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THE FULFILMENT OF THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAH
CONCERNING THE DESOLATION OF "BABYLON".
(1) THE
FULFILMENT.
The
"standard" of Isaiah 13:2 is a worldwide summons to rally all the
nations and their "nobles" for the war against Almighty God and
His incoming Kingdom on earth. The "fighting men" that God is
mustering for the war are His faithful anointed sons, sanctified to express His
righteous anger upon Godless mankind. "They are coming from the land far
away, from the extremity of the heavens, Jehovah and the weapons of His
denunciation, to wreck all the earth."
This shall wreck sectarian and
commercial "Babylon", and the Babylon of modern-day Iraq.
(Isaiah 13:1-5 NEB & NWT).
(2) AN
INDICATOR OF THE WRATH
OF GOD AGAINST "BABYLON".
The spirit among
mankind will feel "dark", so much so that they will feel the
"stars of heaven in their constellations shall give no light, the sun shall
be darkened at its rising, and the moon refuse to shine." (13:10 NEB).
(3) The
Lord and the "weapons of His wrath" are ready to "lay the
whole land waste." (13:5
NEB).
(4) Because
people will no longer feel safe in a foreign land, "each
man will go back to his own people, every one will flee to his own land."
(13:14 NEB).
As for those who do not flee: "All
who
are found will be stabbed,
all who are taken will fall by the sword".
(13:15 NEB).
(5) THE
DESTINY OF BABYLON/IRAQ AND ITS PEOPLE.
Almighty God
"will stir up against
them the Medes"
who care nothing for the wealthy, their wives, or their children. The Medes
are modern-day Iran. (13:17,18 NEB).
"Babylon... shall be like Sodom and Gomorrah... Never again shall she be
inhabited, no man shall dwell in her through all the
ages".
(13:19,20 NEB).
The Lord of Hosts will rise up against them: "I will destroy the name of
Babylon and what remains of her, her offspring and posterity".
(14:22,23
NEB).
(6) THE
REASON FOR GOD'S ANGER
AGAINST SATAN AND HIS FOLLOWERS.
"For you have
ruined your land and slaughtered your people. Such a brood of evildoers shall
never be seen again. Make the shambles ready for his sons
butchered for their fathers' sin;
they shall not rise up and possess the world nor cover the face of the earth
with cities."
(14:20,21 NEB).
Iraqis
still commit the sins that their
forefathers committed.
(7) THE
DESTINY OF THE WORLD.
"I will bring disaster
upon the world and their due punishment upon the wicked".
(13:11 NEB).
The
satanic activity of the
"oppressor" has been implemented through the "rod" of
wicked rulers worldwide. (14:4 6 NEB).
(8) THE
DESTINY OF PEOPLE OF GOD.
Jehovah has
promised "relief from your pain and your fears and from the cruel slavery
laid upon
you"
by satan the "king of Babylon". (14:3,4
NEB).
"The Lord will show compassion for Jacob and will once again make Israel His
choice. He will settle them on their own soil, and strangers will come to join
them and attach themselves to Jacob."
(14:1 NEB).
(9) AFTER THE ABYSSING OF
SATAN THE "KING OF BABYLON".
"The whole world has rest and is at peace;
it breaks into cries of joy." (14:7 NEB). The abyssing
of satan, and the removal of his evil influence in his people, will expose them
to spirit shame.
28/2/98.
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