My Thoughts on Zechariah 14, the Great Earthquake Fault, and the Millennial Kingdom
The study of facts and figures will point to the Bible. History, mathematics, and science are all essential to understanding life itself. A study of geography and Zechariah 14:4 would help understand how one day, the prophecy set in Zechariah 14:4 will eventually come true at the Battle of Armageddon towards the End of the World. It was said that a resort was once planned to be opened on the Mount of Olives until they discovered that a fault line was there in 1964. It wouldn't be an ideal place to build a resort on top of a faultline!
The Jerusalem Post also shares the following information that reveals how dangerous it is to have earthquakes near the Mount of Olives:
Reports indicate that about 300 homes were destroyed including one on the Mount of Olives that killed four small children.
Nablus was the most heavily hit area, having the highest death toll of over 150 and 250 injured. The quake destroyed some 300 buildings in the city including the Mosque of Victory.
Matthew 24:7 warns of earthquakes as a sign of the times. However, God's providence is the only reason why the Mount of Olives hasn't split yet. God's providence is also the reason why Israel hasn't been destroyed even with all the enemies surrounding her. Yet, a lot of Jews are still caught up in their disbelief that the Messiah had already arrived. The Jews today are still waiting for their Messiah unaware that the Lord Jesus is the Messiah whom their ancestors rejected. Israel is one of the most progressive countries on Earth yet there are also unsaved Jews who are also investors of evil things along with every unsaved Gentile. Fortunately, there are some Jewish people who have received Jesus as the Messiah. Zechariah 14:2 really tells us about the Battle of Armageddon. The world itself is already coming to an end.
A study on earthquakes can reveal that the ground can open up during an earthquake. Zechariah 14:4's earthquake will be unlike any other. It would defy the Richter scale because it will be God Himself who will stand on that mountain. God wrote the laws of nature and He can bend them. There's nothing natural about the seven trumpets and the seven bowls of God's judgment in Revelation. There was nothing natural about the plagues that hit Egypt in Exodus 7-12 either. I can imagine the intensity would be beyond the Richter scale causing the biggest split that the earthquake fault in the Mount of Olives can't take it.
What would be its purpose of splitting the Mount of Olives into two? Zechariah 4:5 tells us that Israel shall flee through it. Is this some kind of grand scheme to save the believers during the Tribulation? I really can imagine if Gentile converts during the Tribulation will probably be taken to Israel as a safety precaution. I think angels will get all the survivors of the Tribulation to Israel. This would probably be the great evacuation plan before the Battle of Armageddon can commence. This would probably be also to create accommodation for all the survivors of the Tribulation. The two groups are ths sheep (the surviving Tribulation saints) and the goats (the followers of the Antichrist). This would also herald the 75-day interval then the beginning of the Millennial Kingdom.
We can read in Zechariah 14:16-21 of details of the Millennial Kingdom. We can read of the great moment when the earthly reign of the Lord Jesus from Jerusalem will reinstate the Feast of Booths (also known as the Feast of Tabernacles). The Tribulation saints who survived will enter into the Kingdom in their natural bodies so they will reproduce. I always had a conflicting thought against it since I couldn't comprehend a surviving remnant. I remembered how I still read the late Hal Lindsey's "There's a New World Coming" which talks about children born during the Kingdom Age. It also turns out that nations who will fail to attend the Feast of Booths will suffer supernatural sanctions. Egypt is used as an example presumably because a new generation of unbelievers might be born and occupy the country. Though, it seems Egypt is used as an example but it's possible that a new generation of unbelievers (each one with a death sentence carried to them that they can only live up to a hundred according to Isaiah 64:20) born from the Tribulation saints may soon occupy Egypt. It would be a real period of testing as people see the full power of God yet some will remain in their unbelief. It's amazing yet not surprising that people in Hell are still not repentant, that Satan is still the same old wicked man even after the thousand years are over, that much evidence of miracles is there yet some people still remain in their hardened heart. Eventually, all that will end when the eternal Kingdom replaces the temporal Millennial Kingdom.
Even so, come Lord Jesus!
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