Isaiah 10:28
28 He is come [bow'] to Aiath, [`Ay] he is passed [`abar] to
Migron; [Migrown] at Michmash [Mikmac ] he hath laid up [paqad] his
carriages: [kaliy] KJV-Interlinear
28 He has come
against Aiath, He has passed through Migron; At Michmash he deposited his
baggage. NASB
The invasion advances
according to this prophecy, through Aiath, Migron, and Michmash.
Michmash is about nine
miles north and slightly east of Jerusalem.
Migron is a little more to the north and slightly east of Michmash by
just a couple of miles. And, Aiath is a
little further north and a bit east again from Migron. All three of these cities are within just a
few miles of each other.
If you drew a line
southwest of Shiloh to Jerusalem, then these cities would fall parallel along
that line but slightly to the east as the armies advance southwestward toward
Jerusalem, eventually stopping at Nob (see verse 32).
Nob is almost directly
east of Jerusalem, perhaps slightly to the north.
Note something here if you
happen to have a bible map of that area with references to the conquest of
Canaan by Joshua. You might have to look
at several maps in order to get the general locations of these cities. Some of the cities have long since been lost
to history, but archeology places their approximate locations with some degree
of certainty.
When Christ returns at
the Second Advent, then when His foot touches the ground on the Mt of Olives,
then there will be a huge earthquake that will split the land moving it to the
north and to the south making a giant valley from the Mediterranean to the Dead
Sea. The army of that northern invasion
force will be sitting right on top of that earthquake or a bit north of it.
You recall the study of
verse 26 just the other day, as God will do to them as He did to the Egyptians
with Moses’ rod. The waters will cover
them over from that huge valley which will connect the Dead Sea to the Med.
Now we have some
important information being revealed here.
We have the advance path
of the army. They will set up their
equipment and supplies are Michmash.
That is what the carriages refer to.
These are the logistical supply carts that carry the food and amo and
supplies for the army.
When these days occur in
the future in the Tribulation, there will be those in Jerusalem who will be
defending the city against huge odds. They will be studying or at least made
aware of this information. That will give them an advantage and some advanced
preparation opportunities for making their defense as well as harassing the
enemy forces.
Many commentaries
attribute these verses to the advance of the Assyrians into Judah, however,
that past history was completed without the destruction of the Assyrians. In the final days of history, the northern
army will be stopped and ultimately destroyed.
Now understand one more
thing. There are other references to the northern
army commanders as they move against Jerusalem.
In other passages (Gog, Magog) are described a much larger battle field
that covers the entire Middle East, wherein the armies of the south push
northward and then are double crossed by the armies of the north who sweep down
through Israel into Africa. This is
followed by counter-attacks by the armies of the east and the west.
But the initial invasion will
see most of the cities and region passed by as the northern army will seek to
control the entire region, and then will be followed by other units that will begin
taking control of the territory city by city.
Jerusalem is of course
the ultimate objective. For those
studies you have to review Ezekiel and Zachariah as well as Revelation.
But for the moment, we
have a specific advance of the northern army, the leadership command unit,
moving along a line, advancing to the southwest through specific cities and
setting up their main logistical supply site.
And when we get to verse
32, he will shake his fist at Jerusalem.
Do you know why?
