20251029 [새벽묵상] 여호와께서 행하시는 여호와의 날 | The Day of the Lord: A Day of Divine Action (슥/Zec 14:1~8)

14:1 여호와의 날이 이르리라 그 날에 네 재물이 약탈되어 네 가운데에서 나누이리라

1 A day of the Lord is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.

14:2 내가 이방 나라들을 모아 예루살렘과 싸우게 하리니 성읍이 함락되며 가옥이 약탈되며 부녀가 욕을 당하며 성읍 백성이 절반이나 사로잡혀 가려니와 남은 백성은 성읍에서 끊어지지 아니하리라

14:3 그 때에 여호와께서 나가사 그 이방 나라들을 치시되 이왕의 전쟁 날에 싸운 것 같이 하시리라

14:4 그 날에 그의 발이 예루살렘 앞 곧 동쪽 감람 산에 서실 것이요 감람 산은 그 한 가운데가 동서로 갈라져 매우 큰 골짜기가 되어서 산 절반은 북으로, 절반은 남으로 옮기고

14:5 그 산 골짜기는 아셀까지 이를지라 너희가 그 산 골짜기로 도망하되 유다 왕 웃시야 때에 지진을 피하여 도망하던 것 같이 하리라 나의 하나님 여호와께서 임하실 것이요 모든 거룩한 자들이 주와 함께 하리라

2 I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city. 3 Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle. 4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south. 5 You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.

14:6 그 날에는 빛이 없겠고 광명한 것들이 떠날 것이라

14:7 여호와의 아시는 한 날이 있으리니 낮도 아니요 밤도 아니라 어두워 갈 때에 빛이 있으리로다

6 On that day there will be neither sunlight nor cold, frosty darkness. 7 It will be a unique day—a day known only to the Lord—with no distinction between day and night. When evening comes, there will be light.

14:8 그 날에 생수가 예루살렘에서 솟아나서 절반은 동해로, 절반은 서해로 흐를 것이라 여름에도 겨울에도 그러하리라

8 On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it east to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.

                  지난 주말에 김천에서는 김천 김밥축제가 있었습니다. 김천시 인구가 13만명 정도 되는데 이틀 동안의 방문객이 무려 15만여명이었다고 하지요. 이렇게 성공적인 축제를 김천시는 도대체 어떻게 시작하게 된 것일까요? 김천과 김밥, 여러분은 그 연결고리가 보이시나요? 김천시가 도시 이미지 조사를 하기 위해 설문조사를 했는데, 아 글쎄, 젊은 세대의 응답자들이 김천이라는 지명을 들었을 때 제일 먼저 ‘김밥천국’이라는 음식점이 떠오른다고 답을 한 것입니다. 김천시는 이 응답을 시덥지 않은 소리로 치부할 수도 있었을 텐데 오히려 역발상으로 이것이야말로 김천을 알릴 수 있는 기회라 생각해서 착안한 것이 바로 김밥 축제였다고 합니다. 이름부터 김밥천국을 떠오르게 하는 김천에서 열린 김밥축제. 그야말로 이름에 걸맞게 김밥이 가득한 축제였기에 성공적이지 않았나 싶습니다. 자, 오늘의 본문은 여호와의 날을 말씀하고 계십니다. ‘김밥천국,’ 김천에서 열린 김밥축제에 김밥이 가득했듯이 본문의 여호와의 날은 여호와께서 행하시는 일로 가득합니다. 이 날에는 여호와께서 모든 주권을 가지시며, 여호와께서 전장을 만드시고, 여호와께서 나가셔서 전쟁을 싸우시고, 여호와께서 임재하시며, 여호와께서 보호하시고, 여호와께서 아시는 날에 생수가 흐르게 하실 것입니다. 그야말로 여호와께서 행하시는 여호와의 날인 것입니다. 오늘은 함께 이 여호와의 날, 여호와께서 행하시는 일들을 통해 하나님을 더욱 깊이 알게 되기를 원합니다.

Last weekend, Gimcheon City hosted the Gimcheon Gimbap Festival. Gimcheon has a population of about 130,000 people, but over the two days of the festival, there were an astonishing 150,000 visitors. How did Gimcheon City manage to start such a successful festival? Can you see the connection between "Gimcheon" and "Gimbap"?

The city conducted a survey to assess its urban image, and interestingly, many young respondents associated the name 'Gimcheon' primarily with a popular chain restaurant called 'Gimbap Cheonguk' (Gimbap Heaven). The city could have dismissed this response as trivial, but instead, they saw it as an opportunity. They utilized this reverse thinking to launch the Gimbap Festival, a name that evokes 'Gimbap Heaven.' True to its name, the festival in Gimcheon, which already sounds like 'Gimbap Heaven,' was a huge success because it was filled with gimbap.

