December 2015 – Isaiah For Christians Today

ISAIAH, CHAPTER 24, VS 1-15

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 24, VS 1-12

Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.

3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.

4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.

8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 24, VS 1-12

1-12– God is describing the Great Tribulation, which won’t last very long, but which is soon to come. But those who stay close to Him and rely on Him for their life, will be saved, and He will instruct His people. Only those who are meant to fall, and who chose against Him–whose names are not written in the Lambs’s Book of Life, will fall at that time. (Daniel 7:25-27)

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 24, VS 13-15

13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.

14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea.

15 Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 24, VS 13-15

v. 13– Then, after the Great Tribulation, He will see which vines produced good fruit. This is the harvest time, when His people will be joyously watching for Him, and those of this world will be fearful.

v. 14-16– Praise the Lord! His people will be joyfully praising Him “in the fires”–the fire of the Holy Spirit ..(See Jeremiah 23:29)

ISAIAH, CHAPTER 23, VERSES 7-18

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 23, VS 7-18

7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.

8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

9 The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.

11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.

12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.

13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.

14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.

16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 23, VS 7-18

v. 7-8– We are the ancient city,–The princes and princesses in Christ Jesus, but sometimes our “own feet ..carry (us) afar off to sojourn” in looking to the things of this world first.

v. 9-12– God can’t give us His peace, and strength, if our minds are not stayed entirely on Him. We can’t be on the fence. We must be either entirely His or entirely in this world. He will spew out the lukewarm. (Rev. 3:16)

v. 13– We were in a wilderness before we found Jesus. We are weak and helpless of ourselves, but God makes us princes and puts us in the palace of His presence, Joy, and Love!!

v. 14– And Satan has no hold on us anymore.

v. 15-17– God won’t force us to give ourselves to Him. Sometimes He must let us go and see how far we get alone in this world-committing spiritual adultery against God.

18– When we turn back to Him, we see that all the things of this world are His, put here for our use, but not our love. He is a jealous God. We are to have eyes for Him alone!!!

END OF CHAPTER 23

ISAIAH, CHAPTER 23, VERSES 1-6

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 23, VS 1

1. The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 23, VS 1

v. 1– “Tyre” represents God’s people–the believers with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. “Ships of Tarshish” represents the things of this world–wealth, material happiness, and putting that before God, which is, of course, Satan’s objective. “for it is laid waste”. The word for “laid waste” means to be overpowered, devastated, mauled. Jesus did this to satan at Calvary. He was totally conquered. So there is “no house”–no temple for his idolatrous ideas in the minds of true believers, and no “entering in” to our lives by him. The word for “land” in this case means earth as opposed to heaven, and the word “revealed” means to “evacuate a country”. In other words, God is telling us satan has no right to us and we must take the authority of Jesus to evacuate him from our lives.

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 23, VS 2-6

Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.

4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.

5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 23, VS 2-6

2– The word for “pass over” in this case means to violate

a law or covenant. When Satan tries to influence us, he is violating our covenant with God and interfering with our promises.

By the Great Living Waters of the Holy Spirit the people of God have a loving relationship with our Creator, and the nations will see this.

4-5– But the Holy Spirit is inhibited in His work in people who put material wealth and the pride of life before God.

6– God says if that’s our attitude, then He can’t use us and we may as well pass over and live for the things of this world. (Luke 17:30 – Luke 9:59-62 and Matthew 8:19-22)

ISAIAH CHAPTER 22, VS 15-25

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 22, VS 15-19

15 Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,

16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?

17 Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.

18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house.

19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 22, VS 15-19

v. 15-17– We shouldn’t be attached or interested in anything of this world–we are not staying here!!!

18-19– We will see, and can see now through our spiritual eyes, how futile and pitifully short the things of this world are.

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 22, VS 20-25

20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:

21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house.

24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.

25 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 22, VS 20-25

. 20-23– God is speaking of Jesus. “I will clothe Him with thy robe ..” Jesus was clothed in our robe–in humanity–in sinfulness –and now we are clothed in His robe—in Righteousness, Power, Strength and Joy of God. In a blood covenant ceremony, the participants always exchange robes as a sign of exchanging everything of themselves–God used the blood covenant with Abraham to prove He will keep His promises to us, who are the Spiritual descendents of Abraham. This covenant is the most powerful and serious form of agreement ever established. It is absolutely unbreakable. And God exchanged all of His power and strength with all of our sinfulness and weakness! That is why we wear the full armor of Christ, because we have exchanged places in the Covenant Ceremony of Calvary!! The same idea is expressed in Jeremiah 43:10-13. Here the King of Babylon represents Christ, and in v. 12 it says “and He shall array himself with the land of Egypt •••” Christ arrays Himself with us –we have exchanged places with Him, and His power is ours, and our weakness was His, His body is clothed by us, and His body is us!

v. 24– The “offspring and the issue” refers to us–we are the offspring of God, Blood brothers of Jesus Christ. We are all different sizes and shapes, but all holding the same thing.

v. 25– The Hebrew word translated “cut down” also means “to cut the Covenant”. Jesus cut a new Covenant with us. We are His blood brothers and inherit all of God’s power through Him.

