Les Feldick Bible Study

What does Zechariah 14:4 say about where the Lord's feet will stand?

Zechariah 14:4 states that in that day His feet shall stand upon the Mount of Olives, which is on the east before Jerusalem. This places the Lord’s feet on the earth at Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives, differing from Paul’s description of believers meeting Him in the air.

Les teaches that Zechariah 14:4 must be compared with Paul’s language. Paul says Christ is only going to come to the atmosphere, and believers meet Him in the air. But Zechariah 14:4 says His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is on the east before Jerusalem. Les notes this is just like the Book of Acts, showing the Lord’s feet standing on the Mount of Olives.

Zechariah 14:4

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.