Three shepherds war in Zechariah 11

I didn't realize there were all these details of war before the tribulation breaks out located in the Old Testament.  I think you must be right about Zechariah 11:10-11:11 being the rapture.   When Jesus takes the church out of the world who he has promised to "keep from the hour of trial", he is not bound to keep any of those left behind from the hour of trial through any covenant.  It also reminds me of Isaiah 43:10 "those who wait on the Lord", Zechariah 11:10 (those) "that waited upon me knew . ."

Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.

Zechariah 11:10 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. 11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

Hope you are right about the timeline being 2020, next summer.  Those of us who have been waiting are beyond ready!

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To find the timing of this attack against Israel, we have Isaiah 16:7-8 and Jeremiah 48:32 to give us a clue. This war shall erupt in summer.

Isaiah 16 is an oracle against Moab which is modern day Jordan,

Isaiah 16:8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

Key words are "for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen"

Jeremiah 48:32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.

33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.

Again, key words are "the spoiler is upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage".

What happens to Moab/Jordan afterward?

Isaiah 16:13 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time. 14But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

"Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned".

Jordan shall be punished for three years. To explain this scenario, I use my timeline of 2020 to 2027. The three shepherds war shall erupt on June / summer 2020. God cuts them off in one month. This takes us to July. Rapture happens with God breaking the covenant with all the people. Seeing US and EU crippled by rapture, Russia together with Turkey and Iran shall launch an attack on Israel. Since God intervenes, this war is short and decisive. This war shall end by November before the autumn rain starts in Israel ( Joel 2:23). Seeing the powerhouse is gone in middle east region, and a political vacuum, AC shall reshape the entire region by aligning the two legs together. This is the revival of Roman Empire. AC shall also confirm a covenant with many nations and Israel, by giving Jordan to the security of Israel. The three years therefore are 2021, 2022, and 2023.

By December 2023, AC breaks the covenant with Israel, send in the armies to besiege Jerusalem.

Daniel 11:41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.

At this time, Edom, Moab and Ammon which are Jordan shall escape out of his hand, because they are liberated by AC from Israel, and no more fallen under the control of Israel. God only foretold Jordan fallen for three years, which represents the first half of tribulation.

We also find these three shepherds in Amos 1 and 2. For three transgressions, God has tolerated their ill attack on Israel. The three transgressions are 1948 Independence war, 1967 Six Days war, and 1973 Yom Kippur war. But for fourth, God will not turn away from them, instead, God shall send fire to them

Amos 1:3 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.

6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:

9 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:

11 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

But my focus is on Amos 2:1.

Amos 2:1 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

Jordan is one of the two nations that have a peace treaty with Israel. The other one is Egypt. When the war and rumor of war begins (Obadiah 1), King Abdullah II will refrain form going to war with Israel. But the hardliners in Jordan shall press for war, and even plot an assassination on him. They shall burn the bones of the king of Edom into lime. This seems to be an explosion caused by a road side bomb. After they eradicate King Abdullah II, Jordan shall join the bandwagon to attack Israel. This is why we find Jordan is the last one in line up against Israel mentioned in Zechariah 11.

Zechariah 11:1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.

3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.

A note here. God has described the Jordanians as "howling","a voice of roaring". When they hear the rumor to attack Israel, millions of them shall be in the street, howling, roaring, chanting "death to Israel".

Zechariah 11: 11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

"Waited upon me"

Since the first century, there have been many generations that waited for Jesus' return. We are the generation which has the privilege for "waited upon me" to occur !!!

Zechariah 11:10 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. 11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

The staff God holds is the church. God calls the staff "Beauty" because this is how the church is seen by God. "cut it asunder" means God is perfecting the church since it's establishment in first century. When the staff is broken in one day, that is, when God calls the church home, the poor of the flock which is "us" shall know that this is the word of Jesus. He kept his promise by not letting us into the tribulation.

Immediately after God breaks the first staff Church, God turns His attention to the second staff which is Israel.

Zechariah 11:14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

"cut asunder mine other staff" means God shall perfect His people Israel in the tribulation, to make Jesus' name known to them so that the house of Israel shall be saved.