45One of the lawyers said to Him in reply, “Teacher, when You say this, You insult us too.” 46But He said, “Woe to you lawyers as well! For you weigh men down with burdens hard to bear, while you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers. 47“Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and it was your fathers who killed them. 48“So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs. 49“For this reason also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute, 50so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation, 51from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation.’ 52“Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering.”
- Your fathers killed the Prophets and in your building projects, you show your allegiance to their actions – Luke 11:47-48;
- Not just a small group, but righteous Prophets from all of time – Luke 11:51;
- From Abel, the first righteous man of faith killed – Heb 11:4;
- All the way to the final judgment, the Day of the Lord – Zech 13:2;
- The deaths of all the righteous prophets killed from the beginning of time until the judgment will be charged against that generation – Luke 11:50;
- It appears to be a competition among false and idolatrous prophets to see who can be the most anti-God; who can bring the most opposition against Jesus Christ, the Messiah – Zech 13:7
1Behold, a day is coming for the LORD when the spoil taken from you will be divided among you. 2For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city. 3Then the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle. 4In 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. 5You will flee by the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azel; yes, you will flee just as you fled before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD, my God, will come, and all the holy ones with Him!
6In that day there will be no light; the luminaries will dwindle. 7For it will be a unique day which is known to the LORD, neither day nor night, but it will come about that at evening time there will be light.
8And in that day living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter.
9And 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.
6In that day there will be no light; the luminaries will dwindle. 7For it will be a unique day which is known to the LORD, neither day nor night, but it will come about that at evening time there will be light.
8And in that day living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter.
9And 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.
- Jerusalem will be captured – Zech 14:2;
- Spoil from Jerusalem will be divided by the victors in the middle of the city – Zech 14:1;
- It’s at this point…
- when Jerusalem has been sacked, and
- the spoil distributed,
- when evil believes it has won,
- when it is clear God alone is able
- Then the Lord will go forth and fight – Zech 14:3;
- God will use a great earthquake to judge the nations that just captured Jerusalrm – Zech 14:4;
- Israel will flee to the mountains, just before the Lord comes with all His hosts – Zech 14:5;
- The Day of the Lord will be marked with darkening of the skies as prophesied several places – Zech 14:6-7; Ezek 32:7-8; Matt 24:29; Mark 13:24; Rev 8:12;
- As promised, living waters will flow from the throne of God, both East and West year-round – Zech 14:8;
- Jesus Christ , they Messiah will be thr ONE – Zech 14:9;