Zechariah 14:10

"All the land shall be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she shall be lifted up, and shall dwell in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, and from the tower of Hananel unto the king's winepress."

Under the figure taken from a period of Jerusalem's former security, before its devastation by the Babylonians, the safety and security of God's church throughout the ages are indicated. There would appear to be no promise of any kind that literal Jerusalem shall ever be lifted up in the whole world.

The places named here cannot be certainly identified, and they are not important anyway. They evidently embrace the entire dimensions of Jerusalem and the land of Palestine. The passage refers to the prosperity and success of the kingdom of Christ throughout history. "Thus Zechariah represents the growth and stability of the church of God by the figure of the earthly city Jerusalem."[24] As to the question of Zechariah's understanding the full import of this prophecy, we may be reasonably sure that he did not, and that he thought the reference was solely to the earthly fortunes of the literal city. See 1 Peter 1:10-12.