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Zechariah 14 is about Jesus Christ's future, Second Coming with all of His saints (Zechariah 14:5b; 1 Thessalonians 3:13b), in the sense of all Christians of all times; and about the subsequent Millennium, when Jesus will rule the earth from Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:8-21, Micah 4:1-4). Zechariah 14:3 refers to the Second-Coming battle of Revelation 19:19-21. And Zechariah 14:4 shows that at Jesus' Second Coming, He will physically land on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, just as at the end of His first coming, He physically ascended from the Mount of Olives. Acts 1:11-12 says that Jesus will return in like manner as He left.
Before Jesus Christ returns, at the very end of the future Tribulation of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24 the world's armies will gather at a staging area at Armageddon (Revelation 16:14,16) (Har Megiddo, Mount Megiddo in northern Israel). They will then move south and pillage Jerusalem right before Jesus returns and totally defeats them (Zechariah 14:2-5, Revelation 19:19-21). Jesus will then remain on the earth as King (Zechariah 14:9), and the non-Christians left alive on the earth (Matthew 24:40) will be forced to come up to Jerusalem and worship Him annually (Zechariah 14:16-19). Jesus and the physically resurrected Church will rule the non-Christian survivors of the nations with a rod of iron during the Millennium (Revelation 2:26-29, Revelation 5:10, Revelation 20:4-6).
Also, Zechariah 12:2-14 refers to the same future time as Zechariah 14.
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It is sometimes claimed that Zechariah 14 was fulfilled at Jesus Christ's first coming. But Jesus' first coming was not the Day of the Lord (Zechariah 14:1), for that will not begin until His future, Second Coming (1 Corinthians 1:7-8; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-2). Also, Jesus' first coming did not occur right after Jerusalem had been pillaged by all nations gathered against it (Zechariah 14:2-5). Also, at His first coming, Jesus did not fight against all nations (Zechariah 14:3,2), and then land on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:4). It will be at His Second Coming that Jesus will fight against all nations (Revelation 19:11-21), and then land on the Mount of Olives, just as He had ascended from the Mount of Olives at the end of His first coming (Acts 1:11-12).
Also, at His first coming, Jesus Christ did not split the Mount of Olives in two (Zechariah 14:4), creating a valley through which the Jews in Jerusalem could flee from Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:5) as Jesus waged war against all of the nations of the world, who had just pillaged Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:2-5). Also, at Jesus' first coming, He did not come with all of the saints (Zechariah 14:5b), in the sense of all obedient Christians of all times. That will happen only at His future, Second Coming (1 Thessalonians 3:13b). Also, at Jesus' first coming, He did not make it so that Jerusalem was light at night (Zechariah 14:6-7). And He did not make water flow out from Jerusalem in summer and winter, with half of the water flowing toward the Dead Sea and the other half flowing toward the Mediterranean Sea (Zechariah 14:8). And He did not make Himself King over the whole earth (Zechariah 14:9). And He did not flatten the topography for miles around Jerusalem and raise its elevation (Zechariah 14:10). And He did not make it so that Jerusalem would not be destroyed (Zechariah 14:11). And He did not send an amazingly rapid, flesh-eating plague against the armies who had just pillaged Jerusalem, so that their flesh consumed away while they stood on their feet (Zechariah 14:12).
Also, at His first coming, Jesus Christ did not cause armies who had just pillaged Jerusalem to fight against each other (Zechariah 14:13). And He did not make Judah fight at Jerusalem and win for itself the wealth of the nations surrounding it (Zechariah 14:14). And He did not make transportation animals used by armies who had just pillaged Jerusalem suffer the horrible flesh-eating plague (Zechariah 14:15,12). And non-Christian survivors of all of the nations who had just pillaged Jerusalem did not come to Jerusalem annually at the feast of tabernacles to worship Jesus (Zechariah 14:16). And He did not send drought and plague against the nations who refused to come to Jerusalem to worship Him (Zechariah 14:17-19).
Also, at His first coming, Jesus Christ did not make Jerusalem so holy that even the bells on the horses in Jerusalem had the words: "Holiness Unto YHWH" engraved on them (Zechariah 14:20). And He did not make it so that the animal-sacrifice boiling pots in the temple in Jerusalem became as holy as the bowls before the altar (Zechariah 14:20). And He did not make it so that every pot in Jerusalem and Judah became holiness to YHWH (Zechariah 14:21). Instead, at His first coming, Jesus left non-Christian Jerusalem spiritually desolate (Luke 13:35). Also, at His first coming, Jesus did not make it so that there would be no more Canaanites in the temple in Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:21).
