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CHAPTER 31 In
these chapters we see the conclusion of the 4 chapter mini-book prophecy
concerning the fate of the professing “church” in the last days, and the
promise of God’s protection over His elect few whom He has separated out from
that false church and from the world. In
the beginning of the last chapter, Isaiah mentioned that mere professors in The
3 previous chapters of this special message to 1. Chapter 28 begins, “Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards
of Ephraim” – which was a judgment pronounced upon the 10 tribes in the
northern 2. Chapter 29 begins, “Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt!” – which we
learned was a specific “woe” of judgment pronounced upon the city of Jerusalem,
typifying the professing Church in the southern kingdom (nominal
Protestantism). This woe of destruction would
come about through several invasions and sieges of 3. Chapter 30 begins, “Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD” – “rebellious children” are those who
profess to be God’s children, but who rely on 4. Our current
chapter, Chapter 31 begins, “Woe to them
that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots,
because they are many; and in
horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of
Israel, neither seek the LORD!” – We will get into the details of this
“woe” very shortly, but we should note that there are now added charges against
those in It
cannot be emphasized enough that the greatest sin identified by the prophet in
this message is that of idolatry through
syncretism with I
want to give you a special, working definition of the word Syncretism in the
context of how we will be using the word in this study. Syncretism
is a noun that literally means, “Reconciliation
or fusion of differing systems of belief, as in philosophy or religion,
especially when success is partial or the result is heterogeneous” (The
American Heritage Dictionary, 4th edition). Using this definition of syncretism in
relation to it being an antonym for God’s ordained system of holiness and
separatism, we will expand the usage of the term for the purposes of clarity: Syncretism: the unlawful, unreasonable and unbiblical
marriage or fusion of the people of God with a world around them that hates
them; or any combining of the holy and the profane; or any rebellious and
sinful reliance by the people of God on God’s enemies for protection and help. The
sin of syncretism is once again specifically highlighted in this Chapter,
because the Prophet desires to make God’s heart and will concerning this
subject well known to those who will be judged severely based on it. Verse
1 - Woe to them that go down to Egypt for
help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen,
because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Verse
2 - Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words:
but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them
that work iniquity; God is ultimately, completely and perfectly wise, and
He will most certainly bring about the calamities, judgments and destructions that
He has promised will fall upon the house of evildoers and upon those that work
iniquity. When it says that God will
“bring evil” we should recognize that this is not speaking of moral evil, but
of those disastrous and calamitous things that bring terror in the heart of men
when they begin to fall. Verse
3 - Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their
horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he
that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together;
Why is it that we who are spiritual can reject the help of Egypt? Because, the Egyptians are
mutable, changeable, weak and pitiful compared to the strength and ability of
almighty God. Whereas God is
all-powerful and infallibly brings His will to pass; the Egyptians are only
strong in an earthly sense, and are under the overriding decree of God, and are
subject to disaster, destruction, judgment and annihilation – just like
everything and everyone else in the creation.
The strength of Verses
4-5 - For thus hath the LORD spoken unto
me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude
of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the
noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion,
and for the hill thereof. As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend
Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it; When the Lord has
set Himself upon a prey, the strength and power of earthly vessels will not
sway Him from it. Like a lion who, when
consuming a prey, emits a growl or a roar to let everyone round about know that
He will not be deterred from consuming it; so, in like manner, will the Lord
not be distracted from His intention to destroy Egypt and those who rely on
Egypt for strength. Let all the true
pastors, prophets and preachers (the shepherds of the Lord) plead for Him to
have mercy on you, and their pleas will not be heeded. Let false teachers, false prophets and
worldly shepherds promise you good and not evil; let them preach unto you
smooth and comfortable things, and yet will He not spare you in His judgment. He has determined to come down to help and
fight for those who rely on Him, and He will lump all those who have relied on Verses
6-7 - Turn ye
unto him from whom the children
of 1. The “children of 2. The “children of
Israel” here can mean all those (in both kingdoms) who call themselves the
children of God, in which case these here are a small remnant who are expected
to turn to the true God of Israel and reject the false worship apparent in both
nations. Now,
God commands His people to “turn” unto Him, and then prophesies that every man
who is of the elect will one day have cast out his false gods and his own
sinful idols. Jeremiah shows us the
fountainhead of this “turning”: “I have surely
heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus;
Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I
shall be turned; for thou art
the LORD my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I
was instructed, I smote upon my
thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of
my youth”
(Jeremiah 31:18-19). This
prophetic imagery can be understood through the anti-typical fulfillment in the
last days. The elect of God have
rejected the idolatry and false ceremony of the sinful Antichrist Roman
Catholic system (the northern kingdom), therefore many
of them live among those in the southern kingdom of nominal Protestantism
(Judah and Verses
8-9 - Then shall the Assyrian fall with
the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour
him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be
afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in
Jerusalem; When the people of God have repented and have thrown down their
idols, then shall the enemy (here represented by the Assyrian; the most
immediate enemy of Judah during the time of this prophecy) which encamps round
about the elect be destroyed. That enemy
would not be destroyed by the hand of the armies of The
enemies of the Church will fall, and they will fall very soon. God’s warning in this chapter is a “woe” to
those who have made a covenant with This
four chapter mini-book has been a stern warning to the professing Church, and
to the elect who believe themselves to be His saved
and separated people. Do not let the
fire of this warning cool merely because we pass from it and begin to examine
the rest of the book. If you have not
received a supernatural revelation or vision from God concerning the hazards
and dangers of our time, then you have much to fear concerning the promises and
threats contained in this prophecy.
These four chapters contain great threatenings
and great promises for everyone that hears them in our own day. Just as the seal of the King’s ring is
engraved into hot wax on a message of royal importance, I pray that you will
ask the Lord to seal His Word in your hearts while they are still enflamed with
the message He has sent to you by His prophet Isaiah. I
am your servant in Christ Jesus, Michael
Bunker
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