Friday, January 31, 2014

Galatians 5:11

Copyright Ó 2013 J. Neely
Galatians 5:11

11 And [de] I [ego], brethren [adelphos], if [ei] I [kerusso] yet [eti] preach [kerusso] circumcision [peritome], why [tis] do I [dioko] yet [eti] suffer persecution [dioko]? then [ara] is [katargeo] the offence [skandalon] of the cross [stauros] ceased [katargeo].  KJV-Interlinear

11 But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished.  NASB

When you read the opening lines of a study but do not read the rest of the study, you follow the same subtle hypocrisy that the Galatians practiced by saying one thing and doing another.  This is a form of pretended Christianity where your actions are shallow and do not follow the spirit of Gods mandated daily study requirements.

Thus, criticism comes from the same person against both sides of the same discussion.  Which means that the person is not really interested in the truth, but only in fighting truth in order to maintain his current and convenient beliefs.

God mandates, that we learn truth as taught by Him. 

But most folks want to learn truth, as they define truth, which usually follows whatever practices they have become accustomed to.  And that is a trap for failure in life.

Paul practiced circumcision during his life.  That was how he was raised.  Paul had Timothy circumcised as Timothy was a gentile and circumcision was a Jewish cultural practice taught by the Mosaic Law.

But Paul did not teach circumcision as the means of salvation.  Paul taught that faith was the means of salvation and was thus persecuted by traditional Levites who held that abiding by the Law was a mandated requirement of being saved.

But, here too, Paul was criticized for teaching circumcision.  And so he states here clearly, that no matter what he taught, the Judaizers would always oppose him, not because of his words or topic but because they simply opposed Paul regardless of his teachings, with total disregard to the context in which he happened to be teaching on a given topic.

Throughout this entire book of Galatians, the topic was circumcision, and the subject was faith vs. works, but there is an additional principle being taught here too, and that is of the subjectivity of the person to find criticism and argument and their resistance to changing themselves.

Some of Judaism taught that Jesus was not the Messiah.  Others of Judaism taught that Jesus was the Messiah, but you still had to obey the Mosaic Law.  Still others of Judaism were selective as to what parts of the Law must be obeyed and what parts were allowed to be ignored.

All people have their pet views, but God has but one view, which simply stated is, ‘Study to show thyself mature…’  And the word for study means to learn from instruction.

There is no such thing as a self-taught person.  We all have to learn from someone else.  And yet people generally have the idea that they do not need to be taught or to learn for that matter, being comfortable with whatever they have or know, seeing no need for anything further.

And that is the greatest mistake that anyone could ever make for their own life and future.

Paul states that if he had changed and began teaching as the Judiazers taught, then would that make truth go away?  Would that make faith non-essential?  Would that make them not criticize him?  And the answer is flatly, no.

Truth remains regardless of whether you agree with it or not, regardless of whether I told you to read or not read the entire study.

Gods mandates stand, and our habits and beliefs are the things that must change, not His.

To compromise or pacify the habits of people so as to not offend them, would be worse for them, than to teach correctly and let them be offended if they reject instruction.  But in the long run, truth always wins over those who will change, and condemns those who will not.

The only loser is you, if you do not see the difference.

And if the light bulb comes on inside your head, and you begin to see the error of your ways and begin to really, really, really want to learn as God intends for you to learn, then you become the winner that God wants for you.  But your desire has to be genuine and not just another form of pretense.


Daily Bible Study Links –Fri. 1-31-2014

Daily Bible Study Links –Fri. 1-31-2014
Today’s Daily Bible Study:  


Today’s Study

Friday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:11 –
When you read the opening lines of a study but do not read the rest of the study, you follow the same subtle hypocrisy that the Galatians practiced by saying one thing and doing another.  This is a form of pretended Christianity where  …    more of the Friday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-friday.html



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Blog and Feed Subscription Links:  http://www.neelyranch.com/contactus.html

Study rotation of the last seven days:

Sunday – Daily Bible Study – Psalm 29:3  –
Even though none of us have ever seen or heard God, He has given us many natural events in nature with which to understand Him and His glory and power.  Thunder, in a vast and violent storm, is described  …     more of the Sunday study -->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-sunday.html



Monday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 16:8  -  
Moab had great prosperity, but as described here, that prosperity was and will be, destroyed thoroughly and completely.  Remember that Heshbon means, the pride of Moab, which we studied back in Isa. 15:4, but now the fields of Heshbon are described as  …     more of the Monday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-monday.html



Tuesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 16:9  -  natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reign
natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reignhttp://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html
In that future day, the destruction of Moab will be so great, the sorrow so deep, that even God will  …    more of the Tuesday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html



Wednesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 16:10  – 
The gladness, ‘simchah,’ is a reference to the continual happiness that people have when  …    more of the Wednesday study --->...  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-wednesday.html



Thursday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:10  –  
Confidence, ‘pietho,’ means to convince by truthful argument by means of evidence or authority that is in agreement with that authority, thus promoting assurance and belief.  Such confidence comes from  …    more of the Thursday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-thursday.html



Friday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:11 –
When you read the opening lines of a study but do not read the rest of the study, you follow the same subtle hypocrisy that the Galatians practiced by saying one thing and doing another.  This is a form of pretended Christianity where  …    more of the Friday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-friday.html



Saturday – Daily Bible Study – Psalm 29:2  –  
Far too often, people insult God by pretending to follow him, but instead they criticize or complain or just simply go through the motions of acting holy, but never really commit themselves to anything expected of them. Talking a good talk, they may fool people, but  …    more of the Saturday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-saturday.html





Thursday, January 30, 2014

Galatians 5:10

Copyright Ó 2013 J. Neely
Galatians 5:10

10 I [ego] have confidence [peitho] in [eis] you [humas] through [en] the Lord [kurios], that [hoti] ye will be [phroneo] none [oudeis] otherwise [allos] minded [phroneo]: but [de] he that troubleth [tarasso] you [humas] shall bear [bastazo] his judgment [krima], whosoever [hostis] he be [an] [o].  KJV-Interlinear

10 I have confidence in you in the Lord, that you will adopt no other view; but the one who is disturbing you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.  NASB

Confidence, ‘pietho,’ means to convince by truthful argument by means of evidence or authority that is in agreement with that authority, thus promoting assurance and belief.  Such confidence comes from faith by means of doctrine, which is the only source that leads to confidence.

Through the Lord, who is Christ.  But Christ is the written word also, and that is how we gain Christ in us, by means of learning doctrine.

And that learning process transforms the mind, such that if you stick with a consistent and objective daily study, then you will have no other false systems of belief interfering with your Christian faith.

But what you have faith in, comes from what you believe.  And what you believe comes from what you know.  And what you know comes from what you learn.

Therefore, if your learning is restricted to the world, then your faith is limited by what is in the world.

However, if your learning includes bible doctrine learned in the correct way, namely while in fellowship, then your views of life and reality will be molded by truth and your discernment between truth and lies will be better and correctly oriented to the realities of life.

When false concepts come along you will be able to distinguish them for what they are, as all false concepts attack the fundamental principles of truth.

It is far better to know truth and to promote truth, because the promotion of lies and false concepts will gain only judgment.  Likewise, the perpetuation of false principles in life, whether passively or actively, will gain you only judgment.


Daily Bible Study Links –Thurs. 1-30-2014

Daily Bible Study Links –Thurs. 1-30-2014
Today’s Daily Bible Study:  


Today’s Study

Thursday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:10  –  
Confidence, ‘pietho,’ means to convince by truthful argument by means of evidence or authority that is in agreement with that authority, thus promoting assurance and belief.  Such confidence comes from  …    more of the Thursday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-thursday.html



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Blog and Feed Subscription Links:  http://www.neelyranch.com/contactus.html

Study rotation of the last seven days:

Sunday – Daily Bible Study – Psalm 29:3  –
Even though none of us have ever seen or heard God, He has given us many natural events in nature with which to understand Him and His glory and power.  Thunder, in a vast and violent storm, is described  …     more of the Sunday study -->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-sunday.html



Monday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 16:8  -  
Moab had great prosperity, but as described here, that prosperity was and will be, destroyed thoroughly and completely.  Remember that Heshbon means, the pride of Moab, which we studied back in Isa. 15:4, but now the fields of Heshbon are described as  …     more of the Monday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-monday.html



Tuesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 16:9  -  natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reign
natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reignhttp://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html
In that future day, the destruction of Moab will be so great, the sorrow so deep, that even God will  …    more of the Tuesday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html



Wednesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 16:10  – 
The gladness, ‘simchah,’ is a reference to the continual happiness that people have when  …    more of the Wednesday study --->...  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-wednesday.html



Thursday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:10  –  
Confidence, ‘pietho,’ means to convince by truthful argument by means of evidence or authority that is in agreement with that authority, thus promoting assurance and belief.  Such confidence comes from  …    more of the Thursday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-thursday.html



Friday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:9 –
Leaven is a reference to a substance, like yeast, that when applied to a larger quantity, will affect the entire quantity, like flour or dough, making the entire quantity rise.  Typically it is used to symbolize evil and the effect that evil has on  …    more of the Friday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-friday.html



Saturday – Daily Bible Study – Psalm 29:2  –  
Far too often, people insult God by pretending to follow him, but instead they criticize or complain or just simply go through the motions of acting holy, but never really commit themselves to anything expected of them. Talking a good talk, they may fool people, but  …    more of the Saturday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-saturday.html





Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Isaiah 16:10

Copyright Ó 2014 J. Neely
Isaiah 16:10ues

10 And gladness [simchah] is taken away ['acaph], and joy [giyl] out of the plentiful field [karmel]; and in the vineyards [kerem] there shall be no singing [ranan], neither shall there be shouting [ruwa`]: the treaders [darak] shall tread out [darak] no wine [yayin] in their presses [yeqeb]; I have made their vintage shouting [heydad] to cease [shabath].  KJV-Interlinear

10 And gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field; In the vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or jubilant shouting, No treader treads out wine in the presses, For I have made the shouting to cease.  NASB

The gladness, ‘simchah,’ is a reference to the continual happiness that people have when engaged with the things that they deem most important to them. 

And in this case, the vineyards and prosperity with which they had become accustomed to despite the horrible trouble that the world will be suffering from during the Tribulation. 

These are end times prophecies, and here we can see the priorities that people have even when in the midst of chaos.

We already know several things. 

First, that before the Rapture, there will be phenomenal economic prosperity where even the vines of Edom will be distributed and used across the oceans in foreign lands.

Second, we know that after the Rapture, and during the Tribulation, there will be a huge economic downturn caused by government regulations and policies, caused by famine, causes by storms and various events of nature.

Third, we know that people place their faith in an anti-christ, but more than that, they place their hopes and priorities in the things of this world, things that they have like property, production, profits, and all the things that people generally have when they are prosperous like clothes, toys, etc.

But those things will fade away and their happiness will fade as well as the objects of their happiness rapidly disappear.

The pride of Moab is in her arrogance, in her vineyards and its production, or the national economy from whatever sources that it was derived.  But as those things decline, so too will the happiness of the people, until there is no more happiness, but only sorrow, no more smiles or laughter, but only tears and anxiety.

And to top it all off, when the destruction of war does come, everything gets only worse, never to recover, not even the hope of a recovery.

No vineyards, no grapes.  No grapes, no treading of wine, no employment.  No employment, no wine, no livelihood, only poverty.

And if your have every lived in a situation where there is no money, no things, no happiness and only the pressures of life constantly hounding you, and even worse, then you might be able to understand the sorrows and grief that, that future generation of people, whomever they will be, will be experiencing.  And the even sadder thing is that their future will only get worse because they have rejected the only escape that they have available to them, namely Jesus Christ.


Daily Bible Study Links –Wed. 1-29-2014

Daily Bible Study Links –Wed. 1-29-2014
Today’s Daily Bible Study:  


Today’s Study

Wednesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 16:10  – 
The gladness, ‘simchah,’ is a reference to the continual happiness that people have when  …    more of the Wednesday study --->...  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-wednesday.html



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Daily Bible Study E-Books
(For your e-book reader or computer)

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Main Daily Bible Study web site:  http://www.DailyBibleStudy.Org  
Daily Bible Study Library:  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/library.html

Daily Bible Study News on Twitter:  http://twitter.com/jneelyranch 
How to prepare for your daily study:  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/how-to-prepare.html

Two Year Bible Reading Plan:  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/two_year 
Blog and Feed Subscription Links:  http://www.neelyranch.com/contactus.html

Study rotation of the last seven days:

Sunday – Daily Bible Study – Psalm 29:3  –
Even though none of us have ever seen or heard God, He has given us many natural events in nature with which to understand Him and His glory and power.  Thunder, in a vast and violent storm, is described  …     more of the Sunday study -->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-sunday.html



