Isaiah 19:2
2 And I will set [cakak] the Egyptians [Mitsrayim]
against the Egyptians [Mitsrayim]: and they
shall fight [lacham] every one ['iysh] against his brother ['ach],
and every one ['iysh] against his neighbour [rea`]; city [`iyr] against city [`iyr], and kingdom [mamlakah]
against kingdom [mamlakah]. KJV-Interlinear
2 "So I will incite
Egyptians against Egyptians; And they will each fight against his brother, and
each against his neighbor, City against city, and kingdom against kingdom NASB
God controls history in
three ways. The third method is in view
here, which is His will of permission, in which case, God allows humanity to
make choices and then live by those choices.
The first two methods
of God controlling history are His direct will, in which He does things
directly, like creation, for example.
The second method is through the knowledge of truth, or an indirect way,
wherein man by decisions based on truth, makes decisions that are in accordance
with Gods will.
But here, the nation of
Egypt, in those final days of history, will be full of people that will be
consumed with evil in all forms, and God will allow their rising up against one
another, thus destroying themselves by their own hands.
This is a huge civil
war of sorts, but not simply one group rebelling against another, or one part
of the country rebelling against another part of the country. This is total chaos, where nearly everyone is
rising up against everyone else.
Something that would be a good plot line for a good horror or sci-fi movie.
But of course this is a
prophecy and it is a very real event that will occur in the future.
We have to also remember
that, that future time, the time of the Tribulation, will be a very difficult
time when the entire world will be engulfed in all types of struggles, and will
have been deep in troubles for all seven years of the Tribulation.
By the end, and even
long before the end of that time, people will have been in so much misery and
pressure that psychotic behavior should not be unexpected, even on a huge
national scale where nearly everyone has gone insane and on a rampage.
No one will be
safe. No one can be trusted. No one, not even family amongst themselves.
