Isaiah
23:9
9 The LORD [Yahovah] of hosts [tsaba'] hath purposed [ya`ats] it,
to stain [chalal] the pride [ga'own] of all glory [tsabiy], and
to bring into contempt [qalal] all the
honourable [kabad] of the earth ['erets]. KJV-Interlinear
9 The Lord of hosts has purposed it, to
defile the pompous pride of all glory, to dishonor all the honored of the
earth. ESV
Tyre is representative
of the economies of the world, throughout all of human history. Make sure that you understand that. This is a prophecy of the final days of
history. This is not a rendition of the
history of an actual city at some past but certain time in history, and
certainly not a record of some person or group of people that did great things
in business.
This is s record
of the phenomenal history of Gods provision, throughout history, despite all of
the opposition toward God, from nearly everyone in history, and then mans delusional
ideas and subsequent self-destruction due to the rejection of Gods plan.
And God herein
states that it is His purpose to demonstrate the difference between His design and
provision, as opposed to mans plans.
Gods design
works. Mans delusional ideas do not
work.
Look around at
literally every country on this planet.
Countries that are ruled by religion and socialism are riddled with
problems, some are still living in the stone age, so to speak.
Countries, of
which there are very few, who have a history of Christianity and free
enterprise, which is a fundamental principle of Christianity, are far advanced,
innovative, prosperous and certainly more blessed that all of the others
combined. And yet, even in the so called
Christian countries there is a movement to rid themselves of the successful Christian
fundamentals and turn to the failed systems of the other countries. Go figure!
And so the wise
of this world, who are not really wise, are going to be shown as the fools of
fools.
And you should not
want to be counted or included among them.
Whether it is
radio waves in the air or raw materials in the ground, man did not invent them,
but only discovered them, which God had already invented and made provision for,
and then put them to use in the many products that we have today.
Man did not invent
economies, but only discovered what God had designed in eternity past. Unfortunately man tries to improve on the
best plan and then it becomes worse.
How smart can
one be, to make something perfect into something that is imperfect, to take
Gods design and plan and throw it out and replace it with something that is
never going to work.
This principle
applies on the world scale as well as on the personal level for what you think
and do in your life.
And as we have
already seen, it will all come to a screeching halt in the final days of
history, whenever that is, but it also applies today in your own personal life,
of which so many people simply mess up with their own versions of rejecting
Gods design.
