Isaiah 6:12
12 And the LORD [Yahovah] have
removed [rachaq] men ['adam] far away, [rachaq] and
there be a great [rab] forsaking [`azuwbah] in the midst [qereb] of the
land. ['erets]KJV-Interlinear
12
"The Lord has removed men far away, And the forsaken places are many in
the midst of the land. NASB
There have been several
deportations with regard to Israel.
Assyria, and Babylon both initiated massive deportations, moving people
out of Israel and Judah, as well as the Romans many hundreds of years later.
But this is not the end
of Gods disciplinary policy against a spiritually negative nation.
We know that the nation
of Israel is symbolic of the nation of believers which God calls His nation. And when Gods own nation falls away from
truth, then these judgments fall on the believing population in order to get
them back on track with doctrine.
Nevertheless, this
judgment also points to the last and final great judgment against Israel, which
will occur in the Tribulation.
We know from our studies
of Revelation, that at the mid-point of the Tribulation, there will be a great abomination
occurring when the newly rebuilt temple is dedicated. At that time, the Bible warns all to leave
immediately, if they have not yet already left Jerusalem and the nation. One would think that if people are aware of
this prophecy they would have left, but then there will be many who will
disregard the prophecy and warning, but then the warning is not really for
them, but for our understanding of this event.
For it will be followed by
an unleashing of the single most violent period in all of Israel's history.
And we have those days
being revealed in these verses.
The violence will be
phenomenal, the arrests will be massive, the movements or deportation of people
out of the area will be thorough. None will
remain, except a very, very small number.
But remember that there
is a three and a half year window between the mid-point of the Tribulation and
the Second Advent of Christ. That is a very long time for the suffering and atrocities
that will be occurring. And this verse
ends with the description that the suffering will be great.
Great desolation or
forsaking, means desertion, emptying out, vanishing. And in that regard, people will be vanishing because
they will be dead, dying, carted off for death sentences and worse.
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