of the horses... You know, a
horse is an unclean beast. He's a beast of burden, but he's
an unclean beast. It appears that what the Lord
is saying here, that his holiness is going to be so complete that
he's going to touch everything. In that day there shall be upon
the bells of the horses holiness unto the Lord. You know, not
only is it in the foreheads, as it was on Aaron, but holiness
to the Lord is so much a part of the church. that it is even
carried out to the insignificant parts, to every part, even to
the beasts of burden. It is holiness unto the Lord.
And the pots of the Lord's house, when we go over to the Old Testament
and we look at the pots that were in the tabernacle or the
pots that were inside of the temple, really, they're pretty
immaterial compared to everything else. And yet, holiness unto
the Lord, everything. redounds to the glory and holiness
of the Lord. He is holy, holy, holy. And his
holiness requires atonement. How can God be just and justifier? How can that? He has to be just. Sin has to be paid for. He cannot
just say, okay, I forgive it. That's not justice. That's not
just. God must be just. Sin must be
paid for. But he's also the justifier as
he has his son pay the price of our redemption and imputes
that righteousness to us. It's all of God. And then in
verse 21, yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness
unto the Lord of hosts and all they that sacrifice shall come
and take them and see their end, and in that day there shall be
no more Canaanite in the house of the Lord of Hosts." No more
false, no more Canaanite, false teaching. It's going to be pure. The church will feast upon the
pure righteousness, holiness of God Almighty in Christ Jesus.
They don't look for anything else. The gospel is what they're
interested in. We find out that it is the gospel
that feeds us, but it was the gospel that also was brought
to us in our lost estate. It was the gospel that turned
us aside and caused us to look at this vine that would not be
consumed. drawn to look at Christ, but
that's the gospel that feeds us every day. It is Christ, it's
Christ alone. And so the nation shall be brought,
all of these things shall be brought about, the gospel shall
be done. What do we find that the Lord of Hosts shall do in
that day? Lord of Hosts, Almighty God.
He shall declare all His work of redemption to all His people
in the day of the revelation, the revelation of the Lord of
hosts. That day continues to go on. It is continuously going on.
When that day is over, we'll be... I don't want to use the
word raptured, do I? We'll be taken out. We'll be
stood in a line before the Lord and He says, welcome. thou faithful
servants to the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of
the world. And they shall say, when did we do what we were supposed
to do? And then he'll turn to the rest
and say, depart from me. And they'll say, when didn't
we do all that we were supposed to do? Nothing will be held back. All his blessings shall be for
the church. This is not something future
except for those who are not saved yet. Whether it's tomorrow,
the next day, or a thousand years, that day will be brought to them.
The church is taught of God. This is their day of revelation. Did Abel have a revelation in
his day, in that day? Of course he did. Absolutely
he did. By faith, Abel offered a more
excellent sacrifice. What's that mean? It was acceptable. It was the acceptable sacrifice. It was a typical sacrifice. It
was a picture of Christ and Him crucified. Now, now can we continue
in chapter 14? We're going to keep it in that
day spectrum, in that day area, in that gospel day. And when
we look at the Lord Jesus Christ coming down, we are thankful
He comes down. We're thankful that He comes
down with His feet. He did. He ascended from that
place. He said He'd come back to that
place. What's that mean? The consummation of all that He promised
to do will take place in that day. For us, It is promised as
if it was taking place. What does the 8th chapter of
the Book of Romans say? They're glorified. Now. They're glorified right now.
The saints are glorified right now. As glorified as they will
ever be, the promise is made. Let's look at this 14th chapter
of the book of Zechariah as we meet from time to time and say,
okay, in that day, in that gospel day, not in some future day,
not in some apocalyptic day, but the day of the Lord as he
has shown us. And go to the book of Isaiah,
go to the book of Jeremiah, and find out how often that term
is used there. All right, we'll stop there for
tonight.