Zechariah 12:7

Zechariah 12:7 says, The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.  God said that He would save those who lived in tents in Judah first.  These were the poorer, less powerful people of God.  Then He would save the people of Jerusalem, who were more powerful and protected physically.  God said He would save the people of Judah first so that the people of Jerusalem would have no ability to look down on them.  God will always look out for the weakest first.   As we grow stronger spiritually, we still will never have a reason to feel superior to any other Christian.  Verse eight declares, In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.  God said that He was going to defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and that even when they felt feeble that He would make them as strong as David had been.  God also said His angel would protect them.  When we feel our weakest, if we put our faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, God will be with us to strengthen and protect us.  Verse nine adds, And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.  God said that in that day, either the day that Jesus Christ first came or when He returns, that God would destroy all the nations that came against Jerusalem.  Spiritually they were defeated when Jesus first came, and physically and spiritually they will be defeated when He returns.  As followers of Christ, we are winners either way.  Verse ten states,cAnd 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.  God said that one day the inhabitants of Jerusalem would mourn the fact that they had crucified Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God.  Whether they do that before the return of Christ or not will make all the difference.  Verse eleven adds, In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.  God said that in the day that Christ returns there will be great mourning in Jerusalem.  They would mourn like people had for King Josiah, because they would realize that their sins had kept them from receiving the gift of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.  One day, all those who have not accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and Lord will go away to everlasting mourning.  Verse twelve states, And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;  Verse thirteen adds,The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;  Verse fourteen concludes,  All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.  God said all the people of Israel who had rejected Jesus Christ would mourn, and so will every person throughout history and in the world when Christ returns who has not accepted His salvation.