Isaiah 5:29
29 Their roaring [shaagah] shall be like a lion, [labiy'] they shall roar [sha'ag] [sha'ag] like young lions: [kaphiyr]
yea, they shall roar, [naham] and lay hold ['achaz] of the prey, [tereph] and
shall carry it away safe, [palat] and none
shall deliver [natsal] it. KJV-Interlinear
29 Its
roaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions; It growls as it
seizes the prey, And carries it off with no one to deliver it. NASB
Israel has had its
adversaries and enemies throughout all of history. Israel has been used in the Bible as the
symbolism of Gods nation or family, while all other countries are used to
symbolize Gods enemies and the enemies of His nations.
Israel split into the two
nations, the northern nation called Israel and later came to be known as
Samaria, and Judah being the southern nation.
The northern nation of
Israel symbolized those who separated away from God, while Judah represented
those who continued to abide in Gods will.
But sooner or later that nation too, fell away, rejected the Savior, and
faded from history.
When enemies rises up in
battle, they bring with them yells and screams and noise makers and drums and
all that they can bring, in order to raise their own adrenaline and to
intimidate and strike fear in the hearts and morale of their opponent.
Crowds do this at
sporting events. They yell as loud as
they can, in order to cause stress and worry and mistakes in the opposing team.
But this roaring like a
lion is more than competitive boasting, it is intended as a deadly assault for
the purpose of destroying violently and totally and completely.
And this is what the
enemies of God have in their hearts.
They are so full of hate, and so full of anti-God attitudes that they
will rise up to destroy the people of God and even to destroy God, or so they
believe.
This attitude and nature
has occurred in history, but the time frame being expressed here, is the final
days of history.
Now, recall our
Revelations study, or review it. During
those final seven years of human rule, which is the Tribulation, life will be
so horrible, so extremely horrible, that you would think that everyone, without
exception, would rise up against the anti-christ and turn to God. But not so.
Even in the face of
horrendous times, the general population, worldwide, will increase their anger
more and more, against the Israel specifically, but also against believers in
general.
In those final days, they
will invade Israel with such a passion, turn even against themselves, and kill
and steal and rape and do every imaginable evil thing in order to accomplish
something that they themselves do not even understand or comprehend.
Their hate will drive
them. The deceitful promises of the
anti-christ will drive them. Greed and
selfishness and arrogance will drive them.
And they will roar loudly in an effort to make their hate and passion
even stronger. And we should all know
that noise has no power. It is just
noise.
And they will roar like
young lions. Youth has no wisdom, no
knowledge, no understanding. Youth is
typically driven spontaneously by emotion or passion or hate. Logic and consideration for the repercussions
of their actions never enter into their thoughts.
Now think for just a
minute. God is all powerful. He created this universe and life and
sustains it all on a continual basis.
What is it that you could do that is greater or even equal? Nothing.
No human can do anything that would even come close to that of God. We cannot even leave this planet for very
long. The weightlessness of space
creates many difficulties for the human anatomy. We certainly cannot leave the planet in huge
numbers.
And yet the hate of those
people in that final period, will completely blank out any reasonable thought
or analysis of their situation, let alone the cause.
And on the other hand,
those in Israel who have rejected God, have refused to get out when they were
told, will find themselves in a killing field that has no equal in all of history.
And in the end,
deliverance for negative believers will not exist. They will die in masses. As for their enemies, who will be charging in
from all directions, their numbers will dwindle equally as fast as they kill
and destroy even their own, in such a massive battle of confusion and betrayal,
which likewise has no equal in history.
And still they will roar
even in the face of utter devastation.
That is complete detachment from reality and reason.
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