Misinterpretations of Zechariah 14:4 often treat the event as purely symbolic of spiritual victory or church-age experiences rather than a literal future cataclysm at Christ's second coming, as echoed in Acts 1:11-12; others historicize it to past earthquakes or crusades, ignoring its eschatological context; some allegorize the mountain's splitting as personal transformation, disconnecting it from the Day of the Lord's physical judgments and topographic changes that enable physical flight from enemies.
Zechariah 14:4
King James Version (1769)
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Zechariah 14:4 depicts the dramatic return of the Lord in the end times, when his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives east of Jerusalem, causing the mountain to split in two from east to west and form a vast valley as half moves north and half south, providing an escape route for God's people fleeing divine judgment and symbolizing his sovereign power to reshape creation and deliver his remnant in the day of the Lord.