 Welcome to the BCV channel. I am your host, Pastor Seco Woods. Thank you for those of you joining. This is the third live of the evening of the day. Thank you so much for watching. Thank you for joining me again on another live stream. This is a live summercast of the Shepherds Conference and I'm going to go ahead. Once it gets started, I will share the screen once they go live. I will not be able to play the music because of copyright issues. The second night of the conference I had received a copyright notification. It wasn't a strike, but due to the content or one of the songs supposedly, they were saying that it was owned by someone else. I mean, these are worship songs, but anyway. So anytime they do any of the singing or worship songs, I'm going to mute the volume and then I'm going to go ahead and go back into my studio and have a go live here. So just wanted to give you all the heads up for that. But please like, subscribe, share the notification bell at the bottom of the video. And also if you'd like to support this ministry financially, you can do so. Thank you to those of you who have done so and continue to support this ministry. All of my body lifers, thank you so, so much for that. We really do appreciate it. Facebook family, welcome. YouTube family, welcome. Moderators, thank you for joining. And again, we're going to be waiting just momentarily for them to get started. They have not gone live yet. I guess they're still preparing. And I guess we'll also find out of John McArthur will be closing out the conference. And they are live and they're already conducting their worship there. So as you can see, this is the live stream and full house, as you can see, full house. And again, due to due to copyright issues, again, I don't want to take any chances on trying to go and unmute the volume because I don't want to be in issues with with YouTube, you're not to be tripping. So but anyway, thank you to those of you who are who are joined. Yes, it has been a long day. It has definitely been a long day. Let's see if they're done talking for right now. Let's see. I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. From generation to generation, I will make known your faithfulness with my mouth. For I have said loving kindness will be built up forever. In the heavens, you will establish your faithfulness. I have cut a covenant with my chosen. I have sworn to David, my servant, I will establish your seed forever and build up your throne from generation to generation. Let's begin with those thoughts in our hearts as we bow before him in prayer right now. Bow with me. Oh Yahweh, three times in four verses, we hear the word forever, forever. Yahweh, not that is wrong with that. Your people will sing of your loving kindness forever. That's his covenant name. You will declare your tender mercies forever. The promises are sure forever and ever. We have an eternal reason to sing, to sing of your steadfast love. What we begin this evening shall be rehearsed continuously to the end of time and beyond. So fill your people's hearts with joy and expectation this evening. Accomplish the divine purpose for our gathering that you may be worshiped and adored as the great God that you are. And we pray these things in Jesus' precious name. Amen. Our music this evening is focused on the person, work, and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is our soon and coming King. And so with that in mind, would you please take a hymns of grace and turn first of all to number 143 and we'll sing all hail the power of Jesus' name together. And then we'll go back to number 102. 102. Jesus is Lord. 143 and then 102. Please stand as we sing. All right. So again, I know these are hymns, but again, I don't want to be a problem with the see as you can see right there, these copyright labels at the bottom. So I just rather I just gonna go and go on mute. But while we are waiting for a schedule John MacArthur and it looks like he probably will be there. I mean, the house is packed. As you can see. So it's probably he probably will be closing out the service, but I was gonna ask you all the question. Have you seen his? Have you seen the the recent picture of him standing up next to Carl Hargrove? If you haven't seen it, it is it is concerning to say the least. But what are your thoughts about it? Leave your leave your thoughts in the comments in the chat and I will populate them on the screen. And we can have a little discussion about it as we are waiting for MacArthur to be the final speaker for the conference. This is day three of the Shepherd's Conference. We are live streaming have a live stream simulcast. And he is scheduled again to he's scheduled to speak. He's scheduled to speak. So yeah, I'm going to bring the photo right now. Let me let me go ahead and do that. We'll just take a moment and I will go ahead and put the picture up and let's see. It was already here. I'm gonna go ahead and just type in Carl Hargrove's name because that is where I saw it. And there's the picture right there. Let me blow it up a little bit more for y'all. There's the picture. You'll see it. Of course, you know, he had heart surgery and had five stints. As a matter of fact, here's the statement from Carl Hargrove. He's one of the elders. I believe he's the only black elder there. Quote a warrior at 83 six weeks after having five stints. Then an accident fractured wrist, but still hoping to close notice what Carl says still hoping to close Shepherd's Conference this evening. John MacArthur is among the rare breed pray for him. Yes, definitely pray for him. We also need to be praying for the discernment or lack of discernment of the elders. He needs to be laying down. He needs to be at home with his wife. He needs to just call it a day ministerially wise, but they won't do it. They won't do it because Grace Church rides on the back of John MacArthur. And this is how he really wants it. Yes, he did. He definitely did hit his head. He had, he suffered a concussion. He suffered a concussion. He has five stints. He also is on dialysis. They don't, they're not mentioned in this stuff, but I have all the receipts from, from other sources. This is why they try to keep it under wraps for so long. They try to keep it under wraps for so long that it was, it was, it was pretty much painfully obvious that they knew that they were going to have to, you know, keep changing up the story. I'm not sure. I'm not sure, Joe. I'm not sure if they're there or not. Good question. They might be, they might be. Yeah. You saw the pants because he's lost weight because he's lost weight. And yes, I would consider this as elder abuse as well too. However, it may not be elder abuse in the sense that we're talking about. It could be elder abuse on MacArthur's part that he does not want to sit down. He does not want to step down. And again, sources that I have, I have conversed with, there, there are internal, there have been internal disagreements with regarding MacArthur even being there. There, there, there are, you know, personal concerns within MacArthur's circle. Family wise, that they did not want him to be there. They wanted him to lay down. They wanted him to rest. They did not want him taking any more chances. And so since where everybody knows that MacArthur runs, runs grace, he runs it. He runs it. So, you know, he's going to do what he wants to do. But I would not be surprised if MacArthur does close out the service that there's, you know, they did not make any announcement saying that he wouldn't. You just read the statement from Carl Hargrove. He said that he's hoping that he would. So, the, you know, guess what, find out. And also, Grace Community Church's choir, they're there. So most likely, you know, he may, he may close it out. He may close it out. But I, I, there's no way. There's no way I'll be letting my dad do this. Hey, lost our track of time playing around with some logos, logos, figures, features. Well, glad you came in. Glad you came in. Better late than never. But yeah, this is again, for those who just joined us, this is day three. This is the last, it's the last shepherds conference for the year. Let's see what they're talking about right now. I think he wants another song. A classic anthem by the composer Haydn with echoes from Psalm 33. Awake the harp and let your joyful song resound. Rejoice in the Lord, the mighty God. And also, yeah, they don't, they don't, they don't do anything but hymns. You may hear, you know, very rare, any, any contemporary stuff. But that's, yeah, that's, that's pretty much it. It's, it's really that type of setup. I mean, you know, when they, when they clap, because I had the program, I say one of their programs, I couldn't believe that they did not allow clapping between songs. They had on their program that they do not allow clapping between selections. They did not allow it. Now, if they changed it, that was, that was, that was after I had visited Grace, but I had, I have a copy of it. As a matter of fact, I did a video because I was shocked. I was like, man, so we can't clap in church? Yeah, I'm not lying. I'm not lying. But you know what else I found ironic? You know what else I found interesting? They didn't, they don't allow, when I was there and I got, I got homeboys that attended and that was the rule too. It was in the program and in their, in their worship program. They don't allow clapping at the time. It didn't allow clapping between songs. But when MacArthur finished preaching through the entire New Testament, he received not just clapping but a standing ovation. Not only that, he also, when he was singing because MacArthur could sing during the time when he was, you know, well, he was singing and people clap for him and applauded him when he was singing the Amen chorus. Not lying. I have, I have that video and people think that, you know, it's being petty. It's not being petty. It's about being consistent. It's about, you know, what does a psalmist say? Oh, clap your hands. Oh, you, oh, you peoples, shout on to God with the voice of triumph. Yeah. Amen, brother. Listen, listen, give me some clapping. Give me some shouting. I mean, I praise God for the church we attend. It's not charismatic, but it's, it's, it's, we, we, we