ZECHARIAH 13— KEITH HUNT'S COMMENTS

 Zechariah 13

New Living Translation

A Fountain of Cleansing

13 “On that day a fountain will be opened for the dynasty of David and for the people of Jerusalem, a fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and impurity.

2 “And on that day,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will erase idol worship throughout the land, so that even the names of the idols will be forgotten. I will remove from the land both the false prophets and the spirit of impurity that came with them. 3 If anyone continues to prophesy, his own father and mother will tell him, ‘You must die, for you have prophesied lies in the name of the Lord.’ And as he prophesies, his own father and mother will stab him.

[GOD DOES NOT TAKE LIGHTLY TO ANYONE COMING IN HIS NAME AND NOT BEING TRUTHFUL; IT IS SERIOUS BUSINESS TO TAKE THE NAME OF GOD AND PREACH UNDER IT— Keith Hunt]

4 “On that day people will be ashamed to claim the prophetic gift. No one will pretend to be a prophet by wearing prophet’s clothes.5 He will say, ‘I’m no prophet; I’m a farmer. I began working for a farmer as a boy.’ 

[THEY SHOULD HAVE STAYED BEING A FARMER; MOST PRIESTS AND MINISTERS ARE NOT FROM GOD, HE NEVER CHOSE THEM, THEY SHOULD BE FARMERS. ONE DAY THEY WILL ADMIT IT; THEY WILL SAY "I SHOULD NEVER HAVE GONE INTO THE MINISTRY OF THE LORD."— Keith Hunt]

6 And if someone asks, ‘Then what about those wounds on your chest?[a]’ he will say, ‘I was wounded at my friends’ house!’

[JESUS CAME UNTO HIS OWN, BUT HIS OWN WOULD NOT RECEIVE HIM. HE WILL SHOW THEM HIS WOUNDS AND THE PENNY WILL DROP. THEY WILL THEN RECEIVE HIM AS THE MESSIAH JESUS THE CHRIST— Keith Hunt]

The Scattering of the Sheep

7 “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
    the man who is my partner,”
    says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
“Strike down the shepherd,
    and the sheep will be scattered,

[A PROPHECY HAD ITS FIRST GO AROUND IN THE DAYS OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH; MANY OF JESUS SHEPHERDS WERE STRUCK AND THE SHEEP HAD TO FLEE— Keith Hunt]

    and I will turn against the lambs.
8 Two-thirds of the people in the land
    will be cut off and die,” says the Lord.
    “But one-third will be left in the land.
9 I will bring that group through the fire
    and make them pure.
I will refine them like silver
    and purify them like gold.
They will call on my name,
    and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘These are my people,’
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”

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AS WE SAW IN EZEKIEL, TWO THIRDS OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH WILL DIE. ONE THIRD WILL REMAIN, BUT BROUGHT THROUGH THE FIRE OF PERSECUTION, MANY MORE WILL  DIE. THEY WILL BE REFINED AS SIVER AND GOLD IS REFINED. 

THEY WILL FINALLY REPENT AND CALL ON THE LORD GOD.

THEY WILL CALL ON HIS NAME; HE WILL ANSWER THEM. 

GOD WILL SAY THESE ARE MY PEOPLE; THEY WILL ANSWER THE LORD IS OUR GOD!

Keith Hunt