On That (Future End Time) Day When God Destroys The False Prophets in The Land of Israel

On That (Future End Time) Day When God Destroys The False Prophets in The Land of Israel (Zechariah 13:1-7)

Paul MacDonald RN MA Dipl

Zechariah Chapters 1-14 An Overview

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God Will Forgive His People

Following this period of grief and repentance (as detailed in Zechariah 12), God will forgive His people for their rejection of His leadership and will superintend their spiritual purification (13:1 compare Jeremiah 29:10-14).

The End Time Elijah and Coming Purifier of God's People (Isaiah 40:3)

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The Eradication of All of the False Prophets

He will direct the eradication of false worship throughout Israel, specifically eliminating idols, false prophets and their evil motivating spirit (13:2). The remaining remnant of false prophets in the land will bring such disgrace on their families that their own parents will execute them in obedience to the covenant.

These false prophets will be ashamed of their activities and for fear of judgment will seek to cover them up on the pretense of being merely farmers, but the inflicted hand lacerations will be characteristic of their office betray that them, like criminals that had notches cut in their ears (13:3-6).

Elijah Mocks the False Prophets (1 Kings 18)

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The Future Sign of the Cessation of False Prophets and Their False Prophecy in Israel (Zechariah 13:6-7)

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Zechariah follows this with a prophetic tapestry which weaves together the theme of a rejected leader (10–11), the pierced one who'll be mourned over like an only son (12:10), and the final siege of Jerusalem (12:1-9).

The Future Holocaust in Israel

Zechariah portrays God again ordaining the murder of false prophets and how it will be the sword of God that brings this about (13:7). At this very point in the narrative, they will two thirds of those in the land will be slain. The other third will be brought through the fire of testing. Perhaps it's this third that the future Elijah is preparing for the day of God's coming (Isaiah 40:3).

The survivors of this genocidal decimation, although undergoing the persecution and previously discussed international siege of (12:1-9), will be purified through their suffering and will worship the Lord within the parameters of covenant lifestyle, as revealed in (12:10-13:1).

Paul MacDonald RN MA Dipl ©