Posted on 02/01/2011 8:00:07 AM PST by GiovannaNicoletta
These are the days when the Bible is its own best commentary. Imagine Isaiah the prophet standing on the streets of Cairo today speaking in front of a mainstream news camera declaring:
The burden against Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst. “I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, And everyone against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against kingdom. The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers. And the Egyptians I will give Into the hand of a cruel master, And a fierce king will rule over them,” Says the Lord, the LORD of hosts." (Isaiah 19:1-4, nkjv)
Like a swift moving cloud, Isaiah predicts the rapid deterioration of events in Egypt. Civil unrest causes Egyptians to fight against each other. This fighting spreads from household to household and grows into a kingdom war. Probably quoting Isaiah 19:2, Christ warned kingdoms would rise against each other in Matthew 24:7. Unlike nation coming against nation, which alludes to world wars, “kingdom against kingdom” refers to regional conflicts. Christ taught these prophecies would come upon the world like birth pains. Like a woman about to deliver her newborn, these events are foretold to come with increased frequency and intensity each building upon the other.
Rumors of regional kingdom wars presently abound in the Middle East. Egypt and Saudi Arabia reportedly conducted joint military exercises in 2010 preparing for a possible confrontation with Iran. Iran represents the Persian kingdom and Egypt and Saudi Arabia the Arab kingdom. Additionally, the apocalyptically minded president Ahmadinejad of Iran has threatened on several occasions to wipe Israel, representing the Jewish kingdom, off of the map.
Psalm 83 predicts the Arab kingdom will someday rise against the Jewish kingdom to banish the name of Israel forever. Both Egypt and Saudi Arabia along with eight other Arab populations join the Arab kingdom in this pending prophetic war.
Isaiah’s prognosis for Egypt worsens as you read the rest of his chapter nineteen. Isaiah 19:5-12 tells us unprecedented religious and economic strife plagues the nation according to the purposes of the Lord. Apparently, this disastrous condition befalls Egypt because of its future involvement in Psalm 83 since we read in Isaiah 19:16-18 that Israel will take over five cities in Egypt and cause Hebrew to be the spoken language inside their city limits. One of these cities will be called “the City of Destruction,” implying the I.D.F. destroys this city.
In that day Egypt will be like women, and will be afraid and fear because of the waving of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which He waves over it. And the land of Judah will be a terror to Egypt; everyone who makes mention of it will be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts which He has determined against it. In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear by the LORD of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction. (Isaiah 19:16-18, nkjv)
Will the civil strife developing in Egypt cause the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak, who supposedly has cancer and turns 83 on May 4, 2011? Many expected his son Gamal Mubarak to be his replacement; however, Gamal and his family have reportedly fled to the U.K. for safety. If the Mubarak government is overthrown will the Muslim Brotherhood fill his office with one of its own fulfilling Isaiah 19:4? The Muslim Brotherhood, presently banned in Egypt, hates Israel and supports Jihad against the Jewish State. Hamas, also participating against Israel in Psalm 83, is their political arm inside of the Gaza. Hamas, like the Muslim Brotherhood, calls for the destruction of Israel.
Will the present protests inside Egypt metastasize into the fulfillment of Isaiah 19? If so will the coming cruel leader be the one who leads Egypt into the Psalm 83:6-8 confederacy? All of this is unknown but entirely possible. One thing is for certain; the Middle East appears to be on the verge of going apocalyptic.
January 2011 has seen the governments of Lebanon, Tunisia, and Egypt become severely challenged. The government of Jordan is expected to be next. Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan are involved in Psalm 83 and Tunisia appears to take part in the Ezekiel 38 & 39 prophecy. It appears high time Christians familiarize themselves with the prophecies of Isaiah 19, Isaiah 17, Jeremiah 49, Psalm 83, and Ezekiel 38 & 39. These are a few of the world changing prophecies stage setting on the prophetic horizon.
LOL- that is definitely a bone of contention among Bible-believing Christians!
In a 1997 essay Futures for Sale, my friend Thomas C. Smedley boldly suggested that "Science Fiction should be used to represent a future filled with hope, rather than despair." I liked his conclusion:
Interesting, interesting. That sounds very like SF writer's L. Neil Smith's opinion in On a Clear Day You Can See Bulgaria -- But Who Wants to Look?.
Tom Smedley used to post in Freerepublic. Haven't seen him in quite a while. Last post is in '07.
What 70th week are you referring to? The only 70 week period in the Bible, in Daniel 9, was finished two millennia ago. There is no future weeks from this period.
I don’t believe in an any moment signless rapture. I believe the rapture occurs and the Day of the Lord begins immediately on the same day which marks thd end of the Great Tribulation and commences the DAy of the Lord which I also believe will correspond to the Feast of Trumpets and will be the first of the fall feasts to be fulfilled in accordance with His Second Coming. Just as the 4 spring Feasts beginning with Passover were fulfilled in His First Coming.
Interesting theory, but it doesn't seem to jibe with any of the passages I quoted to you.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. (2 Peter 3:10)What is the day of the Lord, and how do you squeeze a millennial kingdom into Peter’s timeline?
The day of the Lord doesn't begin anything, except for the passing away of the old “earth and the works in it.” You seem to think it begins something, but it doesn't, at least not according to the Bible.
Then we have to examine what Paul says about Christ’s kingdom.21 For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.Paul tells us the “the end” coincides with Christ’s coming and the resurrection of the saints. At His coming He delivers up the kingdom to the Father, vanquishing death. In 1 Thessalonians 5, Paul tells his readers that Christ comes “as a thief in the night,” and warns them to be prepared, “Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.” This would fit with Peter’s picture of the “day of the Lord” coming as a “thief in the night” initiating the new heavens and new earth.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.
23 But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His coming.
24 Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power.
25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.
26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. (1 Cor. 15)
But this theory doesn't fit with passages like 2 Peter 3:10 and 1 Cor. 15. There's no room for a “thousand years” between the day of the Lord and new heavens and new earth. They are coincidental events.
I have it on good authority that this gent still posts, albeit under a pseudonym. His wife pointed out that potential employers might not appreciate hard-edge, brilliant, and politically incorrect punditry.
I have it on good authority that this gent still posts, albeit under a pseudonym.
Cool.
His wife pointed out that potential employers might not appreciate hard-edge, brilliant, and politically incorrect punditry.
There is that, there is that.
There's enough out there under my real name that I'll never work at a place big enough to have a real HR department. Why make it easy for them?
"Lee N. Field" is a pseudonym that I started using nearly a decade ago on Internet gunfora. It's instantly recognizable as such to a gunny, but looks like a real name to others.
Bad theology makes bad politics, and vice versa.
You would think that the Futurists could clean up on Intrade but for some odd reason the money doesn't follow the mouth.
This is no surprise, because I have heard often that the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been called a pharoah because of the situation going on in Egypt.
But that doesn’t make him a pharaoh biblically speaking, does it? If someone calls me Nebuchadnezzar are there Bible prophecies that apply to me?
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