LEBANON:  LIKE A "WOMAN GIVING BIRTH"?

THE "BIRTH PANGS" OF LEBANON.
The writings of the prophet Isaiah are thought to have been written between 775 and 732 BCE and the writings of the prophet Jeremiah between 647 and 580 BCE. In accordance with  evidence of current events, the following scriptures are now undergoing fulfilment: "The time is but short before Lebanon goes back to grassland and the grassland is no better than scrub." (Isaiah 29:17 NEB). The spirits of the inhabitants of Lebanon are gradually being made desolate by events in their land.

"The time is but short before Lebanon goes back to grassland and the grassland is no better than scrub" was not merely a period of the prophet Isaiah's day, for Jeremiah prophesied: "O you who are dwelling in Leb'a.non, being nested in the cedars, how you will certainly sigh when there come to you birth pangs, the labour pains like those of a woman giving birth!"  (See Jer 22:20-23 & Zech 11:1-3).

Further scrutiny of the prophecy of Isaiah reveals important developments yet to be fulfilled: "…out of the darkness even the eyes of the blind ones will see… rejoicing in Jehovah Himself… because the tyrant must reach his end..."  (Isaiah 29:18-20).

WHO IS THE TYRANT?  AND WHO IS LIKE A "WOMAN GIVING BIRTH"?
The desolating events unfolding in Lebanon causing its inhabitants to groan as though suffering "birth pangs" are evidence that satan the tyrant "king of Babylon", who had been magnifying himself, is gradually being "cut down to the earth". (Isaiah 14:12,13.  See Page 8/12/82). Even the "cedars" of Lebanon will rejoice at satan's end. Of satan the "king of Babylon" they will feel, "Ever since you have lain down, no [wood]cutter comes up against us." (See Isaiah 14:3-8). The agents of satan's tyranny, the political "wild beast" and the sectarian "false prophet", will be abyssed.  (Rev 19:20).  The "wild beast" includes all kingly rulers and political leaders.  (Rev 13:16 18).

Jehovah Himself is creating "new heavens" and a "new earth". (Isaiah 65:17). And the heavenly "woman" of God will soon give new Spirit birth to her anointed sons     those who are to rule from the new Spirit heavens over the "new earth". (Rev 2:26,27. 21:1-4). The desolation of the spirits of the inhabitants of Lebanon is such that they are like "dried grass", and "the grassland is no better than scrub". This is just one of many events leading up to the beginning of the "new heavens" and the "new earth", just as it is written: "With all these things the birth pangs (pangs of distress. NWT) of the new age begin." (See Matt 24:7,8 NEB). These "birth pangs" on earth precede the Spirit birth of the 144,000 anointed sons of the heavenly "woman" of God.  (Rev 7:4-8.  Heb 12:22-24).

"Look! Their very heroes have cried out in the street; the very messengers of peace will weep bitterly. The highways have been made desolate; the one passing over the path has ceased. He has broken the covenant; He has contemned the cities; He has taken no account of mortal man. The land has gone mourning, has withered away. Leb'a.non has become abashed; it has mouldered. Shar'on has become like the desert plain; and Ba'shan and Car'mel are shaking off their leaves. "Now I will rise up," says Jehovah, "now I will exalt Myself; now I will lift Myself up. You people conceive dried grass; you will give birth to stubble. Your own spirit, as a fire, will eat you up. And peoples must become as the burnings of lime. As thorns cut away, they will be set ablaze even with fire.""  (Isaiah 33:7-12).

3/11/83.
 

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