free, we free. I mean, folk, folk, Sheila, huh? Come on now. Listen. I'm trying to tell you. I'm trying to tell you. All right. Let's see what we got. Before Tom Patton, come on, Tom. That's all right. Before Tom Patton comes to lead us in scripture and a time of pastoral prayer, I want to introduce what follows afterwards. Here at Grace Church, we often sing a prayer response, uh, chorally, if not congregationally. Tonight I would like it to do congregationally, the Lord's Prayer. You can find that in hymns of grace, a number 410-410. If you'll please have that ready and we'll continue seamlessly with our time of worship. Thank you. We're going to have a time of prayer so that if you would stand with the reading of God's Word and open your Bibles to the subject of tonight's message, Zechariah chapter 14. Zechariah 14, as we will be hearing our pastor exposit this chapter. So he will be there. Zechariah chapter 14. He will be there. Behold, the day is coming for Yahweh when the spoil taken from you will be divided among you. Indeed, I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle. I doubt it. I doubt it. The city will be captured. The houses plundered. And the women ravished. And half of the city will go forth in exile. Most people don't care for filled Jerusalem. Those left of the people will not be cut off from the city. Then Yahweh will go forth and fight against those nations as the day when he fights on a day of battle. And in that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives which is in front of Jerusalem on the east. I know RJ, isn't it? And the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south. And you will flee by the valley of my mountains. The valley of my mountains will reach to Azzel. Indeed, you will flee just as you fled before the earthquake in the days of Euseiah, king of Judah. Then Yahweh, my God, will come and all the holy ones with him. And it will be in that day. There will be no life. It doesn't matter. The luminaries will dwindle. And it will be a unique day which is known to Yahweh. Neither day nor night. I know you all may not remember that, but I mentioned about him. And it will be in that day that living waters will flow out of Jerusalem. Half of the other half towards the western sea, it will be in summer as well as in winter. And Yahweh will be king over all the earth. In that day. If you can kind of comment on that a little bit, because I know that that was a concern as well too, but I still should doubt that Phil would be taking the reins if McGarney. But Jerusalem will rise and inhabit its site from Benjamin's gate as far as the place of the first gate to the corner gate from the tower I understand. Again, this is day three, the final day of the Shepherd's Conference. And I meant to put that in, I meant to put it in my Twitter handle. I mean on my Twitter page, Zorro, if you don't mind, could you put up a tweet letting people know that if they want to take part in the live chat they can over on my YouTube channel. If they want to do that. And it will be in that day that abundant confusion from Yahweh will fall on them. And they will take hold of one another's hand and the hand of one will go up against the hand of another. And Judah also will fight at Jerusalem. And the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered, gold and silver and garments and great abundance. And in the same way, the plague on the horse, the mule, the camel, the donkey, and all the cattle will be in those camps will be like this plague. Then it will be that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, Yahweh of host, and to celebrate the feast of booths. And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, Yahweh of host, there will be no rain on them. And if the family of Egypt does not go up or enter, then no rain will fall on them. It will be the plague with which Yahweh plagues the nations who do not go up to celebrate the feast of booths. This will be the punishment of each. And the punishment of all the nations who do not go up to celebrate the feast of booths. Is that correct? In that day there will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, holy to Yahweh, and the pots in the house of Yahweh will be like the bowls before the altar. And every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to Yahweh of host, and all who sacrifice will come and take of them and boil in them, and there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of Yahweh of host in that day. Powerful words from our God. Bow with me in prayer. King of kings, Lord of lords, we come to you, O sanctuary of our souls, to rest in your awesome deliverance. We marvel, O God, at your greatness, at the strength of your dominion over all who challenge our holy power. You alone are great. You alone are excellent and worthy and saving and majestic and holy. You fill those whom you have saved with songs of salvation. You make the prisoner sing for joy because you have become his redeemer. You are heaven's warrior. You are your people's defender. With your right hand you establish sovereignty over all your creation. With your right hand you overthrow armies of men, nation of rebels, continents of corruption. With your breath you crush those who are determined to destroy your people. With your majestic holiness you draw all whom you have determined to save to your free side. You have the influence of the hearts of the undeserving. You have led the lost of a high rate of heaven. You have purchased the blood of your only son and those who once defied you. Spoke your curses against you. You have offered your grace that's what everybody else does. Since the days of old. I mean I just want you to see the mentality of how that goes. Help us to glory in the depth of your salvation. Assist us to confess all sin that prevents us from drawing closer to you. You're like abuse. Provide repentance. Create new affections. Promote holy desires. Holy living. Holy direction for all who love your son. And infuse into our souls even this night a recognition of your delivering power. And bend our knees and humble our hearts and turn our love back to you. Back to your son. Back to your spirit and teach us how to display this redemption to our dying world. And we ask this in Jesus name. All right so even though they're doing the lowest prayers it's copyrighted. It's really the model prayer but nonetheless so yeah I like the NAS and the ESV. I mean I prefer you know those I mean as long as it's understood I don't care but you know it's this whole mentality of if MacArthur if he endorses it then that's then that's you know I got the same Bible that MacArthur reads. I got the same Bible that MacArthur endorses. I mean it's I'm telling y'all first John 521 guard yourselves from idols. Guard yourselves from idols. It is not it is not a suggestion it is a command. John wouldn't tell us if we didn't have to if we had to fight against it. Man was all you crazy man. Yeah the ESV was the was the was the Bible. Back in the day I thought it was done. I'm curious to see if MacArthur's gonna need assistance in getting up to the to the pulpit. Oh they're gonna have him sit and preach. If you seated would you please turn and hymns of grace. Oh man y'all not done yet. 426 as the choir now sings this hymn. I invite you to follow along with the lyrics. He shall come again in glory. So anyway now listen I really just read the lyrics. You see he probably will be sitting down. Well I mean they got pictures of him standing as though he's he's ready to go. Yeah it's always like that when when he's getting ready to speak. And you know hey listen they got fresco. Why can't they have Red Bull. You know what I'm saying. Might as well might as well. We'll see dear. We'll see. We will see. We will see. This should be the last song. I think again welcome everybody those who just joined. This is a live simulcast of the 2023 Shepherds Conference. This is day three the last day again of the Shepherds Conference. John MacArthur's scheduled to speak waiting for him to to come to the pulpit. They said that he'll be speaking. He'll be closing out the service. And so we will we will be standing by not playing and not turning on the volume because the songs are copyrighted. And you two basically flags later let you know that the the music has been copyrighted. So yeah Mac fresco. Hey it wouldn't surprise me. It would not surprise me. Hey listen they did all all langzine yesterday might as well. Got full thinking that that's that's a Christian song. That ain't Christian song that was remixed. And I bet you listen I bet they don't even know. I bet they don't know. But he's going to he's going to diss he's going to diss charismatic and their repetitions as though singing repetitions is sinful. And it ain't it ain't it ain't spirit filled or spirit. You know what saying thank you Jesus. If I say thank you Jesus in a song like Fred Hammond thank you Lord for all you done for me. Yeah something like that. All right let's see. Oh okay he's about to sing. I can't. Yeah it's another one another song. Can't do it. Gotta go on mute y'all. All right anyway like for instance for instance this is when I when I hear songs like you know from Fred Hammond you know thank you Lord for being there for me. If you if you are if you actually read the lyrics thank you Lord for being there for me. I gotta say thank you Lord for being there for me. Seems like I was going down but your love came in and rescued me. Want to thank you Lord for all you've done for me. Yeah that too come on come on come on come on testaments come on. Yes he did. Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa what? No. Joe don't do that. Don't don't do that. You about to have my wife. Girl don't do that. See. Joe please correct that. No no no no Joe no Joe no you better you better you better Google it. No he didn't die last week. Girl please do you know do you know first of all the black Twitter would have been lit up. No no he didn't know. Not to my no no absolutely not. Jolene you better go ahead and in fact check that before you put you down for fake news. Yeah you know black Twitter would have been man what? Fred go. Girl listen Joe don't do it. Go ahead go and look for that right now. We'll wait for you. You go ahead and leave and come back and get that information come back here and correct that statement. Go ahead. But yeah so why are we you know waiting for MacArthur to come up. Name some name some name some songs from the charismatic community from our charismatic brothers and sisters that you can listen to to this day and your hands will go up. Whoa whoa whoa so Marvin Sap died. Marvin Sap died are you sure Joe please look that up. No no no black black Twitter would have still been lit. If Marvin Sap Fred Hammond Keith Staten would have died telling you you sure it was Marvin Sap and listen and if that's true you're gonna tell me none of you Negroes knew this except Joe and Joe and if you did know this if you did know this Joe how come you didn't tell nobody else huh. I have not seen any notice any new. As a matter of fact Ricky smile I haven't I haven't heard anything on Ricky smiley show or none of that. I mean somebody fact check that please please Marvin is alive Joe Marvin Sap is still alive he didn't he didn't pass Joe Joe he didn't pass and I'm surprised you you put out that kind of information my sister don't don't play like that. I mean I may not like that theology but uh but the music the music was a blessing to my soul in many ways. Thank you Kim thank you sister it was Troy Snead that passed but yes his wife had died of cancer I believe Marvin Sap's wife died of cancer I believe it was cancer ovarian cancer something I believe it was cancer this dude is still singing you know he reminds me of the uh okay now he's done he reminds me of that opera singer on Bugs Bunny. He kept singing on Bugs Bunny with a holy hand up in the air and it's coming on with the pop and all that kind of stuff but no they're clapping you all see this they're clapping bro y'all not done you're done okay I'm going to say this should be done it is clearing them out but yeah they're clapping but during the works they're doing I think Sunday service they don't allow them they don't allow them to clap but it may have it may have changed now but I know when I went to visit no clapping between songs or solos anything all right so there's John he's walking on his own they're clapping for him you see this y'all see this y'all see this I want y'all to see this standing ovation standing ovation apparently the reports of my death have been highly exaggerated so you see the knot on this head it's an incredible experience isn't it to worship the Lord like that sing great theological truth from the depths of your heart I'm looking at loss in that here because I know I'm out of uniform but I couldn't tie my tie Steve so I'm just asking if you had loaned me one of your clip-ons you certainly don't have one you don't have a bow tie either do you I hope you've enjoyed the week I want to say thanks to all the men who preach this powerful powerful handling of the word of God and my own heart has been refreshed as I've listened and listened and at the same time circling in and out with medical doctors and trying to navigate the things that I've been going through and take all the medication that I'm prescribed and I'm just really thankful to be here tonight the last time I stood in this pulpit it was January 1st and I got up to preach that morning and I don't know what was going on at the time but I couldn't breathe at least it felt like that and so I said excuse me give me a chance to catch my breath and yes I do what I yes I do later found out was that my heart had gone into atrial fibrillation and I didn't know exactly what to do but I do know I need to preach so I just rattled my head a little bit and went on for an hour which was a blessed experience because I loved what I was preaching on and it was a message I wanted to preach on a particular Sunday the first day of a new year and it was just filling my heart so there's no way I wasn't going to preach even though for a couple of weeks I hadn't felt exactly right and then they benched me for the second service and and then they released me they they sent me away for the last few months and they said he failed and hit his head really I'm coming back I'm coming back a little before the prescribed time you hear this but I a little before the prescribed I just can't miss this occasion I'm not going to really preach a sermon but I am going to unpack my heart I brought a Bible up here with me which is what I normally do when I come to preach but I can't turn the pages so I have been given a very brief tutorial on how to use an iPad they know me well so they put an iPad here and right next to it they put my own notes just in case I get lost through the years it has been a particular concern of me to address issues that I thought were significant in the evangelical world just kind of rose above the normal issues in the normal battles of ministry a book like charismatic chaos or strange fire address the massive charismatic movement that had made a large and inordinate mark on evangelicalism and confused a lot of people and I wanted to address that and the Lord allowed me to do that in fact there were actually three books dealing with that was he had a concussion and then perhaps a book that you would know the book called the gospel according to Jesus addressed the issue of his Jesus Lord and must you believe that to be saved the Lordship controversy as it was called and that was a huge issue because there was bad theology being pumped out of a a seminary there was populating the faculties of most bible colleges and bible institutes across america and it was everywhere and I felt I needed to address that followed it up with a gospel according to the apostles and then when pragmatism came along I felt like I needed to address that and there have been other issues like that through the years that we've we've tried to tackle issues that transcend just the normal and modern days are nobody's rather epic issues for evangelical information extracts in particular he's well and it's been a joy to do that and it's been a joy to see the impact of the word of God when truth is brought to bear against error error crumbles under the power of the truth it's crushed under the power of the truth we went after the pragmatic movement and we still are tackling that book I wrote some years ago called ashamed of the gospel he already said if there have been those orders he was not opportunities and I'm so grateful for them so what is it there's one issue that remains and I don't know how much time the Lord is going to give me but I want to make one last effort on this particular issue it is of constant concern to me it is a crucial truth for the redeemed it is a crucial truth for the entire world and the Bible is precise and clear and powerful and hopeful in dealing with this truth but strangely it is treated with a measure of indifference I want to take away his ministry of the word of illustration he's teaching biblically last week I received a book on my desk from somebody I love a wonderful teacher of God's word a book on the second coming a book on the second coming immediately I went to the scripture index in the back of the book and there were passages of scripture from many places in the New Testament and a few in the Old Testament there was not one single reference from the book of Zachariah and I thought how can you do that how can you write an eschatology without having mastered the book of Zachariah and it struck me that even though I've written books on the second coming and commentaries on Revelation and commentaries on Matthew and the Olivet Discourse and Commentary on First Thessalonians and Second Thessalonians and every New Testament text it is a continual burden to me a continual discouragement that the Reformed Movement so popular in being precise about sound doctrine been indifferent toward that doctrine how can you do that how can you think that God spoke clearly about everything but the end he's already that it doesn't matter it's almost a badge of academic nobility not to have a view of all the categories of systematic theology eschatology is the one whether is no settled orthodoxy we go down the line with theology and at some point it's so common even with very dear friends of mine through the years to say well he might be able to teach at our seminary but his eschatologies not biblical the consummation of God's redemptive history he's recovering from his concussion treated with indifference he was ordered not to go back just punt so against where they change their views he's there for some it seems like a defection to take literally what scripture says and it says a lot and it's crystal clear let me encourage you do not announce your eschatology until you have mastered Zachariah then you have a right to it you are here it is it is of all the books in the Old Testament the most complete revelation of the end times the Lord Jesus is the theme of the book he is revealed in literal details the details of his life the details of his death and the details of his second coming listen as I summarize for you and again not so much a sermon as a as a call to give due to the revelation of Zachariah the book of Zachariah reverberates with the presence of the Messiah the prophet for example discussed the pre-incarnate work of Christ to advance God's plan for Israel the prophet discussed the intercession for the nation Israel Zachariah foretold Christ's first coming in humility his rejection his betrayal for 30 pieces of silver his ultimate crucifixion his death for the sins of his people Zachariah prophesied Christ's second coming as the glorious king who will gather his people conquer Israel's foes cleanse his elect build the temple stand victorious on the Mount of Olives reign supreme and receive worship from all the earth's inhabitants and there's no equivocation and no lack of clarity in those prophecies in Zachariah Zachariah also revealed the Messiah as the true and good shepherd in contrast to Israel's corrupt leaders the false shepherds and while the true shepherd cares for his own the false shepherds devour and betray their people in his first coming Zachariah points out the good shepherd will rebuke and destroy the false shepherds namely what he did the priests the elders and the scribes of