Similarly, today’s Scripture speaks of the Day of the Lord. Just as the Gimbap Festival in Gimcheon was full of gimbap, the Day of the Lord is full of the actions of the Lord. On this day, the Lord possesses all sovereignty, the Lord establishes the battleground, the Lord goes out and fights the war, the Lord is present, the Lord protects, and on the day known only to the Lord, living waters will flow. It is truly the Day of the Lord, where the Lord is the central actor. Today, through these actions of the Lord on the Day of the Lord, we desire to know God more deeply.

                  여호와의 날 그 첫번째, 예루살렘에 고난이 있을 것이지만 이것 또한 하나님의 주권아래에 있습니다. 1-2절 말씀 함께 읽겠습니다. “여호와의 날이 이르리라 그날에 네 재물이 약탈되어 네 가운데에서 나누이리라 내가 이방 나라들을 모아 예루살렘과 싸우게 하리니 성읍이 함락되며 가옥이 약탈되며 부녀가 욕을 당하며 성읍 백성이 절반이나 사로잡혀 가려니와 남은 백성은 성읍에서 끊어지지 아니하리라” 이 말씀은 어제의 말씀, 삼분의 이는 멸망하고 삼분의 일을 남기시겠다고 하는 말씀을 생각나게 합니다. 바로 여호와의 날에 예루살렘에 고난이 임한다는 것입니다. 그날에 예루살렘은 이방 나라들의 침략을 받아 무너지고 절반이 포로로 잡혀갈 것입니다. 어떤 사람들은 유다가 이방에 의해 무너진 것을 보고 하나님의 주권과 통치를 의심할 수도 있습니다. 하지만 하나님은 이방 민족을 ‘내가 모았다’라고 말씀하십니다. 이는 모든 주권이 하나님께 있음을 가르쳐 줍니다. 고난의 날조차 하나님의 주권 아래에 있는 것입니다. 2절 말씀을 자세히 보시면 하나님의 주권 아래에 고난이 임하지만 하나님께서는 남은 백성을 성읍에서 끊지 아니할 것이라고 말씀하십니다. 오히려 우리는 다음 3절의 말씀을 통하여 하나님께서 그 대적들을 불러모아 전장을 만드시는 것임을 알 수 있습니다. 그들을 치시기 위한 과정이었던 것입니다. 3절입니다. 함께 읽겠습니다. “그때에 여호와께서 나가사 그 이방 나라들을 치시되 이왕의 전쟁 날에 싸운 것같이 하시리라” 여호와께서 직접 나가서 그들과 싸우십니다. 우리의 눈에는 이런 고난의 시간이 그저 우리를 힘들게 하기 위해 행해지는 것처럼 여겨지는 때가 있습니다. 그러나 하나님의 주권 아래에서 그것은 하나님의 목적을 달성하기 위한 지나가는 때 인 것입니다. 그 순간에도 하나님께서는 당신의 백성을 지키시고 남기시는 것을 기억해야 합니다. 모든 것은 하나님의 주권 아래에 있으며 하나님께서는 우리를 위하여 전장에 나가서 우리의 싸움을 대신 싸워주시는 우리의 장수, 우리의 대장 되신 분임을 기억해야 하는 것입니다.

I. The Day of the Lord: Calamity Under Divine Sovereignty (1-3)

The first element of the Day of the Lord is that calamity will strike Jerusalem, but this too is under God’s sovereignty. Let’s read verses 1-2 together:

"Behold, a day of the Lord is coming, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped, and half of the city shall go into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city."

This passage reminds us of yesterday’s message: that two-thirds shall perish, but one-third shall remain. Indeed, calamity will come upon Jerusalem on the Day of the Lord. Jerusalem will fall to the invasion of foreign nations, and half of its people will be taken captive. Some might see Judah's collapse at the hands of foreigners and doubt God's sovereignty and rule. However, God says, "I will gather" the nations. This teaches us that all sovereignty belongs to God. Even the day of suffering is under God's jurisdiction.

If you look closely at verse 2, even though the suffering comes under God's sovereignty, God says that "the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city." Furthermore, we learn from the next verse, verse 3, that God is actually gathering the adversaries to create a battleground. It was a process designed to defeat them. Let's read verse 3 together:

"Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle."

The Lord Himself goes out and fights against them. There are times when these moments of suffering feel as if they are simply meant to torment us. But under God's sovereignty, they are but a passing time meant to achieve God's purpose. We must remember that even in that moment, God protects and preserves His people. We must remember that everything is under God's sovereignty, and He is our Commander, our Captain, who goes out into the field to fight our battles for us.

