Replies

Not entirely. The subject of chapters 13 and 14 is the Land of Israel and the cleansing of the land of the unclean spirit, false prophets, and those of other nations who have risen up against Jerusalem.

But the judgment clearly in these chapters is directed against Israel, not the foreign nations.

You seem to be eisegeting the text based on modern events in the Middle East. A very bad idea indeed.

11 posted on 08/04/2007 9:39:43 AM PDT by topcat54 ("... knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience." (James 1:3))

But the judgment clearly in these chapters is directed against Israel, not the foreign nations.

Oh really --- not according to the chapters in my Bible:

"Behold the day of the Lord cometh . . . For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle . . . Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. . . And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth." [Zechariah 14:1,2,3,12]

12 posted on 08/04/2007 10:12:32 AM PDT by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794