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Isaiah 14:13 - 14:32
In
the last Study on Isaiah, we discovered that the Assyrian which took the Ten
Tribes into captivity to Assyria, is but a 'type' or 'role' that the Antichrist will play
in our near future. We discovered that Lucifer is the one who will play that
future role. God's prophet Isaiah gave this prophecy to Israel during his time, but it's
all going to happen again for us also.
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on His first coming would even
read in the Temple from Chapter 61:1-2 in this Book of Isaiah declaring "the
acceptable year of the LORD" (Luke 4:18-20). Jesus closed The Book after
reading only the first part of Isa.61:2, because the last part of that verse is about His
second coming, and it wasn't time for that part to be fulfilled. That division in Isa.61:2
represents how we Christians are to study God's Word, rightly dividing His Truth. We have
already seen many references to our time in this Book of Isaiah, and that's why we call It
prophecy. It's still being fulfilled today, and much of this Book still won't be finished
even after Christ's return to earth!
I know some of my Letters are pretty meticulous, hard going, and
may even seem to creep along at times. But being in too big a hurry with God's Word is how
to really mess up and misunderstand what our Father wrote to us. What about the Churches
which skip around in God's Word and never get down to a Chapter by Chapter and verse by
verse study? Are they afraid to teach God's Word, or is it that they don't really
know our Father's Word? It's most important to let our Father speak to us through
His Word, and this is how you do it, line by line, verse by verse. Now before someone gets
upset with me, I know 'topical' study is different, but verses used for a topic still must
conform to the meaning in their Chapters. And, a line by line study of the Chapters where
those verses are, will pull The Word together.
For those of you that have been studying along with me, checking
me out in The Word, and doing your homework by researching the Scriptural references I
gave, you should be gaining a 'deeper insight' into our Father's Message which He sent us.
It brings to me a feeling of joy, to know that you have taken the time to check me out in
The Word, and thus gain True Knowledge from our Father by studying His Word for yourself.
And I think it's safe for me to say that our Father is well pleased when you prove your
faith in Him by studying His Word and help accomplish His Work, and not man's.
We now continue with this study of Chapter 14 in the Book of
Isaiah, as we ask a Word of Wisdom from our Father, in Christ Yeshu'a Messiah's Name,
Amen.
Isa
14:12 'How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son
of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken
the nations!
13
For thou hast said in thine heart, 'I will ascend into heaven, I will
exalt my throne above the stars of GOD: I will sit also upon the mount of the
congregation, in the sides of the north:
We know GOD is speaking to 'Lucifer' here, and not
necessarily about the historical Assyrian of Isaiah's time. The bold words in
verse 13 are from Lucifer's mouth, as GOD is mocking him. This act of defiance by
Lucifer against our Father and his Father too, for GOD also created Lucifer, was his whole
problem in that time 'of old' when he rebelled, and still is today. That Lucifer
is coming as 'a spurious Messiah' to try and act the role of Jesus Christ means
he still believes he can pull off this deception. He will with many
in the world. Since many haven't taken the time out of their 'busy' lives to study our
Father's Word, they're primed and ready to go with the false messiah, i.e. Lucifer.
Someone said to me just the other day, "Well I just don't
have time to study The Bible." Fine, God doesn't have time for that person
either then. And I'm saying this to those who can make the time and have the ability to
get down to it. Some people in the world are handicapped or are terribly persecuted for
their belief in God and Christ, and probably would study more if they could. So what's our
excuse, those of us who have no hindrances or handicaps? God blessed the Western
Christian Nations so we could 'find the time' to search for Him! How do we do that? By
studying His Word. Do you think those who "don't have time" are getting ready
for this false Messiah?
Where else in God's Word does Lucifer make this claim of
exalting his 'throne above the stars of God'? Let's go back to The Book of
Ezekiel:
Ezek
28:2 "Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, 'Thus saith the LORD GOD;
'Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, 'I am a
GOD, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the
seas;' yet thou art a man, and not GOD, though
thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
Make a comparison of this verse of Ezek.28:2 and the last
one we just covered in Isaiah 14:13. Sounds pretty much the same doesn't it? Same
claim to fame; one might say.
This phrase 'I am a God' is 'aniy 'El' in
the Hebrew, and translates directly 'I am El' (Strong's
nos.589;410). The word 'El' means 'The Almighty' (Strong's no.410). So Lucifer is
not just calling himself a god in the sense of the many false pagan gods, but he's
claiming to be Yehaveh Himself. "Well how does Lucifer as a false messiah tie to GOD
or the word 'El' in this verse," we might ask? In John 14:9 Jesus
says, "...he that hath seen Me hath seen the Father....". Also in
John 10:20 Christ would be more direct with, "I and My Father are one." When
you say Jesus Christ, which the word Jesus is 'Iesous' in the Greek, you're
saying 'Yehovah is Salvation'! (See also Matt.11:27;
28:19; 1 John 5:7; John 1; 5:23; 8:58; 16:15; 17:21). Add the word Messiah and you're
saying 'Yehovah's Anointed Savior'. Jesus Christ is GOD incarnated in flesh, for the
role of Savior. GOD Himself refers to His role as Savior many times in The Old Testament.
Here's a few: 2 Sam.22:3; Isaiah 43:3; 43:11; 45:15,
21; Ps.106:21. When you say Jesus Christ, you are saying Yehovah; when you say
Yehovah, you're saying Jesus Christ. The third Person, of GOD's divine Nature, is The Holy
Spirit. All Three are ONE (see also Isaiah 9:6 referring to Jesus). When someone gets
baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, The Father Yehovah and The Holy Spirit are also
included, because they are inseparable! So when Satan comes claiming any Title
belonging to Jesus Christ, he's saying he is not just a god, but THE GOD. Sadly, many in
our near future will believe on Satan as the messiah for he comes to earth first before
our True Savior Jesus Christ (Matt.24; Mark 13; Luke 21). That first one riding the white
horse of Revelation 6 is Satan, even though many think it Christ Jesus being talked about
there. A Strong's Concordance will easily reveal this in the Greek. Our Lord Christ coming
on a white steed is given in Rev.19.
The phrase 'in the midst of the seas' refers to Satan
setting himself up in the role of a false Messiah, being king over the whole world ('seas'
represent peoples of the earth, as given in Rev.17). He tried to do it once already in the
first earth age, and will try again in our near future (see Rev.13 & 17).
So who's Lucifer trying to fool? What's he thinking? That he's
part of The Divine Nature of GOD maybe? He never was, nor ever will be, but Lucifer is
nothing but 'art a man' as so stated in this verse by GOD. Our Father calling
Lucifer 'a man' also reveals the mystery of the number of the 'man' in
Revelation 13:18:
Rev 13:18 Here is
wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the
number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
That verse of Rev.13:18 is talking about this same one here in Isaiah 14:12, and Ezekiel
28. It is Lucifer himself. So many deceived of our brethren are taught, and think this
verse is speaking of a 'flesh' Antichrist. No..., it's just that 'old serpent' the devil,
as he also has the spiritual 'image' of 'a man'. He will never be born flesh, as
that is nowhere written in God's Word. Do many think Satan will come in the flesh, just
because our Lord and Savior was born flesh through the virgin Mary? It would seem so,
though Satan becoming flesh is not written. This is why those default to some human flesh
religious leader born flesh, as their Antichrist. Nope again; it's Satan himself, in the
form of a spiritual angel, coming to earth with his fallen angels on the 'sixth seal',
'sixth trumpet', and 'sixth vial' (666).
Let's cover some more of this Message here in Ezekiel:
Ezek
28:3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that
they can hide from thee:
4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee
riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou
increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
The
phrase 'wiser than Daniel' is to let us know that Lucifer was and is wiser than
any flesh man, but Lucifer was referred to as 'a man' earlier, why? Take
your Strong's Concordance and translate the meaning of the word Gabriel (Strong's
no.1403). It means 'man of God', and has to do with that 'image' which our Father
created in His likeness, an image of man, which all angels have, even Satan. The image of 'the
son of perdition' is going to be destroyed after Christ's Millennium, but those in
Christ will have the image and glory of God (1 Cor.11; 2 Cor.3:18).
