Ryan King – Geography Of The Holy Land – Class 6 – Evening Class – Yahweh Shall Be King Over All The Earth

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So with that reading, we’ll now
call upon our brother Ryan King

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to give us his presentation on
entitled Yahweh Shall Be King

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Over All the Earth, Brother.
Good evening, brothers and

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sisters and young people.
I was to begin my remarks

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tonight by saying that we are a
very privileged community.

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You might think to yourself,
well, I’ve heard that a few

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times before, but I’d like to
tackle it from a little bit of a

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different angle this evening.
We’ve been privileged in our

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studies over the course of this
week to look at some of the

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geographical features of the
Holy Land.

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And tonight we’d like to come to
the end of the story to consider

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some of the changes that will
take place in that land when the

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Lord Jesus Christ returns.
And to do that, we will take

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probably the best chapter that
there is in the Bible to tell us

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Zechariah, Chapter 14.
This chapter is an intensely

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interesting one, and it’s a very
easy one to understand.

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And I would venture to say that
all of us at some stage have a

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very good grasp of what this
chapter is all about.

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Now, where does the privilege
come into this?

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You know, people who don’t know
the truth would tell us that

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Zechariah chapter 14 is the
hardest chapter in the Bible

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that’s in writing.
There are some very famous

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Gentile commentaries around the
place that say just that one was

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written by a man named Elica who
called himself Reverend or

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something.
And he said that of all the

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books in the Bible, the book of
Zechariah is the hardest to

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understand, and that of all the
chapters in the Bible, chapter

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14 is the hardest to understand.
Now you think then of the

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privilege that we have as a
community that for 170 years we

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have been able to expound this
chapter in very clear detail,

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and not only be able to expound
it, but it gives us such a

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vision of the future that people
outside of our community just

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simply do not understand.
And so tonight, brothers and

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sisters, we’re going to
thoroughly enjoy Zechariah

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Chapter 14, because I enjoy
Zechariah 14.

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Of all the chapters in the
Bible.

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I think it gives us one of the
best pictures of the way that

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Yahweh will go like about
establishing his Kingdom in a

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way that we can all understand
and that we can all identify

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with.
So we have the chapter open

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before us.
It starts off with the day of

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battle.
I think we all know about that.

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We’ve all studied Ezekiel 38,
haven’t we?

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We’ve all studied Daniel Chapter
11 with the King of the North

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and the King of the South.
We’ve considered, for instance,

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the opening verses of Joel
Chapter 3 in those days.

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And at that time when I shall
bring again the captivity of

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Judah and Jerusalem, I will
gather all nations into the

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valley of Jehoshaphat.
Zechariah Chapter 14 has its

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setting in that particular
context.

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Verse one, Behold, the day of
Yahweh Cometh, and thy spoil

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shall be divided in the midst of
thee.

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For I will gather all nations
against Jerusalem to battle, and

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we really don’t need to see say
very much about the background

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of the chapter because we’re
familiar with it.

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But what we’d like to look at is
what is the essential vision of

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this chapter.
Going to make a suggestion to

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you.
We’ll prove it a little bit

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later on, but I’m going to
suggest to you that when we read

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verses such as verse 3, there
was a very famous event in

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Israel’s history that the
Prophet has in mind.

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Let’s read verse 3.
Then shall Yahweh go forth and

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fight against those nations as
when he fought in the day of

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battle?
Now we have a number of terms

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that are used there in verse
three that are rather exclusive

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terms such as to fight or as
when he fought in the day of

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battle.
There is in fact a very famous

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passage that the Prophet is
drawing this protect particular

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chapter on.
You may remember the Battle of

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Beth Horn.
Now some of you might be

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thinking, well, I can’t quite
place that particular battle

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well.
Do you remember the day that the

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sun and the moon stood still?
And when Joshua led his armies

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from Gilgal?
And in a forced overnight March,

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they came up here into the Hill
Country, meeting the armies at

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Beth Horan, defeating the
Canaanite Ish kings?

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And because Yahweh didn’t want
these Canaanite Ish kings to get

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away, he caused the sun to stand
still and they chased them down

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into the valley of Agilon until
they were destroyed.

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Well, I’m going to suggest to
you that the evidence both in

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verse three and a few other
places in this chapter will tell

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us that Zechariah has that
particular battle in mind.

