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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Zechariah 14:6-21
Here is the end of the drama. When the last act commences, the situation will have been reversed by the sudden appearance of the Lord of glory. Even the scenery will have changed. An unimaginable cataclysm will have completely changed the physical appearance of the land. The peoples in the very act of making war against Jerusalem . . . and against its heavenly King are taken by surprise and will suddenly be struck by a horrible plague. From now on the nations, instead of going up to besiege Jerusalem, will make annual pilgrimages there to worship the King, the LORD (v. 16). Those who disobey will be deprived of rain. Even the bells of the horses – these horses which occupy such a great part in Zechariah’s prophecy – will bear an engraving with this inscription: "Holiness unto the LORD." All the strength of man, symbolised in the horse, will henceforth be dedicated to God. May the Lord engrave on our hearts also the sign that we are set apart and consecrated to Him. May nothing enter there which is not in harmony with this motto: "Holiness unto the LORD". Thus we shall be already well prepared for "that day" when He will be publicly prepared in his saints and . . . admired in all that believe" (2 Thessalonians 1:10).
