Isaiah 15:8
8 For the cry [za`aq] is gone
round about [naqaph] the borders [gabuwl] of Moab [Mow'ab]; the
howling [yalalah] thereof unto Eglaim ['Eglayim], and the howling [yalalah]
thereof unto Beerelim [Ba'er 'Eliym]. KJV-Interlinear
8 For the cry of distress has
gone around the territory of Moab, Its wail goes as far as Eglaim and its
wailing even to Beer-elim. NASB
Eglaim, is located on
the eastern border of Moab, and Beer-elim also known as the, well of the
princes, is located on the border of Moab.
In short, the whole
land of Moab will be affected by the onslaught, and there will not be any
preference even to those of title.
Thus far we have
studied the prophecy against Babylon which is symbolic of the source and plan
of Satan. It will be destroyed. And now
we have the prophecy against Moab, located on the eastern border as a presumptuous
innocent bystander and onlooker, and yet it is as guilty as Satan for all of
its evil, even to standing by while it watches evil being applied against
Israel and Judah and all of truth in general.
Moab will not
escape. And those, even those who
pretend to be non-participants, will not escape the destructive wrath of God,
when those final days of history occur.
They will do what most
people do in life. They will refuse to even read the scriptures, refuse to even
read any study of the scriptures, will refuse genuine interest, and yet will
pretend piety, while engaging in their own form of superficial justification,
turning a blind eye away from the evils that will occur around them, but still
wanting to benefit from the results of those evils.
The result? One day, God in His infinite wisdom, will bring
history to a close. This will not occur
today or tomorrow, but the number of generations remaining are certainly
dwindling fast as the world in its entirety is moving rapidly toward the
liberal and social views wherein the very few, are going to make the decisions
for the very many, and disaster after disaster will result for the masses.
One day those masses will
be ready to turn, not to God, but to a single and dynamic person to lead them
out of their sufferings. And when that mindset
arrives, that mindset having been described as the great apostasy, and having
resulted in a historical gap wherein people are simply no longer interested in
Christ or doctrine, then God will pull the plug, and history will change gears
with the Rapture, into the Tribulation, wherein all of these prophecies will
begin to be fulfilled.
