03- 21- 11 MI DAILY DEVOTION (Zechariah 12:9- 11)
“THEY SHALL LOOK UPON ME (Jesus) WHOM THEY HAVE PIERCED”
9- “And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10- And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. 11- In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.”
In verse 9, the first phrase; “And it shall come to pass in that day…” It speaks of the day of God’s deliverance, power and protection for Israel, the City of David and the chosen people of God. It will be a great and glorious day for the people of God as they see the hands of God working in their behalf. The power of Satan and his followers here on earth as represented by the Nations who stand against God and His people will be destroyed. In verse 1, the last phrase; “I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem…” We have witnessed the hands of God and His protection to Israel from the Old Testament times like during the time of Esther, and even when king Herod tried to destroy God’s people by killing all the children 2 years old and under at the Birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. You may have heard or witnessed the Lord’s protection and power as God keep the small Nation of Israel from their enemies during the 1967 seven days war. And we have read on the internet or newspaper and witnessed it on TV how God worked for them and we know that it’s just so hard to deny the truth about it.
Notice here in verse 9 as very well explained by Matthew Henry from The Bible Collection: “Nations come against Jerusalem, many and mighty nations; but they shall all be destroyed, their power shall be broken, and their attempts baffled; the mischief they intend shall return upon their own head.’’ God will seek to destroy them, not as if he were at a loss for ways and means to bring it about (Infinite Wisdom was never nonplussed), but his seeking to do it intimates that he is very earnest and intent upon it (he is jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and has the day of vengeance in his heart) and that he overrules means and instruments, and all the motions and operations of second causes, in order to it. He is framing evil against them; when he seems to be setting them up he is seeking to destroy them. In Christ’s first coming, he sought to destroy him that had the power of death, and did destroy him, bruised the serpent’s head, and broke all the powers of darkness that fought against God’s kingdom among men and against the faithful friends and subjects of that kingdom; he spoiled them, and made a show of them openly. In his second coming, he will complete their destruction, when he shall put down all opposing rule, principality, and power, and death itself shall be swallowed up in that victory. The last enemy shall be destroyed of all that fought against Jerusalem.”
It is very obvious in the history of Israel as recorded in the Holy Bible and it is very obvious in the secular history as well that; anyone who stands against the people of God and the Nation of Israel will never win. Their enemies are not the believers or the Nation of Israel, but God Himself as what Matthew Henry said. In the Book of (Romans 8:31) “What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?” and in (Philippians 2:10- 11) 10- “That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11- And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
