The Prophecy Project:
Session 13
WELCOME… To session number Thirteen of the prophecy project. Last session I went through Micah Chapters 4 and 5. We saw that the Messiah will bring peace to Israel in the last days by defeating the Assyrian, which had marched through Israel. The Messiah is the man born in Bethlehem.
Israel will be disciplined and corrected, their cities will be destroyed and their Idolatry judged. This end of the age Assyrian is yet to come, and the new nation of Assyria is yet to established.
Now let’s look into Isaiah chapter 10: I want to show some verses that I believe shows that Isaiah 10 is an end time prophecy, and is yet to be fulfilled, much like Micah 4 and 5.
(3)And what will ye do in the day of visitation and in the desolation which shall come from afar.
When Jesus entered Jerusalem at the triumpful entry, he wept for Jerusalem because she had missed her day of visitation, I believe that the Day of the Lord is also the day of visitation, when God’s presence and anointing will set up the final kingdom of God on earth.
(12) Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole (perfectly complete) work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem.
This perfect work is not yet complete, it will be a future, or end time event.
(17) And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame:
Jesus was called the Holy One five places in the new Testament, I believe the light of Israel is prophetic to the end times.
(20) And it shall come to pass in that day….(21) The remnant shall return…(22) For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return…
This is speaking to the end-time restoration of Israel and a remnant of Jews from around the world.
(27) And it shall come to pass in that day…the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
Again this speaks to a day when God’s presence and anointing will deliver his people.
Understanding that the events of this chapter are yet to happen, lets read and comment on the entire Chapter.
(1) Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees (laws), and that write grievousness which they have prescribed (make law); (2) To turn aside the needy from judgment, and take away the right from the poor of my people. that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
(3) And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? (4) Without me (the Lord) they shall bow down under (lower than) the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his (God’s) anger is not turned away (he’s still angry), but his hand is stretched out still.
These are the reasons that judgment is coming Israel.
(5) O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
(6) I will send him (the Assyrian) against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge (an order), to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like mire of the streets.
(7) Howbeit he (the Assyrian) meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. (he has a powerful army and he plans to use it! even though God had limited his actions, he is in rebellion).
in the next 4 verses he boosts about how good his army is; and how easily he destroyed other nations. but in verse 12 the Lord puts him in his place.
(12) Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work (complete purge and judgment) upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I (God) will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks (arrogance). (13) For he (the Assyrian) saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: (14) And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped (arrogance).
All the earth will be subdued by this Assyrian king, but in doing so he has defied God (not so), and taken credit for all his success. And again in the next verses God will speak to his demise.
(15) Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift itself, as if it were no wood.
(16) Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts (armies) send among his (Asshur) fat ones leanness; (God’s weapons are varied, he can touch someone spiritually inside) and under his (Asshur’s) glory (the things he trusts in) he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire (consuming).
(17) And the light of Israel shall be for a fire. and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers (armies) in one day;
(18) And (the flame of the Holy One) shall consume the glory of his forest (his armies of nations), and of his fruitful field (nations) both soul and body (spiritually and physically) (19) And the rest of the trees of the forest shall be few, that a child may write them (a small number).
(20) And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay (trust) upon him that smote them; but shall stay (trust) upon the LORD the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
(21) The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. (22) For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed ( I have given thee a charge) shall overflow with righteousness. (though the consumption will decimate the Jews, Jacob, the end will be the overflowing of righteousness, for the remnant, trusting in truth).
(23) For the Lord GOD of hosts, shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
(24) Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian (the king of Assyria): he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt. (25) For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction (God’s wrath upon the Assyrian).
(26) And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him (the Assyrian) according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his (the Lord’s) rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. (27) And it shall come to pass in that day, that his (the Assyrians) burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke (control) from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing (God’s anointing).
The next 5 verses show the sequence of military advancement for the Assyrian and his armies, as he attacks Jerusalem. The sequence starts with a location northern Judea, called Aiath. Scholars don’t know exactly where Aiath is located, they have it located about 8 miles north of Jerusalem. It seems to be located about where the ruins for Baal Hazar are today, Baal Hazar (village of Baal or Bel) is also called “Tall Asur”. Tall is another word for “Tel” which is an Archeological mount that contains the ruins of many layers of cities. I find it interesting that this sequence starts at a location connected to both Bel and Asshur. It is as follows:
(28) He (the Assyrian) is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up (mustered) his carriages (wheeled weapons): (29) They are gone over the passage (up the pass from the valley): they have taken up their lodging at Geba (made camp, at least 1 day maybe more); Ramah is afraid (Ramallah two miles west of Geba); Gibeah of Saul is fled (evacuated). (30) Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth (modern Anata, she’s in the way). (31) Madmenah is removed (evacuated); the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee (they’re packing up). (32) As yet shall he (the Assyrian) remains at Nob that day: (Nob is in the modern area of mount Scopus, just north of the mount of Olives) He shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, The hill of Jerusalem. (the Assyrian “remains” stops and stands up. he shakes his fist against Jerusalem, the temple mount and God) In other locations in scripture we know that he remains in Jerusalem for 42 months, 3 1/2 years or 1260 days. We will cover those scriptures in later sessions.
(33) Behold the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
God will not allow this situation in Jerusalem to stand, he will come in terror and his sword to lop off the high ones (arrogant ones)
(34) And he (God) shall cut down the thickets (soldiers of low rank) of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. (NOTE The reference to Lebanon)
..Stop here..
I need to close this session at this point, but next session I want to move into Isaiah chapters 23 and 14 . Both chapters speak about an Assyrian which will be at the end of the age.
Thank you.