short of the Glory of God (Rom.3:23). Thank GOD we have His Son Jesus Christ Who died on the cross for those who believe, so that we might have forgiveness, and be counted as perfect before The LORD, if... we stay on Him.
     Satan's last "refuge" (place of hiding), is through lies that overflow like flood waters do over a river bank. This "hail" raining down from the heavens will occur when our LORD and His Heaven are revealed upon earth (Zech.14; Rev.11; 1 Cor.15:52). Our LORD used great hailstones of judgment before, and He will do it again in our future with hailstones weighing as much as a talent (Exodus 9:18 and Joshua 10:11 was past history; Ezekiel 38:22, Rev. 11:19, and Rev.16:21 are still yet future. A 'talent' was the largest of Hebrew weights, around 70 to 100 pounds). That hailstone event is coupled with the time of the "last trump" of 1 Corinthians 15:52. If you'll recall from study there, that's when 'all' still alive in the flesh at Christ's coming are changed into the spiritual, with the Heavenly revealed (see the Asleep in Christ studies).

Isa 28:18     And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

     That "covenant with death" historically was with Ephraim and Syria making a pact with idols and turning upon Judah at Jerusalem. God removed the ten tribes by the Assyrian's hand for that old worship of idols. Then the "house of Judah" at Jerusalem would later make a similar pact with death by falling into false worship also, and thus be led into captivity to Babylon. We just read a warning in verses 14 and 15 that Jerusalem is involved in this rebuke also, making a 'covenant with death'. For the latter days, this "covenant with death" is of the same type working of plunging into false worship. Many will make that false covenant with death by a pseudo messiah being setup.

 

 Matt.24:13-27;

 

Matt.24:                 Read All.

 

 Mark 13:19-23.

 

 They will think our Lord Christ has returned at that false working; even those who are wrongly taught that the "abomination of desolation" already happened in 70 A.D. Jerusalem.

The Christians who were in Jerusalem at the time recognized the assault upon the city by Cestius Gallus in 70 A.D. as the fulfilment of the words of our Lord, "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand): Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains:

     Our Lord gave examples of His People, who fall away being like a spiritual harlot in that false worship, making a 'covenant with death,'

 

Isa.1:21, How is the faithful city become an harlot! It was full of judgement; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

 

Jeremiah 3: Read All.

Ezekiel 23:  Read All.

 

 The harlot analogy includes a false spiritual marriage with the "another Jesus"(Satan)

 

 2 Cor.11, Read All:

 

 Rev.18 Read All: