Good morning! How are we faithing? With the amassing of instruments of war fare in the mid-east around Syria, one tends to look and wonder what is about to happen. There are so many sides to what is happening and we do search scripture to try to see prophecy unfold. The "birth pains" in the last days we have discussed before seem to be taking place right now. We do not have to fear or be bewildered at events, just aware and in the Word. We see the longest living city, Damascus being destroyed in Isaiah 17. This has never happened yet so it causes one to pause and watch.
And will become a fallen ruin.
“The cities of Aroer are forsaken;
They will be for flocks to lie down in,
And there will be no one to frighten them.
“The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim,
And sovereignty from Damascus
And the remnant of Aram;
They will be like the glory of the sons of Israel,”
Declares the LORD of hosts.
Now in that day the glory of Jacob will fade,
And the fatness of his flesh will become lean.
It will be even like the reaper gathering the standing grain,
As his arm harvests the ears,
Or it will be like one gleaning ears of grain
In the valley of Rephaim.
6 Yet gleanings will be left in it like the [h]shaking of an olive tree,
Two or three olives on the topmost bough,
Four or five on the branches of a fruitful tree,
Declares the LORD, the God of Israel.
7 In that day man will have regard for his Maker
And his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel.
8 He will not have regard for the altars, the work of his hands,
Nor will he look to that which his fingers have made,
Even the Asherim and incense stands.
9 In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken places in the forest,
Or like branches which they abandoned before the sons of Israel;
And the land will be a desolation.
10 For you have forgotten the God of your salvation
And have not remembered the rock of your refuge.
Therefore you plant delightful plants
And set them with vine slips of a strange god.
11 In the day that you plant it you carefully fence it in,
And in the morning you bring your seed to blossom;
But the harvest will be a heap
In a day of sickliness and incurable pain.
12 Alas, the uproar of many peoples
Who roar like the roaring of the seas,
And the rumbling of nations
Who rush on like the rumbling of mighty waters!
13 The nations rumble on like the rumbling of many waters,
But He will rebuke them and they will flee far away,
And be chased like chaff in the mountains before the wind,
Or like whirling dust before a gale.
14 At evening time, behold, there is terror!
Before morning they are no more.
Such will be the portion of those who plunder us
And the lot of those who pillage us.
Isaiah 17
Prophecy about Damascus
The oracle concerning Damascus. “Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from being a cityAnd will become a fallen ruin.
“The cities of Aroer are forsaken;
They will be for flocks to lie down in,
And there will be no one to frighten them.
“The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim,
And sovereignty from Damascus
And the remnant of Aram;
They will be like the glory of the sons of Israel,”
Declares the LORD of hosts.
Now in that day the glory of Jacob will fade,
And the fatness of his flesh will become lean.
It will be even like the reaper gathering the standing grain,
As his arm harvests the ears,
Or it will be like one gleaning ears of grain
In the valley of Rephaim.
6 Yet gleanings will be left in it like the [h]shaking of an olive tree,
Two or three olives on the topmost bough,
Four or five on the branches of a fruitful tree,
Declares the LORD, the God of Israel.
7 In that day man will have regard for his Maker
And his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel.
8 He will not have regard for the altars, the work of his hands,
Nor will he look to that which his fingers have made,
Even the Asherim and incense stands.
9 In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken places in the forest,
Or like branches which they abandoned before the sons of Israel;
And the land will be a desolation.
10 For you have forgotten the God of your salvation
And have not remembered the rock of your refuge.
Therefore you plant delightful plants
And set them with vine slips of a strange god.
11 In the day that you plant it you carefully fence it in,
And in the morning you bring your seed to blossom;
But the harvest will be a heap
In a day of sickliness and incurable pain.
12 Alas, the uproar of many peoples
Who roar like the roaring of the seas,
And the rumbling of nations
Who rush on like the rumbling of mighty waters!
13 The nations rumble on like the rumbling of many waters,
But He will rebuke them and they will flee far away,
And be chased like chaff in the mountains before the wind,
Or like whirling dust before a gale.
14 At evening time, behold, there is terror!
Before morning they are no more.
Such will be the portion of those who plunder us
And the lot of those who pillage us.
Isn't that interesting? There is so much stuff over in that area right now. 2 nuclear carriers, missiles from all sides, the threat to Israel of "wiping them off the map", Israels nuclear capabilities, it shows that Damascus being a heap of rubble in one night completely doable. Scary and at the same time intriguing. The absolute cool thing about these scenarios we find all over prophecy is all believers in Jesus the Messiah will be saved and are forgiven no matter how all these end time events play out. Will we face some of the scary things? Some will, some will physically die. Do we need to be concerned? In so much as we need to be out there showing Jesus to as many people as we can and as often as we can without fear of what they think of us and of the comments we may receive, yes we need be concerned. Times are perilous and I believe very short and if we believe what we profess, how could we not tell everyone? How could we not have enough compassion for people that we have to tell them of the salvation we have?
Remember Sheree...remember Ben and Linda...remember myself, Kat and Chris...remember the lost
Heavenly Father,
We know you have it all figured out but we are a little frightened by the things we face on this earth. Lord help us be courageous and wise. Help us not fear what can be done to our bodies but be more concerned for others souls. Lord we ask for healing for those mentioned and for those struggling. Lord, forgive us when we don't act or speak in accordance to your statues. Thank you for all you do, in Jesus name, amen
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