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In other words, what we’re
saying is, is that when God goes

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forth and fights against the
Gogean and Host and all of those

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who will invade Jerusalem, it’s
going to be just like the battle

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of Beth Horan all over again,
but in a greater sense.

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And we’ll develop that idea at
the conclusion of our remarks

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this evening.
Let’s focus in on then on verse

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4 where we’re told and his feet
shall stand in that day upon the

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Mount of Olives, which is before
Jerusalem on the east.

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Now some of you would have had
the privilege to go to the land

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of Israel.
You probably can picture quite

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clearly in your minds the city
of Jerusalem and the Mount of

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Olives.
But for those of you who have

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not, or perhaps for those of you
who have been and forgotten what

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it is like, let’s just take a
couple of of pictures.

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Here we have a look at modern
Jerusalem.

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This is looking from West to
east.

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This particular part, this area
here is what’s known as the Old

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City, divided into four
quarters.

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When you look at Jerusalem on a
map, it’s usually this area here

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the the Temple Mount that comes
into focus, where you have the

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Dome of the Rock.
Here they sometimes called the

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Mosque of Omar.
It was built by Caliph Omar.

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That’s true, but it’s not a
mosque.

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The mosque on the Temple Mount
is the Elaxa Mosque, which is

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just here.
And right down here is the

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Western Wall, and this area up
here is the Mount of Olives.

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Now the Mount of Olives is just
a short range, maybe only about

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a kilometer or so long.
The Kedron Valley runs right

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through here and this particular
hill here is the Mount of

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Olives.
Now some of you who have been

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there might know that in fact
there is a cleavage line or a

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fault line that runs from West
to east.

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And you see, here’s the old city
where we just were, here is the

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Mount of Olives right here.
And here is this cleavage line

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going right through here.
You’ll notice the verse says it

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will cleave in the midst thereof
from east to West.

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And this cleavage line that’s
there today runs in those

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directions.
If you’ve ever seen a National

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Geographic presentation, you
know where they talk about the

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Great Rift Valley and the the
Mid-Atlantic Rift and all those

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sorts of things.
They usually mention this area

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as well because it’s one of the
most sensitive parts of the

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Earth’s surface, this fault line
that runs right through

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Jerusalem and the Kedron Valley.
Now verse four says, and his

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feet will stand in this
location.

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Now, whose feet are those feet
in verse four?

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Well, the very simple answer is
Buzz and sisters.

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They are Yahweh’s feet.
Let’s read carefully verse 3.

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Then shall Yahweh go forth and
fight against those nations as

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when he fought in the day of
battle?

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And his feet, that is Yahweh’s
feet, will stand in that day

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upon the Mount of Olives, which
is before Jerusalem on the east.

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So it’s Yahweh’s feet.
And who is the Yahweh of

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Zechariah chapter 14?
Well, if you just look down at

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the end of verse five it says,
and Yahweh my God, he who will

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be my mighty ones, will come,
and all the holy ones with thee.

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So the feet of Zechariah,
chapter 14, verse four, are the

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feet of Christ and the Saints.
Now Yahweh, in manifestation

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they are executing his
judgements upon the earth, and a

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feat, when it’s used in a
prophetic vision, refers of

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course to treading down the
enemy and their feet will stand

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upon this fault line and it will
split.

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So here is a picture up close of
what the Mount of Olives looks

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like.
Here’s the Kedron Valley right

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here, and this is the Mount of
Olives.

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Now that direction where the
pointer is, is north.

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This direction is South.
So try, if you, if you can, to

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picture in your mind half of
this mountain going north that

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way and half of it going South
that way.

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I mean, this is an event, an
earthquake that’s going to be

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felt right around the world.
There have been different

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seismologists that have looked
at Zechariah Chapter 14 who are

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not in the truth.
And they said that if this were

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to happen, if this were to split
in two and go to the north, to

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the South, right here on this
fault line, one expert said

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there won’t be a city on the
earth left standing.

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That’s what’s going to happen
when your foot and my foot, by

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God’s grace, hit the Mount of
Olives.

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But the remarkable thing about
that is, brothers and sisters,

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is that although it will be felt
worldwide and it will have

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cataclysmic effects, you know,
the Jerusalem itself is largely

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unaffected.
Jerusalem itself remains in its

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place.
Look at verse 10, where it says,

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and all the land shall be turned
as a plane from Giba to Ramon,

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South of Jerusalem, and it shall
be lifted up.

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In other words, it shall remain
in its place.

