Isaiah 14:21
21 Prepare [kuwn] slaughter [matbeach] for his children [ben] for
the iniquity [`avon] of their fathers ['ab]; that they do not [bal]
rise [quwm], nor possess [yarash] the land ['erets], nor fill
[male'] the face [paniym] of the world [tebel] with cities
[`ar] [`iyr]. KJV-Interlinear
21 "Prepare for his sons a
place of slaughter Because of the iniquity of their fathers. They must not
arise and take possession of the earth And fill the face of the world with
cities." NASB
The word for children, ‘ben,’
refers to sons, which obviously is the male child of its parents, but
historically male children are the pride the family representing the continuation
of the line, the heir of the business.
Our subject is Satan.
Our timeframe is the end of the Tribulation, which is the last seven years of
human rule in human history. The Tribulation begins when the Rapture terminates
our current dispensation. And the Tribulation ends approximately seven years
later with the second advent of Christ.
The Tribulation will be
the worst period of evil and destruction in all of human history.
Satan of course has no
physical children. But here the word for children, is a reference to the
results of his production, which is evil, which too, is his pride and joyful
achievement. That evil has been responsible for all the atrocities, problems,
burdens, difficulties, handicaps, biases, everything bad that has ever occurred
in history.
The word for fathers,
can refer to a parent of course, but here it is a representation of the
principal patterns of evil that have been followed from generation to
generation throughout history.
Satan authored evil,
and because of that influence, people have been affected by and have subscribed
to, that evil.
Satan has never even
considered anything other than evil, just as a proud parent looks to the son
regardless of the sons qualities.
When the second advent
occurs, Satan will be clapped in chains and hauled off to the abyss. With Satan
out of the picture, his influence likewise will no longer exist for the world.
Christ and truth will
rule, but man will still have free will. But even so, without Satan’s influence
the implements of war will cease to exist or even to be made, and the
environment will instantaneously get better. And, for the one thousand year
rule of Christ on this planet, war and conflict, even religion, will cease to
exist.
The evil of Satan will
cease to exist when he is incarcerated, and therefore his influence throughout
the many generations that will occur during the millennium, likewise will cease
to exist.