Israel and because Israel rejected the true shepherd the nation will one day fall to a false shepherd we know later as antichrist but the Messiah will return to overcome and destroy him saving his flock physically and spiritually so they become beautiful in the land it is true he does not have a doctorate degree he has an honorary doctor he does not have a doctor's degree another messianic gem in the book of Zachariah is that we meet the priest king no israelite could assume these two offices according to 2nd chronicles 26 the old testament anticipated the coming of one however in the order of melchizedek who would be a priest king he would bring together the two offices into one Zachariah speaks of this several times he will redeem his people as their priests and reign over them as their king he will bring reconciliation between god and man and establish perfect peace and sovereignly rule and righteousness over the whole earth Zachariah prophesied all the way to the kingdom of christ the millennial kingdom of christ Zachariah reveals that this kingdom will be earthly and it will be climactic Jerusalem and the temple will be rebuilt god's glory will return to dwell in the midst of the city and god will be a wall of fire around it and when the messiah establishes this earthly kingdom Jerusalem will be known as the city of truth at that time says Zachariah the messiah will cleanse his people he will call Israel my people and Israel will respond Yahweh is my god populated initially only with redeemed Israelites the kingdom will be governed by competent leaders and priests who will lead god people lead god's people in true worship along with righteous Israel regenerate gentiles will enter the kingdom and worship the lord they will gather in Israel at least once a year during that kingdom to celebrate specifically the feast of booths the messiah's reign will command world peace as Jews and Gentiles join together to worship the lord the millennial kingdom will be part of a renewed creation new light says Zachariah a new topography the lord will will reproduce a kind of edinic rest so that both death and the curse on creation are severely curtailed Jerusalem will be filled with people old and young living in peace and security things that currently seem mundane or even unclean will become holy to the lord but it's not untrue though at the center of that millennial kingdom will be the ultimate king the lord Jesus Christ the kingdom will begin with his inauguration as the world celebrates his accomplishments it's as high as it goes grace he will be the only king over the whole earth and all people will bring him worship that's a summation of the eschatology of Zachariah this is especially targeted at the remnant listen to Zachariah chapter 8 verses 11 to 15 but now I will not treat the remnant of this people as in the former days declares the lord of hosts for there will be peace for the seed the vine will yield its fruit the land will yield its produce and the heavens will give their due and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all things it will come about that just as you were a curse among the nations oh house of Judah and house of Israel so I will save you that you may become a blessing I didn't mean to y'all I will save you oh house of Judah and house of Israel that you may become a blessing do not fear let your hands be strong for thus says the lord of hosts verse 14 just as I purpose to do harm to you when your fathers provoke me to wrath which occurred literally and historically says the lord of hosts and I have not relented so I have again purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah do not fear this is typical of what Zachariah prophesies with regard to the future it has to do with a literal Israel true salvation the restoration of Jerusalem the elevation of Jerusalem the alteration of the planet and peace and security you might say that Zachariah's visions are an Amillennialists nightmare knew he was going to do that this man is dissing our Amillennial brethren I know it's gonna be well boy I know some Amillenians right now they are lit because that is the case pissed off they like now you're sick and this is how you're in your your your conference oh okay I think they put it all in here now the way that I think we can understand this and I don't want to be labor to the point but the way that I think we can understand this is that the final epic in human history is called chapter 14 verse 1 the day for the Lord the day for the Lord behold a day is coming for the Lord when the spoil taken from you will be divided among you and then verse 9 of that chapter and the Lord will be king over all the earth in that day the Lord will be the only one and his name the only one who who's dissing who's who's dissing the final epic of human history who who's this is the day for the Lord who's dissing Dan you're familiar with the day of the Lord which speaks of the judgment aspect of the final end but this is different this is not the day of the Lord this is the day for the Lord the day of the Lord is punishment and judgment the day for the Lord is salvation and blessing it encompasses the others of course and as I was going through Zachariah I found a phrase that captivated me it's a simple phrase the phrase is in that day in that day so you always know where you are in Zachariah by the way Isaiah uses that phrase 20 times well he uses it Joe Dan that's people's opinion they're entitled to that I didn't do that that's the stream that's not me that's the stream Paul uses it Amos uses it Zephaniah uses it just like he was saying about those who are Zachariah it appears three times in Zachariah 12 to 14 it appears 20 times all through the 14th chapter in that day in that day it is what it is there's never any mystery about the time of these events as you examine that phrase and oh by the way look at the end of Zachariah look at the last three words in the last verse of the last chapter what does it say just in case you get lost it all applies in that day and I agree uh MacArthur has dyscharismatics instead of Karris Madden has reexamined that phrase to the kingdom a true eschatology becomes clear strange fire conference is that a disc and this has no Old Testament equal in the scope of the revelation with regard to the second coming Zachariah places considerable evidence as I noted backs on the first coming of Messiah his humble entry on a donkey that's in Zachariah his rejection by the nation that's in Zachariah his betrayal for 30 pieces of silver that's in Zachariah the subsequent judgment of God on unbelieving Israel chapters 12 through 14 then shift and look at his second coming and the details of that are to be understood in the same literal way that you understood the prophecies with regard to his first coming to be fair I'm a I'm a pre-disc I'm a I'm a pre-trip dismissations by second coming I make no bones about that will feature his arrival his arrival on the Mount of Olives so amazing things will occur there he will establish his earthly kingdom fulfill his promises to the nation Israel promises given through the patriarchs and David and the prophets then you come to the final three chapters 12 13 and 14 and no Old Testament got your section of a book is the equal of this text in terms of the scope and the detail of the revelation of Christ remarkable truths what we learn from Zachariah is in the end there will be the rise of a world confederacy and a global army that will come against God's chosen nation Israel by the power of God Israel will win a stunning victory over those enemies followed by the glorious appearing of the Messiah the spiritual transformation of the Jewish people through the power of the Holy Spirit after 702 and Zachariah looks at these features from different angles magnifying the work of Messiah Christ will return and rescue his people regenerate them punish the wicked set up his kingdom and celebrate his triumph with a great feast there's no way you can spiritualize these there's no way you can allegorize these they're not presented with that option that's why this is an amillennialist nightmare trying to make all of that mean something else is a fool's task so let's start back in chapter 12 that was just to shape what we're going to look at back in chapter 12 verse 1 Baptist if you like I can send you the burden of the word of the Lord you can hear it yourself just email me sicko was at yahoo.com and I'll send you the link we're talking about the nation yes he did thus declares the Lord who stretches out the heaven lays the foundation of the earth and that's why i call that's why i call we lost that five percent this is the creator speaking behold i'm going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling to all the peoples around and when the siege is against Jerusalem it will also be against Judah and Zahra I'm glad you're here brother that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the people and bring a perspective to this situation all who lift it will be severely injured and all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it what does that mean yeah 100 people in the chat all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it it all means what it means but I got 100 in the in the chat Jerusalem will be a cup of reeling what is that the word cup has to do with a large basin no that's that's cool my brother I'm glad you clarified that is to say I just want to see I just want you to see the balance target if you will or a global assault and when attacked by the global army they will drink deeply grace who are you talking to drink deeply of divine wrath who are you talking to grace they will literally have their senses taken over as if they were inebriated who's serving satan by divine wrath they will stagger unable to accomplish their intended mission unable to defend themselves against grace if you were if you were sexually assaulted and the church and they tried to overpower Jerusalem how would you feel about that it was you or your daughter your granddaughter your niece literally a crushing stone 20 years later how would you feel about they will be it says severely injured what is this force that comes against Jerusalem all the nations of the