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Isa 10:26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as His rod was upon the sea, so shall He lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
See Judges 7: 7:1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon... 7...three hundred men that lapped: 18 “The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.” 23 Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh, pursued after the Midianites. 24 ...Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan.
The meaning here and for us, is spiritual, and refers to when God will pour out the 'cup of His wrath' during this same 'consuming fire' event, at the return of our Lord and Saviour. The Seventh Vial will be 'poured' out with the symbolic Armageddon.
Isa 10:27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
Isa 10:28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: Isa 10:29 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. Drum roll please! This is like a 'countdown' with dramatic effect, letting us know the coming in of the Assyrian. Geba is Jeba near Michmash, moving further south towards Jerusalem. Ramah is now 'er Ram' and is five miles north of Jerusalem; Gibeah is today's Tell el Ful and is two and a half miles north of Jerusalem. Then we get all the way down to 'Anathoth' which is one mile from Jerusalem, and a priest's town where Jeremiah was born (Strong's no.6068;BDB). "Watch out! Here he (Satan) comes!" It's like our Father is using the 'Jaws' theme with this example of the Assyrian coming. "Sound the alarm in Israel! The Assyrian's coming, the Assyrian's coming!” so goes Paul 'Israel' Reverie's midnight ride warning through Jerusalem, what? Hey, God's Word is never boring. All those who only read mystery novels and fantasy fiction just don't...know...what...they're missing! |