                  두번째, 여호와의 날에 하나님께서는 예루살렘에 임재하시고 당신의 백성들을 지키십니다. 본문의 4절은 여호와께서 예루살렘 앞 감람산에 서실 것이고 그때에 그 산 한 가운데가 갈라져 매우 큰 골짜기가 생길 것을 말씀하고 계십니다. 감람산을 이같이 절반으로 가르시는 이유가 무엇일까요? 그 다음 말씀인 5절 말씀을 함께 읽겠습니다. “그 산 골짜기는 아셀까지 이를지라 너희가 그 산 골짜기로 도망하되 유다 왕 웃시야 때에 지진을 피하여 도망하던 것 같이 하리라 나의 하나님 여호와께서 임하실 것이요 모든 거룩한 자들이 주와 함께 하리라” 여기서 너희가 그 산 골짜기로 도망하되 라는 말씀의 '그 산'은 '나의 산' 을 뜻하는 말입니다. 즉 하나님께서 이들에게 전장 가운데서 자리를 피할 수 있도록 도피처를 마련해 주시고 있는 것입니다. 하나님께서 임재하셔서 우리의 싸움을 대신 싸워주시는 것 뿐만 아니라 산 한 가운데를 갈라서 우리로 피하게 하십니다. '그 산 골짜기는 아셀까지 이를지라' 라는 말씀은 그 골짜기가 아셀까지 연결되어 있으므로 도망하기에 유리하다는 것을 보여주는 구문이지요. 마치 눈 앞의 홍해 바다가 갈라져서 그들의 살 길이 되고 하나님께서는 구름 기둥으로 애굽의 병거를 막으셨듯이 이제는 예루살렘 앞 감람산이 동서로 갈라져서 그 골짜기 사이로 이들을 피하게 하시는 것입니다. 스가랴가 이 장면을 가르켜 이렇게 표현합니다 "나의 하나님 여호와께서 임하실 것이요" 나의 하나님, 나의 구원자 되시며 나의 피할 바위되시는 그 하나님께서 모든 천군 천사, '모든 거룩한 자들'과 함께 임하실 것입니다. 만군의 여호와께서 임재하시고 당신의 백성들을 지키시는 날이 바로 오늘 말씀에서 전하고 있는 여호와의 날인 것입니다.

II. The Day of the Lord: Divine Presence and Protection (4-5)

Secondly, on the Day of the Lord, God will be present in Jerusalem and protect His people. Verse 4 tells us that the Lord will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem, and the mountain will be split in two, creating a very large valley. Why would the Lord split the Mount of Olives in half like this? Let’s read the next verse, verse 5, together:

"And the valley of My mountains shall be stopped up, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him."

The phrase "the valley of My mountains" (NIV translates as "the valley of the mountains") implies that God is preparing a place of refuge for His people amidst the battle, allowing them to escape. God does not only fight the battle for us through His presence; He also splits the mountain in two to provide us a way to flee. The phrase "the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal" shows that the valley will be connected all the way to Azal, making it an advantageous route for escape. Just as the Red Sea parted to become a path to life and God protected them from the Egyptian chariots with a pillar of cloud, now the Mount of Olives splits to allow them to escape through the valley. Zechariah expresses this scene by saying, "Then the Lord my God will come." My God, our Savior, our Rock of Refuge, will come with all the heavenly hosts, "all the holy ones." The Day of the Lord is the day when the Lord of hosts is present and protects His people.