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So although that earthquake will
be felt all over the world, the

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city of Jerusalem will be
largely unaffected by what

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happens here on this mountain.
It will remain in its place.

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You’ll see the margin says shall
abide.

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I mean, some of the buildings in
Jerusalem might fall down, but

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largely the city of Jerusalem
will be unaffected by this great

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earthquake.
We often talk in our expositions

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about the elevation of Zion in
the Kingdom age.

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You know, you can elevate
something either by shooting it

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up in the air or you can elevate
something by depressing what’s

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around it.
So what happens here in

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Zechariah chapter 14?
Well, obviously Zion is

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elevated, not because it shoots
up in the air, but because

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everything around it gets
flattened.

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The verse says there in verse 10
all the land shall be turned as

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a plane from Giba to Ramon.
And you know the word there for

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plain is the Arabah.
All the land from Giba to Ramon

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will become like the Arabah.
Now where have you met the word

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Arabah in these studies?
You probably remember this map.

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The hump right down the middle 3
ranges of hills, Galilee,

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Sumerian, Judean.
On either side of the hump there

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are two plains, the plain of
Charon on the western side and

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on the eastern side the Arabah,
the term that is used for the

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Jordan depression.
It’s flat.

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It’s arid.
Much of it is below sea level.

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So all the land from Guiba to
Ramon will become absolutely

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flat.
Now what’s this today?

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All this right in here?
This is hills.

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They go up and they go down and
they go around and they do all

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sorts of things.
Now all of that is going to be

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flattened from Guiba to Ramon.
It’s going to become like the

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Arabah.
As a matter of fact, the RV and

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Rotherham render it exactly like
that.

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Plain should be a proper noun,
the arabah in verse 10, and it

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will be lifted up and abide in
her place from Benjamin’s gate

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1st 10 under the place of the
first gate, under the corner

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gate, and from the tower of
Hannah Neal onto the King’s wine

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presses.
Now if you put me on the spot

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and you ask me to locate where
each one of those places are, my

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answer to you is that I wouldn’t
be able to.

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They are ancient gates and it’s
very difficult to place them in

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respect to the modern city of
Jerusalem.

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But what we do have, brothers
and sisters, is a fairly good

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idea of where Giba and Ramon
are.

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If you look at this map here,
and this is a little bit faint,

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but we’ll just try and point it
out with a pointer.

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Giba is just a little bit north
of Jerusalem where this X is

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maybe about 6 kilometers north
of Jerusalem is Giba.

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Now down here in the South on
the edge of the Nygev really at

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the bottom of the Judean hills
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So from that distance from up
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is going to be flattened, will
be turned like the Arabah.

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From Guiba to Ramon.
It’s a distance of about 60

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kilometers.
All of that territory will be

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flattened, Zion itself will stay
in its place, elevated, and all

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of this around here will be
flat.

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Now why?
Why is God doing this?

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You know, why is he flattening
the territory of the land from

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there to there?
Well, it’s not just so that we

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can do a study in seismology.
There’s a very real reason why

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God would do this, Why He would
take the land from there to

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there in the Kingdom age and
flatten it, leaving Zion

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elevated.
Now, you may not have recognized

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some of the maps that we’ve used
this week, but I think that

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you’ll recognize this particular
map.

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I’m sure you’re all familiar
with the book called The Temple

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of Ezekiel’s Prophecy by Brother
Henry Sulley.

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In that book are some very,
very, very helpful maps, and

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this is one of them.
It lays out the tribal

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allotments in the Kingdom age.
These are all in Ezekiel,

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chapter 48.
And you’ve got 7 N of the Holy

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Oblation and five South.
Now in the center is this area

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here known as the Holy Oblation.
It’s divided up into three

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distinct parts, as we’ll see on
our next slide.

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Now, Giba to Ramon fits roughly
into this territory here.

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It essentially makes up the
territory of the Holy Oblation.

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So that’s part of why God has to
flatten this particular land.

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It’s because he’s going to
establish the temple here.

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This is where all the
worshippers will be coming up.

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To go to the temple, The Land’s
got to change.

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And so this particular area
here, the Holy Oblation, is

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where Giba to Ramon are located.
We just go to the next chart.

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You know how in the Tabernacle
there was the outer court?

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There was the Holy Place, There
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This mental, moral, physical God
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divisions where the holy
oblation, which will sit right

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in the middle of the promised
land in the Kingdom age also has

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that division.
You see the the tribal Canton of

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Judah here, Benjamin.
And then you have the threefold

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division.
There’s the possession of the

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city where Yahweh Shema is
located.

