Just as there were stages of David's attainment of the throne of Israel, there will be stages in Jesus' attainment of the throne. He had to suffer (as David did) then when he returns he will "save the tents of Judah first" (as David first reigned over Judah) before joining all Israel together as one kingdom with one king reigning over them all (just as David did). Ezekiel 37:22Waiting for response for Ezekiel 37:22
The new governors of Jerusalem will be the saints who will be like the angels v.8;Waiting for response for Zechariah 12:8 Luke 20:36Waiting for response for Luke 20:36 while the mortal inhabitants of the city will be courageous as David was of old.v.8Waiting for response for Zechariah 12:8
When Jesus enters Jerusalem the Jews will look upon him whom their fathers pierced two thousand years previously,v.10Waiting for response for Zechariah 12:10 and they will mourn for him.vs.10-14Waiting for response for Zechariah 12:10-14 So that this scripture could be fulfilled, the Roman soldiers pierced Jesus with a spear as he hung upon the cross, John 19:34,37Waiting for response for John 19:34,37 and when Jesus returns to Jerusalem it will dawn on the Jews that the Messiah is the one their ancestors conspired to crucify. They will ask him, “What are these wounds in thine hands?” and he will reply: “Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends”. Zechariah 13:6Waiting for response for Zechariah 13:6 The Jews were Jesus’ brethren and they should have been persuaded by the works that he did that he was their Messiah, but they rejected him and had him crucified. Even his closest disciples and friends fled from him, like sheep scattering when the shepherd is afflicted. Zechariah 13:7;Waiting for response for Zechariah 13:7 Mark 14:27,50Waiting for response for Mark 14:27,50
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Waiting for response for Zechariah 12:1-7God is the creator of the universe and has made mankind for his own purpose v.1Waiting for response for Zechariah 12:1 and, as part of this purpose, he will soon make Jerusalem a stumbling stone for the nations who will bring their armies against it.vs.2-3Waiting for response for Zechariah 12:2-3 We hear in news broadcasts the problem that Jerusalem presents to the nations and, from the scriptures, we know that soon a great confederacy will invade Israel and capture the city. God will then manifest his power in the earth and give his strength to the rulers of Jerusalem vs.4-5Waiting for response for Zechariah 12:4-5 who will devour their enemies.v.6Waiting for response for Zechariah 12:6 The two families of Israel, the ten tribes and the two tribes, went into captivity separately and they will return in two stages. The LORD will save Judah, the two tribes, first.v.7Waiting for response for Zechariah 12:7 Therefore, since the first world war, the Jews have returned to the land, and the State of Israel, with Jerusalem as its capital, constitutes “Judah” and these Jews in the land will be saved first when Jesus and the saints defeat the invaders.