Monday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 16:8  -  
Moab had great prosperity, but as described here, that prosperity was and will be, destroyed thoroughly and completely.  Remember that Heshbon means, the pride of Moab, which we studied back in Isa. 15:4, but now the fields of Heshbon are described as  …     more of the Monday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-monday.html



Tuesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 16:9  -  natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reign
natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reignhttp://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html
In that future day, the destruction of Moab will be so great, the sorrow so deep, that even God will  …    more of the Tuesday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html



Wednesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 16:10  – 
The gladness, ‘simchah,’ is a reference to the continual happiness that people have when  …    more of the Wednesday study --->...  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-wednesday.html



Thursday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:8  –  
And now here is the bottom line.  The belief that you are commanded to obey the Mosaic Law in order to obtain salvation or to improve your spiritual life, did not come from God.  The bible in all of its content, never  …    more of the Thursday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-thursday.html



Friday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:9 –
Leaven is a reference to a substance, like yeast, that when applied to a larger quantity, will affect the entire quantity, like flour or dough, making the entire quantity rise.  Typically it is used to symbolize evil and the effect that evil has on  …    more of the Friday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-friday.html



Saturday – Daily Bible Study – Psalm 29:2  –  
Far too often, people insult God by pretending to follow him, but instead they criticize or complain or just simply go through the motions of acting holy, but never really commit themselves to anything expected of them. Talking a good talk, they may fool people, but  …    more of the Saturday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-saturday.html





Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Isaiah 16:9

Copyright Ó 2014 J. Neely
Isaiah 16:9ues

9 Therefore I will bewail [bakah] with the weeping [Bakiy] of Jazer [Ya`azeyr] the vine [gephen] of Sibmah [Sabam]: I will water [ravah] thee with my tears [dim`ah], O Heshbon [Cheshbown], and Elealeh ['El`ale']: for the shouting [heydad] for thy summer fruits [qayits] and for thy harvest [qatsiyr] is fallen [naphal].  KJV-Interlinear

9 Therefore I will weep bitterly for Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah; I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; For the shouting over your summer fruits and your harvest has fallen away.  NASB

In that future day, the destruction of Moab will be so great, the sorrow so deep, that even God will cry great tears, if it were possible for God to cry.

This is language of accommodation such that we can understand the vastness of the destruction and sorrow that will come upon Moab and the world, during and toward the end of the Tribulation.

God cannot cry or feel sorrow because He is perfect and perfectly contented with truth and life.  But the point here is, that of the tremendous pain and suffering that the world will experience in those final days of history.

This distinguishes those days from all other times in history since Adam.

History has seen many terrible events, but none will come anywhere near the terribleness of those future days of destruction.

This is intended help us begin to understand that the Tribulation will be terrible beyond imagination.  No one should want even his worst enemy to live in those days.

No one should want themselves to be living during the Tribulation.

Where there was once the celebration after a fabulous harvest, will be replaced with grieving beyond words, beyond expression, beyond imagination, even such terrible times that God Himself could be brought to tears, so to speak, if that were possible.

And as we are in our current dispensation, then everyone has the opportunity to believe in Christ and thus be assured that they will not be a part of the Tribulation.  For one day, a day of which we do not know the schedule, there will be a Rapture which will end our dispensation and begin the Tribulation.  Once the Rapture occurs, and if someone has not believed in Christ, then they have simply missed out on the opportunity to avoid the Tribulation.

They of course have the opportunity to believe and be saved, but they will face some terrible times during those next seven years, if they survive them at all.  For during those seven years of the Tribulation, over ninty-nine percent of the population of the entire world will die, and not pleasantly.  Very few will survive to the Second Advent and they that do survive will be believers in Christ only.  No unbelievers will survive, none.


Daily Bible Study Links –Tues. 1-28-2014

Daily Bible Study Links –Tues. 1-28-2014
Today’s Daily Bible Study:  


Today’s Study

Tuesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 16:9  -  natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reign
natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reignhttp://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html
In that future day, the destruction of Moab will be so great, the sorrow so deep, that even God will  …    more of the Tuesday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html



Free Mobile App:  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org


Daily Bible Study E-Books
(For your e-book reader or computer)

Important links:
Main Daily Bible Study web site:  http://www.DailyBibleStudy.Org  
Daily Bible Study Library:  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/library.html

Daily Bible Study News on Twitter:  http://twitter.com/jneelyranch 
How to prepare for your daily study:  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/how-to-prepare.html

