In the book of Zechariah, Zechariah shared how Jehovah God said, “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, says the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn my hand upon the little ones”, and in chapter thirteen and verse eight of Zechariah, Zechariah shared how Jehovah God said, “two parts therein shall be cut off and die” where we read,
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, says the LORD,
two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
The verse reads, “And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, says the LORD, ...” Zechariah began with the words, “and it shall come to pass” or “and the following shall happen and occur”, “that in all the land” which means “that within every part of the country, territory, district, region and world”, “says the LORD” or “utters, declares and proclaims Jehovah who is the existing One and the proper name for the One True God” as follows. Zechariah shared how Jehovah God said the following will occur within the total region.
The verse goes on to say, “two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.” Zechariah continued with the words, “two parts therein” or “two-thirds of the people within the country and region” “shall be cut off and die” which means “will exist as eliminated, killed, destroyed and expire, perish and give up the ghost”: “but the third shall be left therein” or “however, nonetheless, notwithstanding and moreover one-third of the people will remain, be left over and preserved within the region”. Zechariah shared how two-thirds of the people within the region will be eliminated and killed, and one-third of them will remain in that area.
When we think through the words in this verse, we learn through Zechariah how two-thirds of the people will be eliminated and perish while the remaining third will be left within the region. God has a plan for mankind which includes the salvation of the souls for every person who yields their life to His Son Jesus who died on the cross for the sins of all mankind. He desires to forgive our sins and to extend to us eternal life with Him. All we need to do is believe and trust in Jesus as our personal “Savior and Lord” even as the apostle Paul wrote, “if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (See Romans 10:9-10) God's invitation is to everyone, and rather than be like these “two-thirds” who were eliminated and perished, let us humbly come before Jehovah God, repent of our sins and confess His Son Jesus as Lord and Christ.
Next time Zechariah shares how Jehovah God says, “I will bring the third part through the fire”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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