When Jesus took the kingdom from national Israel, he said he was going to give it to a nation which will bear fruit.
Which “nation” was this?
Spain? Turkey? Russia. China? United States?
No! He was speaking spiritually, he was going to give it to the Church, which Peter calls a holy nation.
There are two nations or kingdoms if you will in this world that God is concerned about.
Satan’s kingdom and the kingdom of God’s Son.
The Jews of Jesus time did not understand the types and shadows contained in the OT, I would think someone who says they are a Christian pastor would.
Zechariah is describing the Church being surrounded, hello, have you read the newspapers for the last 50 years?
The two witnesses have been killed ( the Church ) and the world rejoices.
There is a very small remnant that still holds to the one holy Catholic and apostolic Faith.
The Bible is a spiritual book, concerned with spiritual matters.
My only point is that God still has a future program for Israel. I already know that the church is a Holy nation, but that doesn’t refute what I am saying which is that Israel and Jerusalem and the news still have a prophetic future. Why does that bother you so? You haven’t really dealt with any of the scriptures i have raised to support my point. It won’t do you any good to try and mischaracterize my point and make it into a “Straw man” to knock down. For some reason you just can’t see that God has a plan to deal with Israel, the people,(currently in unbelief) and the Land and the City Jerusalem.
Are you saying that Zechariah 12-14 is now spiritualized and refers to the church?