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6) The great mountain made a valley
There is a defined place of the first open display of Yahweh's power where he goes and fights as in the day of battle.
Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. (Zechariah 14:3)
At this time Yeshua and the resurrected saints are revealed to the world and to the Jews who have been prepared by Elijah.
Behold, he comes with clouds (cp 1 Thess 4:17) ; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. (Revelation 1:7)
But then after that there rebellion against this king of the Jews and a global judgement,
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 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. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: But 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. And 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. And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one. (Zechariah 14:4-9)
This is the beginning of the utter destruction of the proud, specifically of those lifted up called “mountains”.
Revelation 16 speaks of a preparation of the way of kings of the East, then of a Mountain. This language is similar to Isaiah,
The voice of him that cries in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: And the glory of Yahweh shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: The grass withers, the flower fades: because the spirit of the LORD blows upon it: surely the people is grass...O Zion, that brings good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that brings good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. (Isaiah 40:3-10)
Once we could not imagine how all flesh or all the earth might see it, but now there is global communication with even remote villages having TV's. The language of the great day of the revelation of the power of Yahweh includes reference to 'mountains melting like wax',
The LORD reigns... Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. A fire goes before him, and burns up his enemies round about. His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory. Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye mighty ones. Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD. (Psalm 97:1-8)
This is poetic language, as mountains are the proud and lofty. There is a specific reference to the arrogant of the earth being likened to mountains,
For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. And the idols he shall utterly abolish. And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake terribly the earth. (Isaiah 2:12-19)
That all shall see Yeshua and the power is the last thing they will see as the great movement on all the mountains of the earth will be upon all the pleasant pictures. In a serious global shakeup that knocks down all towers not much will be left of infrastructure for picture transmission. Zechariah speaks of one 'great mountain' which will be cut down.
This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the LORD of hosts. “Who are you, O great mountain?” before Zerubbabel become a plain: and he shall bring forth the head-stone thereof (Yeshua see Acts 4:11) with shoutings, 'Grace, grace unto it'. (Zechariah 4:6-7)
This 'great mountain' is the same as the image Daniel sees which is destroyed by the stone cut out without hands (Daniel 2). The language imagery of a mountain being cut down, parallels an image of harvest. Babylon was the head of the image. Revelation 17 says there is a Babylon the great which sits on many waters and on 7 mountains, associated with idolatry which Jeremiah speaks of
Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD has both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon. O thou that dwells upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. The LORD of hosts has sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee. He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and has stretched out the heaven by his understanding. When he utters his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causes the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he makes lightnings with rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasures. Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name. You are my battle axe and weapons of war: for with you will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; ..and with you will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; ...I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers. And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says the LORD. Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroys all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon you, and roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burnt mountain. And they shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate for ever, saith the LORD. (Jeremiah 51:12-26)
The military forces the armies that come against Jerusalem are led to the 'mountain of the place of cutting/harvest' to be destroyed, in a valley of threshing, parallels the fate of the mountains. The mountains are the leaders. What great leader would be with the front line of the military forces? The mountains, such as 'the great mountian' of the the proud Babylon the great, will be made low or 'valleys' just as the mountain of the place of cutting/harvest becomes a valley of threshing.
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