Look what comes up from the depths of the sea.

Look what comes up from the depths of the sea.
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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Isaiah 13-17

Isaiah is now pronouncing judgment on the OTHER nations.  Now you have seen that God has done everything He said He was going to do.  He IS going to continue to do everything He said He was going to do.  You'll see more evidence of that as we continue to read in 2 Kings.  You'll see in the New Testament when Jesus comes...in fact, Jesus Himself will fulfill some of the Scripture that Isaiah prophesies.

 I was also interested to find out that John Wesley (founder of our Methodist denomination) pays very little attention to these chapters.  In fact, he cites them only once in his sermon career.

Patricia does a nice job of summing this up:


Posted July 16, 2010 by Patricia in Isaiah.
When we read Chapters 1-12 we were reading about the judgement of Judah, now in 13-23 they will be about the other nations.  Chapter 13 is about Babylon.  What is so cool about us reading from the beginning is I am always going back to the start.  Remember the tower of Babel in Genesis 11.  These people have always been rebellious against the Lord.  So Isaiah the True Prophet,  has an Oracle.  An Oracle is a divine message directly from the Lord.
The gist of the prophecy is Babylon will supersede Assyria, and Media shall supersede Babylon, and Babylon shall pass away forever .  An amazing prophecy that we will read about on August 19th in Kings 25.  The point of me telling you that is,  the fall of Babylon will release the captives under a decree by King Cyrus  and the Jews will return to their Homeland.
(In Chapter 13 did you all laugh at verse 8…about time someone recognized how painful it is!)
Chapter 14 verse 1  is very important.  Isaiah says the Aliens, meaning the Non-Israelites meaning GENTILES…you and me, would join the returning back to the Promise Land.  God’s promise in Genesis that the whole world would be blessed through the Line of David.  Jews and Gentiles.  If you write in your Bible this is what I jotted down.
  • 12-15.  These scriptures from a historical standpoint represent Nebuchadnezzar but from a millennial view, it is SATAN!  circle it…underline it….write SATAN next too it. 
  • Verse 23.  This prophecy is COMPLETELY true today if you went to that spot is truly is a place of owls and swampland.
  • 24-27 A prophecy against Assyria, this WILL happen in 2 Kings 19
  • Verse 28.  King Ahaz dies in 715 B.C.
Chapter 15 I wrote a note that these were Lot’s children from his daughters.   I know I know it now, but I am sure I will forget eventually who these people are. 
Chapter 16.  I really liked verse 4 and 5. And the Prophecy quoted in Verse 13 came true (of course).  Tiglath invaded Moab in 732, Sennacherib invaded Moab the same year that he invaded Judah, 701.  The earlier event happened 3 years after Isaiah’s oracle.  Marking him a true prophet in the eyes of the people.
Chapter 17.  Damascus is the capital of Aram.
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