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Bible Question: In
Zech. 14:16-17 we read that during the 1,000 year reign of Christ,
people will go up from year to year to worship Christ. In verse
17, it says that if any family does not go up to Jerusalem to worship
the King, the Lord of hosts, there will be no rain on them. Will
there be people during the 1000 years who rebel in their heart against
Christ, but will not make war out of fear of Christ?
Bible Answer: Zechariah
14:16-17
is talking about the time of the future kingdom.
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And
the LORD will be king over all the earth; in that day the LORD
will be the only one, and His name the only one. (NASB) Zechariah
14:9 |
During
the kingdom, God is in absolute control, and yet He does not force
us to blind obedience as we discover in verse 16-17. That is God's
pattern. Zechariah 8:22 tells us that during the kingdom many will
seek the Lord. Then we are surprised in verses 16-17 when
we discover that even though men and women find themselves in a peaceful
kingdom with a holy and just king, they do not want to be there.
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Then
it will come about that any who are left of all the nations
that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to
worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast
of Booths. And it will be that whichever of the families of
the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the
LORD of hosts, there will be no rain on them. (NASB) Zechariah
14:16-17 |
This
reminds us that men and women love to sin. This is the same message
in Revelation 20.
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And
when the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released
from his prison, and will come out to deceive the nations which
are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather
them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand
of the seashore. And they came up on the broad plain of the
earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved
city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them. (NASB)
Revelation 20:7-9 |
After
the kingdom, God releases Satan and he leads the non-Christians of
the world in one last attempt to defeat God.
Conclusion:By
nature we love sin. These events will only prove that God is just
in sentencing any non-Christian to eternal punishment for rejecting
His goodness, His holiness, His justice, and HIM! |
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