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So if you look at it, there are four chapters every single day. 00:00:23.700 |
It's four chapters, but I know just talking to a few of you 00:00:27.640 |
that some of you guys are already a little bit lost. 00:00:30.520 |
Right? So we want to review so that when we pick back 00:00:37.400 |
We're going up to chapter 19, but I'm going to have you guys go 00:00:40.020 |
up to chapter 20, because 20 is kind of connected to 19. 00:00:42.680 |
Then when we get back together, we're going to start 00:00:45.400 |
Okay? So especially those of you guys who kind of jumped 00:00:50.460 |
in in the middle, and those of you guys who feel like, man, 00:00:53.080 |
we're like, one week we're talking about the end times, 00:00:55.600 |
next week we're talking about Assyria, and you know, 00:00:59.460 |
Again, I want to make it clear to you for your -- 00:01:04.700 |
just for clarity, if you are lost as far as a theme, 00:01:14.980 |
Okay? Because Isaiah is not written like, oh, chapter 1, 00:01:19.480 |
2, 3 is about this, and then it builds to the next one. 00:01:22.520 |
The subjects are sometimes completely different. 00:01:24.640 |
In fact, the time -- even the time that Isaiah is talking 00:01:30.580 |
and then it'll come back, talks about Assyria, 00:01:32.280 |
and then it goes to Babylonia, and then it comes back to Assyria. 00:01:37.460 |
So if you -- if we're studying up to chapter 20, 00:01:40.420 |
it's like, you know what, I kind of lost, you know, 00:01:44.340 |
where you didn't understand the first three chapters, 00:01:48.420 |
So every week that we're studying, you kind of have 00:01:55.120 |
to what he said before and what he said afterwards. 00:01:57.400 |
When you look at the big picture, the 66 chapters, 00:02:00.900 |
there's some thematic things that kind of hold together, 00:02:04.280 |
but they're not done in a systematic way where it's 00:02:10.920 |
So if you feel like, you know, we're in chapter 19, 00:02:15.660 |
and we talked about this, and then three days, 00:02:19.220 |
and I don't know how they'd all connect together, don't worry. 00:02:22.120 |
They're not, they don't all connect together. 00:02:25.340 |
So you don't have to, when you're studying Isaiah, 00:02:28.540 |
You don't have to think like, well, you know, 00:02:33.440 |
chapter 3 builds on this, and this is a theme that kind 00:02:38.880 |
Okay? Isaiah is, the large theme is about salvation of mankind 00:02:52.720 |
Okay? So what I want you to do in preparation 00:02:57.940 |
for next week's overview study is just to go back and read it. 00:03:08.680 |
Okay? I'm not asking you to outline verse 1 and 2 is this, 00:03:13.100 |
3 and 4, that'll take you, you know, too long. 00:03:20.100 |
Oh, he's talking about Assyria in verses 1 through 18. 00:03:23.380 |
Right? I just want you to see the large outline so 00:03:27.320 |
that in each chapter there should be no more than about 2 00:03:33.460 |
So if you can't do it all in one sitting, maybe do, you know, 00:03:36.880 |
one or two chapters in the morning, and then come back 00:03:39.200 |
at night and do one or two chapters at night. 00:03:42.100 |
So that way, by the time you come here next week, 00:03:45.440 |
you'll kind of have some, a general flow in your head 00:03:50.920 |
Okay? So that when we review it, we're just going 00:03:56.200 |
So I really want you guys to take advantage of the fact 00:04:01.020 |
So especially those of you who jumped in the middle or those 00:04:03.660 |
of you that are coming, you know, every other week, 00:04:05.900 |
it'll kind of help you to see, to see some kind of, you know, 00:04:09.940 |
that these are the subjects and these are the things 00:04:15.240 |
of Isaiah, the first section goes all the way to chapter 39. 00:04:20.500 |
Right? And then, remember we talked about it last week 00:04:25.240 |
he's specifically mentioning certain nations, like Damascus, 00:04:29.420 |
Assyria, Philistia, that is going to continue 00:04:32.960 |
But the larger theme of judgment, because of sin, 00:04:36.060 |
is going to go all the way to verse, chapter 39, 00:04:39.300 |
And then starting from chapter 40, you're going 00:04:41.400 |
to see a slight, you know, change where there's, 00:04:55.120 |
This is what it's going to look like after you're judged. 00:04:59.440 |
Starting from chapter 40 is there's a lot more emphasis 00:05:09.220 |
that's the outline that I want you guys to have in your head. 00:05:14.700 |
Okay? And then within the first section, there's, 00:05:20.020 |
Well, this judgment is to the nation of Israel. 00:05:23.680 |
