Kingdom of God · One LORD, and His name one

Zechariah 14:5-11

Zechariah · ~480 BC · Status: Future · Confidence: 60% · Payne §Zech 71
“And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.”
King James Version · the opening — all 7 verses are below
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The climax of Zechariah — the LORD comes with His saints, living waters flow from Jerusalem, and He is King over all the earth: 'one LORD, and his name one.'

Read the whole passage — all 7 verses (KJV)

14:5And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

14:6And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:

14:7But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

14:8And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

14:9And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

14:10All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.

14:11And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

Fulfillment References

Zechariah 14:9 Revelation 22:1-3 Acts 2:38 Revelation 11:15

How Traditions Read This Prophecy

Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostal'In that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one' is the heart of Oneness hope — the LORD whose feet stand on Olivet is Jesus, the one God whose one saving name (Acts 4:12; 2:38) is over all the earth.
JewishThe Day of the LORD when God reigns as king over all the earth, His name acknowledged as one ('the LORD is one,' Deut. 6:4) — the consummation of Israel's hope.
CatholicThe universal reign of God consummated, the living waters of the Spirit flowing out, fulfilled in Christ and the new creation.
ProtestantThe LORD's universal kingship and the 'one LORD, one name'; the living waters echo John 7:38 and Revelation 22.
OrthodoxGod's universal reign and the life-giving waters of the Spirit, fulfilled in Christ and the age to come.
DispensationalA literal future advent — Christ's feet on Olivet (14:4), living waters from Jerusalem, and His worldwide reign in the millennial kingdom.
AcademicScholars read this apocalyptic finale of Zechariah as a Day-of-the-LORD theophany; 'one LORD, his name one' draws on the Shema (Deut. 6:4).

Scholarship & Sources

'The LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee' (14:5; cf. 1 Thess. 3:13; Jude 14) and 'living waters... out from Jerusalem' (14:8; cf. Ezek. 47; Rev. 22:1) anchor the kingdom vision; 'one LORD, and his name one' (14:9) climaxes it.

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