Two Year Bible Reading Plan:  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/two_year 
Blog and Feed Subscription Links:  http://www.neelyranch.com/contactus.html

Study rotation of the last seven days:

Sunday – Daily Bible Study – Psalm 29:3  –
Even though none of us have ever seen or heard God, He has given us many natural events in nature with which to understand Him and His glory and power.  Thunder, in a vast and violent storm, is described  …     more of the Sunday study -->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-sunday.html



Monday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 16:8  -  
Moab had great prosperity, but as described here, that prosperity was and will be, destroyed thoroughly and completely.  Remember that Heshbon means, the pride of Moab, which we studied back in Isa. 15:4, but now the fields of Heshbon are described as  …     more of the Monday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-monday.html



Tuesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 16:9  -  natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reign
natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reignhttp://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html
In that future day, the destruction of Moab will be so great, the sorrow so deep, that even God will  …    more of the Tuesday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html



Wednesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 16:7  – 
Well the question previously posed, is answered.  When you play games with God, pretend spirituality, outright reject God and Gods mandates for how you are to function within your daily spiritual life, don’t even bother to find out what those mandates are, then there is  …    more of the Wednesday study --->...  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-wednesday.html



Thursday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:8  –  
And now here is the bottom line.  The belief that you are commanded to obey the Mosaic Law in order to obtain salvation or to improve your spiritual life, did not come from God.  The bible in all of its content, never  …    more of the Thursday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-thursday.html



Friday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:9 –
Leaven is a reference to a substance, like yeast, that when applied to a larger quantity, will affect the entire quantity, like flour or dough, making the entire quantity rise.  Typically it is used to symbolize evil and the effect that evil has on  …    more of the Friday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-friday.html



Saturday – Daily Bible Study – Psalm 29:2  –  
Far too often, people insult God by pretending to follow him, but instead they criticize or complain or just simply go through the motions of acting holy, but never really commit themselves to anything expected of them. Talking a good talk, they may fool people, but  …    more of the Saturday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-saturday.html





Monday, January 27, 2014

Isaiah 16:8

Copyright Ó 2013 J. Neely
Isaiah 16:8ues

8 For the fields [shademah] of Heshbon [Cheshbown] languish ['amal], and the vine [gephen] of Sibmah [Sabam]: the lords [ba`al] of the heathen [gowy] have broken down [halam] the principal plants [saruwq] thereof, they are come [naga`] even unto Jazer [Ya`azeyr], they wandered [ta`ah] through the wilderness [midbar]: her branches [shilluchah] are stretched out [natash], they are gone over [`abar] the sea [yam].  KJV-Interlinear

8 For the fields of Heshbon have withered, the vines of Sibmah as well; The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts; Its tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.  NASB

Moab had great prosperity, but as described here, that prosperity was and will be, destroyed thoroughly and completely.  Remember that Heshbon means, the pride of Moab, which we studied back in Isa. 15:4, but now the fields of Heshbon are described as lavish vines producing the best wines.

Having been planted and cultivated in and around Heshbon and Sibmah, a neighboring village, the vines had been used to plant vineyards throughout the region, even across the desert and across the ocean to foreign lands.

So, this indicates a wide spread and international commerce that was established and successful, or had been, for quite some time.  This success would not have occurred during the Tribulation, but would have been in place prior to the Rapture.

And when the Tribulation began, then the economic decline would have taken its toll. 

But much worse was still to occur.

We have already seen the destruction of the nation, which came with the invasion.  And here, that invasion and destruction will include the destruction of the economy, by virtue of the destruction of the agriculture foundation of that economy.  The vineyards not only symbolize a thriving economy, but also its decline when the vineyards are destroyed.

So, this verse describes the reach of the prosperity as it had been, and also the destruction of the economy.

Back in ancient times, when an invading army really wanted to subdue an enemy, they would destroy their fields and harvests and virtually everything.  Such that, when the invaders moved on, their enemy would not be able to rise up again.  Recovery is difficult if not impossible when your resources are gone.

And not only will the nation of Moab be destroyed, their resources likewise will fade into non-existence.

Gods judgment, using the hand of evil enemies, will bring a total destruction not only to Moab, but to the entire world.  Nothing of mans past will enter into the Kingdom of God.  No one will be able to claim credit for having anything that could be used as a re-start of the world, following the Second Advent.  Jesus Christ, alone will give the world its new beginning.