earth all the nations of the earth global army they come from the west and grace you know what you just inspired me to do a lesson I may even do it tomorrow thank you grace they come from I knew you came here for a reason you just inspired me for a bible study that i'm going to do tomorrow according to Ezekiel Ezekiel says they come from the north thank you Daniel says they come from the south Daniel says they come from the east I want you to be here since you're here now what brings you here anyway grace how did you how did you know me curious according to revelation nine that has 200 million soldiers no you need to get off my channel or you can be blocked I can call your name while I want to call it grace with tour now you now your throat is completely moderate it's just one more time I'm assuming she's a female it is true that they are assembled by satan but verse two says God is the real that's her final warning gather after that see her out the door and then we read in verses four and five in that day there's that phrase in that day what day the day when the global army comes against Jerusalem in that day the clergy lord I will strike every horse with bewilderment and his rider how you see somebody else on in a chat room but I will watch over the house of jude well I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts a strong support for us are the inhabitants of Jerusalem through the lord of hosts their god horse obviously symbolizes military might power stupid to know the Bible says about that completely ineffective and useless silly half of whatever machinery this global force has is rendered in operative and madness takes over Kevin I don't know that is the same term kings nine to speak of jhu riding like a maniac in his chariot the weapons aren't going to work the soldiers aren't going to be coherent but the lord will watch over I guess y'all ladies and gentlemen out of all the things he could have talked he'll shut the eyes of the enemy of blindness which he's already done before but he will watch over jude he's already have he's already done this before Vanessa you said regiments of israel I feel for mac and his health issues but remember Eileen gray was battling canceling her in april and august 2001 facts are aware of the highway welcome to the channel welcome to the channel wonderfully facts they and last time I spoke to her she was doing she was doing well by God's grace she's been doing good on their God's grace I love what it says in verse five the clans of Judah will say in their hearts strong support is the lord of hosts God's deliverance is so powerful it compels not only the enemies to be crushed but it overpowers israel's no more lies bro they're not trying to do that look at verse six and seven in that day I will make the clans of Judah like a fire pot among pieces of wood and a flaming torch among sheaves so they will consume on the right hand and on the left all the surrounding peoples while the inhabitants of Jerusalem again dwell on their own sights in Jerusalem the lord also will save the tents of Judah first so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem will not be magnified above Judah what that is saying is the lord gives the population of Jerusalem triumph over a global army and not only does Jerusalem become the protective property of God but his protection stretches across all the land of Judah thank you Erica thank you and the Jewish people ignite their enemies on fire like a fire pot among pieces of wood and a flaming torch among sheaves they will consume on the right and on the left this global force will be destroyed by fire everyone will be consumed in fact Ezekiel 39 says the carnage will be so massive that it will take seven months to bury the bodies Jews Jerusalem will be safe God will save Israel that's an inescapable truth starting with the common people but extending beyond the common people he will save the tents of Judah the common people but also the glory of the house of David and Jerusalem will be secure look at verses 8 and 9 in that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem the one who is feeble among them in that day will be like David he's the pastor of great community church there is the shepherd's conference before them and in that day I will set about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem this is exactly what scripture says yes it would is going to happen in the future a global force amassed against Israel you see the you see the mark on his head he fell and is itself destroyed had a concussion broke his wrist the Lord defends the inhabitants five five stints in his heart and I love the one who is normally feeble among them in that day will be like David for was said Saul killed his thousands and David what his 10 thousands the feeble will be like David and those who are strong like David will be like God like the angel of the Lord can you imagine human beings who could slay 185,000 the Syrians I think I think I think zero can can can put you on some information with that he can probably talk about that if he feels at liberty then verse 10 about j max kids salvation promise I'll just say this it's not what you think comes to Israel it's not what you think I love this I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look on me whom they have pierced and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son and they will weep bitterly over him like the bitter weeping over a first morning it'll be like the great morning in Jerusalem will be like the morning at Haddad Ramon in the plain of Magiddo a town in Magiddo where King Josiah the last good king was slain by the Egyptian army recorded in 2nd Chronicles 35 and there was massive mourning over his death going to be that kind of of mourning you say wait a minute they've just had a massive triumph shouldn't there be a celebration no because whatever they may have believed in the past about Yahweh is now dramatically altered because God will choose in that generation to pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem everybody from the common people to the most elite the spirit of grace and of supplication they will look on me whom they have pierced and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son they will weep bitterly over him like the bitter weeping over a first morning think about it the Jews of that generation are going to realize that all the previous generations of Jews going back to Christ are in hell you can you can draw that conclusion when you try to evangelize people for themselves who are Jewish the thing they cling to is not intellectual it's familial but you told family if I believe what you say I sentence my ancestors to perdition but but John you told Ben Shapiro when that dawns on the same God remember that you know I think what they're going to say is basically Isaiah 53 the awareness is going to come he was wounded for our transgression bruised for our iniquities smitten for our peace we thought he was nothing we thought he was nobody the generations and generations of unbelieving Jews will produce the reality of sadness that be hard to even comprehend Jewish people are very very strong in their family connections yeah but his health condition doesn't help bro having that having five of Israel on dialysis falling the work of divine grace broken wrist god pursues and god pours out he drenches them with his holy spirit Ezekiel 39 24 puts it this way according to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I dealt with them and I hid my face from them it's going to go from God hiding himself to God drenching them with his holy spirit listen to what Isaiah 11 says about that day and here's that same phrase in that day the day of the salvation of Israel the nations will resort to the root of Jesse and won't just be Israel it'll be the nations the root of Jesse will stand as a signal for the peoples and his resting place will be glorious so you not only have the future salvation of Israel but the salvation of the nations the rest of Isaiah 11 says then it will happen on that day that the Lord will again recover the second time with his hands the remnant of his people yes he is who will remain from Assyria Egypt Patras Kush Elam Shinar Hamath and from the islands of the sea and he will lift up a standard for the nations and assemble the banished ones of Israel and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth what do you think that means it means he will gather the dispersed from the four corners of the earth verse 16 there will be a highway from Assyria for the remnant of his people who will be left for just as there was for Israel in the day that they came up out of the land of Egypt Isaiah loves that highway picture he makes four references to the fact that God is going to make a highway that goes directly toward Messiah so what is the spirit of he didn't have a title he just preached from Zachariah God's divine grace but what is the spirit of supplication that's repentance that's repentance that he and you're not doing it John all of Israel repents in describing Israel's future salvation the Lord identified every layer of society the royal line of David through Solomon the non-royal line of David through Nathan the priestly line the non-priestly line Shimeites and every other Jewish family this is what Paul's summing up in Romans 11 26 so all Israel will be saved and then you come to chapter 13 and verse 1 Romans 11 26 all Israel will be saved just as it is written the deliverer will come from Zion he will remove ungodliness from Jacob but notice in Zachariah yes if you were right this is where I mean applying it for himself this is not to be missed Zachariah 13 1 in that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for impurity how incredibly wonderful that's the salvation of Israel Ezekiel writes about it doesn't he listen to Ezekiel 36 verse 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you and you will be clean I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols more over I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh I will put my spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes and you will be careful to observe my ordinances you will live in the land that I gave to your