This judgment is for, you know, putting confidence in man. 00:05:35.300 |
But under the larger, chapter 4, connect to chapter 10, 00:05:38.520 |
you know, what does chapter 13 have to do with chapter 19? 00:05:44.860 |
When you New Testament, you have to study it that way. 00:05:52.860 |
And I know that most of you probably have been trying 00:05:56.140 |
So I'm just asking you guys to review the verses. 00:05:59.260 |
Okay? So don't wait until the last day and then come 00:06:11.120 |
all of you have been very diligent in memorizing. 00:06:15.580 |
Right? So I'm very encouraged to see all of it. 00:06:21.620 |
Okay. So let me pray first and we'll jump in. 00:06:24.900 |
Abba Father, we thank you so much for this evening. 00:06:33.840 |
We thank you, Lord God, for your living word. 00:06:38.740 |
that compels us, Lord God, to come and study, 00:06:41.800 |
to learn, to get a greater glimpse of Christ and his work. 00:06:45.940 |
We pray, Father God, that as we truly have a cloud 00:06:51.920 |
people who have succeeded, people who have failed. 00:07:03.420 |
And so we pray, Father, as we study the history of Israel 00:07:06.540 |
and and your thoughts behind what is happening, 00:07:14.980 |
that all of these things would give insight, Lord, 00:07:17.480 |
into where we are in our history and and to learn from mistakes 00:07:23.980 |
and that you would cause us, Lord, to grow and to mature 00:08:24.720 |
Oh, okay. That's-- okay, okay. No, it's working now. 00:08:29.400 |
So let's get the first section, Isaiah 17, 1 through 6. 00:08:33.360 |
First question, against what two nations does Isaiah prophesy 00:08:58.280 |
So the Northern Kingdom is where all the 10 tribes went, 00:09:02.300 |
and then the Southern Kingdom is where the two tribes-- 00:09:04.160 |
do you remember the two tribes that went to the south? 00:09:12.680 |
So Ephraim is another name for the Northern Kingdom, 00:09:19.300 |
So the judgment is pertaining to these two nations. 00:09:26.480 |
And the background is these two nations conspired 00:09:31.220 |
Israel meaning the Southern Kingdom because they refused 00:09:39.100 |
So again, remember, we-- he talked about it in the beginning, 00:09:49.700 |
There should be somewhere on the table somewhere. 00:10:05.140 |
because they weren't necessarily natural friends. 00:10:08.020 |
The only reason why they're trying to conspire is 00:10:11.160 |
because you know how they have a superpower, Assyria, 00:10:14.580 |
and so the historical background behind what's going 00:10:17.620 |
on here is a lot of these little nations are making alliances 00:10:21.500 |
to-- because they can't fight Assyria by themselves, okay. 00:10:24.900 |
And we're going to see that Ethiopia plays a part 00:10:30.380 |
But right now, that's the background behind it 00:10:33.780 |
they come to the Southern Kingdom saying, "Hey, join us." 00:10:36.320 |
But instead, instead of joining them, who do they join? 00:10:39.620 |
They conspire with, right, the Southern Kingdom doesn't join 00:10:48.180 |
And then they say, "Well, we're not going to join us. 00:10:51.880 |
So what does the judgment say that's going to happen to them? 00:11:01.340 |
Remember, I think Laura asked that question last week, 00:11:04.640 |
the Syria, you know, all the news coming out of Syria, 00:11:14.160 |
that would have taken at least months to answer. 00:11:16.860 |
I would have had to go to school, look it up, 00:11:19.500 |
ask a genius, you know what I mean, or somebody who's 00:11:24.600 |
All I had to do is go to the office and Google, 00:11:29.260 |
And then the answer was, "No, it is not," okay. 00:11:32.440 |
So basically, this Syria that we're talking about, 00:11:35.400 |
exactly as God says, later on, the Babylonians actually come in 00:11:42.200 |
From that time on, that particular kingdom is gone. 00:11:46.380 |
The Syria that we're talking about in modern history, 00:11:49.780 |
they were only newly developed after World War II. 00:11:54.340 |
So those two nations may have the same name because it's 00:11:57.240 |
in the same region, but it's not the same kingdom 00:12:01.540 |
Just like this prophecy, God says, "Because of your sin, 00:12:27.840 |
So basically, it's saying that Ephraim is not going 00:12:38.420 |
Remember when Paul, in the New Testament, when he brags about 00:12:42.420 |
or he's kind of like, "Hey, you want to go toe to toe 00:12:44.520 |
with these legalists and, you know, who's got what?" 00:12:47.120 |
And remember one of the first things Paul says, "I'm a what? 00:12:50.960 |
I'm an Israelite from the tribe of Benjamin," right? 00:12:57.900 |
So if you were a part of the southern kingdom, it was shame 00:13:00.900 |
