Isaiah 9:19
19 Through the wrath [`ebrah] of the LORD [Yahovah] of
hosts [tsaba'] is the land ['erets] darkened, [`atham] and the
people [`am] shall be as the fuel [ma'akoleth] of the fire: ['esh] no man ['iysh] shall spare [chamal] his
brother. ['ach] KJV-Interlinear
19 By the fury
of the Lord of hosts the land is burned up, And the people are like fuel for
the fire; No man spares his brother. NASB
When people break the
law, they are dealt with through a legal due process and punished
accordingly. Crime is a transgression against
that which is lawful.
In the greater spiritual world,
all transgressions against truth, are a criminal act, as it were. All transgressions against truth, regardless
of whether they are from do-gooder self-righteousness, or from acts of crime,
are punishable by means of divine justice.
In this temporal world,
criminal or social misbehavior can be relative from generation to generation,
from culture to culture, from geographical region to geographical region, from
person to person. There is no real
standard by which to gauge crime by, except for legal documents, laws,
regulations, and even social or cultural traditions.
But in the greater realm,
there is an absolute standard, which is called truth. And it is by that standard that God applies
justice, fairly and equally to all since time began. And, that will never change.
The fury of the Lord, is
the application of justice against all transgressions, of every type
imaginable.
The greatest
transgression of all is the indifference toward truth, for lack of the knowledge
of truth, leads to only one destination, which is evil and ultimately judgment. And people lack truth for only one reason,
which is because they simply do not learn it, because they are not interested
in it, because they are comfortable with what they already think they know, and
believe that to be good enough.
If your current beliefs
serve your purpose in life, then you are in deep trouble. Because when you start learning truth, then you
soon discover that you can never learn it all, because it is so vast. And that should be sufficient to drive you to
want to learn more and more, and that requires from you, a daily study for the
rest of your life.
But of course you have to
want to abide by Gods truth, which includes His mandates, principles and so
forth. You cannot pick and choose what truth
you will or will not use in your life.
Unfortunately, most folks
do not want to commit to that approach for learning. They, again, are comfortable or prefer what
they have and feel it to be sufficient.
And of course there are those who could care less and are driven by
their many lusts.
The Lord of Hosts, is
Jesus Christ. Hosts, is a reference to
large groups, many groups arrayed for battle.
And Jesus Christ is the General of the many armies of history and
beyond. His power and resources are
infinite and cannot be compared to anything in this world.
A land darkened, is a
land under Gods judgment.
People are the source
fuel of that darkness and destruction.
People commit sins. People are
indifferent toward truth.
The rocks and trees and
grass and animals do not sin. Only
people sin. Only people reject God and
truth.
And as a result of sin,
trouble in every sense of the word, entered into this world.
In the Garden, life was
perfect until sin. Then, every flaw, every problem, every sin, every transgression,
every handicap, every limitation on human attributes, all came out of that
single sin and spread to the entire human race.
When people are so
spiritually low, then they will not care for even the basic human structures,
such as family.
Everyone will turn against
their own brother. No family, no
loyalty, no charity, no empathy. The
only thing that will exist will be, me first, and everyone else is expendable.
In history, humanity has
seen many cycles of human behavior. But
in the last generation, the Tribulation generation, the worst of the worst of
human character will become unrestrained and manifest. And as Isaiah is one of the best resources of
documentation of prophecy of those final days, here we can see the prophecies
of the ultimate judgment against evil.
And it will not be a pretty sight.
If you have believed in
Christ, then you will not see that era. Only
those who remain unbelievers when the Rapture occurs, will be the unfortunate
ones who will live and experience those dark final seven years.
And of course we do not
know when that historical event will occur.
But you do know, you and
now, and whether or not you will become enlightened with truth by pursuing and using
a daily study, or whether you prefer the company of the stubble of humanity, and
add yourself to the fuel for discipline or judgment.