forefathers so you will be my people and I will be your God that is the layout of sovereign salvation isn't it I will I will I will this is a true salvation the elements of it match the new covenant promise of Jeremiah 31 on on that day the Lord by his spirit will bring salvation saving grace and repentance and cleanses people verse 2 says it will come about in that day there's the phrase again declares the Lord of hosts that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land and they will no longer be remembered and I will also remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land Israel salvation produces cleansing God will eliminate the sin of idolatry God will eliminate false religion no marks of pagan religion will remain when this happens pagan worship will not exist pagan worship will not exist in the kingdom of Christ and then Zachariah says some things that are really a hypothetical approach but he makes his point very well look at verses three through six if anyone still prophesies that would indicate a false prophet after the Lord has removed the idols and all false religion if anyone hypothetically still prophesies then his father and mother who gave birth to him will say to him you shall not live for he was spoken falsely in the name of the Lord and his father and mother who gave birth to him will pierce him through when he prophesies when the Lord says there'll be no false prophets it comes down to the fact that if there were one it would be such a serious violation of the character of the kingdom that the parents would execute even their own son were he a false prophet it will come about in that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies and they will not put on a hairy robe which prophets wore that's that's nice but nice Joe he will say i'm not a prophet i'm a farmer that's ideal and the tiller of the ground the best of the situation but a man sold me as slave in my youth i doubt it and one will say to him what are these wounds between your arms they will say those with which i was wounded in the house of my friends i'm a victim i was kidnapped i was forced into this no there won't be any false prophets that will be banished verse seven Zachariah 13 awake oh sword my shepherd and against the man my associate declares the Lord strike the shepherd that the sheep may be scattered and i will turn my hand against the little ones it will come about in all the land declares the Lord the two parts in it will be cut off and perish but the third will be left in it and i will bring the third part through the fire refine them as silver is refined and test them as gold is tested they will call on my name and i will answer them and i will say they are my people and they will say the Lord is my god i don't know um what is that all about um yeah salvation being harsh about the feminism requires the rt thing sacrifice but in fact it requires the death of the shepherd treated and covered and protected awake my sword and that's my concern against my shepherd against the man who is another way to translate associate my companion and that is the Lord speaking declares the Lord of hosts he's reading from Zachariah starting the uh the day of the Lord or day for the Lord what's going to literally happen when christ returns and sets up his millennial kingdom thousand years will be costly for those who struck the shepherd you might say where he will be judged and he would judge right justly and the man my own for a thousand years association says the god man and uh there'll be righteousness within the earth when the messiah was killed israel will be uh the focal point we're going to be scattered and uh people will be coming to Jerusalem at times in the nation's history the death of israel's king and how positively we see that our first king's 22 and isn't consistent with scripture as well and the Lord prophesied that the flock of israel would be scattered as a result of christ's death that he would particularly turn his hand against the little ones against the individuals who were you might say powerless what is that i think he means the remnant the enemy will be punished but the remnant will be purged jesus said didn't he before it screws the fiction that you're going to be persecuted they're going to put you to death they're going to put you in prison following christ's death and resurrection god dispersed the entire nation of israel in judgment for their unbelief and scattered with them went the remnant and what did the remnant do they spread the word all over the world and through their suffering they were purified very specifically the scripture says two parts two thirds will be cut off and perish but the third will be left and i'll bring the third part through the fire refine them as silver is refined and test them as gold is tested they will call on my name i will answer them i will say the they are my people they will say the Lord is my god the scattering of israel the diaspora that we talk about for two thirds was going to be judgment in the in the end days for one third it was going to be purification titus 214 says he gave himself to redeem us from every lawless deed and to purify for himself of people for his own possession zealous of good works the summation of that future purging is going to produce the remnant the one third the holy seed of isaac's sobering words sobering words what do they refer to well i think the best way to understand that testing and trying is the tribulation he's going there to widespread slaughter before the kingdom the great tribulation is it's called in matthew 24 the battle of armageddon apparently two thirds will die as god removes the rejecters and the ones that are left that's the holy seed believers will be purified like silver they call on my name and i answer them we can only hope they are my people you can only hope my brother so they have the tribulation which is a massive time of suffering as you know for israel listen to the words of ezekiel 22 17 and following in the word of the lord came to me saying son of man the house of israel has become dross to me all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace they are the dross of silver in other words they're useless therefore thus says the lord god because all of you have become dross therefore behold i'm going to gather you in the midst of jerusalem as they gather silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it so i will gather you in my anger and in my wrath and i will lay you there and melt you i will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath and you will be melted in the midst of it as silver is melted in the furnace so you will be melted in the midst of it and you will know that i the lord have poured out my wrath on you for two thirds the future is wrath part of the wrath of the great tribulation but for the remnant it's a relationship with god that is reciprocal so you have there the battle in jerusalem the global force defeated jerusalem protected but then jerusalem refined and all of israel refined down to the redeemed remnant that gets us to chapter 14 notice how chapter 14 begins behold a day is coming for the lord when the spoil taken from you will be divided among you for i will gather all the nations against jerusalem to battle and the city will be captured the houses plundered the women ravished and half the city exiled the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city there is coming in the future in the future a day for the lord he will take spoil and divide it among his people he will gather as we already saw the nations against jerusalem to battle the city will be captured the houses plundered the women ravished half the city exiled the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city there will be a day that looks like defeat probably encompasses that slaughter of two thirds those left are the righteous remnant the lord will protect them and bring them into his kingdom and they are the sheep in the sheep and goats judgment of matthew 25 come to verse three where yaoi goes into action then the lord will go forth and fight against those nations and here we have a reprise on that victory against the global forces when the lord will fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle in that day his feet will stand on the mount of olives which is in front of jerusalem on the east and the mount of olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south you will flee by the valley of my mountains for the valley of the mountains will reach to his cell yes you will flee just as you fled before the earthquake in the days of isiah king of juda then the lord my god will come and all the holy ones with him his arrival is cataclysmic right now we have 104 watching cataclysmic 41 likes let's get them up if you're my ladies and gentlemen please thank you think they've triumphed ravaging jerusalem god allows that as part of the punishment yes i do for the unbelievers first friend is 11 he did at the lord's table with corinthians and then he shows mecha one three and four behold the lord is coming forth from his place he will come down and tread on the high places of the earth the mountains will melt under him and the valleys will be split like wax before the fire like water poured down a steep place this again refers to the dramatic alteration of the planet itself in fact in revelation 16 you have a look at that same event yes oh lord the almighty true and righteous are your judgments the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun and it was given to it to scorch men with fire men were scorched with fierce heat and they blasphemed the name of god who has the power over these plagues they didn't repent so as to give him glory in the midst of all this chaos of course the captain of the hosts of heaven arrives in majesty and holiness and inaugurates the day of his redemption the drama of that is seen in verse 6 and following in that day there will be no light the luminaries will dwindle it will be a unique day which is known to the lord neither day nor night but it will come about that evening time there will be light and in that day there's that same phrase living waters will flow out of Jerusalem half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea will be in summer as well as in winter the alteration of the earth takes place as christ arrives before that notice the luminaries the heavenly bodies go dark it's neither day nor night on earth the mountains move the oceans are displaced the skies above become dark and out of the darkness will come the messiah and he comes with his saints 1st Thessalonians 3 13 so you you have to be in awe of the detail the way this is all laid out and i'm covering it too fast i know keep up but i just want you to see this three features in the transformed earth first new light according to verse 6 there will be no light the luminaries will dwindle out of the darkness will come the blazing glory of the lord jesus christ and his angels and glorified saints to establish his kingdom on earth and god will light the world in a new way a new day verse 7 unique known only to god to reveal his glory his glory will be the constant light verse 8 new waters living waters massive topographic geological transformation this will be a new eden genesis 210 now a river flowed out of eden to water the garden and from there it divided and became four rivers a river flows a new river created by god in the chasm that's been created when jesus touches the mount of olives massive valley the last atom has restored paradise when the lord jesus comes comes he will fully vanquish his enemies he will save the remnant of israel and the nations he will establish his kingdom on earth he will rule from jerusalem the saints will rule with him and all the world will worship him isaia 4 says in verse 2 in that day the branch of the lord there's that same phrase again in that day the branch of the lord will be beautiful and glorious and the fruit of the earth will be the pride and the adornment of the survivors of israel they're going to be kind of the crown jewel in the kingdom it will come about that he who is left in zion remains in jerusalem will be called holy everyone who is recorded for life in jerusalem everyone when the lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of zion and purged the bloodshed of jerusalem from remits by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning the aftermath is the lord cleans everything up then you come to verse nine and the lord will be king over all the earth in that day the lord will be the only one and his name the only one that's what sam too is talking about by the way that's the day when the father fulfills Psalm 2 verse 8 ask of me and i will surely give the nations as your inheritance and the very ends of the earth as your possession you shall break them with a rod of iron you shall shatter them like earthenware now therefore oh king show discernment take warning oh judges of the earth worship the lord with reverence rejoice with trembling do homage to the sun that he not become angry and you perish in the way for his wrath may soon be kindled if this is y'all's first sound watching macArthur preach a blessed delivery much much better than this so i would agree my wife was talking revelation gives us in chapter gotta give it to me at least 11 glimpse of this i don't recommend seventh angel sounding there were loud voices in heaven saying the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our lord and of his christ and he will reign forever and ever in the 24 elders who sit on their thrones before no seal it fell on their faces of the last god saying we give you thanks oh lord god the almighty who are and were because you have taken your great power and begun to reign and the nations were enraged and your wrath came and the time came for the dead to be judged and the time to reward your slaves the prophets and saints and those who fear your name the small and the great and destroy those who destroy the earth and the temple of god which is in heaven was open and the ark of his covenant appeared in his temple and there were a voice that's due behind macArthur's head he hurt and the chinese dude he hurt great he is hurt they should have they should have took them down that's the moment when god takes over and christ reigns the words of verse nine and the lord will take his robe after that he lost his robe now boy the lord will be the only one in his name the only one one religion the worship of Yahweh and the sun finally one Jerusalem will be changed the land will be changed into a plane from geba to remond south of Jerusalem just showing the distance the Jerusalem will rise and remain on its site and then the features that are given there really are the features that basically lay out the landscape of Jerusalem at its largest back in the eighth century i'm looking at that first row y'all population explosion look at the guy at the far right the the chinese guy with the white be a curse no judgment opening and closing just opening and closing dwells in security in the kingdom the dark spot on his forehead is a mark he fell in his 12 to 15 he has been he's on dialysis as well back to that one more look at judgment i won't go through that verses 12 to 15 but it all culminates in what we read in revelation nine i'm sorry 19 listen to this this is another look at the triumphant arrival of christ i saw heaven opened he had had on behold a white horse and he who sat on it is called faithful and true and in righteousness he judges and wages war his eyes are a flame of fire and on his head are many diadems and he has a name written on him which no one knows except himself he is clothed with a robe dipped in blood his name is called the word of god and the armies which are in heaven clothed in fine linen white and clean we're following him on white horses from his mouth comes a sharp sword so that with it he may smite down the nations brutal he will rule them with a rod of iron and he treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of god almighty when he arrives you have universal worship just hurrying to an end verses 16 to 19 then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the king the lord of hosts and celebrate the feast of booths it will be that whichever of the families of the earth do not go to Jerusalem to worship the king the lord of hosts there will be no rain on them if the family in Egypt doesn't go up or enter then no rain will fall on them it will be the plague with which the lord smites the nations who do not go up to celebrate the feast of booth one religion and you better show up this will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations who do not go up to celebrate the feast of booths which indicates to us that even in the kingdom people will be born who are unconverted and rebellious but this is that time when god highly exalts his son gives him a name above every name and every knee shall bow i don't know something is wrong with him you know he is definitely heard confess yes from reports that i received yes the people who don't worship what happens to you in the kingdom verses 12 to 14 and this will be the plague with which the lord will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet their eyes will rot in their sockets amen their tongue will rot in their mouth it will come about in that day that a great panic from the lord will fall on them they will seize one another's hand and the hand of one will be lifted against the hand of another Judah also will fight at Jerusalem and the wealth of all the strong nations will be gathered in gold and silver garments in great abundance usually stronger than this but given his injuries any rebellion brings about devastating judgment any rebellion but on the other hand if you look at verses 20 and 21 in that day again there will be inscribed on the belts of the horses holy to the Lord because everything even the most mundane thing the the apparatus that is on the horse the cooking pots in the Lord's house will be like the bowls before the altar every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the Lord of hosts and all the sacrifice will come and take of them and boil in them and there will no longer be a Canaanite meaning a rebel in the house of the Lord of hosts in that day comprehensive holiness comprehensive holiness the hope and the majesty of Messiah's coming kingdom is one of Scripture's most glorious themes and we've we've looked at what Zachariah says about it and he means exactly what he says and there's no reason to change that somebody might say well where's the rapture there's no rapture anywhere in any day of the Lord text there's no rapture in any Old Testament eschatological passage of Scripture why because the rapture is not seen anywhere in the Old Testament if it were part of the second coming if there were one and the same you would see it there but it's not I agree brother Daniel that's why Paul calls it a mystery because it wasn't revealed which means it's a separate event two people clap why why is it important for us to get this right because it's important to give honor to the Lord all his word matters the better your people understand this the more likely they are to live in light of 1st John chapter 3 whoever has this hope in him purifies himself even as he is pure we need to live in the light of the glorious appearing of Jesus Christ we need to worship him the way he's worshiped in Revelation 5 we need to learn from Peter that these are sanctifying realities don't treat your people out of this and be faithful to the Word of God now I've said a lot but probably not enough but I have something to tell you when you leave and go out the back door you're going to receive a gift it is a 400 page commentary on Zachariah look at this who wrote it though this is a pre-publication copy it's a collaboration between myself dr chow jozakovich nathan buzenitz huh okay and it's the first in a series of old testament commentaries the second will be on daniel these guys boy y'all listen and it's part of a concerted effort to help you get your eschatology right i i again i went rapidly over things tonight but i i just if you don't believe that now i wanted you to feel miserable it's all there you'll find the commentary literally awesome stunning and how it lays out the full message of Zachariah i thought as we closed tonight before you go out and grab one of those commentaries it would be good for