Zechariah 9:12 New King James Version (NKJV) 12 Return to the stronghold, You prisoners of hope. Even today I declare That I will restore double to you. This is probably God acting towards Israel in light of the blood of the Covenant of Moses (Exodus 24:1-8). As Israel turns to God, He will turn to them and rescue them as if they were trapped in a dry cistern (I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit). Because of His faithful promise, even the prisoners are prisoners of hope. They should receive encouragement from His promise and return to the stronghold - both in the sense of a military fortress and a spiritual fortress in the LORD Himself. This was partially fulfilled in the days of the Maccabees, when God raised up Jews to fight against the successors of Alexanders Empire. Nevertheless, it seems that the ultimate fulfillment of this promise is yet to come. The idea is that the LORD Himself leads the battle. Both the Bible and the Koran have the idea of the holy war - which Islam calls Jihad - but there is a huge difference between the idea of the holy war in the Bible and in Islam. Jesus alone carries out the Biblical holy war - never His people. In Islam, the Jihad is the responsibility of every good Muslim. Here, God makes it clear who does the fighting: The LORD their God will save them in that day. This is Gods battle, not the battle of men.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 20:28:42 +0000
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