because you were part of that nation that broke away 00:13:05.880 |
So he says, "Ephraim, you're, you know, anybody who belongs 00:13:09.380 |
to that kingdom, you know, in Israel's history, 00:13:13.580 |
Right? So he said, "Your glory is going to disappear. 00:13:30.600 |
Well, Damascus, again, it's just the name of the city. 00:13:34.600 |
So under, during a period of Rome, it was under Roman Empire. 00:13:46.580 |
Here it just says Damascus in reference to Syria. 00:14:06.600 |
Yeah. I mean, it's Judah, but again, you know, 00:14:10.600 |
this is why whenever we talk about Israel's history, 00:14:13.600 |
it's confusing because sometimes they say Israel in reference 00:14:30.580 |
because Israel obviously is in reference to the nation of Israel. 00:14:33.580 |
So you just kind of have to understand, like, 00:14:43.600 |
Syria and Ephraim, the Northern Kingdom, got together 00:14:56.600 |
Assyria actually ends up conquering all of them, you know, 00:14:59.600 |
except for the Northern Kingdom, the Southern Kingdom. 00:15:01.600 |
And then later on, Babylonians conquer the Assyrians, 00:15:04.600 |
and then they end up conquering the Southern Kingdom as well. 00:15:24.600 |
and I'll put some PowerPoints so that, you know, 00:15:26.600 |
at least you have something to kind of cling on to. 00:15:32.600 |
Second section, 714, what would happen as a result 00:15:43.600 |
and the text that we're looking at starting from Verse 7, 00:15:47.600 |
It says, "In that day man will look to his Maker, 00:15:49.600 |
and his eye will lock on the Holy One of Israel. 00:15:53.600 |
He will not look to the altars, the work of his hands, 00:15:55.600 |
and will not look on what his own fingers have made, 00:16:01.600 |
Now, is he speaking of revival, repentance, or judgment? 00:16:15.600 |
So if you look at it, it says several things are going to happen, 00:16:17.600 |
that they are going to recognize, finally recognize their Maker, right? 00:16:23.600 |
They will not be able to put their confidence in false religion, right? 00:16:29.600 |
And they're not going to be able to put their confidence in his own work, 00:16:36.600 |
Is this because they're repenting and they're returning to the Lord? 00:16:43.600 |
Here it says the judgment is coming, and whether, you know, 00:16:46.600 |
like you can come to me because you repent and you want me, 00:16:50.600 |
but you're going to come to me either way, right? 00:16:53.600 |
He's saying that his judgment is going to be so harsh, 00:16:58.600 |
That they refuse to recognize his grace and mercy, 00:17:00.600 |
but you're going to refuse, now you're going to, you know, see his judgment. 00:17:04.600 |
Either way, you're going to meet the Maker, right? 00:17:08.600 |
That you're not going to be able to worship idols. 00:17:10.600 |
You're not going to be able to have confidence in the things that you've made, 00:17:14.600 |
because when the real God shows up, you're going to see, right? 00:17:20.600 |
what's going to result because of the judgment that's coming, right? 00:17:26.600 |
Why were their efforts, again, in the second section of that, 00:17:28.600 |
their efforts to sow and harvest become a heap of ruins? 00:17:32.600 |
And he says, because you have forgotten your Maker, 00:17:36.600 |
And all throughout Scripture, we're told the exact same thing over and over again, right? 00:17:40.600 |
Unless the Lord builds a house, the builder builds in vain, right? 00:17:47.600 |
So he said, all that work that you put into building your kingdom, 00:17:52.600 |
in the end, because you refuse to recognize the Maker, right? 00:17:59.600 |
It's kind of like, you know, you got hired at Google, 00:18:01.600 |
and you're putting in all the work, and in the end, 00:18:04.600 |
everything that you've done ultimately belongs to Google, right? 00:18:10.600 |
But it's like, you know, you did all of that, and he says, 00:18:12.600 |
"No, I refuse to recognize Google. I did this work. This is mine." 00:18:17.600 |
And so he put all that work in, at the end of the day, 00:18:19.600 |
because he refused to recognize the owner or the Maker, 00:18:29.600 |
So that's what he's saying, like, because you refuse to acknowledge the Maker, 00:18:32.600 |
everything that you've done is going to be for nothing. 00:18:42.600 |
"Ah, the thunder of many peoples, they thunder like the thundering of the sea. 00:18:46.600 |
Ah, the roar of nations, they roar like the roaring of mighty waters. 00:18:50.600 |
The nations roar like the roaring of many waters, 00:18:52.600 |
but He will rebuke them, and they will flee far away, 00:18:55.600 |
chased like the chaff on the mountains before the wind, 00:18:59.600 |