This word 'traffick' is 'rekullah' in Hebrew
meaning 'trade (as peddled)' (Strong's no.7404). So Lucifer did a little peddling
in that time 'of old', the first earth age, when he rebelled. Look around. That
merchant system of Tyrus is setup here on earth again, and all nations are controlled by
it. It's called a global market. Who was it that said, "Give me control of a
nation's economy and I'll control that nation." Lucifer must have taught him
well.
Ezek
28:6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; 'Because thou hast set thine heart as
the heart of God;
7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of
the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they
shall defile thy brightness.
8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the
deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
9 Wilt thou yet say before Him That slayeth thee, 'I am
GOD?'
Satan is the one who will be cast into the pit, which is Hades,
or the abyss. That's where he's going to be held during Christ's Millennium. He's
not going to be fully destroyed yet when Christ returns on that 'last trump' or
Seventh Trumpet, for he's still got some testing to do on those who will be deceived
during this flesh age (Rev.20). Let's now turn back to Isaiah 14 and follow the same
parallel:
Isa
14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the MOST
HIGH.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
There should be no doubt now as to Satan's attempted role as
messiah in our near future. As we learned in the last Study of Isaiah 14, Satan weakened
the nations in that first earth age, trying to set up a similar global economy and
one-world system then. It failed, and so will this false world-order system fail which
we're in now. That false system's not complete yet, for their false king, Satan, hasn't
been revealed yet, but I feel it's ever so close. And remember from Matt.24; he's going to
set himself up in Jerusalem as 'a spurious Messiah', not in Rome, or New York, or
as head of the European Union, though he's going to take control of all those systems upon
earth.
It's time to do some more jumping around in The Word, but 'in
context', as you'll notice I'm not just giving you one verse only, but covering this
subject line by line.
Turn to 2 Thessalonians 2, as some new to this study are going to
discover one place in The New Testament where God's Message about Lucifer or the false
Messiah, claiming to be GOD, appears again:
II Th
2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and by our gathering together unto Him,
Some of the Thessalonians were confused about the return of Jesus
Christ in Paul's first epistle he wrote to them. No doubt, some 'crept in unawares'
were distorting the Truth of just when Christ does return for the second Advent. So the
subject Paul is clearing up to them with this second Letter is, the coming of Jesus Christ
and our 'gathering together' back to Him. Notice it says 'gathering together'
and not 'caught up'. That Christ will gather His elect from the four corners of the earth
to Zion, and not up in the clouds to live, should have been understood from the previous
studies in Isaiah. (The measurements of that Holy City, The New Jerusalem, is given in
Rev.21 & Ezek.48).
II Th
2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor
by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
What is that 'day of Christ'? I hope you haven't
forgotten, as we've been covering it here in Isaiah, for it is The Day of Lord, or 'LORD's
Day'. We've had many references to it with the phrase 'in that day'. This phrase 'of
Christ' is 'kurios' in the Greek meaning 'Lord' (Strong's no.2962).
That means Paul is making a direct reference to The Old Testament 'the day of The LORD'.
Paul's saying to the Thessalonians that they're not to get all
shook-up in mind by his first Letter, nor by any other man's words, nor by spirit, or
anything else which could deceive them. This phrase 'at hand' is made up of two
Greek words, 'en' and 'histemi' and means by Paul's usage, 'fixed,
appointed, set' (Strong's nos.1722; 2476). Paul's only trying to tell them that God
has a certain appointed time for Christ's return for the second Advent. This means that
all His signs He gave must each come to pass, and in the order He told us in His Word.
That there were already during Paul's time, those who crept into the early Church which
twisted the time of Christ's return with Paul's first Letter, should let one know just how
easy it is to be deceived today also, if one allows it. Those who haven't properly
understood God's Message in the Old Testament of a false messiah (Assyrian)
coming before Christ Jesus, are risking deception, just like these Thessalonians during
Paul's time. This means to check me out in The Word also! Don't believe on man,
believe on Christ Jesus and read His Word for yourself!
