Isaiah 17:13
13 The nations [laom] shall rush [sha'ah] like the rushing [sha'own]
of many [rab] waters [mayim]: but God shall rebuke [ga`ar] them, and they shall flee [nuwc] far off
[merchaq], and shall be chased [radaph] as the chaff [mots] of the
mountains [har] before [paniym] the wind [ruwach], and like
a rolling thing [galgal] before [paniym] the whirlwind [cuwphah]. KJV-Interlinear
13 The nations rumble on like the
rumbling of many waters, But He will rebuke them and they will flee far away, And
be chased like chaff in the mountains before the wind, Or like whirling dust
before a gale. NASB
Sins of ignorance
because you refuse to learn, are just as bad as sins of choice. Isaiah wrote these words over 2700 years ago.
Other prophets as well as the apostles, wrote other scriptural prophecies over
2000 years ago, plus. All of which were
completed in written form for the entirety of our current dispensation.
Ours is the last
dispensation before these prophecies will be fulfilled. And we have had them in writing, for our
entire dispensation. The canon of
scripture was completed in 96 A.D. when John wrote the final book, the book of
Revelation.
Thus God has given fair
and adequate and prior notice of all that will take place. No one has any excuse for not knowing any of
these things, except for their own active decision to not learn them, or even
read of them. But even then, simple
hearsay makes these things known to everyone in one form or another, regardless
of their interest, or lack of it, in the bible, and regardless of the many
misinterpretations that come out of prophesy hearsay and gossip.
You would probably be
hard pressed to find anyone who has not heard of the last days prophecies. And even though they do not know the details
of the last days, they are still aware of those future events.
Our dispensation, which
we call the Church Age, is one of historical trends, whereby the world will be
populated and the gospel will reach the four corners of the world, and in our
final stages of our dispensation, we know that there will be many and dramatic
increases of things that will be very public and open for all to see.
The increases in world
population, in science, in travel, in earthquake frequency, and many more
things, and finally the huge increase in apostasy, call the great apostasy,
whereby people will simply not care or have any regard for biblical
things. And then our age will come to a
very dramatic and sudden close, called the Rapture, that will catch everyone
off guard.
And with that, the Tribulation,
which is the final seven years of human history, will begin, and things will
get worse and worse with each passing day.
And still people will not figure it out.
At the end of the Tribulation,
there will exist many peoples and nations that will rally to the cry of ‘destroy
the Jews,’ and in their great rage of excuses, and arrogance, they will rush
into the region with all of the military might of the nations, and pursue what
they believe is their right.
And here, Isaiah tells
us that all of their arrogance and military boasting will be nothing more than
dust and chaff that is exposed to the high wind speeds of hurricanes, typhoons,
tornadoes and such where wind speeds get up to 100, 200 or 300 and more, and
have their way with things that have virtually no substance.
And as dust has no
power against the high winds of a severe storm, so too, those armies, the
mightiest in all of human history, will be powerless and impotent, and lack any
and all self-control, totally helpless before the power of God.
And yet even though
this is revealed beforehand, people will still pursue their own
self-destruction.
But then, so too does
this principle apply to all people throughout history, when doctrine is
presented and likewise ignored.