us i know they sing together a very contemporary song that you probably have heard is he worthy and it it answers the question it asks the question is he worthy is he worthy and it forces you to make the confession that he is worthy and it's based on revelation chapter five it's taken right out of that chapter where they give glory to the lord for establishing his kingdom we need to live in the light of the kingdom so we want you to stand and with all your heart make the confession that he is worthy let's have a word of prayer first father seal these things to our hearts this has been a lot but lord it's been a meager effort to place your word really without explanation just in its simple clarity in our hearts to make us strong where so many have been weak so that we can know the truth of the end of the story because in the end of the story lies your full glory we want that glory it's only nine o'clock bedtime it's 11 o'clock central midnight east coast 110 are in the chat 48 likes and they're clapping as he's leaving which is that i don't understand stepping down from the far left so again i'm not going to play the let the music play out because i don't want this to be an issue of copyright but what do you all think see the copyright is at the bottom i'm definitely not playing that what do you all think let me know your thoughts again that was the closeout of the shepherd's conference clocked in at two hours and again it's nine o'clock pacific standard time 11 o'clock central and midnight on the east coast problems you say sad do you see i like j mack because he preaches the word of god he's not perfect and only god our mightiest yeah we we uh we know that we agree with that as well too um i thought j mack would be too weak to preach but he proved me wrong still think he needed to rest i agree and you know god can definitely you know empower and annoy us to to do things but again he basically you know said he basically said he actually said that against prescribed orders he was told uh you know not to you know not to preach he needed to rest but he said he had to now which is funny to me because isn't that what we do with the opposite of charismatic what do you mean seco well i mean this when charismatic say well the lord told them to do this or to do that and and and they go against doctor's orders we'll call them foolish right we'll call them foolish for not listening to the doctor and and saying that they're gonna step out in faith and and do you know do this for the lord whatever i mean i'm just saying and um um we just need to be very we need to be very careful we need to be very careful um tim heard his video today i took a nap to hear pastor john tonight he's eastern standard time even he would have nodded off bless him oh man uh did pastor bacham speak if he did no he did not he did not speak for the shepherd's comp he did sunday i believe but he did not speak at the shepherd's comp i was told he's back at uh back in africa so but yeah i i just wanted to you know go live my eyes are so glazed over seco looking white yeah i'm i'm about to call it i'm about to call it quiz y'all listen i i've been i've been doing the i did three lives today y'all i did three lives and your brother is tired i am definitely tired um they are still singing i'll let you see this here they're still singing and um yeah so i definitely appreciate you all late to my brother no round four no not not tonight now maybe tomorrow because i was inspired by that grace person i think we need to we need to talk about this you know um and and and the lord reminded me of a perfect text a perfect text and and lord wanted maybe this weekend i may i may talk about it if uh if he allows me to joe you said let me put your comment up ma'am you said seco i enjoyed the sermon i sincerely pray that he and the elders get it together because he is called here's a here's a car preacher who can clearly handle the word must repent and soon yeah um we would love for him to do that matter of fact eileen gray is still still waiting for him to repent and he refuses to do so so i got six thumbs down don't know who gave it a thumbs down but again god bless y'all you know it don't stop me from doing what i'm called to do but i would appreciate those of you who have been supporting this channel get the likes up and we're going to we're gonna close this thing out they're they're gonna they're almost finished almost wrapping this thing up looks like they are um let's have one final prayer and then just a few announcements before we close bow with me there are really no words father to appropriately convey the height and the depth and the breadth of all that you have allowed to occur among us this week friendships have been forged friendships have been yeah that's probably who they are burdens have been shared and blessings have been bestowed and above all this yeah grace i mean i'll show the change of plans with the uh your shepherds have been fed change of plans your remnant has been strengthened came down a pike because your last minute so we're not over this doing it now every conversation every message and in every corner where your people have gathered thank you for allowing our pastor to speak to lead us i know right i know model for us faithfulness and strength and love the love of a shepherd's heart and thank you for the men who have stood in his place who have preached in his shadow and who have exemplified his shadow fulness as well thank you for these blessings and countless others in his shadow protect and bless and keep these men they would have to make one more idolatry statement preach in his shadow all that they have seen in her man come on and bless the remnant in their charge we pray in christ's name amen now before you leave remember your zachariah commentary i have mine only one per person if you would please also remember to take all your belongings with you as you leave the recording of everything that you have heard will be available in the coming week and thank you for coming to shepherd's conference 2023 yes thank you preach in his shadow thank you thank you for your encouragement and your love and your strength and all that you have heard and you've seen and it has been a joy just so you know as a representative of the saints at grace community church to serve you and to come alongside you and to hear your hearts and to see you eyeball to eyeball and to share in your joy how you preach so please come and be a part of shepherd's conference again next year we'll be here waiting for you bye bye everybody's leaving is it so basically from um the conference is three days it started wednesday thursday and of course friday and that's it um their regular service is on sunday and they had to close it out with another idolatry statement preach in his shadow yes to preach in his shadow man look i'm done y'all i'm done i'm done to preach in his shadow i i the shadow of the almighty is who we're supposed to be hiding about but anyway anyway and he's not going to put a stop to a listen joe joe i don't know how long you've been been following macarthur in these these people but this has been going on for years decades it's not going to stop is not going to stop it's not it's not it's not i mean wishful thinking yeah i mean this this is this is idolatry y'all we we've heard a lot of idolatry and this is why the thumbnail that i created and you know not that i created but another brother my brother uh created for me uh reformed idol this is why this is why and and and those of you who are thumbing down the the video i don't care i i don't do this i don't do this because i'm fearing that i'm gonna get thumbed down i do this because this is what a word of god commands you to do so you matter of fact keep keep on thumbing it down come on keep on thumbing it down keep thumbing it down it ain't gonna stop me so i got 10 i got 10 10 dislikes so far let's go let's go for 20 dislikes let's run it i got 11 can i get 12 can i get a 12 can i get 12 dislikes can i get 12 yeah these these are all the fanboys again it's probably it's probably you know tim heard of them i got 13 dislikes now let's go come on let's run it it is it's never going to stop me ever because the more you dislike my content it ain't gonna stop me from from saying what i need to say i just wish that you had i just again i just wish these people had to cast shoes to come up and um and face me and say why they don't why they don't why they don't agree with my position in my statement because i'm attacking quote-unquote your idol right is that what it is i know let's stay hard so i got 15 i have 15 15 dislikes 15 dislikes 97 are in the chat it's just it's just funny that these guys love to come over to our channel but never want to face anybody publicly as you saw today i gave captain his uh his opportunity to come up and he he refused to do so it's all good it's all good even if they didn't i wouldn't care i'm definitely i'm definitely gonna go in with the truth so anyway listen that's it y'all um oh yeah they always they they always come but listen i'm built for this but they never want to come up though they never ever want to come up with your boy ever to the cowards the cowards the cowards but it's all good but anyway but listen thank you all those of you who stood and have been joining me all day your endurance is amazing praise god thank you so much for for joining and i do appreciate that so again please like the video please share the video uh please let people know about this channel again if you'd like to support this ministry you can do so again by clicking the donation links below at the bottom of the video would like to become a body lifer again nothing uh required you can support the ministry by doing so by clicking those donation links below and sharing the videos love life and marriage with the woods as well anyway um you guys have a great day love you all i appreciate you all thank you for your prayers thank you for the support we definitely need each other to push on and go forward in god's in god's name so again uh you all have a great day great evening have a great night and y'all know the drill whatever you do do all to gloria i'm god i bless you for sharing this night god bless you good night