Isaiah 21:15
15 For they fled [nadad] from [paniym] the swords [chereb], from [paniym] the drawn [natash] sword [chereb], and from [paniym] the bent [darak] bow [qesheth], and from [paniym] the
grievousness [kobed] of war [milchamah]. KJV-Interlinear
15 For they have fled from the swords, From
the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, And from the press of battle. NASB
The Dedanites
were descendants of Ham through Cush, and also of Keturah wife of Abraham,
after Sarah’s death. They are Arabic in
nature, and here they are on the run from their own kind.
The Tribulation will
see the awful assault on the Jews, but no one is really safe from the hatred of
Satan’s anti-christ.
As the battle or
aggression, spreads throughout the Middle East, the civilian population will be
on the run, sending refugees in all directions, even into the inhospitable
desert of Arabia.
Remember from our
study in Revelation, fresh water throughout the entire world will be in very
short supply, and the desert will offer no relief, even a worse situation than
one would have in a more civilized environment.
But these
people, Arabic in nature, will be in a desperate way, making even the desert
seem safe.
It will not be
safe.
Again a
reminder, as the following of this Bible study seems to be increasing by many
hundreds every day, from what appears on the membership on the Facebook page
alone, this study of Isaiah is a study of the prophecies for the end times. Some
events have and did occur back in Isaiah’s day, but only as moderate examples
of the much harsher events that will occur in the final days of history.
Isaiah is a very
large book, dedicated to the subject of condemnation and salvation. The world has had these prophecies for a very
long time, but still refuses to learn, even refusing to take the time to read,
let alone study.
And so, the end
will come because humanity, even knowing what is coming, brings it on itself through
indifference toward truth. We of course
know the ‘what’ is coming. We just do
not know the when.
When the Rapture
occurs, then all of these unfulfilled prophecies will begin to come to pass. The
only difference between now and then, is that it is generally believers who
read and know, now, of their existence, while unbelievers who will be left
behind after the Rapture, will have to learn of them, while living under the
most horrible conditions in all of history.
That is, if they learn of them at all.
