“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...” (Zechariah 14:4, KJV)
In Zechariah, the Messiah’s “feet” which will one day rest upon on the Mount of Olives equates to Yahweh’s “feet” doing the same. This would be so, biblically speaking, not because Jesus is literally “Yahweh” or the “second person” of a “triune God,” but because Jesus, the Messiah, always comes in his Father’s name as God’s sinless emissary or representative—even when he acts as judge (John 5:30; 8:16; 12:48-49; Romans 2:16; Acts 17:30-31; Revelation 19:15).
In response to this point about “representation” (or “agency”) in connection with Zechariah 14:4, Dr. [Colin] Brown argued:
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Author: Patrick Navas
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Bible reference(s): Gen 1:26, Gen 3:22, GEN 16:9-10, GEN 16:13, Gen 18:1-2, Gen 18:9, Gen 18:16-17, Gen 18:22, Gen 19:1, GEN 21:17-18, GEN 22:11-12, GEN 31:11, GEN 31:13, GEN 32:24, GEN 32:30, EXO 3:2, EXO 3:4, EXO 3:6, Ex 3:15, Ex 7:1, Ex. 12:12, Ex. 22:28, Exo 23:20-22, Ex. 24:9-12, Deu 6:4, JOS 5:13-15, JDG 2:1-5, JDG 6:11, JDG 6:14-16, JDG 13:3, JDG 13:6, JDG 13:22, 1 Sam. 2:25, Psalm 8:5, Ps 45:6, Ps. 82:1, Ps 97:7, Ps. 138:1, JER 33:16, EZE 48:35, Zechariah 14:4, HOS 12:4, Joh 10:34-35, John 14:10, John 14:24, ACT 7:30, ACT 7:38, Hebrews 1:8
Source: Divine Truth or Human Tradition?: A Reconsideration of the Orthodox Doctrine of the Trinity in Light of the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, (AuthorHouse, 2011), pp. 497-500.
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