NOTES for Zec 2:13

What the prophet Zechariah is talking about here? God chose for Himself a holy habitation - the temple of Jerusalem. There, in the very inside of the place, "Holy of Holies", where is kept the holiness of the Old Testament, the hidden presence of God. Such was the case, before the cup of the sins of Israel got overfilled. God then left His temple; Jerusalem was destroyed, Israeli people taken to the Babylonian captivity.

But here is, the prophet sees a new picture. God returns, He visits again His habitation and calls His people. And there are no human strengths capable of resisting His will for the salvation of Israel and their return on His land. But there is another sense in these words. God will come into this world and will settle down in the middle of His people and will open His face - and what can then say man before God's face? Questions, complaints, justifications - everything will turn out worthless. Only meeting face to face will have an importance.