II Th
2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for
that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and
that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Paul's saying don't be deceived by any means. The word for 'deceive'
is 'exapatao' in the Greek meaning 'to seduce wholly' (Strong's
no.1818). That Greek word is also used to show how Eve was 'beguiled' or 'seduced
wholly' by the serpent (Lucifer) of Genesis (see 2 Cor.11:3; 1 Tim.2:14). That
Message definitely pulls together the next object of this verse, that man of sin,
the son of perdition as being Lucifer. As Satan, or Lucifer and his band of
fallen angels are the only ones already sentenced to 'perish' in the lake of fire, that's
how we know this last part refers to Satan, and not the Apostle Judas who betrayed Christ.
Furthermore, that word perdition is 'apollumi' in the Greek meaning 'to
destroy fully', and is also where one of Satan's names, Apollyon (the
Destroyer) written in Rev.9:11, is derived from (Strong's nos.684;623;622).
This verse then is very clear that two events must definitely
happen first before Christ will return, and are fixed and appointed in God's timeline. And
according to this Message from GOD through His chosen vessel Paul, there must be 'a
falling away', which is the great apostasy of God's People, and secondly, 'that
man of sin' or Satan as a spurious messiah must be revealed, all before Christ's
return. Some Churches evidently think that this great apostasy are those of our brother
Judah (Jews) who refuse Jesus as Savior. It's not those only, but any deceived Christian
individual who accepts the first supernatural being who comes to earth, sitting in God's
Temple in Jerusalem, and performs 'lying wonders' while claiming to be Messiah.
Daniel 7:25 covers this 'appointed time' set by God for the
coming of Christ. But... you've got to go back to the Manuscripts to discover It. Those
verses there in Daniel are about the ten horned kingdom which is the same 'beast' system
of Rev.13 & 17. That diverse or unique king in Daniel 7:24 is Satan as a false
Messiah, and he 'will think to change times and laws'. Properly translated
from the Manuscript Aramaic that phrase means 'will hope to alter an appointed
occasion and decree or law'. That decree or law is God's Law, His written Word,
which gives the appointed or set time for Christ's return, all according to the seven
signs our Lord gave us in Matt.24, Mark 13, Luke 21, and in the Book of Revelation.
Therefore, this set occasion or time of Christ's return written in God's Law The Word,
Satan will hope to alter by playing a spurious Messiah! This all means that God of
course knew just what Satan would do in our near future, and our Father is going to allow
it to come to pass. In other words, Yehovah is going to let Satan play the role of LORD,
the casting part in the play he's always wanted. But it's only going to last for five
months, as written in Rev.9. Well why would God let him do such a thing, that is, let
Satan come to earth and play the role of Jesus Christ Messiah, hoping to fool us? Our
Father is angry that His children have turned away from Him, as He won't make us love Him.
And just to let us know how utterly 'sottish' (stupid) His children can be, He's
bringing this false messiah to punish those who could care less about Him or His Truth.
He's going to reveal that particular Message here in 2 Thess.2 very soon.
II Th
2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God,
or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the Temple of God, shewing
himself that he is God.
We've heard this idea of Lucifer exalting himself upon GOD's
Throne here in Isaiah 14 and in Ezek.28. So now you've got three witnesses from The Word
of this event by Satan setting himself up as a false Messiah, in God's Temple, before
Jesus Christ returns.
During this earth age of flesh, where has God's earthly Temple
always been? Where did GOD say He would dwell forever? In Jerusalem, that's
where. Isn't this verse here in 2 Thess. telling us where Satan (son of perdition)
is going to try to exalt himself? That's why our Lord and Savior told His disciples
(of the future) to get out of Judea when they see the 'abomination of desolation'
Daniel spoke of standing where it (he) ought not, in Jerusalem, in the Temple of
God (Matt.24; Mark 13).
II Th
2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed
in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he
who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
The one who is doing the withholding is the angel which has Satan
bound in the pit, until he is let loose and cast down to earth, as written in Rev.12 &
13. Since the Archangel Michael casts Satan out, he's probably the one holding Satan
back now. And remember, that pit or hell is a place of separation across the 'great
gulf fixed' now in heaven (Luke 16).
