Zaccaria 14:9

9 E l’Eterno sarà re di tutta la terra; in quel giorno l’Eterno sarà l’unico, e unico sarà il suo nome.

Zaccaria 14:9 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 14:9

And the Lord shall be King over all the earth
This refers to the spiritual reign of Christ in the latter day; upon the success of the Gospel everywhere, there will be great conversions in all places; Gospel churches will be set up and ordinances administered everywhere; the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord; his kingdom will be from sea to sea, from the eastern to the western one, and his dominion will reach to the ends of the earth; Popish nations, Mahometan kingdoms, Pagan ones, and all the kings of the earth, will become Christian, and submit to the sceptre of Christ's kingdom:

in that day shall there be one Lord;
there is but one Lord in right now, and there is but one in fact that is owned by real Christians; and there will be but one in the spiritual reign, among all that are called Christians; there will be but one Lord and Head to Jews and Gentiles, ( Hosea 1:11 ) the pope of Rome will be no more owned as head of the church, nor any other:

and his name, one;
this refers not to any particular name by which Christ shall be called; but rather to that by which his people shall be called; all names of distinction being now laid aside, and only that of Christians retained; though it chiefly designs unity of doctrine, uniformity of worship, one and the same way of administering ordinances: it signifies that there will be one true, spiritual, uniform worship and religion; there will be no different sentiments and principles in religion; nor different practices and modes of worship; nor different sects; but all agreeing in the same faith and practice, under one Lord and King, Christ Jesus. So the Targum,

``they shall serve before the Lord with one shoulder; for his name is firm in the world, and there is none besides it.''

This passage is referred by the ancient Jews ^F12 to the times of the Messiah.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Zohar in Deut. fol. 110. 2.

Zaccaria 14:9 In-Context

7 Sarà un giorno unico, conosciuto dall’Eterno; non sarà né giorno né notte, ma in sulla sera vi sarà luce.

8 E in quel giorno avverrà che delle acque vive usciranno da Gerusalemme; metà delle quali volgerà verso il mare orientale, e metà verso il mare occidentale, tanto d’estate quanto d’inverno.

9 E l’Eterno sarà re di tutta la terra; in quel giorno l’Eterno sarà l’unico, e unico sarà il suo nome.

10 Tutto il paese sarà mutato in pianura da Gheba a Rimmon a mezzogiorno di Gerusalemme; e Gerusalemme sarà innalzata e abitata nel suo luogo, dalla porta di Beniamino al luogo della prima porta, la porta degli angoli, e dalla torre di Hananeel agli strettoi del re.

11 E la gente abiterà in essa, e non ci sarà più nulla di votato allo sterminio, e Gerusalemme se ne starà al sicuro.