08 Jan '12 21:59>2 edits
Originally posted by JS357So you believe the Lord of Host refers to a deity, perhaps the sole deity, of
Well here's a non-theistic view I could imagine being offered to you. According to Wikipedia, Zechariah was said to be a prophet of the Kingdom of Judah who started his prophetical career around 520 BC, so I suppose the Lord of Host referred to a deity, perhaps the sole deity, of that people at that time. Since the things attributed to deities change over time For example, lots of martyrs get pierced. And things get embroidered about their deaths, too.
that people at that time. Then is there any reason to believe the one
diety referred to as the Lord of Host is not the same one who later says the
following in Zechariah 12:10?
“I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom
they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only
son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a
firstborn."