Zechariah 14:5-11
“And the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee... And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem... And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one... and Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.”
King James Version
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.'
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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