Zechariah 10:12

"And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith Jehovah."

"I will strengthen them in Jehovah ..." The big words in this whole chapter are IN JEHOVAH, here and in Zechariah 10:7. God is not promising to put sinful old Israel back in Canaan, but to put them "in Jehovah," "in the Lord," "in Christ." This is a technical expression which cannot mean anything else except the union of baptized believers "in Christ." All of the vain speculations of men about God's restoring the old secular kingdom of the Jews in Palestine are not merely out of sight here, but flatly contradicted by the passage.

The meaning of this prophecy, from Zechariah 9:9 through this verse, is that all of the prosperity of the two kingdoms of the old Israel, wherever they may be scattered throughout the earth, will find the blessing of God, along with all who desire salvation from among the Gentiles as well, and that all of them together, without any partiality or distinction whatever shall be gathered into one fold with one shepherd (Christ) in the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ. The notion that after Christ came there would continue to be some distinction between Jews and Gentiles is a proposition categorically denied by the inspired writers of the New Testament. God has only one Israel, and it is the CHURCH of JESUS CHRIST.

"And the Spirit bade me go with them (to the house of Cornelius the Gentile), making NO DISTINCTION" (Acts 11:12).

"And God gave them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us; and he made NO DISTINCTION between us (Jews) and them (Gentiles), cleansing their hearts by faith" (Acts 15:8-9).

"For there is NO DISTINCTION between Jew and Greek: for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich unto all that call upon him" (Romans 10:12). How many times does God have to say it?"

"They shalt walk up and down in his name ..." This has the meaning that:

"The Jews shall have complete liberty; they shall appear everywhere as a part of the flock of Christ, and no difference be made between them and the the converted Gentiles. They shall all be in one fold under one Shepherd (Christ) and Bishop of souls."[24]

But what about the Jews who will not accept Christ? The unwillingness of men to accept the will of God is not a problem that concerns commentators. The faithfulness and impartiality of God made it certain that God will not punish unbelieving Jews to any greater degree or any more severely than he will punish unbelieving Gentiles; but, by the same token, God is not going to provide some special deal for any Jew, any more than he will do so for Gentiles.