                  세번째, 여호와께서 아시는 여호와의 날에는 새로운 세상이 열리게 될 것입니다. '여호와의 날'을 예고하는 6절은 "그날에는 이러할 것이다"라는 선언으로 시작합니다. 광명한 것들, 즉 해와 달과 같은 별들이 없어질 것이라고 합니다. 이것이 무슨 말씀인가? 우리가 알고 있는 창조세계를 이루고 있는 기본 법칙은 바로 한 '날'을 규정하는 낮과 밤입니다. 창세기 1:5, "하나님이 빛을 낮이라 부르시고 어둠을 밤이라 부르시니라 저녁이 되고 아침이 되니 이는 첫째 날이니라" 이것이 우리가 알고 있는 창조의 첫 날이며 우리가 알고 있는 세계의 기본 틀입니다. 빛이 있는 낮과 어둠이 있는 밤이지요. 그러나 7절의 말씀은 오직 여호와께서만 아시는 한 날에 대해서 이야기 합니다. 7절을 함께 읽어보겠습니다. "여호와께서 아시는 한 날이 있으리니 낮도 아니요 밤도 아니라 어두워 갈 때에 빛이 있으리로다." 날은 날인데 낮도 아니고 밤도 아니며 오히려 어두워 갈 때에 빛이 있을 것이라고 말씀합니다. 이 날은 우리가 알던 세상의 날이 아닙니다. 그렇다면 무엇을 말씀하고 계시는 것인가? 기존의 창조 질서가 아닌 새로운 창조의 날이 올 것임을 말하고 있는 것입니다. 천지를 창조하셨던 여호와, 빛이 있으라 하시고 그 빛으로 낮과 밤을 만드셨던 분께서 이제 새로운 질서의 날, 새로운 질서의 세상을 만드시는 것을 예언하고 있는 것입니다. 그 세상은 어떤 곳입니까? 8절입니다. 함께 읽겠습니다. "그 날에 생수가 예루살렘에서 솟아나서 절반은 동해로, 절반은 서해로 흐를 것이라 여름에도 겨울에도 그러하리라" 여호와의 날에 생수가 솟아날 것이라고 합니다. 두 갈래로 갈라져 각각의 바다로 흐르는 이 생수는 여름에도 겨울에도 멈추지 않고 끊임없이 흘러 생명을 공급합니다. 이 예언은 에스겔이 본 환상, 새 성전에서 흘러나오는 생명수 환상을 떠올리게 합니다. 하나님의 생명이 모든 사람들에게 차고 넘치도록 주어지는 것입니다. 모든 이들이 어린양의 보좌로 나아와 그 생명수의 강에 목을 축일 것입니다. 우리가 알 수 없는 오직 여호와께서 아시는 여호와의 날. 이것이 그 날에 열리게 될 새로운 세상입니다.

III. The Day of the Lord: A New World Known Only to God (6-8)

Thirdly, a new world will open on the Day of the Lord, a day known only to the Lord. Verse 6, which foretells "the Day of the Lord," begins with the declaration, "On that day there shall be no light." The radiant things, such as the sun and moon, will disappear. What does this mean? The basic principle of the created world as we know it is the existence of day and night, which defines a 'day.' Genesis 1:5 says, "God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day." This is the fundamental framework of the world we know: a day with light and a night with darkness.

However, verse 7 speaks of a day known only to the Lord. Let's read verse 7 together:

"It shall be a unique day, which is known to the Lord, neither day nor night, but at evening time there shall be light."

It is a day that is neither day nor night, and there shall be light even at evening time. This is not a day that belongs to the known world order. This is a prophecy that a new day of order, a new world, will come. The Lord, who created heaven and earth, who said "Let there be light" and created day and night from that light, is now prophesying a new world of a new order. What is that world like? Let’s read verse 8:

"On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea. It shall continue in summer and in winter."

On the Day of the Lord, living waters will flow. This living water, which splits into two streams and flows to the respective seas, will flow constantly, without ceasing in summer or winter, supplying life. This prophecy evokes the vision seen by Ezekiel, the vision of the river of life flowing from the new Temple. God's life will be given to all people, overflowing and abundant. All will come to the throne of the Lamb and quench their thirst in the river of life. The Day of the Lord, known only to the Lord, is the new world that will open on that day.

                  말씀을 맺습니다. 오늘 말씀은 우리에게 여호와의 날이 여호와께서 하시는 일들로 가득 한 것을 보게 합니다. 우리는 여호와께서 행하시는 이 일들을 통해 여호와만이 주권자이시며, 여호와만이 우리의 대장되시며, 여호와만이 우리의 보호자되시며, 여호와만이 온 세상의 창조주이시며, 여호와만이 우리의 생명되시는 분이심을 보았습니다. 고난 가운데 계십니까? 여호와의 주권을 신뢰하십시오. 여호와께서 여러분이 싸울 싸움을 대신 싸워 주실 것입니다. 메마른 신앙으로 하루를 겨우 살아내고 계십니까? 그리스도의 생수가 여러분의 목마름을 채워주실 것입니다. 여호와를 기대하십시오. 여호와께서 행하실 것입니다.

Conclusion

The message today shows us that the Day of the Lord is filled with the actions of the Lord. Through these actions of the Lord, we have seen that the Lord alone is sovereign, the Lord alone is our Captain, the Lord alone is our Protector, the Lord alone is the Creator of the whole world, and the Lord alone is our Life.

Are you going through tribulation? Trust in the sovereignty of the Lord. The Lord will fight the battle you must fight for you. Are you barely surviving the day with a dry faith? The living water of Christ will quench your thirst. Look forward to the Lord. The Lord will act.