Before Jesus Christ returns, at the very end of the future Tribulation of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24 the world's armies will gather at a staging area at Armageddon (Revelation 16:14,16) (Har Megiddo, Mount Megiddo in northern Israel). They will then move south and pillage Jerusalem right before Jesus returns and totally defeats them (Zechariah 14:2-5, Revelation 19:19-21). Jesus will then remain on the earth as King (Zechariah 14:9), and the non-Christians left alive on the earth (Matthew 24:40) will be forced to come up to Jerusalem and worship Him annually (Zechariah 14:16-19). Jesus and the physically resurrected Church will rule the non-Christian survivors of the nations with a rod of iron during the Millennium (Revelation 2:26-29, Revelation 5:10, Revelation 20:4-6).
Also, Zechariah 12:2-14 refers to the same future time as Zechariah 14.
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It is sometimes claimed that Zechariah 14 was fulfilled at Jesus Christ's first coming. But Jesus' first coming was not the Day of the Lord (Zechariah 14:1), for that will not begin until His future, Second Coming (1 Corinthians 1:7-8; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-2). Also, Jesus' first coming did not occur right after Jerusalem had been pillaged by all nations gathered against it (Zechariah 14:2-5). Also, at His first coming, Jesus did not fight against all nations (Zechariah 14:3,2), and then land on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:4). It will be at His Second Coming that Jesus will fight against all nations (Revelation 19:11-21), and then land on the Mount of Olives, just as He had ascended from the Mount of Olives at the end of His first coming (Acts 1:11-12).
Also, at His first coming, Jesus Christ did not split the Mount of Olives in two (Zechariah 14:4), creating a valley through which the Jews in Jerusalem could flee from Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:5) as Jesus waged war against all of the nations of the world, who had just pillaged Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:2-5). Also, at Jesus' first coming, He did not come with all of the saints (Zechariah 14:5b), in the sense of all obedient Christians of all times. That will happen only at His future, Second Coming (1 Thessalonians 3:13b). Also, at Jesus' first coming, He did not make it so that Jerusalem was light at night (Zechariah 14:6-7). And He did not make water flow out from Jerusalem in summer and winter, with half of the water flowing toward the Dead Sea and the other half flowing toward the Mediterranean Sea (Zechariah 14:8). And He did not make Himself King over the whole earth (Zechariah 14:9). And He did not flatten the topography for miles around Jerusalem and raise its elevation (Zechariah 14:10). And He did not make it so that Jerusalem would not be destroyed (Zechariah 14:11). And He did not send an amazingly rapid, flesh-eating plague against the armies who had just pillaged Jerusalem, so that their flesh consumed away while they stood on their feet (Zechariah 14:12).
Also, at His first coming, Jesus Christ did not cause armies who had just pillaged Jerusalem to fight against each other (Zechariah 14:13). And He did not make Judah fight at Jerusalem and win for itself the wealth of the nations surrounding it (Zechariah 14:14). And He did not make transportation animals used by armies who had just pillaged Jerusalem suffer the horrible flesh-eating plague (Zechariah 14:15,12). And non-Christian survivors of all of the nations who had just pillaged Jerusalem did not come to Jerusalem annually at the feast of tabernacles to worship Jesus (Zechariah 14:16). And He did not send drought and plague against the nations who refused to come to Jerusalem to worship Him (Zechariah 14:17-19).
Also, at His first coming, Jesus Christ did not make Jerusalem so holy that even the bells on the horses in Jerusalem had the words: "Holiness Unto YHWH" engraved on them (Zechariah 14:20). And He did not make it so that the animal-sacrifice boiling pots in the temple in Jerusalem became as holy as the bowls before the altar (Zechariah 14:20). And He did not make it so that every pot in Jerusalem and Judah became holiness to YHWH (Zechariah 14:21). Instead, at His first coming, Jesus left non-Christian Jerusalem spiritually desolate (Luke 13:35). Also, at His first coming, Jesus did not make it so that there would be no more Canaanites in the temple in Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:21).