END OF CHAPTER 22

ISAIAH CHAPTER 22, VS 7-14

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 22, VS 7

7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 22, VS 7

v. 7– Our choicest valleys are full of chariots and horsemen. These are the ministering angels sent to help us, to strengthen us, and to carry out God’s bidding in the material world. God listens to all our prayers, that are in His will, and answers them right away. In Daniel 10:11-21,

God heard Daniel’s prayer right away, but it took Gabriel awhile to get through Satan’s forces to get the message to Daniel. He had to get Michael and his forces to break a hold in the lines of Gabriel to get through. In our lives, the ministering angels bring about things of God for us, but they also sometimes have trouble getting through the lines of satan’s forces in the heavens. We have a lot to do with how things go in these battles. Our words, thoughts, and actions determine who wins the battles. Fear, doubt, pride, envy, strife, etc., will strengthen those who obey those commands–satan’s forces, while Faith, Love, Joy, Peace, Longsuffering, Patience, Gentleness, Goodness, will strengthen God’s angels, and bring the battle toward us, to allow the angels to get through to bring about God’s will in our lives. “Our choicest valleys” are the areas of our lives where we abound in the Fruits of the Spirit, and where we are submitted to the will of Our Lord, and allow our lives to be “full of the chariots”.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 22, VS 8-10

8.And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 22, VS 8-10

8– Satan then “discovers the covering of Judah”. He will see the covering of protection and power, the love and grace of God that He puts around His people. The more we abound in that Love and live for Our Lord, the thicker the armor that Satan will see around us.

9– We have many breaches. We have many faults–certainly none of us, of ourselves, is even nearly perfect, but the Power of the Holy Spirit is perfected in each of us. The Living Water in us will fill up the “lower pool” and keep the enemy away from the breaches in our wall.

10– We must “number our houses”. These are the little shelters we make for ourselves. The areas of our lives we keep from opening up to the Spirit of God. The areas we don’t give Jesus complete control of. We must break these down–let the Holy Spirit into every area to fortify the wall. Satan will enter any tiny crack in our lives that he thinks he can–it’s up to us to keep the wall strong.

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 22, VS 11-14

Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.

12 And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the Lord of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord God of hosts.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 22, VS 11-14

11– We sometimes wash out the walls with the water from the “old pools” in our lives. We don’t look to the Maker of the wall for these things. We make a ditch between God and us, and the waters of our old selves come in and erode the wall, then Satan can get under the wall.

12– When he gets in, of course, immediately fear, anxiety, depression, etc. set into our lives, as we lose the Joy and Strength of the Lord.

13– One of the first things satan likes to do is to have his minions turn our minds to carnal things, and to focus on the things of this world first, and put God second

14– The Lord says that as long as we have a flesh body we will be plagued by these problems. Our body and mind are imperfect even though our spirits are perfected and recreated by the Holy Spirit through Christ Jesus.

ISAIAH, CHAPTER 22, VS 1-6

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 22, VS 1-3

The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 22, VS 1-3

1– What can ail us now that we are fully ascended to the Righteousness of God through Christ? We have the full power of God in us through Jesus and nothing can bring us down.

2– Satan has no power over us. We aren’t slain in battle by satan, but by our own laziness and/or ignorance of the power to fight the battle against him in Jesus’ name. We’re disillusioned by him. Actually, we don’t fight any battles with him, but only stand on the victory already won by Christ. We are the occupying forces after the war is won.

v. 3– Satan’s forces are bound from us when we have on the full armor of Christ. The arrows of God’s word and power keep them from ruling us, as long as we are dependent upon, and devoted to Our Lord, and have repented of our sins.

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 22, VS 4-6

Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.

6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 22,4-6

v. 4-5– Jesus weeps bitterly when we don’t turn to Him and His power for every mountain in our lives. We are being “treaded down” and “spoiled” by satan because we are “breaking down the walls’ of defense and power in the Name of Jesus. We are “crying to the “mountains” which means we’re looking at our problems instead of the real cause of them. Everything that happens in this world has its beginning in the real world, the world of the spirit, and we must learn to look at that instead of “crying to the mountains”.

6– But we must get together and uncover our shields and quivers and act like what we are–Soldiers of Christ, remembering our weapons “are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds”. (II Cor. 10:4)

ISAIAH, CHAPTER 21, VS 10-17

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 21, VS 10-12

10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 21, VS 10-12

10– Isaiah used the word for threshing, but the word translated “corn” also means “son” (with a loving, close relationship). He is speaking to the children of God–To the ones who will be put in God’s barn at the Judgment, and He wants us to heed this with great care, what He has written in this chapter. He places great emphasis on it, as definitely we should! Satan never rests. (see Matthew 3:12).

