" . . . So the LORD of hosts will come down to fight for Mount Zion and for its hill."
It is wonderful to keep in mind--even when horrible things are happening in the world--that God always "come[s] down" to "fight" for His church, His "Mt. Zion." And when the Lord goes to war for His people--their enemies have no hope of victory.
Are you part of "Mt. Zion"? In other words, are you a sincere believer who is covenantally-bound to a local church, that is properly and duly-constituted? Is the gospel preached there? Are the sacraments properly administered there? Is there discipline there? If so, then God is fighting for *you*.
[Puritan quote of the day: "The purpose of Christ's coming was to destroy the works of the devil, both for us and in us . . . " --Richard Sibbes, in "The Bruised Reed"]
