Isaiah 19:21
21 And the LORD [Yahovah] shall be
known [yada`] to Egypt [Mitsrayim], and the Egyptians [Mitsrayim] shall know [yada`] the LORD
[Yahovah] in that day [yowm], and shall do [`abad]
sacrifice [zebach] and oblation [minchah]; yea, they shall vow [nadar]
a vow [neder] unto the LORD [Yahovah], and perform [shalam] it. KJV-Interlinear
21 Thus the Lord will make
Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day. They
will even worship with sacrifice and offering, and will make a vow to the Lord
and perform it. NASB
The significance of Egypt,
in the signs and results of those signs will be a direct result of Gods
judgment in those final years of history.
It is unfortunate that
the judgments will have to be so severe before people make their decision to
believe in Christ. But the Tribulation
is a period of extremes, both in Gods judgments as well as in spiritual
defiance.
As the resistance toward
truth increases, so too, the severity of the judgments will increase, until
those who will repent and believe, do so, and those who will not will have had
faced the maximum possible pressure, short of death, in order to make the
permanency of their defiance obvious to all of creation.
And, in the midst of all
the chaos that will exist during those final seven years, and in the midst of the
one country that, for all of its history has carried the name that suggests and
defines sin and rejection of truth, there will arise a group of people that will
turn to Christ.
They who will finally
believe, will know, because to them, the obvious will finally be obvious.
Their sacrifices, here
refers to the plural and repetitive nature of their interest and study and
worship.
Their oblation, ‘minchah,’
refers to non-bloody offerings, their thanks and their prayers. For back in those distant past days of
sacrifices, these were a part of the incense offerings portraying the
genuineness of prayer and devotion to God and His plan through the Savior, who
is Christ.
To vow a vow, refers to
the genuineness and authenticity of their faith in Christ.
And to perform it,
indicates that they actually pursue what they believe. Not like many folks who
are all talk or pretense, and no authentic faith.
And they will do this during
the time of the greatest period of the worst disasters and worst trouble
imaginable, throughout the entire world.
How does that speak of
those who in our present day, or in similar times past, who have had much
easier lives, much more opportunity, far less ordeals in life, and yet have
ignored the one obligation to God and to themselves, and have simply ignored
their spiritual life.
It is said that great
wealth or prosperity or ease of life or complacency, can blind one to the
realities of life and mark the way of spiritual failure.
It is also said that
great adversity is often times necessary in order for our eyes to open and see
our weaknesses and our need for God. Most
live between those extremes. What will it take to kick start the motivation and
drive to advance in ones spiritual life?
