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Pray the Word with David Platt

God’s Glory Among the Nations (Zechariah 8:20–23)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

Christian, Bible, Baptist, Devotional, Spirituality, John Piper, Prayer, Bible Study, Religion & Spirituality, Louie Giglio, Christianity, David Platt, Pray, Radical

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Pray the Word on Zechariah 8:20–23, David Platt shows us God’s desire to draw the nations to Himself through His people.

Transcript

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Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.

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Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and to

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entreat the favor of the Lord. Thus says the Lord of hosts in those days, 10 men from the

0:40.9

nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew saying, let us go with you for we

0:47.6

have heard that God is with you. Did you hear that? You see it? This picture, God's saying, I'm

0:54.0

going to bring the peoples, the nations. He uses those words multiple times, peoples, nations

1:00.9

from every tongue. God says, I'm going to bring them. The picture here is to seek me in Jerusalem

1:08.0

where my glory dwells. They will come with Jewish people with my people saying, let's go with you

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for we have heard that God is with you. So this is the picture in the Old Testament. God

1:20.5

desiring to draw the nations to himself through his people, drawing the nations to see his glory

1:28.0

by his presence and his people which meant they needed to come to Jerusalem or the temple was to

1:33.3

behold the glory of God. So that's the picture in Zechariah chapter 8. Now make the connection

1:37.9

with Jesus' words in Matthew chapter 28 when instead of Jesus saying to his disciples, just stay

1:45.1

here in Jerusalem and bring the nations here. He says go and make disciples of all the nations,

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baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, baptizing them in my name,

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go and proclaim my glory to them. Acts chapter 1, verse 8, you'll receive power from the Holy

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Spirit and you'll be my witnesses from Jerusalem into Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth

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to all the nations of every tongue. So it's not come and see, it's go and tell God. Today,

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right now, is drawing the nations from every tongue, the peoples of the world to himself. And

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do you know how he's doing it? He's doing it through his people going out in the power of his

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spirit. That's the way this passage ends. Let's go with you for we have heard that God is with you.

2:33.5

Well, what does Jesus say at the very end of the Great Commission of Matthew 28? Behold, I

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