ISAIAH - A PROPHET FOR TODAY
by Keith Hunt
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Verse one (as all Bible students who study prophecy know) is
talking about Jesus the Christ, you can reference this with Acts
13:22-23.
He will come with the Spirit of the Lord, the spirit of
wisdom, and understanding, counsel and might, the spirit of
knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. He will help many to fear
the Almighty as they should. He will not judge after His own
mind, nor give correction after His own thoughts, as person of
the physical flesh do in this world. But it is with RIGHTEOUSNESS
He shall judge, and will reprove with justice, especially for the
poor and humble of the world. He will have the power to SMITE the
earth and with the words of His breath of mouth He will slay the
wicked, as we see in Zechariah 14 when some nations may not want
to observe the Feast of Tabernacles.
Righteousness shall be the girdle of His lions, and
faithfulness the girdle of His reins. Do you know a Bible definition of righteousness? Here it is--- Ps. 119: 172.
Oh, how we need all of this on the earth. The nations of
this earth are so far away from the TRUTH and RIGHTEOUSNESS and
JUSTICE and KNOWLEDGE of the Lord. Even the so-called "Christian"
nations are walking down the pathway that leads to deception,
falsehood, and destruction.
Jesus said TRUTH was God's word [John 17: 17]. We are to live by
EVERY WORD THAT COMES FROM GOD--- MATTHEW 4: 4.
ONE DAY THAT IS PROMISED TO BE TRUE, AS IT IS WRITTEN THE
KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD WILL COVER THIS EARTH AS THE WATERS
COVER THE SEA BEDS.
We have the wonderful prophetic promise that at THIS TIME,
when the Messiah comes in power and glory, the WOLF shall dwell
with the LAMB, the LEOPARD shall lie down with the KID, and
the CALF and the young LION together: a little CHILD shall lead
them. The COW and the BEAR shall feed together: the LION shall
eat straw like the OX. The child still feeding on the breast
shall play with the poisonous asp and the weaned child will play
with the adder.
We have never seen anything like this in the history of the
world, it is all yet to come, in the AGE TO COME, as the apostle
Paul once called it. Also, a time that has never been known on
earth since the garden in Eden, is a time when people will not
HURT or DESTROY each other, for God says through Isaiah, that the
EARTH SHALL BE FULL OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD AS THE WATERS
COVER THE SEA BEDS! (verses 1-9).
The TIME of this prophecy is SET - it is when the Messiah
comes to establish the Kingdom of God on earth! Nothing could be
clearer!
Now, in this time setting we see the following verses, right
to the end of the chapter.
"And in THAT DAY," (v.10) the root of Jesse - Christ Jesus -
will stand for an ensign of the people, to Him shall the Gentiles
seek the REST, the peace, the salvation, of His Kingdom will
be glorious. Yes, salvation will still go forth into all the
world. Today is NOT the only day of salvation. Physical people
will still live on into the 1,000 tears, people will marry and
have children, salvation will go forth as never before.
"And it shall come to pass in that day"(11) that the Lord
shall set His hand again the SECOND time to recover the REMNANT
of His people which are left in Assyria (Germany), from Egypt,
from Pathros (upper Egypt), from Cush (Ethiopia), from Elam
(Yugoslavia area), from Shinar (Iraq), from Hamath (Syria), and
from the islands of the sea. He shall set up an ensign, and shall
ASSEMBLE the OUTCASTS of Israel. And gather together the
DISPERSED of Judah, from the FOUR CORNERS of the earth.
You will clearly notice that Israel and Judah are just that
- Israel and Judah, they have NOT YET become ONE since the days
of the division after Solomon. They are at the very coming of
Christ, SCATTERED into all parts of the earth, they have been
destroyed as nations, and scattered as people, they are brought
back together from the four corners of the earth by the return of
Christ in glory to set up the Kingdom of God on earth. Israel and
Judah will become ONE nation of people once more. This we also
see CLEARLY given to us in Ezekiel 37, where you will notice
again in Ezekiel chapters 34 to 36 the regathering of them from
their captivity and dispersion.
Everywhere in the Old Testament prophets, you find Israel
and Judah in CAPTIVITY to their enemies, when the Messiah comes
in glory. It is He who brings them out of the countries to
which they have been scattered, and brings them as ONE people back
to the Promised Land and Jerusalem. There shall be no more envy
or division among them, they will be under the leadership of the
Messiah, and all the saints of the resurrection (verses 11-13).
What many do not understand is that MANY things will take
place at the very time of the Messiah's coming in power and
glory. From the day He comes, going into a period of days or
weeks after He has come, and Israel and Judah are returning. He
will use them to punish certain people as they journey back to
the Promised Land. We see this in verse 14. "But they shall fly
upon the shoulders of the Philistines (the Palestinians of the
so-called "west-bank" or the nation of people known as the
Palestinians). They shall spoil then of the east side of
Jerusalem. Their hand shall be upon Edom (Turkey, as they come
from parts of Europe and pass through Turkey, which in other
prophecies have helped disperse Judah at the beginning of the
Great Tribulation, which we shall see in other prophecies such as
Obadiah and Ezekiel 25). They shall lay hands upon Moab and the
children of Ammon shall obey them (this is the area of Jordan).
The prophecies in Zechariah 12 and 13 tell about Judah FIGHTING
at Jerusalem when the Messiah comes in power to set foot on the
Mount of Olives in chapter 14.
There will be miraculous miracles performed on the Egyptian
sea and the seven streams of its delta and as it was in the first
Exodus for Israel under Moses, so shall it be once more, only
this time there will also be an MASSIVELY HUGE Exodus from the
modern Assyria or Germany. An Exodus from the Europe Babylon
Beast power of the end times (verses 14-16).
None of this has happened in the history of Israel and Judah, the
CONTEXT is clear and plain, if you read the Bible as a child, and
simply believe what is written. There is MUCH to take place at
the coming of Jesus the Messiah back to this earth.
CHAPTER TWELVE
"And it THAT DAY" (verse 1) Israel and Judah will SING for
Joy. God is SALVATION, there will be TRUST and no fear. And in
that day (verse 4) they will praise the Lord, call upon His name,
declare His doings among the people of the earth. The inhabitants
of Zion will cry out in joyful praise that THE Holy One of Israel
is in THE MIDST OF THEM!!.....................
SOME PICK AND SOME CHOOSE-----
OTHERS CALL IT THE MONDAY MORNING BLUES.
BUT THE TIME IS TO COME FROM THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD
ALL THAT IS PROMISED; ALL THAT YOU'VE HEARD,
IT WILL NOT BE IN HEAVEN AS FALSE TEACHERS PROCLAIM,
BUT RIGHT DOWN HERE ON THIS EARTH MADE NEW;
NOT MANY DO KNOW; IT IS BUT THE VERY FEW.
PROPHECY IS GIVEN THAT WE MAY KNOW THE END,
PICK AND CHOOSE WAS NEVER INTENDED FOR US TO USE;
THE CONTEXT, THE CONTEXT, THAT ALL MAY BE FULFILLED,
AND WHEN IT ALL HAPPENS, AND IT SURELY WILL;
YOU'LL KNOW SOMEONE WAS SENT TO SHOW YOU THE WAY,
ALL THINGS WILL HAPPEN ON THAT GLORIOUS DAY.
Keith Hunt
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