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There’s the portion of the
Levites who are the mortal

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priest, and then there’s the
possession, the holiest portion

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of the sons of Zadok, the
immortal priest.

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And the temple is located right
about here.

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Now on this map, Brother Sully
has actually pinpointed for us

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where Giba and Ramon are.
You see, Ramon is right here,

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Giba is right here.
So the reason why the land has

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got to be flattened is because
it’s going to be the focus of

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the worship in the age to come
where the pilgrims will be

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coming up here from Yahweh Shema
to Jerusalem.

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Remember, they’re not going to
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When the pilgrims come up to
worship the temple, they’re not

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going to be housed in Jerusalem,
Ezekiel tells us.

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They’ll be housed in this place
down here called Yahweh Shema,

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which is this little square.
And then from there they will

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make their way up to the city of
Jerusalem.

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Now you imagine pilgrims
traveling this distance, mortal

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worshippers traveling this
distance from down here to down

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there with the situation like it
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I mean, this is a range of hills
3000 feet high.

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Remember this chart?
That’s what it looks like today.

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Yahweh Shema will be right down
about here.

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That’s where Ramon is.
They would have to go up and

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around and down and around and
all these hills today if they

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wanted to get to the city.
But imagine if the land is

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flattened from here all the way
down to here.

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Well then the worshippers, when
they come up from Yahweh’s

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Shema, will be able to see the
temple from a great way off, and

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will be able to drink in the
lessons of that temple long

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before they ever get there, so
that their minds are suitably

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prepared for what it is that
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Now, what is the context of
Zechariah 14?

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What’s the next thing that
Zechariah goes on to talk about

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after he says that the land is
going to be flattened?

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Well, of course it’s the
pilgrims coming up to keep the

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Feast of Tabernacles, and of
course this is all going to have

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to be flattened in order for
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So now we see one of the reasons
why that land has got to be

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flattened to pave the way for
the worship of the temple in the

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age to come.
Now it’s flattened, we’re told

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in verse 10 from Giba to Raman.
Now I understand why it’s

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flattened from Raman.
Of course, because Yahweh Shema

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is down here.
Yahweh Shema is is right about

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here.
But why is it flattened from

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Giba, just a little bit north of
Jerusalem here?

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Why is it flattened on the north
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Does anybody know?
I might have given you a clue

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when I said the north side.
Have a look at Psalm 48.

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This is why.
Psalm 48.

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Psalm 48, which is
unquestionably A millennial

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Psalm.
Walk about Zion.

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Go round about her, Tell the
towers thereof.

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The mortals will have to do that
verse.

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One great is Yahweh, and greatly
to be praised in the city of our

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God, the mountain of His
Holiness, beautiful for

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elevation, as the word situation
should read.

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The joy of the whole earth is
Mount Zion on the sides of the

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north, the city of the great
king.

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Now has Jerusalem ever been
elevated on the sides of the

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north?
It’s been elevated on the east.

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It’s been elevated on the South
and it’s been elevated on the

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West.
And the reason for that is

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because there’s valleys all in
those directions from Jerusalem.

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Jerusalem has never ever, ever
been elevated on the north.

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Jerusalem on the north just
blends right into the Judean

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hills.
But if the land is flattened,

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then from Yeba there, then it’s
sufficiently elevated on the

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north so that it can be said
beautiful for elevation.

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The joy of all the earth is not
Zion on the sides of the north.

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And so that’s why it’s from Giba
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It’s it’s just slightly north of
Jerusalem.

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It’s flattened just enough so
that Jerusalem can be elevated

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on the sides of the north.
Does anybody know what Zion

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means?
Conspicuous.

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Zion means conspicuous.
It’s never been conspicuous on

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the north, but it will be of
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So we come back to Zechariah
chapter 14.

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That’s not the only impact that
this earthquake will have.

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Let’s come back to Zechariah
chapter 14.

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One of the effects of the
earthquake will also be that

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Jews who are fleeing the Gogean
hordes will have a quick way of

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escape.
Have a look at verse 5 and you

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shall flee.
Cross out the word too.

