I want to ask you a question that I think may seriously overturn certain theological assumptions you have harbored all of your life.

On the precipice of Armageddon, whose feet will stand on the Mount of Olives and split the mountain in two?

Well, let’s take a look at the Scriptures for our answer.

Then Adonai will go outand fight against those nations, fighting as on a day of battle. On that day his feet will standon the Mount of Olives, which lies to the east of Yerushalayim; and the Mount of Olives will be split in halffrom east to west, to make a huge valley.- Zechariah 14:3–4

The above excerpt is from the Complete Jewish Bible.

Let’s take a look at the same verses in the King James Version.

Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. And his feet shall stand in that dayupon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the eastand toward the west,-Zechariah 14:3–4

Now, pretty much any Christian I have ever spoken to assumes that Yeshua's feet will land on and then split the Mount of Olives.

It seems to make sense.

Especially since Yeshua is normally referred to as “Lord” in the Scriptures.

However, we encounter a big problem when we examine the original Hebrew.

So let’s read the verses again and insert God’s proper name back into the Scriptures as it exists in the original Hebrew text.

Then YHVH will go outand fight against those nations, fighting as on a day of battle. On that day, his feet will standon the Mount of Olives, which lies to the east of Yerushalayim ;And the Mount of Olives will be split in halffrom east to west, to make a huge valley.

Okay, now we’ve got a problem.

The original Hebrew says that it is YAHWEH Himself and NOT Yeshua who will descend on the Mount of Olives.

For those of you who have been taught or always assumed that it was Yeshua who was going to touch the Mount of Olives, it looks like you are going to have to reevaluate your end time assumptions.

I believe this is a perfect example showing why it is so important to put God’s real name back into the Scriptures instead of using generic terms like “Adonai” or “Lord."

The problem we encounter is that both YAHWEH and YESHUA are called LORD in our English Bibles.

(I’ve already explained how OT human apparitions called YAHWEH are NOT Yeshua in previous posts. If you want to learn more about this or review, read post 18–2 by clicking here and post 19–2 by clicking here.)

So who are we talking about when we encounter the word “Lord” in the Scriptures?

The distinction between God and the Messiah becomes blurred.

Erroneous teachings and concepts that just do not match up with what the Scripture says have been mistakenly promoted due to the use of, or to be more accurate, the lack of the use of God’s name.

I said this before, and I’m going to say it again.

In your English bibles, whenever you see the word God, Lord, or Adonai, 99% of the time the original Hebrew will be what is called the tetragrammaton…

In other words, God’s name is spelled out Yud, Heh, Vav, Heh.

And when I say 99%, I am not exaggerating.

In the Scriptures, God’s name appears about 6000 times.

However, if you were to go through any modern English bible and count out the number of times Yahweh or Jehovah is used, at most you would come to about 100 times.

So what happened to the other 5900 times?

For whatever messed-up reason, the words “Lord” or “God” were used instead.

And by the way, this is no big secret, nor is it disputed by Bible scholars, either Jewish or Christian.

One final point before I close.

Many believers assume that the depiction of the Mount Olive splitting is to be found in the New Testament (usually in the Book of Revelation)

They are wrong.

The description of this event is only to be found in the Tanach in the book of Zechariah.

© Richoka