Those Holy Fields
Charles Leech, D. D. Zechariah 2:12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. There is no place on the face of the globe so attractive as Palestine. There is no abatement of the interest which the peoples of the world have always taken in it. I. WHAT MAKES IT ATTRACTIVE? How comes it that this land has such a hold upon the hearts of men of varying religions and different races? Is it because of the excellence of its government? Is it because of the might and power of its arms? Is it because of its size, its colossal proportions? II. ITS CONNECTION WITH JESUS CHRIST. The Holy Land is endeared to the hearts of men because the Son of God walked its streets, and made it forever sacred by His holy life and sacrificial death. There the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, made known to perishing man the love of God for a lost world. III. THE HOLY LAND IS STRIKING AND INTERESTING IN MANY OF ITS ASPECTS. Its climate is the most remarkable in the world. Its position is not less striking. In ancient days it was believed to be the very centre of the earth. And so it is higher and better sense. It was there the great mystery of the Incarnation was enacted. Mount Calvary is the central point of the world's religious life and thought. If ever that universal brotherhood of man, for which the world longs, is to be realised, it will come in proportion as men climb Mount Calvary, and meet in love at the Cross of Christ. (Charles Leech, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. WEB: Yahweh will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.