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It’s in italics.
And you shall flee the valley of

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the mountains, for the valley of
the mountains shall reach unto

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Azo.
Yeah, you shall flee like as you

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fled from before the earthquake
in the days of Uzziah, king of

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Judah.
So another result of this

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earthquake is, is that it’s
going to give the Jews that are

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fleeing from the Gogean hordes
in verses one and two a quick

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path of escape.
So what then is the valley that

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verse five talks about?
You shall flee through the

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valley of the mountains.
Well, if you come back to Isaiah

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chapter 16, I think we’re given
a clue as to where that is.

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Isaiah chapter 16.
We know that from other

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prophecies that there are
indications that many Jews in

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fleeing from the Russian hosts
will go over into the territory

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of Jordan, which is a pro Israel
country today for the most part,

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and they will give succor to
them over there in the territory

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of Jordan.
Isaiah chapter 16 and verse 3.

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Take counsel, Execute judgment,
Make thy shadow as the knight in

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the midst of the noonday.
Hide the outcasts, but Ray not

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him that wandereth.
Let mine outcast dwell with

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theme up.
So these are special outcasts.

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They’re called my outcast.
Let my outcast dwell with thee,

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Moab, Be thou a covert to them
from the face of the spoiler,

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for the extortioner is at an
end.

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The spoiler ceaseth, and the
oppressors are consumed out of

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the land.
So the reason why these

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fugitives are fleeing is because
there is a spoiler in the land,

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and we know that That spoiler,
of course, is the power of

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Russia, who’s come down to take
a spoiler.

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They fled over there into the
territory of Moab.

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Over here, this territory here.
They fled over there to get away

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from the Russian hosts who have
come down the mountains of

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Israel.
They’ve gone over there, and

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it’s this valley that has
allowed them to make a quick

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getaway into this territory
here.

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Now, how do we know that this is
future Isaiah, chapter 16.

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We’ll look at the next verse,
and in mercy shall the throne be

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established, and he shall sit
upon it in truth in the

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Tabernacle of David, judging and
seeking judgment and hasting

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righteousness.
So the Lord Jesus Christ is the

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promise of verse five.
Who will sit upon the throne of

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David?
And what’s happening just before

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then?
Well, these outcasts are fleeing

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over into the territory of
Jordan.

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So isn’t it likely that the
valley that we read about in

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Zechariah Chapter 14 must be a
valley that’s in this area here?

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And of course there is a very
famous valley that’s that’s in

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this territory here, very famous
in Israel’s history and for

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many, many years up until
recently was the main road of

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access up to Jerusalem.
It’s called the Valley of Acorn.

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So part of the effects of the
earthquake is it’s not just to

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flatten the land, but it will
give the Jews that are fleeing

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the Russian who’s coming down
here a quick getaway over here

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into the territory of Jordan.
And the people of Jordan will

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give succor and they will give
refuge to those Jews who have

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fled from the grievousness of
that invasion.

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And one of the marvels of our
God brothers and sisters is, is

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that by doing one thing he has
the ability to cause many, many

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other things to happen.
See, not only by this earthquake

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is he flattening the land, but
he’s giving his people a means

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of escape.
And what else do we know about

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the valley of Acor in prophecy?
Well, it’s that valley that

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Elijah is going to bring those
coming back in the Great Second

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Exodus up in order that they
might meet him whom they

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crucify.
Hosea’s prophecy says I will

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make the valley of Acor a door
of hope.

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The valley of Acor shall become
a door of hope.

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So by this earthquake, the Jews
that are fleeing the land will

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have a clear way of escape.
Those coming back with Elijah 40

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years later will have an easy
way to get up to Jerusalem as

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the Temple is being built.
Isaiah 65 just waltz when

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Isaiah, Isaiah 65,
Isaiah 65 and verse 10 and

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Sharon.
We all know where Sharon is.

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The plain on the western side
and Sharon shall be a fold of

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flux.
And the valley of Acor a place

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for the herds to lie in.
Lie down in for my people that

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have sought me.
Now the valley of Acor today you

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cannot put herds in.
It’s too narrow.

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It’s too constricted.
You got to go through there in

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about second gear.
It’s it’s winds its way through

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the hills.
It’s it was such a problem that

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they actually rerouted Hwy. 1
away from the valley of Acorn,

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sent it in another direction
because it was just too slow for

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people to get through there.
So because they wanted people to

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to get to Tel Aviv really quick,
they moved highway 1A little

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further South.
It’s never been a place for

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herds to dwell in, but as a
result of the earthquake that

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will take place, it will be a
place, a quiet place for herds

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to lie down in and for Elijah to
bring those pilgrims back in

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that great second exodus.
So let’s just review some of the

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changes that this earthquake
will cause.

