Isaiah
29:2
2 Yet I will distress [tsuwq] Ariel ['Ari'el], and there
shall be heaviness [ta'aniyah] and sorrow ['aniyah]: and it shall be unto me as Ariel ['Ari'el]. KJV-Interlinear
2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and
there shall be moaning and lamentation, and she shall be to me like an Ariel. ESV
All who play games with their spiritual life, all who
refuse to hear Gods commands and refuse to learn doctrine, all who have the presumptuousness
that their own wisdom is better than what they can learn, then there is
distress waiting just around the chronological corner for them. If the warnings are not enough to frighten
you into a daily study, a fear that you will have control over, then one day
you will be more than frightened and it will be beyond your control.
And here we have the warning against Jerusalem from
Isaiah’s day, against Jerusalem in the final days of the Tribulation, and
against you or anyone throughout history, who follows this same example of
spiritual indifference, neglect, and dysfunction.
Again, the word Ariel refers to the alter, upon which
the sacrifices were finally burned.
Just a quick review of the animal sacrifices. The animal was led to the alter, tied to it,
its throat was cut so it bled to death.
Then it was cut up into pieces. Each piece was examined to make sure
that the animal was unblemished and without defect of any kind, both on the
outside and the inside.
These things represented the qualification of Jesus as
the unblemished perfect sacrificial candidate.
Then the animal parts were burned, representing the
judgment of God against the sins of the world.
The smoke rose heavenward and represent the pleasing and acceptable work
that was the sacrifice and its purpose.
Later the priests would eat some of the burned parts representing their
acknowledgment of Gods work and their belief in it.
Now, there is a lot more to that, but you get the idea.
The alter, was a place of violence, extreme violence,
where the animal was helpless, killed and butchered, and burned.
And so, it comes to people who disregard God, Christ,
doctrine, truth, and their responsibilities in their spiritual life. And especially people who put forward a false
show for the public ears or eyes, but their inner beliefs are far from their
actions. They talk a lot, and do less
than nothing.
And so their lives become the alter upon which God
will direct His wrath against them.
First, Israel has rejected Christ. Israel has rejected Gods plan. Israel has installed their own ideas as to
what God has or had in mind. They go
through the rituals, or through the motions, but learn nothing, because they
are not interested in Gods truth. They are only interested in their public
image in society.
And so judgment day arrives, sooner or later, in each individual’s
life. And if this is you, then the fears of this happening to you, should be
enough to make you concerned, and then lead you to make changes in your
life. Namely getting into a daily study,
so you can learn and eventually see straight in life.
But in the final days of history, this will occur on a
larger scale. Jerusalem will be surrounded and the city will become one great
alter. Namely there will be so much terror,
death and destruction, that all of the atrocities of history will be like
childs play.
And this is not just a possibility, but it clearly
states, ‘it shall be.’
People will be indifferent, will ignore all of the warning
signs, will not take any of this seriously, will continue in life in their
daily habitual patterns of life, and then it will all come crashing down around
them. And like the sacrificial animal,
they will be helpless, hopeless and without any control over what happens to
them.
This is something that you should not want happening
to you. And, you can avoid it, by simply
getting with a daily study and listening, paying attention, and learning.
