Isaiah

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isaiah 17:1 - 17:14 Pages 1-8.

   This Chapter 17 of Isaiah is going to reveal much concerning our time today and the one-world 'beast' system of Revelation 13 & 17. This Chapter is a Message to Syria and Ephraim. Remember that 'Ephraim' is the largest of the Ten Tribes of Israel which went captive to Assyria, and God's Word uses the titles Ephraim, Samaria, Joseph, and house of Israel interchangeably to describe the Ten Northern Kingdom Tribes of Israel. So this Message in this Chapter 17 is to the Western Christian Nations of today also, as they still have Ephraim as their head (see the Lost Tribes studies).
     We now continue this study in Isaiah, as we ask a Word of Wisdom from our Father in Christ Yeshu'a Messiah's Name, Amen.

Isa 17:1; The burden of Damascus. "Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

     This 'burden' to Syria, of which Damascus was its capital, is also where the Ten Tribes went in captivity to historically. Syria is north of Jerusalem, Moab is towards the east, and Palestina (Palestine) to the west. Chapter 19 of Isaiah will cover these same burdens to Egypt, which is to the south of Jerusalem. So God is working His way around to the nations surrounding Jerusalem, giving us His Message for each direction. This Message concerning the Assyrian is in the historic sense and for our future also, as we learned back in Isaiah 14:12 that Lucifer is 'the Assyrian' of the future false world kingdom upon earth.
     This 'burden' is for the 'house of Israel' also. That means the Western Christian Nations of today. If you'll remember back in 1Kings 12; 26 forward...

 

 I Kings 12:26: And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this People turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.”

28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.”

29 And he set the one in Beth-el, (means House of God in the Hebrew) and the other put he in Dan. (A place in Palestine Strong’s no 1835)

 

Jeroboam, the first king over the ten tribe 'house of Israel', setup the golden calf idols, turning the people away from God. This was a major cause of their captivity to Assyria and further scattering later. So this 'ruinous heap' is caused by false worship, by both Syria and Ephraim, for they teamed together, forming a pact against Judah, or the 'house of Judah' in Jerusalem .

 

1 Kings 15: Read All.

 

 Isaiah 7 with Rezin and Pekah joining against Judah Read All.

Isa 17:2   The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

     This Aroer means 'ruins' in the Hebrew (Strong's no. 6177). And that's what happened to the Ten Tribes, losing everything which God had blessed them with. Only a 'remnant' was kept in protection.

Isa 17:3   The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel," saith the LORD of hosts.