Zechariah 8:12

"For there shall be the seed of peace: the vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things."

God would indeed richly bless Israel, enabling them to prosper in every degree necessary to make possible the appearance, in time, of the Son of God. No evil of any kind whatever would be allowed to interfere with that.

"And I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things ..." "The remnant," as used here is interesting. The small group of returnees were themselves "the remnant"; but the "remnant of this people" could mean that portion of the returnees who would be faithful, "the remnant of the remnant." That, of course, is exactly the way it turned out. The holy apostles of Jesus were but a tiny remnant of the larger Israel which rejected the Saviour; and they, along with those who followed them, proved to be those who, indeed, "inherited all of these things."

Dummelow commented on this place that, "Nature also will contribute to the glory of the Messianic age."[12]