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Firstly, the land is flattened
to pave the way for Temple

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worship.
Secondly, it will clear a path

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for Jews who are escaping the
land from the Russian invasion.

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Third, it will open a way for
those returning with Elijah and

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the Great Second Exodus and this
4th effect Zechariah mentions

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back in Zechariah chapter 14,
Zechariah chapter 14.

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A way will be created so that
water can flow down that

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particular valley, Zechariah 14
and verse 8.

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And it shall be in that day that
living waters shall go out from

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Jerusalem, half of them toward
the former sea.

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That’s the Eastern sea, and half
of them towards the hinder sea

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in summer and in winter shall it
be now the eastern sea, the the

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Hebrew word really means the
forward sea, because to go front

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to a Jew is the east.
So what’s the sea that’s east of

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Jerusalem.
What’s the Dead Sea?

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It’s that sea that if you’re in
Jerusalem and you faced E, you’d

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be looking down at.
So waters will be able to flow

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down that valley and we know
from the prophecy of Ezekiel

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chapter 47 that it will heal the
Dead Sea.

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So all of these things are
coming about as a result of 1

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great event.
Our God is is is a a radiant

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thinker by one thing.
He’s able to accomplish all of

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these other things Paul said, oh
the depth of the riches of God.

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How unsearchable are his
judgments and his ways past

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finding out.
I have a one track mind, OK?

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I can only do one thing at a
time, but God, through this one

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event is able to cause all of
these things to happen

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simultaneously and to do them
with precision and with complete

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accuracy.
So waters now will flow down

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into the Eastern Sea.
That’s the Dead Sea.

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They will heal it.
Ezekiel chapter 47 tells us all

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about that.
And they will also somehow get

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back into the hinder Sea.
Now if you’re in Jerusalem and

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if you’re looking east, the sea
of course would be the Dead Sea.

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What would be the hinder sea
would be the Mediterranean.

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Now, we don’t exactly know how
the water is going to get back

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into the Mediterranean.
It could be that the Jordan will

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reverse course, just as it did
in the days of the crossing.

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But we don’t precisely know.
But water will go into both the

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Mediterranean and the Dead Sea
and heal them.

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It will be, of course, a a
wonderful lesson that the waters

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that come out from the altar in
Jerusalem, on the top of the

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hill, representing the healing
power of our Lord’s sacrifice,

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will then flow down and be able
to heal that which is dead, that

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which is lifeless, the Dead Sea,
so that men will be able to fish

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in it.
Ezekiel 47 says.

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There are so many wonderful
things that this earthquake will

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achieve, and you and I, brothers
and sisters, need to have a

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vision of those things.
We need to look in our minds to

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separate ourselves from this
world and what it stands for,

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and to picture in our minds all
of that’s splitting in two, half

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going that way, half going the
other way, and all of these

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events taking place so that we
can be there when they occur.

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Now, we mentioned at the outset
that this is all based upon

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something that happened before
we all mentioned.

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We mentioned that it was based
solidly upon the Battle of Beth

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Horn.
Now the Battle of Beth Horn

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achieved many things.
It signaled the removal of the

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Canaanite from the land, and it
was the battle that gave them

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control over those Judean hills
that finally paved the way for

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them to one day take the city of
Jerusalem.

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So what then do verses 6 and
seven mean?

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Verses 6:00 and 7:00.
And by the way, to get back to

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our friend Mr. Ellicott that we
mentioned at the beginning who

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said that Zechariah 14 is the
hardest chapter in the Bible, he

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said that verses 6 and seven are
the hardest verses in the Bible

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to understand.
So you’re now going to study the

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two hardest verses in the Bible
in the opinion of somebody who

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doesn’t know the truth.
But I think that we can work

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00:32:21,440 –> 00:32:24,280
them out.
Verse 6 And it shall come to

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pass in that day, that the light
shall not be clear nor dark, but

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it should be one day, which
shall be known to Yahweh, not

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00:32:32,360 –> 00:32:36,520
day, nor night, but it shall
come to pass, that at evening

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time it shall be light.
Now did you notice the parallel

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with the battle of Beth Horn?
At evening time there shall be

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00:32:43,120 –> 00:32:47,960
light the battle of Beth Horn.
At evening time the sun stood

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00:32:47,960 –> 00:32:51,360
still, so that those canine ish
kings could not get away.

