Zechariah 8:4 KJV
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
The prophecy takes place in Jerusalem as the Jews returned after seventy years captivity. They city had been made a shambles those seventy years earlier. I can only imagine what desolation it must have been in after all of that time.
God's promise to encourage them has yet to be fulfilled completely. He says there will be a day when elderly walk the streets safely and children play in the streets securely. The promise is of the Millennial Kingdom.
And then God says this, if this promise is marvelous to you, if you just can't believe it, rest assured, I will save may people.
The elderly can't walk our streets safely and children can't play in our streets securely even now. And it shows no signs of getting better. But God is faithful. And His promise to Jerusalem has implications for people of all nations. Though this world is not getting any better, there is a time coming that will be the best.
It is that time I live for.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
The prophecy takes place in Jerusalem as the Jews returned after seventy years captivity. They city had been made a shambles those seventy years earlier. I can only imagine what desolation it must have been in after all of that time.
God's promise to encourage them has yet to be fulfilled completely. He says there will be a day when elderly walk the streets safely and children play in the streets securely. The promise is of the Millennial Kingdom.
And then God says this, if this promise is marvelous to you, if you just can't believe it, rest assured, I will save may people.
The elderly can't walk our streets safely and children can't play in our streets securely even now. And it shows no signs of getting better. But God is faithful. And His promise to Jerusalem has implications for people of all nations. Though this world is not getting any better, there is a time coming that will be the best.
It is that time I live for.
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