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BoZ 05 Tom Bradford's Torah Class Book of Zechariah Chapter 2 cont

But now I want to show you something that Kiel and Delitzsch (those famous German Bible scholars of the 19th century) say is the meaning of this passage. They say: “The daughter Zion, or the church delivered out of Babel, is to rejoice with joy, because her glorification is commencing now.” In other words, they are saying Zion means the Church, and Babel (Babylon) is everyone else. On balance, I’d have to say that this is indeed how it is most often taken to mean and well describes how the Church see themselves…and I cannot agree with it. Therefore, this entire passage is traditionally set up to be as the Church against the Jews and all others who are not the Church. As concerns the prophetic fulfillment of this warning in Zechariah’s day, Zion (the obedient Jews) are to come out of the daughters of Babylon (the sum of all the Jews still living in Babylon at that time). I’ll say it again: the daughters of Babylon are Jews (not gentiles), and Zion is also Jews (and not the Church). But, Zion is the more obedient and faithful segment of Jews that God is calling out from the rest of them. Their obedience and faithfulness are demonstrated by separating themselves, at God’s command, away from the entire group of Jews still residing in Babylon. Tom Bradford