According to this lesson, what will the remnant of Israel experience?
The remnant of Israel will experience the new birth—the spiritual awakening Nicodemus was told he needed to enter the kingdom. They will see the pierced Messiah, recognize Him as the One crucified, and have both physical and spiritual eyes opened by the spirit of grace and supplications.
Les teaches that Zechariah 12:10 is directed to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, not Gentiles. God will pour out the spirit of grace and supplications, and they will see or look upon the One they pierced—a reference to Christ's crucifixion. Their physical and spiritual eyes will open, and they will recognize that the coming manifestation of the Christ, the Messiah, is the One who died on the Roman cross. Then in Zechariah 13:6, the remnant of Israel will ask about the wounds in His hands, and He will answer that He was wounded in the house of His friend. This remnant will experience the new birth Nicodemus was told he had to have in order to enter the kingdom.
And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.