Are all those who worship with us part of the true Church? We can look around us on a Sunday and see a room (hopefully) full of people hearing the Scripture, praying, giving thanks to the Lord. Yet are these all members of Christ's true invisible Church by faith? We've seen in Zechariah how God uses struggles and deliverance to call people to himself, to create faith in their hearts. Yet not all seem to remain in that faith. As we read today there is yet to come a time of final judgment. God will pour out his wrath against unbelief everywhere, not just outside of his chosen city, Jerusalem (aka, the Church). He is going to extend it to the people of Jerusalem themselves, saving those who are believing in him and rejecting those who are not believing. He also will draw people who believe from every nation. After this judgment is a time of blessing and unity because unbelief has been destroyed.
Today let us turn to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, in belief, knowing that he has in fact borne the wrath of God against unbelievers in his death on the cross. Let us turn to him in hope of the resurrection, knowing that he is risen from the dead. Let us turn to him for comfort, knowing that he is acquainted with grief and has borne our suffering. Let us turn to him for protection, knowing that he is lord of all. Let us not be found in unbelief, but be found trusting him. And let us look to him in hope and comfort, knowing that he will in no way cast out those who trust in him.
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