PruePhillip
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I'm going to limit the discussion to the Zecheriah 12:9-10 quote, since really this is the one that matters most to Christians.
Let me requote it for the record: Zecheriah 12:10 in Jewish Bibles:
10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto Me because of the one they have thrust through; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
According to Christians this is supposed to be a messianic prophecy that is fulfilled in John 19:34-37
34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. 35 The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. 36 These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,” 37 and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.
If I'm remembering this correctly, Zechariah ch. 12 is about the battle at the end of time. In the middle of that battle, a miracle is going to happen -- someone is going to get killed, and this death is going to cause Israel to so deeply mourn that Israel will repent and turn back to God. It will be like the mourning in the Valley of Megiddo. What's that mean?
Often when God wants to speak to us of a future event, he says, "Remember when that happened back there? It will be like that."
If you read 2 Chronicles 35 about the death of King Josiah, you will understand. King Josiah disguises himself as an ordinary soldier so that he can fight alongside his men in battle. He is slain by archers. It is written that ALLLLL of Israel mourned for him. Jeremiah himself wrote the great lamentation for him. There was nothing again ever like it.
So all of this is who is pierced. Not Jesus.
The mourning wasn't that someone died. The Jews will see the one who saves them
once died at their own hands. He was the lowly man who came to them on the donkey.
But now he rules supreme over the nations.