Isa 3:26   And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

     The idea of verse 25 continues. Satan is the ‘abomination of desolation’ that Daniel and Jesus Christ referred to. This word ‘desolate’ refers to that idea. When Satan sets himself up as God in the Temple of God (that Temple is in Jerusalem, so be watching; it’s going to be rebuilt in the last generation), ‘proclaiming’ himself to be God .

 

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 This is the ‘abomination that maketh desolate’ that Daniel spoke of.

 

 Daniel 11:31: And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolation.

 

Daniel 12:11: And from the time that the daily sacrifice be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolation be set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

 

Christ would refer to this ‘abomination of desolation’ with the added words, ‘standing where it ought not.’ (I.e., Satan in the temple.)

 

Mark 13:14: But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,)  then let them that be in Judea flee to the mountains:

 

This verse 26 of Isaiah marks that condition in Jerusalem (‘she’ in this verse refers to Jerusalem), and the state of God’s apostate children that have turned away from Him, and of course, this part about antichrist as the ‘desolation’ has not happened yet, so this is all future to us yet.
     These 3 Chapters of Isaiah mark the ‘apostasy’ of God’s children. The fact that this is history in Isaiah’s day should not deter you from seeing that much of it is future to us still. Several of the verses covered in these 3 Chapters are unmistakably about a time that has been slowly unfolding, and a time that has not totally arrived as of yet. So don’t let any man tell you that the information in this Book is all past history, for that is a lie. If you hear one saying that these events are already past, mark that person, for they are deceived, or, are trying to deceive others. If you have read and understood these first three Chapters of Isaiah, and someone says it was all only historical and is past, you will know that person has not read it, and has instead been listening to other doctrines of men. That principle applies to any other part of God’s Word also. So in this sense, deception by those who adhere to men’s traditions become impossible for you, for you have allowed your Father to speak to you.

 

We’ll begin the fourth Chapter of Isaiah next time.

Peace be with you, in Christ Jesus.
Dave Ramey.

 

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