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To: topcat54
But the judgment clearly in these chapters is directed against Israel, not the foreign nations.

Oh really --- not according to the chapters in my Bible:

"Behold the day of the Lord cometh . . . For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle . . . Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. . . And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth." [Zechariah 14:1,2,3,12]

12 posted on 08/04/2007 10:12:32 AM PDT by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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To: Uncle Chip
And what exactly does that have to do with the judgment of the two-thirds in the land back in chapter 13?

There's also the part that you have conveniently ignored:

"The city [Jerusalem] shall be taken, The houses rifled, And the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city." (14:2)

And how does this section begin:

"The burden of the word of the Lord against Israel." (12:1)

People also seem to forget some of the time indicators:

"I will strike every horse with confusion, and its rider with madness; I will open My eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness."

The prophecy was intended for a day when men rode horses for transportation and in war, not modern times like today.

It is also a time with the people were still known by their tribe and family (12:12-14). Modern Israel has no such knowledge of family lineage. They have become a nation of inbreeding, cross-breeding with the nation and familial uncertainty.

I'm afraid the idea that this prophecy is about modern times cannot be support from the text.

13 posted on 08/04/2007 11:15:06 AM PDT by topcat54 ("... knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience." (James 1:3))
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