"The LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD and his name the only name." Zechariah 14:9

I read this verse as the tail end of my reading in the book of Zechariah. This book has some of the largest amount of Christological prophecy in it. For example Zion's King will come with power and salvation riding on a colt or donkey (Zech. 9:9-13), then the Messiah being described as the cornerstone (Zech. 10:4 cross reference with Eph. 2:20), how God will gather up all his flock to be placed in greener pastures (Zech. 10:8 cross ref. with John 10), then the 30 pieces of silver to be the price at which they "pierced" me (Zech. 11:12-13 cross ref with Matthew 26:15), then the piercing and beating of the Messiah (Zech. 12:10 cross with Jesus' beating), and finally the Shepherd being struck and the flock scattering (Zech. 13:1-6 cross ref. Matt. 26:56; Mark 14:50).

Lastly the verse placed up top. I love verses that display God's sovereign power over everything. I love to see that no matter what we do, no matter how good or bad, God still is absolutely in charge of everything. Despite my decision making, whether good or bad, he's in charge, whether the world falls to pieces, he's still there.
That is some powerful stuff.

A king is someone who rules over a group ( or for the exact definition-the chief authority over a country and people.) So we have God's position is a ruler or authority over. What is he ruling?

"...the whole earth..."
GOd will rule over everything, as it was created for Him. Jesus is described this way in Colossians 1:16-17: "For by him (Jesus Christ) all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible.........all things were created for him. He is before all things and in him all things hold together."

So here in Zech. 14, the LORD ( Yahweh) God himself will rule over the entire earth, the earth will have ONLY one name to honor, to glorify, to worship similar to the position of today, but this will be a time where God rules over His people forever and ever.

I dont know about you but that gets me excited and that's hard to do. This verse can mean alot of things to different people. I usually look at it contextually to help me find the exact meaning but though this verse speaks of God's mighty power, and His eventual rule over this whole earth and everyone in it I draw strength from it to help me where I am spritually now. It reminds me that the little things I fret and worry over need to pass, simply because the time I spend here is precious. A gift. Mainly because my sole reason for being on this earth is to love, preach the gospel, act it out, serve others, and enjoy my God. Yes the Lord will rule and his subjects nay rather his friends will forever reign with Him.

I say like the writer of Revelation in excitement, in anticipation....."Surely I am coming soon!"
Amen! Come Lord Jesus!!
(Rev. 22:20)