This 'mystery of iniquity' are Satan's own, the Kenites
(sons of Cain), who prepare the deceived world to accept Satan as Messiah. (Make sure you
separate these two objects in verse 7, one being 'the mystery of iniquity'
already at work, then note the colon and change of subject back to Satan being loosed out
of the pit by the Archangel.) This 'mystery of iniquity' is also known as the 'spirit
of antichrist' already at work during the Apostle's time (1 John 2:18; 1 John 4:3).
It's the offspring of the serpent (Satan), the same group of deceivers that spurned the
killing of God's prophets and Jesus Christ Himself on the cross. They are the 'beasts'
of Rev.6:8, the 'generation of vipers' of Matt.23:33, i.e. the race of Kenites.
I've seen some deceived Churches teach that I John 2:18
means there is no one particular being called 'The Antichrist'. They teach John was
saying that since the 'spirit of antichrist' was already in the world, then that
was 'The Antichrist'. And since Paul is teaching here in 2 Thess.2 that 'the son of
perdition' must come first, these people say that antichrist has already come to
earth, and thus... the 'rapture' can happen at 'any moment'. Not so. That's a false
doctrine to get many to worship the false messiah who comes prior to Jesus Christ, by
believing in the false pre-tribulation fly-away "secret
rapture" theory. To accept that false
'any moment' doctrine, they even throw away the seven signs which our Lord and Savior gave
us in His Gospel, and in His Book of Revelation (compare Mark 13; Matt.24; Luke 21 with
Rev.6). These workers of iniquity are guided by Satan's evil 'spirit of
antichrist', for he is The Antichrist. In contrast to the 'workers of iniquity', our
Father works through His People using The Holy Spirit.
II Th
2:8 And then shall that wicked be revealed, whom
the Lord shall consume with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness
of His coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan
with all power and signs and lying wonders,
Verse 9 gives us without a doubt, who this 'son of perdition'
is; it is Satan. Naturally then, anyone with common sense can tell from verse 8 that Satan
(that wicked) will come first in order for Christ Jesus to 'consume with the
spirit of His mouth (two-edged sword), and shall destroy with the brightness of
His coming.' Furthermore, the subject Paul is teaching in these verses is the
'revealing' of the 'son of perdition', i.e. Satan. Connect the word 'revealed'
throughout all these verses.
II Th
2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because
they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,
that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had
pleasure in unrighteousness.
Here's the Main Reason GOD is bringing this deception of Satan
playing a false Messiah, which is 'strong delusion'. Because
many do not receive His Truth. Remember our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ said that the
Truth shall set you free? (John 8). Do you also remember back in Isaiah that this Assyrian
or Satan is the 'rod' of GOD's anger? (Isa.10:5). This is a BIG correcting stick our
Father is sending, and all because many of His children have turned away from Him,
following anything and everything besides Him. Therefore, those who don't care enough to
seek God's Truth are going to 'believe a lie'; and that big 'lie' is Satan
coming as messiah attempting to play The Savior.
Many deceived Churches and even the non-believers who at least
listen, are looking for who to come in our near future? They look and await for Messiah.
Well naturally they would know and recognize The Antichrist if he came first, because they
think he's going to do all his traditional evils that are written of him in The Word. Evil
like murder, killing Christians left and right, and just bringing the whole world into one
gigantic chaotic misery. Yeah, Satan's easy to recognize isn't
he? I mean, he's got big
ole' horns on his head, kind of looks like a goat...well he must because that's what all
his false pagan worshipers make him look like isn't it? Well heck, that's even what all
the Hollywood movies show us, and they'd never lie would they? Yes, the followers of Satan
do lie, because the Truth is just not in them.
Satan is a beautiful angel, made the full pattern of beauty
according Ezekiel 28. And he's going to play the lead role in the last movie showing of
'Jesus Christ Superstar', offering to heal all our woes, bringing peace and prosperity to
those who bow down to him and his beast system image, etc. In other words, he's coming in
the exact opposite role he's always been known for throughout flesh time. Therefore, the
false messiah's coming will be a tribulation of deception, and one full of comfort and
peace for those who are deceived; but for those who refuse him, which are God's elect, it
will be a time of hardship, and not by Satan directly, but by our brethren who will be
deceived.