11-12– “The morning cometh, and also the night”. The morning is our salvation–The Joy of the Lord–Our closeness to Our God. But just as surely as we feel these things, we’ll feel satan’s tugging to get us down and away from God’s Joy. But when we watch and stay in the Joy, and strength of the Lord, he CAN’T TOUCH US!!!

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 21, VS 13-17

13 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.

14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.

15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 21, VS 13-17

13-17– In this series of verses, God’s people are the inhabitants of the land of Tema, and the ones who are fleeing are the people of the world who are being molested by satan (Kedar). God’s people are to give the water of the Love of God to those who are hurting, and tell them of the real, Living Water available to them, and the real bread–the Body of Christ. We are to show them the Peace and Love of Christ, and incorporate them into God’s army. Then, in God’s timing, the “glory of Kedar shall fail” and we will triumph through Christ Jesus.

END OF CHAPTER 21

ISAIAH, CHAPTER 21, VS 1-9

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 21, VS 1-6

The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 21, VS 1-6

v. 1– Satan comes “like the wind” to us to draw our minds against the Lord.

v. 2– Satan is the “treacherous dealer” who “dealeth treacherously” in our minds to get us out of the Word of God–in whatever little “crack” in our lives he can get through.

v. 3-4– When he brings these thoughts on us, we are painful. We don’t want such thoughts and feelings, yet we alone can’t get rid of them. Only Jesus can take them away.

v. 5-6– We have to be on the watch continually to make sure our thoughts are of Our Lord and totally give ourselves and our thoughts and feelings to the Lord to make like His and keep us in His Eternal Plan.

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 21, VS 7-9

And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 21, VS 7-9

v. 7-8– As we watch diligently for satan’s attacks, God sends His warriors–His ministering angels–to give us strength to rebuke satan’s temptations.

v. 9– And with the Strength and Power of Jesus Christ, which is always in us, we can undeniably make satan flee from us as surely as Babylon fell!!!

ISAIAH, CHAPTER 20, ENTIRE CHAPTER

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 20, VS 1-6 (ENTIRE CHAPTER)

In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;

2 At the same time spake the Lord by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

3 And the Lord said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;

4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 20, VS 1-6 (ENTIRE CHAPTER)

. 1-6– We can be led astray from truly following Our Lord Jesus by listening too much to others. It’s usually well-meant advice, but it’s from them, or the Lord’s message to them, and not necessarily His message to us. We should “strip ourselves” of all that and go to Him with each piece of advice before absorbing it into our situation. Otherwise we are grieving the Spirit by ignoring His message to us individually and are “a shame” to Him.

END OF CHAPTER 20

ISAIAH, CHAPTER 19, VS 15-25

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 19, VS 15&16

5 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.

16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shaketh over it.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 19, VS 15&16

v. 15– God can’t use people like this. Even though they are His elect people, He can’t use them effectively in His work on earth unless they are willing to loose themselves from the bondage of the denominational rules. He can’t use the head and tail separately–WE MUST JOIN TOGETHER!!

v. 16– The words for “shaking” and shaketh” refer to the waving back and forth of a sacrifice when offering it. The Lord is referring to Jesus’ ultimate sacrifice and how He wants to wave it before us and draw our attention to it and to Him and to The Father’s Eternal Plan.

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 19, VS 17

17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which he hath determined against it.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 19, VS 17

17– People will see the wisdom of God’s people who are guided by Jesus!!! But they will not like it, neither the worldly people, nor the leaders of the denominational churches who have not followed the Lord, but have given in to the world powers. The real Christians who are led by the Holy Spirit will be speaking Truth, and that will go against, and strike terror in the world system, and the “fake” “Christian” churches.

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 19, VS 18-21

18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the Lord of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.

19 In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord.

20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.

21 And the Lord shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the Lord, and perform it.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 19, VS 18-21

v. 18– Here He is referring, not literally to Cities, but to nations, represented by their capitals. Five large Gentile nations will be basically Christian strongholds. One will be the strongest.

v. 19-20– In the End Times, as in the days before the First Coming of Christ, the people of the world will be very strongly divided-for the Lord or against Him. We see that happening now.

v. 21– Many non-believers will come to Him before the End Times. We see that now also!

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 19, VS 22-23

22 And the Lord shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the Lord, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.

23 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 19, VS 22-23

22– The Lord will have to bring judgment on this world system and those in power. In His great wisdom, He knows the limits, and many nonbelievers will believe on Him in their distress, and He will accept them into His Kingdom.

23—Many who call themselves Christians now, will fall at that time, and many will be saved, who did not know Christ before.

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 19, VS 24-25

24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:

25 Whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 19, VS 24-25

v. 24–The Jews also, have had a rise in their numbers of Believers. These people are doubly blessed–being God’s chosen race and chosen people through Christianity.

v. 25– Together we will be the Body of Christ. The nominal Christians whom the Lord opened the eyes of, the pagan religions who were converted, and the Jewish people who were opened to Christ’s Divinity– These are represented, in order, by Egypt, Assyria and Israel.

END OF CHAPTER 19

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