God judged them based upon their attitude towards the hardship that was inflicted upon God’s covenanted people. So, the chastisement of God’s people was also a time of judgment for the nations round-about. During the time of the, end the decorated land relates to the Watchtower Society of Jehovah’s Witnesses, – it being the place where Jehovah has caused his name to reside – a place of, Even in their blind state the Watchtower Society has, recognized that Edom, Moab and Ammon represent Christendom. Through the Moabite woman Ruth, we find King David, a leader in Israel from whom Jesus was descended. So, the prophecy in Isaiah really speaks to the establishment of the kingdom of Christ, referred to in the verse above as, The same issue was put upon Edom in the little book of Obadiah, and as presented in, So, the chastisement of God’s people was also a time of judgment for the nations, round-about. This blog is a one-way blog and all that will be displayed is the Word of God for the People of God. Do the parables have prophetic significance?
To be sure, when Jerusalem was destroyed and the Jews rebuilt it the throne of David was not re-established. (J.A.
What about the aroma you release in your home… in the work place… in your neighborhood… at the grocery store, etc.?
So, when we say, the “Church is sick,” it is not the “True Church of the Wheat,” it’s the “Church of the Tares.” this is not to say we don’t make mistakes, we are just not the “Tares” that have grown within our gathering?
Are we filling the air with our religious opinions? For that reason God also determined to destroy Moab. The UK seems to be locked in a race with the US to see which nation can destroy itself first. Having been filled with the Spirit of life, we will live and speak as vessels that have been fit to set forth the Son of God to Israel and the nations.
In modern times they represent nations and organizations that the king of the north targeted but was unable to bring under his influence. My heart is soooo sad and burdened. ANSWER: Here is a passage in the 16th chapter of Isaiah upon which the questioners query is based: “Bring in counsel, you men, execute the decision. Please note that when the king of the north floods over many lands it includes the land belonging to God, known as “the land of the Decoration.” Daniel 11:41 states: “He will also actually enter into the land of the Decoration, and there will be many lands that will be made to stumble.
During a time of international war quite likely Jehovah’s Witnesses will come under the spotlight because of their neutrality. Just as Jehovah’s Witnesses and the International Bible students before them have been targets of persecution in modern times – always fomented by the clergy – during the critical time of the end the organization is going to come under severe persecution. Father Yahweh is very jealous about His Church.
We all need our “jars” to be tipped over and emptied out, that the Lord might raise us back up in His own way, and fill us continually with new life. How often are we quenching the Spirit of God and going into modes of speech and conduct that are in keeping with attitudes which our culture may have always accepted and sanctioned, but that the Lord is not in harmony with? Genesis We can’t run and hide from the trials that come into our lives.
According to the Hebrew Bible, Moab was often in conflict with its Israelite neighbours to t
“‘Therefore behold, the days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will send to him those who tip vessels, and they will tip him over, and they will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.
The Edomites were also related to the Israelites – Esau, the father of Edom – being the grandson of Abraham.
Thompson, The Book of Jeremiah: NICOT; Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, MI: 1980, p. 705).
All I can do is pray and appeal to all those God opens the door to. Interestingly, although Moab, Ammon and Edom were obliterated by the Chaldeans and lost their national identity those three nations are mentioned in relation to the king of the north during the time of the end – that is to say, during the conclusion of the system of things. I am very tired. The Moabites were a people who lived in what we now know as Jordan, mostly making their abode along the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. Whatever the case, we may be certain that the clergy and their parishioners will be an agreement and rejoice over the demise of the Watchtower Society. Moab, as it is addressed in the prophets, presents the picture of a people poisoned by the spirit of pride, independence, and arrogance.
Israel had camped at Kadesh, and then marched east to Mount Hor at the border of Edom. It had settled quietly on its lees and had never been disturbed by being poured from vessel to vessel. But when God determined that Judah ought to be punished for the reproach they had brought upon his name the Moabites revealed their deep-seated animosity and were gleeful and in support of the Chaldean killers.
The Moabites offer a powerful example of how God can work through a group of people for His purposes.
The ones that remain upright, recalcitrant and resistant toward His heart and call, will in the last day be tipped against their wills, and shattered by His hand.