The Biblical Illustrator - Zechariah 14:4-5
Zechariah 14:4-5And His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives God in relation to a suffering worldThe men in Jerusalem were in great suffering and imminent peril, and here is a figurative representation of the Almighty in relation to them.I. He observes their terrible condition. “And His feet shall stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east.” The idea suggested here is that God observes men in all their calamities and dangers. His eye is on... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Zechariah 14:1-3
Zechariah 14:1-3And thy spoil shall be divided A sketch on bad menThree facts concerning such.I. They are capable of perpetrating the greatest enormities on their fellow men. In the account given by Josephus of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans we have a record of enormities at which we might stand aghast. The particulars, says Dr. Wardlaw, here noted are such as usually, it might be said, invariably attend the besieging, the capture, and the sacking of cities; especially when, as in... read more