Isaiah 10:23
23 For the Lord ['Adonay] GOD [Yahovih] of hosts [tsaba'] shall
make [`asah] a consumption, [kalah] even determined, [charats]
in the midst [qereb] of all the land. ['erets] KJV-Interlinear
23 For a
complete destruction, one that is decreed, the Lord God of hosts will execute
in the midst of the whole land. NASB
When history is finally
brought to an end, which by these words is a reference to the end of the
dispensation of the Age of Israel.
Then the Lord of hosts,
which is Jesus Christ, the Son and second person of the trinity, the messiah
who is both man and God.
Then it is He, Christ,
who will bring about the destruction, consumption, which was decreed in
eternity past by God.
Even determined is a
phrase quoted by Paul in Rom. 9:27-28, wherein Paul states that Christ will finish
the work, which work is the finality of the divine plan for the end of Israel
as established by man, before God establishes the official restored nation of
Israel which will occur immediately after the Second Advent.
To cut it short, from
Rom., means to end it with great speed.
Upon the earth is a
reference to the end of the history of the dispensation, which is the Age of
Israel.
This then will be the end
of the rule of both Satan and man, and the beginning of the rule of God, upon
the earth.
And so, in accordance
with the prophecy of Isaiah, which is quoted by Paul, then Israel, meaning both
Samaria and Judah, will be destroyed by God, using the powers that exist at
that time.
Israel has turned against
God, both in Isaiah’s day and in Christ’s day, and again at the end of the age
in the final days of history.
In the former days, in
Isaiah’s day, spiritual dysfunction brought about their demise.
In Jesus day, spiritual
dysfunction brought about the rejection of the messiah but at the same time
provided the path for salvation.
In the Tribulation,
spiritual dysfunction will again see Israel trying to bring about the kingdom
of God on mans terms, in the form of the anti-christ, who will double cross the
Jews of that future day, causing the greatest revival of faith in Christ by the
Jewish people, but unfortunately their demise will simultaneously occur causing
the crushing destruction again of Israel, which will in turn lead to the
deliverance of those surviving Jews, by Christ at His Second Advent.
This is all a part of
Gods plan. The Father authored the plan,
Christ executes the plan, and man and Satan on their own bring the plan
together. Mans and Satan’s own plans
leading to their own destruction, while fulfilling Gods plan for good.
In the end, Jesus Christ
controls history and all things related to every person, in every generation,
in every circumstance. You can pursue
your own plans to your own demise, or you can grow up spiritually and
responsibly and let God drive your life.
