The Lord foretold the breaking of His covenant with His people in the context of their betrayal of Him for thirty pieces of silver. He even speaks of this silver being brought into the house of the Lord for the potter. In hindsight, we know that was fulfilled on the night that Jesus Christ made a new covenant with the people of God. They would partake of His body and blood for the remission of their sins. He would from this day forth be the only Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. They would also celebrate His body and blood given for them in remembrance of His death until He returns.
“I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it in two, that I might break the covenant which I had made with all the peoples. So it was broken on that day. Thus the poor of the flock, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord. Then I said to them, ‘If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain.’ So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.” [1]
“And the Lord said to me, ‘Throw it to the potter’—that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord for the potter.” [2]
“For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” “The Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, ‘Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.’ In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.’ For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.” [3]
After the prophecy of the old covenant of animal sacrifices being replaced by the new covenant of Christ giving His body and blood for our salvation, the Lord gave the prophet Zechariah a message about Jerusalem.
“And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it. In that day, the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; the one who is feeble among them in that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the Angel of the Lord before them. It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.” [4]
Jerusalem will be a heavy stone to the nations who have rejected Messiah because the people of Jerusalem will embrace Jesus Christ as their Messiah. They will exalt Him. They will become strong. Nations will be incited by satan to hate and destroy Jerusalem. They will feel that this new turn of events for Israel is a heavy burden that they cannot bear. They will come against Jerusalem but not prevail because the Lord will fight for them.
“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.” [5]
Yes, the people of Jerusalem shall be filled with the Holy Spirit. They will believe in salvation by God’s grace in Christ Jesus. They will pray in the Name of Jesus. They will know in their hearts that their sins pierced Him, and grieve for what they did, but also rejoice in Him as the promised Messiah by all the Bible’s prophets.
“And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” [6]
The dragon in the above passage symbolizes satan. He makes war against the people of God. The “her” in the above passage is a pronoun for the people who keep the commandments of God [the Law] and have the testimony of Jesus [the Gospel]. Such people seek to keep the commandments of God but know that their salvation is of the Lord Jesus who died for them on the cross to atone for their sins.
[1] Zechariah 11:10-12
[2] Zechariah 11:13
[3] Matthew 26:28;1 Corinthians 11:23-25
[4] Zechariah 12:2, 8-9
[5] Zechariah 12:10
[6] Revelation 12:17
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