Covenant Reformed News – November 2018 • Volume XVII, Issue 7
This article examines the exegetical interpretation of Zechariah 14, particularly addressing the question of when its prophetic events occur. The author critiques how various millennial systems (premillennialism, postmillennialism) attempt to fit this passage into their eschatological frameworks, while presenting the Reformed confessional position that emphasizes Scripture's teaching on Christ's return and the final judgment rather than an earthly golden age.
Zechariah’s Day of the Lord (1) When a Christian reads Zechariah 14, his main exegetical question can be expressed in one word: when? When did or when will these things come to pass? Some very deliberately try to make this chapter fit with their millennial systems. The various forms of premillennialism seek to make it compatible with their idea of the millennium, a literalistic 1,000 year reign of Christ on earth. Here one thinks of dispensational premillennialism (with its secret rapture and...