Hey, not to worry if you're trying to follow Christ by believing
on Him and study His Word. But let me ask you. Is your understanding of His Word firmly in
your heart and in your mind? Can you say that you know the overall Plan of God and His
Salvation? This includes not being deceived by this one playing a false Messiah,
whom GOD also called just 'a man'. Is your faith in God and on His Son Jesus Christ strong
enough to make it through this testing by the false Messiah? Do you know what our Father
told us to do during this testing, when being delivered up to give a testimony for God,
allowing His Holy Spirit to speak through you? That time of testing for many is very close
today, and it's time to put on the Gospel Armour (Eph.6).
Let's continue back to Isaiah 14 with verse 16, and GOD telling
Lucifer (Satan) what his end shall be:
Isa
14:16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and
consider thee, saying, 'Is this the man that made the earth to
tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities
thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?'
Here GOD is calling Lucifer just a 'man' again. The
Message from our Father here is that, many will be truly amazed at this little ole' angel
called Satan, and really how he's just 'a man', and no god at all, not even a little god.
Many will be ashamed to think that they let him fool them so, as a false Messiah. This is
what all the 'harlotry' analogies within God's Word refer to. It's this 'great apostasy'
or 'falling away' by many of God's People who will commit 'spiritual harlotry' by
worshiping this fake messiah Lucifer, instead of waiting for The True Bridegroom Jesus
Christ.
Isa
14:18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory,
every one in his own house.
19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable
branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword,
that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
Verse 18 refers to earthly kings that have died and were buried
in kingly graves, with honor. But with Satan, he's not even going to get a poor burial in
a pine box! This 'sword' which thrusts him through is That Sword of Christ, i.e.
The Word of God (Rev.1:16). As written in Ezekiel 28:18, he's going to be turned to ashes
and burned from inside out, with "...a fire from the midst of thee, it shall
devour thee."
Isa
14:20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast
destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers
shall never be renowned.
Did you know that Satan has a bloodline seed here upon
the earth; called the Kenite, and descended from his son Cain? That's who this 'thy
people' and 'the seed of evildoers' is in this verse. These are of his
children that will be cast into the lake of fire, as revealed by our Lord and Savior Jesus
in the 'parable of the tares' in Matthew 13. That evil 'seed' was first spoken of
in God's Word in Genesis 3:15. Did you catch the meaning of it there with 'thy seed'?
Satan even has his representatives on earth teaching the world to
be a big brotherhood of mankind, that bloodlines are not important. The Truth of the
importance of bloodlines as given within God's Word are attacked by Satan's workers under
the guise of racism. That ploy keeps people from even thinking about different bloodlines
in The Word, so they miss the meaning of this 'evil seed' altogether. Our Father is not a
racist, as He created all peoples upon this earth. So when The Word talks about different
seed lines, and gives the Israelites commandments not to mix with the Canaanites, our
Father must have a deeper Message that He wants us to discover. If you haven't rightly
understood this Truth from The Word about an 'evil seed', then you're no doubt still being
amazed at why man can't re-educate those committing terrible evils in the world. And I'm
not talking about little sins, such as not eating healthy and such. I'm talking about
those who love to create chaos, do murder, rape, child molesting, etc.; anything and
everything against GOD.
You can't re-educate that evil nature that Satan's
seed line is born into with man's philosophy and worldly system of knowledge. Only God's Word can
convert them, and only if they are willing to change and come to our Father through His
Son Jesus Christ. If they convert, they then also become 'sons of God'. Our Father loves
all his children which He created, even the Kenite if they turn away from their father
Satan, and worship The True Christ instead.
Isa
14:21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the
iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill
the face of the world with cities."
Who built the first city as written in God's Word? It
was Cain, and his offspring are the Kenites, the builders of cities (that means the 'idea'
of the city, not you construction workers). Cain and his seed were cursed in farming, so
they had to develop other means of living (Gen.4). And the metropolis city was one of the
results. We covered this back in Isaiah Chapter 5.
This ends GOD's Message about Lucifer and his children's ultimate
end, started back at verse 4 of Isaiah 14.
Isa
14:22 "For I will rise up against them", saith the LORD of
hosts, "and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew,"
saith the LORD.
