Isaiah 10:24
24 Therefore thus saith ['amar] the Lord ['Adonay] GOD [Yahovih] of hosts, [tsaba'] O my
people [`am] that dwellest [yashab] in Zion, [Tsiyown] be not
afraid [yare'] of the Assyrian: ['Ashshuwr] he shall smite [nakah] thee
with a rod, [shebet] and shall lift up [nasa'] his staff [matteh] against
thee, after the manner [derek] of Egypt. [Mitsrayim] KJV-Interlinear
24 Therefore
thus says the Lord God of hosts, "O My people who dwell in Zion, do not
fear the Assyrian who strikes you with the rod and lifts up his staff against
you, the way Egypt did. NASB
The Lord God of hosts is
a title of the second person of the trinity, Jesus Christ. He is the one who commands and executes the will
of God.
The Father is known as
the author of the divine plan, but Christ is the one who gets it done.
The phrase, people who
dwell in Zion, has two meanings.
Zion is a mountain or hill
located inside of the city of Jerusalem. It is often referred to as the
dwelling place of God.
God being truth, makes
this dwelling place the dwelling place of truth or doctrine.
Jerusalem is known as the
city of peace. This is symbolically the spiritual
dwelling place of mature believers. That
is to say, doctrine is resident in them creating a dwelling place of peace. Just as Zion resides within the city of
Jerusalem.
Not all Jews can live on
the hill, so the symbolism of Zion is applied here as spiritually mature
believers, whether Jew or Gentile, will be living virtually anywhere and
everywhere within the country or even around the world.
Since doctrine is the
source of inner peace, then only the mature believer, who obviously possesses
doctrine in their soul, can possess this inner peace.
Now, God warns and in the
form of advice, that these things are designed to be and will occur. There is no way around them.
Israel will exist, Israel
will turn negative, Israel will be pounded by Assyria in Isaiah’s time, and
certainly in the end days of history, and therefore, knowing this will bring
concern, but not to worry.
Who can relax in the midst
of trouble? The spiritually mature
believer.
After the manner of
Egypt, is a reference to the oppression that Egypt caused against the
Israelites when they were enslaved for over four-hundred years. And especially in those last months, the oppression
was at its greatest.
But too, God delivered the
Israelites at the Passover, as they were led out of Egypt.
So the point here is that
in the end days, there is going to be a destruction of Israel as there has
never been before in history. However,
there will also be mature believers living within that destruction region, and
it is they, who will be able to remain calm in the midst of all of this
disaster which is going to come about.
Praying for it to not
happen, will not prevent it. It is
decreed and it will occur.
The best preparation for
the believer in this future time of history, or any time of history for that
matter, is to study and grow up within ones spiritual life, and then be
prepared in the spiritual sense. Because
when life overwhelms you, just as the Egyptians placed the Israelites in deep oppression,
for which the Israelites had no defense, no options, no way out, then there is
only one place to turn, and that is to God.
Learn doctrine, learn Bible
promises, learn and memorize verses, stabilize yourself with a vast volume of scriptural
knowledge and therefore growth obtained through your daily studies, and then
wait. Options and answers will come to
you through your common sense, through your logic, through your patience, and so
forth.
The key to everyone s
life is the study of doctrine. Doctrine prepares
you for the worse and for the best.
The key to ones certain failure
is to ignore the daily study of doctrine.
No doctrine, no discernment, no preparation, no success.
