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Psalm 18:45
45 The strangers [ben] [nekar] shall fade away, [nabel] and be afraid [charag] out
of their close places. [micgereth] KJV-Interlinear
45
Foreigners fade away, And come trembling out of their fortresses. NASB
Just a quick note. You really need to read the Revelation study,
because there are many passages in the Old Testament and especially in our
current study of Isaiah and the Psalms, that relate to the mental state of people
who will live in that future time.
And even though many of
these passages occur in similar format during Davids time and that of the
prophets, we need to know that most of the Old Testament describes the realities
that society will deteriorate to, in that last generation of history.
History gives us many
examples of how people act and the many repercussions of their thoughts and
actions, and yet nobody seems to learn from history, from their own life, or at
least society in general does not learn.
That is why people have had to move from region to region, from continent
to continent and so forth, in order to escape persecution and problems etc.
If life was simple and
fair, then movements would not have had to occur, but the sin nature of
humanity brings all sorts of baggage into the lives of everyone, and that
baggage is filled with corruption and bias, and problems galore.
So, once you have read
the Revelation study, then you will begin to understand not only that book, but
the many passages that point toward that last generation, wherein most of the prophesies
of the final days, will occur.
And here we have yet
another passage describing the attitudes and reactions of people in the face of
their judgment.
When David attacked an
enemy, his reputation preceded him. As
he pursued them on the battlefield and as they ran from the battlefield, fear
and terror overtook them because they knew their fate was going to be death.
And so, in the last days,
when Gods judgments come upon the world, the nations will fade, as stated in
this verse.
Fade, ‘nabel,’ here means
to wilt, wither, fall away, as you would speak of a flower that withers and
dies and is no more. So too, the nations
will disintegrate and wither one by one over the period of the Tribulation and
they will fade and then end.
And during that process
the people of the world will turn to their fortresses, as called ‘close places’
here, which are places or beliefs or things that people go to when they are
running and trying to hide, or trying to find protection for themselves.
But no place, and nothing
will be their safety. They will have no
safety, and thus fear and terror will overtake them. And as you recall from Revelation people will
call on anything and everything to fall on them to destroy them so that the
torments that they are undergoing, will come to an end.
We already know that most
normal people will turn to God for relief when life becomes too burdensome, but
those folks will not turn to God, but will turn to death, in order to end the
torment.
And we also know that
death, for unbelievers, is not the end of their torment, but the beginning of
an eternal set of torments that will only be far worse.
That last generation,
will be anti-God to the maximum and they will be stubborn in their rejection of
God, to the maximum. And that is the
biggest single reason that they will suffer so great a suffering.
In fact, everyone and
anyone in life, brings their problems on themselves, because they are either
indifferent, stubborn, or are outright resentful of God, Gods mandates, Gods
imposed responsibilities and obligations, and they simply hate that being
placed on their life.
And what they want is for
the wrong things in life to be their truth, and the right things to be their lies.
Negative volition toward
God and doctrine, brings the difficulties of life, into your life, and stubborn
attitudes, bring only sorrow. If you do
not wake up to this, your life will be miserable, and only you are to blame.
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