When does Christ return specifically to the nation of Israel?
Scripture teaches Christ returns to the nation of Israel at His Second Coming, when He comes back to this earth. Zechariah 12:10 and 13:6 are cited as Old Testament evidence of that future physical, visible manifestation, including wounds in His hands.
Les explains that this will be at His Second Coming, when He returns to this earth and returns specifically to the nation of Israel. He points to Zechariah 12:10 and then Zechariah 13:6. In that Old Testament passage, the prophet writes that one shall say unto him, “What are these wounds in thy hands?” and he shall answer, “Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friend.” Les notes that although He is a spirit being, He is bodily, so this is a physical, visible manifestation of His resurrection, even in the Old Testament. The context then moves to Paul in II Corinthians chapter 4.
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, 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 firstborn.
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When is Zechariah 12:10 fulfilled, and to which nation does Christ return at that time?
Zechariah 12:10 refers to an event that will happen at Christ's Second Coming, when He returns to this earth specifically to the nation of Israel.