Corporate Repentance - Robert J. Wieland

Who is "the house of David"? It was anciently
the government of the denominated people of God.
Zechariah refers to the leadership of the last-day
church, the same as "the angel of the church," or
"the king and his nobles" to borrow Jonah's
terminology. They are "the men of Judah" whom
Daniel distinguishes from "the inhabitants of
Jerusalem" (Daniel 9:7). "The house of David"
includes all levels of leadership in the organized
church.
Who are the "inhabitants of Jerusalem"?
Jerusalem is a "city" of Abraham's descendants, the
organized body of God's people. In Zechariah's
day, it was the capital of a distinct group of people
called to represent the true God to the nations of
the world, a corporate, denominated body of
professed worshippers.
"The Spirit of grace and supplication" is not to
be poured out on scattered individual descendants
of Abraham, but on the inhabitants of the "city," a
visible body of God's denominated people on earth.
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