Isaiah 10:25
25 For yet a very [miz`ar] little while, [ma`at] and
the indignation [za`am] shall cease, [kalah] and mine anger ['aph] in
their destruction. [tabliyth] KJV-Interlinear
25 "For
in a very little while My indignation against you will be spent, and My anger
will be directed to their destruction." NASB
For their rejection of
God, Israel is going to be punished.
For their abuse of
authority and power, in addition to their rejection of God, Assyria is going to
be destroyed.
All of these events are
set in history in Isaiah’s day as an example of the events that will occur in
the final days of history.
In general, many of these
events did occur, but not to the extent nor to the ultimate finality that they
indicate, therefore the ultimate application of these prophecies are both to
that generation of Isaiah’s day as a warning of the ultimate repercussions of
their indifference toward God and truth, to later generations for the same
reasons, and finally to the last generation of the Age of Israel dispensation,
who will suffer the worst of the worst of the humiliations and sufferings in
all of human history.
Likewise, these warnings
are directed to all who might or will oppose Israel and Jews in general. Anti-Semitism is an evil. God alone reserves the right to discipline
and punish His people. No one else has
that right.
And even Satan who is the
ultimate anti-semitic, will be dealt with in due course, for his many attempts
to destroy all Jews.
The Jewish race is both
genetic and symbolic. Genetic as to the physical descendants of Abraham,
through Isaac and Jacob. And symbolic,
as to the chosen people of God, referring to all believers in Christ.
Satan wants nothing to do
with any of them.
But since these verses
were first written by Isaiah and others, God has made promises to preserve
Abrahams genetic descendants, through to the end of history and to rescue
them. Not only will He rescue them, but
many will turn from their indifferent ways and turn to Gods legitimate messiah
and redeemer, Jesus Christ. The same
Jesus who they rejected way back at the First Advent, crucifying Him on the
Cross.
Isaiah is painting the
picture of those future events that are going to take place.
You cannot wish them
away, pray them away, or wish them on someone else.
Just as there are those
who cry foul because of the occurrence of the Cross. That was Gods plan and that provided
salvation for us all. Satan tried to corrupt
the cross by making Jesus sin prior or during the cross events. Satan tried to prevent the cross from
occurring altogether. But Satan himself
failed to prevent Gods plan from proceeding according to Gods plan.
Satan will again try to
derail the Jewish people by setting up a false new Israel. Today he has the country, but not the Temple.
There happens to be a Muslim Mosque sitting on that site at the moment. Sooner or later it will come down. How and
when we do not know, but do not be surprised if or when it comes down, either
in an earthquake, by some rocket which strays off course, or by some other
method.
We can assume that the
Muslims will not simply give it to Israel, but who knows.
Also, since the new
temple will be dedicated at the mid-point of the Tribulation, which is
three-and-a-half years into the Tribulation, and since one might assume that the
construction of a new temple will take somewhat longer than that, then it
stands to reason that at some time during our dispensation the mosque that is
there will somehow come down. But again,
who knows. It could all happen rapidly immediately
after the Rapture.
And since we do not know
when the Rapture will occur, do not begin predicting dates, as many did when
Israel became a nation back in 1948. A
demolished mosque could sit in rubble for decades with everyone arguing over
the site.
Anyway that is all sort
of speculation as to what or when things may or may not happen.
The point here is that, Gods
indignation, or discipline against Israel, will be short lived. The term, a little while, means a short time,
and not something that will go on and on indefinitely.
Since Isaiah wrote these
words, many, many, many centuries have passed.
That cannot be interpreted as ‘a little while.’ Assyria took their turn, Babylon took their
turn, Persia took their turn, Greece took their turn, Rome took their term and finally
destroyed the temple and the nation as it stood as a nation.
The nation did not
resurface again until 1948. And, since
that time, nearly everything in this world has rocketed skyward at an
accelerated pace, just as Jesus said it would.
What remains is the ‘Great
Apostasy’ which is supposed to occur near the end of our dispensation, together
with whatever else needs to be in place before the Rapture will occur. And as to that, you can speculate until you
are blue. Those things could range from
the politics changes of the day, to larger population levels, to technology
needed for folks to survive in the woods during the Tribulation, folks who
would otherwise be clueless as to how to survive out in the wilderness, to the
middle east running out of oil perhaps, to anything else you can think of that would
be necessary before the Tribulation begins.
But in any case, when the
Tribulation does occur, there will be only seven years remaining in human
history, prior to the Kingdom of God being established. At the mid-point is when things get really
ugly leaving only three-and-a-half years for that period to end, and that
certainly can be considered ‘a little while.’
Once Israel has been
sufficiently punished and virtually destroyed, then God will turn His attention
to those aggressors against Israel, and then execute their final destruction.
That destruction will be thorough, total, and final.
God has a plan. Gods plan extends throughout all of history
and was put into place in eternity past.
Gods plan includes all of the details of every person, place, and thing
throughout all of history. His plan
includes you in every aspect of your life.
Despite Satan's attempts to
disrupt Gods plan over the span of many thousands or millions of years, Satan will
fail.
Despite your attempts to define
your own personal plan in difference to that which God has in mind for you, you
will ultimately fail as well.
God can manage a universe
and beyond. You cannot manage your own
life for even a minute without some semblance of Gods grace. Where then should you place your trust and
priorities?
