Zechariah 1:13
“In that day a fountain will be opened for the dynasty of David and for the people of Jerusalem, a fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and impurity."
Nothing is sacred about a moment.
Nothing is sacred about a relic.
Nothing is sacred about idols.
Zechariah 13:2
“And on that day,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will erase idol worship throughout the land, so that even the names of the idols will be forgotten."
A man desires God's presence he's lost. He creates an idol to make a remembrance, and that idol becomes his god.
That lost blessing?
He's forgotten it, too busy remembering his idol.
In that day, the Lord himself will do battle against the AntiChrist. His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, and a fountain will open up. A new creation. A new river will spring forth from Jerusalem and cleanse the land and its people.
Ezekiel 36:25
"I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols."
And Christ and his righteous saints will come, and bring to pass his judgment upon humanity for rejecting his plan for salvation. And yes...they rejected him and mainly his plan, both gentile and Jew. They rejected his plan and made for themselves idols who would do the things they wanted, their way, their plan, or so they thought.
Their gods wanted wars for them to fight, win or lose, doesn't matter.
Their gods wanted sexual immortality in their worship and in all their lifestyle choices.
Their gods wanted them to chase after materialism.
Their gods wanted them to persecute the weak.
Their gods wanted them to forget about fidelity, divorce themselves from keeping faithful families and instead offer up their unwanted children to their idols.
Their gods wanted them to keep themselves enslaved to their passions, and turn a blind eye to all forms of sexual slavery, young and old, all around them.
Oppression, violence, cruelty, their gods wanted the destruction of all humanity. And all humanity worshipped them.
And in that day...
The false prophets will be banished. Their own gods will destroy the very same false prophets that played along with all the corruption. Anyone daring to prophesy will be executed by his own parents in fulfillment of the scriptural mandate. Even the false prophets will fear for their lives, only the Evil One will have a word from god, his word, his interpretation. The AntiChrist will not allow any resistance, even from his own corrupted church. These will truly be dark times.
And then...in that day...
The purging.
The winnowing. The weeds finally separated from the harvest.
Zechariah 13:8
"In the whole land,” declares the Lord, “two-thirds will be struck down and perish; yet one-third..."
The people of God will be diminished in size by two-thirds. And those who remain will be refined like silver, tested like gold. They will become uniquely God's own, finding their souls in complete relationship with Him.
In that day no one escapes Jesus' salvation plan.
For some, grace. The fountain will purge the land. Washing away all sin and impurity.
In that day we'll find out who's who.
Are you ready?