Isaiah 5:30
30 And in that day [yowm] they shall roar [naham]
against them like the roaring [nahamah] of the
sea: [yam] and if one look [nabat] unto the land, ['erets]
behold darkness [choshek] and sorrow, [tsar] and the light ['owr] is
darkened [chashak] in the heavens [`ariyph] thereof. KJV-Interlinear
30 And
it shall growl over it in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to
the land, behold, there is darkness and distress; Even the light is darkened by
its clouds. NASB
Even though Israel has
had its terrible moments in history, this description applies to but one and
only one event and time period in all of human history. Namely that period will be at the end of the
Tribulation, when Satan, through the anti-christ and all of his puppet leaders
around the world, masses all of humanity against Israel for the last great and
final battle of Armageddon.
The description is now
enhanced to symbolize the ocean waves crashing on the shore. It is loud, and massive and what is more, it
represents the vastness of the ocean and therefore the vastness of the armies
that will come up against Israel.
The roaring of the lion
has already demonstrated the fierceness and ferocity and intent of the assault.
Take no prisoners, in other words. The
lion does not attack his prey to keep it alive, but to devour and terminate the
very life of that victim.
And so it will be in
those final days and weeks and months of the Tribulation. Israel will be assaulted with the greatest of
armies ever assembled in history, and will be destroyed with the greatest
violence ever used in history.
And if there were such a
thing as an observer sitting somewhere on a high point, they would see utter
darkness and devastation. The observer will see only the vast armies
approaching the land, and therefore see that there is no safety or means of
escape by sea.
The observer will see the
devastation on the land, and therefore see that there is no means of escape, no
place to hide, no place of safety by land.
Violent death is the only apparent option.
And this is the picture
that is intended to portray the utter helplessness of those in Israel, against
this huge onslaught.
Light is turned to
darkness. This portrays no hope, none
whatsoever. This also portrays the
actual events of the battle, with everything on fire, with all sorts of
military armament exploding everywhere, with the sky filled with smoke and debris,
and the air filled with the stench of death and a howling enemy, just looking
for someone to kill or torture or rape, or to do whatever.
On the one hand, there is
the bloodthirsty mass of armies of humanity who are invading with but one
intent, of murder and violence, driven by hate.
And on the other hand there is the horror and fear and the distress and
massive anxiety of gloom and doom to the point of uncontrolled shaking, being
shut up and trapped with zero possibility of deliverance.
And this is where this
chapter ends. For all who reject God,
reject doctrine, reject their God assigned role and responsibilities and
obligations in life, there is no happy picture, only doom and gloom. Pretending them away, ignoring ones spiritual
status, will never make the final results of ones life, go away.
There is however, a light
at the end of the tunnel. And although
not mentioned here, we have studied the two generals that will arise inside of
Israel who will make some very gutsy and remarkable decisions, that will result
in the halting of those assaulting armies, will stall them, and will lead to
the deliverance of numerous individuals, who will be delivered by Christ when
His foot finally touches the ground at the Second Advent.
When Christs’ foot
touches the ground, the Mountain in Jerusalem will split, with half moving to
the north and the other half moving to the south, creating a vast valley connecting
the ocean with the dead-sea. Those folks
will decide quickly to run through that valley to safety, with those armies in
hot pursuit, and then can you guess what occurs next? Re-read the previous sentence.
In God there is blessing,
happiness and far more. Without God,
there is horrible sorrow and misery.
So now you can choose
with relative safety. And you do not
have anyone pursuing you.
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