23 "I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of
water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction," saith the LORD of hosts.
Who's going to rise up against this future Babylon world system?
GOD is, not man. As GOD caused the historical destruction of Babylon by His 'anointed'
Cyrus, likewise it will happen to this 'beast' system being setup today. I hope you picked
up on the hint I gave previously with this Cyrus being one of GOD's 'anointed'. What does
the word Messiah mean? It means to anoint with oil, and represents Christ Jesus, GOD's
Anointed Savior. So as GOD's anointed, Cyrus, destroyed the historical Babylon, Jesus
Christ will come to destroy this future Babylon false system captivity setup over the
entire world.
This 'bittern' of verse 23 is a type of bird or
water fowl, as these 'pools of water' is a 'marsh' (Strong's nos.7090;98). This
'besom' is a 'broom' (Strong's no.4292). So God is going to bring a 'broom of destruction'
in the sense of cleaning house, when His Anointed Messiah comes to destroy this false
system setup by the false messiah.
Isa
14:24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, "Surely as I have thought, so
shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
25 That I will break the Assyrian in My land, and upon My
mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his
burden depart from off their shoulders.
26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole
earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it?
and His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?"
What God has given us in His Word, is going to happen, and none
will stop it. Sorry, but that means there's no intervention or delaying of this Plan by us
earthlings. It's all set 'in stone', and none can change It, for Yehovah is in control.
There's a lot of hogwash idealism being put forth in the world teaching that mankind with
better science and world peace can stop the ultimate cleansing God is going to bring upon
this earth. Nope. Nothing man can do will change the big clean-up coming, and that's God's
Message to us in these verses.
So just where is this 'My land' and 'My mountains'
which our LORD is talking about? GOD refers to Zion, meaning Mount Zion, in Jerusalem, and
that's where this 'Assyrian', or Lucifer, will set himself up as Christ, but
Lucifer will be 'a spurious Messiah', and not GOD at all, but only 'a man',
the 'antichrist' (which means the 'in place of Christ' in the Greek;
Strong's nos. 473 & 5547).
Isa
14:28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote
thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his
fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
What acts did Ahaz the king of the 'house of Judah' commit?
You'll find in 2 Chron.28 that Ahaz trusted not in God, but upon Assyria, and the king of
Assyria. The Edomites and the Philistines came upon Judah and Jerusalem, invading cities
of the low country and of the south of Judah. Back in Isaiah 10 we covered the Assyrian (a
future role also for Antichrist) coming upon Jerusalem, city by city. Are we not seeing a
familiar repeat of all this in today's modern State called Israel?
Isa
14:30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall
lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy
remnant.
These 'firstborn' and 'needy' are those who put
their trust in GOD during these times today. But others like 'thy root' and 'thy
remnant' are those who will be deceived by the false messiah. Their 'famine'
is of not understanding God's Word.
Isa
14:31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art
dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be
alone in his appointed times.
During the time in our near future when false messiah comes,
everyone, and I do mean everyone, will turn to either our Father Yehovah and His Son, or
the false messiah, Satan, i.e. the Assyrian. Atheism will be an impossibility.
Isa 14:32 What shall one then answer the
messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of His
people shall trust in it.
When Christ Jesus does return, everyone will then know that GOD
has set Zion to be His habitation on earth, and His People that are humble (poor) will
inherit It. Not the puffed up, not the haughty, not the wicked ones, but God's People whom
He chose even before the foundations of this earth age.
That ends a very important, and informative Chapter in Isaiah and in all of God's Word. I
truly feel sad for those who just bypass these Messages from our Father here in The Old
Testament, for they truly speak volumes concerning today's times upon this earth. Even in
this Book of Isaiah, The Gospel Message of Christ weaves all throughout It, while giving
much meaning to the Book of Revelation. I highly recommend that you now go back and study
God's other prophets, especially the 12 Books of the Minor Prophets, for this same Message
of Isaiah is contained within them.
Peace be with you in Christ
Jesus,
Dave Ramey.
Footnotes:
All references to
"Strong's nos." are from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, PC Study
Bible, Biblesoft, 1993-1996.
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