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And Joshua and his men who had
made that March up into the

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hills, who were tired and were
exhausted, then had to chase

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them downhill to go after them.
And so to make their job easier,

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God caused the Son to stand
still in the heavens, and that

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effectively signaled the removal
of the Canaanite from the House

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of Yahweh.
Look at verse 21 of Zechariah,

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chapter 14.
Yeah, Every part in Jerusalem

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and in Judah shall be holiness
unto Yahweh of armies.

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And all they that sacrifice
shall come and take of them and

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00:33:23,000 –> 00:33:25,080
see therein.
And in that day there shall be

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no more the Canaanite in the
House of Yahweh, which was

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precisely what the battle of
Beth Horn achieved.

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It was the removal of the
Canaaniteish leadership from the

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land.
So what then do verses 6 and

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seven mean?
Well, Brother Thomas in his

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00:33:44,600 –> 00:33:48,760
translation helps us out with
verse 6, where it says that the

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light shall not be clear nor
dark.

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Brother Thomas translates this
as in that day there Shall be No

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Brightness.
The Splendid Ones drawing in

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It’s followed by the revised
version where it’s rendered.

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They will contract themselves
Now when the Christ and the

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Saints feet hit the Mount of
Olives.

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And when they accomplish all of
these judgments that are

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mentioned in this chapter,
they’re not going to be going

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00:34:15,880 –> 00:34:20,600
around as in full radiance known
to everyone as the glorified

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00:34:20,600 –> 00:34:25,400
Brethren of Christ.
They will withdraw or they will

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00:34:25,400 –> 00:34:31,920
contract their full glory.
The world will still have to

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00:34:31,920 –> 00:34:37,639
exercise faith when it comes to
accepting the Lord Jesus Christ

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00:34:37,880 –> 00:34:40,719
and that mid heaven’s
proclamation, and to do that as

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a test to the world, they will
withdraw their full glory.

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This reference here in Habakkuk
Chapter 3 and verse 4, Habakkuk

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00:34:49,000 –> 00:34:53,080
chapter 3 is all about the March
from Sania to Zion where Christ

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and the Saints are glorified at
the judgment seat in the Sinai

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00:34:56,000 –> 00:34:58,160
region.
And then the March takes place

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00:34:58,240 –> 00:35:03,280
up to Zion and it talks about
the hiding of their power.

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So initially, when Christ and
the Saints go forth upon the

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world to execute God’s
judgments, they will not be seen

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00:35:09,600 –> 00:35:14,320
in their full glory.
And that’s deliberate because

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men will have to make a choice
based on faith, who it is that

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00:35:18,200 –> 00:35:21,960
they want to serve and you want
Habakkuk chapter three goes on

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to say.
It goes on to say the sun and

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00:35:26,760 –> 00:35:32,880
the moon stood still in their
habitation, and so for this

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00:35:32,880 –> 00:35:36,160
initial period the light will
not be clear nor dark.

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Well, the Thomas says the
splendid ones will draw in but

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verse 7.
When that time period is over,

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when God’s judgments are
finished at evening time, which

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you’ll know to a Jew is the
beginning of the new day.

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At evening time, there shall be
light.

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Once this day, the 40 years of
divine judgment has passed, the

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light of the glorified Saints
will then be seen in its full

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00:36:04,800 –> 00:36:08,440
radiance.
And so these two verses speak

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very clearly of the future that
you and I hope to have.

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We want to be a part of that
glorified body of Christ who

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initially will withdraw their
full glory.

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They will not be open and
apparent to all the world.

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They will not be immediately
identifiable as the glorified

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00:36:24,920 –> 00:36:28,200
immortal beings of Christ.
It will be like when the angels

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00:36:28,200 –> 00:36:31,920
went into Sodom and their full
glory was hidden, it was

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withdrawn.
But then at the end, when the

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judgment is passed that evening
time, there shall be light.

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So let’s just complete this
parallel with the Battle of Beth

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Horn.
Those are the parallels.

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00:36:53,320 –> 00:36:57,040
Yahweh fought for his people.
Zechariah chapter 14, the same

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00:36:57,040 –> 00:36:58,800
phrase is used in Joshua chapter
10.

