Zechariah 14:4,5 -- Jehovah's Feet on the Mount of Olives

Zechariah 14:4-5 is sometimes presented as proof that Jesus is Jehovah as related to the doctrine of the trinity.

Zechariah 14:3 Then Jehovah will go out and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
Zechariah 14:4 His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in two, from east to west, making a very great valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Zechariah 14:5 You shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azel; yes, you shall flee, just like you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Jehovah my God will come, and all the holy ones with you. — World English, edited to present God's Holy Name as "Jehovah".

This speaks, not only of Jehovah as coming, but also the holy ones, the saints, who will come. We find nothing directly about Jesus in the verses, and there is definitely nothing that presents Jehovah as being more than one person. The idea that Jehovah is more than one person, and that Jesus is a person of Jehovah, has to imagine and assumed beyond what is stated, and then what has been imagined and assumed has to be added to, and read into what is stated.

Zechariah 14:4 tells us of a time when Jehovah will place his feet on the Mount of Olives. (verse 3) The prophecy then speaks of the Mount of Olives as being split in two parts. We know that Jesus literally was on the Mount of Olives at his first advent. (Matthew 21:1; 24:3; 26:30; Mark 11:1; 13:3; 14:26; Luke 19:37; 22:39; John 8:1; Acts 1:11,12) Some conclude that Jehovah is Jesus is Zechariah 14:4, and from that, they would imagine and assume that Jehovah is more than one person and that Jesus is a person of Jehovah. 

Actually, Zechariah 14:4,5 is speaking figuratively. The Mount of Olives was not split at Jesus' feet during his first advent, so it should be apparent that it is not referring to Jesus' first advent. It is obviously referring to an event yet future. He whose "feet" are foretold to stand on the Mount of Olives is not Jesus, but rather Jehovah, the God of Jesus. (Micah 5:4) Jehovah, of course, does not have physical "feet", nor is it referring to the physical Mount of Olives being physically split into two parts.

Nevertheless, it certainly cannot be referring to the flesh of Jesus coming to standing on the Mount of Olives, for Jesus is no longer flesh, for he gave his body of flesh in sacrifice to his God for our sins. (John 6:51; Hebrews 10:10; 1 Peter 3:18) Verse three speaks of Jehovah as coming to fight as he did in the days of old. However, as other prophecies show, Jehovah will glorify the place of his feet, that is, the planet earth with man in charge, as it was His original purpose, but which has not yet been fulfilled due to Adam’s sin. — Genesis 1:26,27; Psalm 8:4-8; Romans 5:12; Hebrews 2:5-7.

Some refer to Matthew 25:31, evidently to make it appear that "Jehovah" in Zechariah is referring to Jesus.

Matthew 25:31 – But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory.

Of course, the Son of the Man David will come and sit down on the throne of glory when he comes to judge the world. The Bible speaks, however, of Jehovah as coming to judge the world, and thus many imagine and assume that this means that Jesus is Jehovah, and/or that Jehovah is more than one person, etc. The reality is that Jehovah comes to judge through the person whom He has ordained. — Psalm 96:13; 98:9; Luke 1:32,35; John 5:22,23; Acts 10:42; 17:31; Romans 2:16; 1 Corinthians 4:5.

Nevertheless, Jehovah the Most High (Luke 1:32,35), having sent His Messiah, does all things through, by means of, Jesus, his son, the one whom He has ordained, appointed and anointed, and our salvation is from Jesus' God, through the son of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob , all to the glorification of the God of Jesus. — Psalm 2:6; 45:7; Isaiah 61:1; Matthew 11:27; 28:18; Luke 10:22; John 1:17; 3:35; 13:3; 16:15; Acts 4:27; Romans 3:24; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 15:27; 2 Corinthians 5:18; Ephesians 1:3,17,20-22; Philippians 2:11; Colossians 1:3,13,20; Hebrews 1:1,2; 1 Peter 4:11.

Nothing in any of this, however, means that we need to imagine and assume that Jesus is God Almighty, Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who is actually the God of Jesus. -- Isaiah 61:1,2; Micah 5:4; Acts 3:13-26; Ephesians 1:3.

While we may not agree with some of the details, one might study the following:

Jehovah's Footstool Made Glorious

Jehovah's Feet

Picture of Mount of Olives taken in 1849 is in the public domain. Colorized by pallette.fm.