The Skeptics Annotated Bible (723 page)

3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

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.

(14.3-4a) “Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight … And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives.” God will “go forth and fight” with his feet on the mount of Olives.

(14.4b)
“The mount of Olives shall cleave … and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.”
On the day of the Lord, the mount of Olives will be split in two and the mountain will be removed.

5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:

(14.7-8) Some strange things to look forward to.

7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

(14.7)
“One day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.”
Someday (God knows when) there will be a day that will have neither day nor night, but a bright sunny evening.

8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

(14.8)
“Living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.”

9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.

11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

(14.12-18) God’s cruel and evil plan to torment and kill every living thing on earth (except for true believers).

12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem;
Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

(14.12)
“Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.”
God will smite the people with plagues that will cause their flesh, eyes, and tongues to rot away.

13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and
they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.