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At evening time.
There should be light, all the

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00:37:03,320 –> 00:37:06,480
Saints with thee, you know.
Joshua 10 says time and time

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00:37:06,480 –> 00:37:10,360
again and all Israel with him
and all Israel with When the

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00:37:10,360 –> 00:37:12,840
Lord Jesus Christ goes forth, we
are going to be with him,

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brothers and sisters.
We’re not going to be watching

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00:37:15,000 –> 00:37:18,680
these events on CNN.
We’re going to be there with him

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00:37:18,680 –> 00:37:22,440
when he pours these things out
as his glorified body.

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00:37:22,440 –> 00:37:25,320
The man of the one of Daniel.
Chapter 10, the result of the

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Battle of Beth Horn.
No more.

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00:37:27,720 –> 00:37:29,280
The Canaanite in the House of
Yahweh.

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The result of Zechariah 14,
verse 21.

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No more the Canaanite in the
House of Yahweh.

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And perhaps the best parallel of
all, come back to Joshua chapter

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10.
This is the record where the The

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Battle of Beth Horn is talked
about.

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Your Joshua chapter 10 was where
the five kings of the Canaanites

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were defeated and they were led
by a man named Adonai Zedeck who

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was king in Jerusalem.
Verse one came to pass when

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00:38:09,880 –> 00:38:16,040
Adonai Zedeck King of Jerusalem,
had heard how Joshua had taken

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00:38:16,120 –> 00:38:19,200
AI and had utterly destroyed it,
as he had done to Jericho and to

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00:38:19,200 –> 00:38:21,040
her king.
So he had done to AI and her

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00:38:21,040 –> 00:38:24,680
king.
And then we know that they had

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00:38:24,680 –> 00:38:26,520
to come and rescue the
inhabitants of Gibeon.

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00:38:26,800 –> 00:38:32,520
So it’s called, He’s called
repeatedly Adenidec, the king of

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Jerusalem.
And all the way through that

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chapter we find recurrence of
the word the king, the king, the

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kings.
They put their mouth upon the

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00:38:41,280 –> 00:38:44,720
throats of the kings.
Now come back to Zechariah 14

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and show you how careful the
language of Scripture is.

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00:38:49,960 –> 00:38:51,920
Jerusalem has been clear to the
Canaanite.

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00:39:00,670 –> 00:39:03,830
The impure and the corrupt are
now gone.

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00:39:06,110 –> 00:39:10,950
It says there in verse 16 It
shall come to pass that everyone

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00:39:10,950 –> 00:39:13,550
that is left of all the nations
which came against Jerusalem

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00:39:13,550 –> 00:39:15,150
shall go up from year to year to
worship.

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00:39:15,670 –> 00:39:23,720
And notice this the king Yahweh
of armies.

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00:39:24,520 –> 00:39:30,400
And to keep the feast of
Tabernacles the Battle of Beth

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00:39:30,400 –> 00:39:33,200
Horn, had removed all of the
Canaanite ish kings from the

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00:39:33,200 –> 00:39:35,120
land.
And now men with a Canaanite

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00:39:35,120 –> 00:39:40,240
clear from the land, the Gogead
invader now destroyed, the Lord

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00:39:40,240 –> 00:39:43,480
Jesus Christ now established as
kings, and the Saints shining in

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00:39:43,480 –> 00:39:47,000
their full radiance.
Men will go up from year to year

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00:39:47,000 –> 00:39:57,400
to worship the king, whose name
is Yahweh of armies, just as

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just as with our brother Rodger.
I love and appreciate hymns, and

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I think it’s wonderful, brothers
and sisters, to conclude an

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effort with a hymn that
crystallizes the thoughts that

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we have shared.
We’d like to close our evening

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tonight with the words of Hymn
288, which say this.

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Behold.
The mountain of the Lord in

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00:40:23,480 –> 00:40:27,200
latter days shall rise on
mountain tops above the hills

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00:40:28,560 –> 00:40:32,920
and draw the wandering eyes, the
last verse reads.

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00:40:35,160 –> 00:40:42,480
The beams that shine from Zion’s
Hill shall lighten every land.

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00:40:44,280 –> 00:40:51,640
The King who reigns in Salem’s
Towers shall all the world

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00:40:52,560 –> 00:41:34,280
command.
Behalf of everyone, I want to

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00:41:34,280 –> 00:41:36,920
thank our brother Ryan and our
brother Rodger for their

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00:41:36,920 –> 00:41:41,120
exposition to us this day, and
also to thank all those who

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contributed to.