Isaiah 13:13
13 Therefore I will shake [ragaz] the heavens [shamayim], and
the earth ['erets] shall remove [ra`ash] out of her place [maqowm],
in the wrath [`ebrah] of the LORD [Yahovah] of hosts [tsaba'], and in
the day [yowm] of his fierce [charown] anger ['aph]. KJV-Interlinear
13 Therefore I shall make the
heavens tremble, And the earth will be shaken from its place At the fury of the
Lord of hosts In the day of His burning anger. NASB
Language of biblical
destruction on an enormous scale.
Throughout history,
there have been numerous disasters with volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, storms
of all sorts, disease that has ravaged entire continents, wars that have resulted
in phenomenal atrocities and so forth.
And in every one of
these cases, the damage and destruction, even though severe, was eventually
repaired and people recovered to continue their existence in history.
But we are in a passage
that describes the end of the world and from that end, there will be no
recovery as far as human effort is concerned.
The end of human rule marks
the end of satanic influence and rule, and the beginning of Gods rule on this
earth. That change will last for
one-thousand years which will prove beyond any doubt that Gods rule will be and
is far superior to the rule of anyone or anything else.
But before all of this
can happen, God will clean house, so to speak.
And here we have
language of enormous destruction and change.
The heavens, plural, ‘shamayim,’
is a reference to the general sky, and can refer to the celestial bodies beyond
our planet such as the moon, the sun, the stars and such, but here there is an
emphasis on what people can see in their immediate presence. In the daylight, which will occur immediately
before and after the total blackout of all light, which we have already
studied, then the night sky simply cannot be seen. What people will see will be the sky and the
land around them.
Not to say that some
changes might occur in the outer space regions beyond, but those changes will
not be apparent to people that are under judgment, severe judgment.
We know from our study
in Revelation that the continents, the islands, the mountains, even the hills will
all come crashing down and/or lost from view. This is a massive earthquake, volcano,
and whatever else event that will occur in those final days and hours and even
at the second advent when Chirst’s foot actually touches down on the ground.
People will still be
alive, will still have their opportunity to repent (quickly) and believe in the
Lord, but most if not all, will refuse, even in the face of all of this phenomenal
devastation, which will transform the total appearance of the planet, rendering
it totally different than what we are all used to knowing and seeing.
Jerusalem will be
elevated, and all regions around about will be lower plains.
We know that people will
be able to walk to Jerusalem from wherever they are, so the planet’s appearance
and form will change. Dramatic is a word
that comes nowhere near describing this event.