So again, when you think about the historical background of this time, 00:19:03.600 |
if, you know, the United States is protected by a body of water on either side, 00:19:10.600 |
so we don't have enemies on the border that has, you know, 00:19:17.600 |
So you have to remember, these guys are living, 00:19:19.600 |
these are tiny nations surrounded by superpowers. 00:19:22.600 |
They're surrounded by Egypt, they're surrounded by Assyria, 00:19:26.600 |
the Babylonians, you know, and Persians later on. 00:19:29.600 |
And so this tiny little nation is constantly living in fear 00:19:33.600 |
that if they don't pay the tribute to the right people, 00:19:36.600 |
if they don't ally with the, you know, people who are going to come into power, 00:19:42.600 |
"Hey, it looks like Babylonians are going to come into power," 00:19:44.600 |
so now they're sucking up to the Babylonians. 00:19:46.600 |
You know, it's like, "Oh, it looks like Egypt is going to be the next gun," 00:19:53.600 |
all these people that you fear that seem mighty in your eyes, 00:19:57.600 |
when the judgment comes, all of them are going to be nothing, right? 00:20:01.600 |
Because you're--and that's what the scripture said, 00:20:03.600 |
if you're going to fear anything, fear one who has authority over life and death, right? 00:20:08.600 |
So it's natural that feeble human beings are going to fear, 00:20:13.600 |
but your fear should not be of the Assyrians or the Babylonians, 00:20:15.600 |
but the greater fear ought to be the God who created all these people. 00:20:20.600 |
So when the judgment comes, everything that you thought that you were afraid of 00:20:23.600 |
is going to become nothing inside of God, right? 00:21:07.600 |
Right, so if you look at the context of the judgment, 00:21:10.600 |
obviously, remember we talked about how there is an immediate fulfillment 00:21:17.600 |
and then there's a fulfillment that comes at the end times, 00:21:25.600 |
but most of the prophecies that we see in Isaiah 00:21:30.600 |
has an ultimate judgment, ultimate restoration. 00:21:33.600 |
So immediate context, obviously, this is talking about-- 00:21:36.600 |
he's in the context of judging Ephraim in Damascus, 00:21:39.600 |
but at the same time, when the final judgment comes, 00:21:43.600 |
all of this is going to be true of all mankind. 00:22:03.600 |
that's the big issue that we have when we're interpreting prophecies, 00:22:07.600 |
because you have one camp that is going to allegorize everything 00:22:12.600 |
and say, "Well, this means this, and this means that." 00:22:15.600 |
We're trying to take it as literally as possible, 00:22:18.600 |
but again, prophecies, there's allegorical aspect of it, 00:22:33.600 |
most of what he says has end-time application. 00:22:49.600 |
Cush, the city beyond Cush, basically is another word for Ethiopia. 00:22:55.600 |
And what I want to point out about Ethiopia is that Ethiopia's power, 00:23:01.600 |
at least at this particular time, is not as obvious 00:23:08.600 |
They're beyond Cush, so they have to travel a bit. 00:23:14.600 |
And so what Israel and the smaller nations are doing, 00:23:17.600 |
is kind of jockeying, like, "You know, the Assyrians are coming, 00:23:20.600 |
and they seem like they're not going to show us any mercy. 00:23:22.600 |
We don't have any mighty countries for us to have allegiance to." 00:23:28.600 |
So they're reaching out to the Ethiopians who are far away. 00:23:31.600 |
And the reason why I put subtle power beyond Cush 00:23:36.600 |
If you look at the judgment, or if you look at the description of them, 00:23:42.600 |
The Cushan Ethiopians, the subtle power behind Cush, 00:23:45.600 |
meaning they're not immediately there, they're not threatening anybody, 00:23:51.600 |
This nation may have tried to build an alliance to get tribute 00:24:03.600 |
But basically what the Ethiopians were doing was coming around and saying, 00:24:07.600 |
"If you want us to stay on your side to protect you from the Assyrians 00:24:13.600 |
And again, these guys are not a threat because they're not their neighbors. 00:24:40.600 |
'I will quietly look from my dwelling like clear heat in sunshine, 00:24:44.600 |
like the cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. 00:24:47.600 |
For before the harvest, when the blossom is over and the flower becomes 00:24:50.600 |
ripening grape, he cuts off the shoots from the pruning hooks, 00:24:53.600 |
and spreading branches, he lops off and clears away.'" 00:24:56.600 |
You notice how when he talks about the judgment, 00:24:59.600 |
the judgment here is talking about he's not thundering, 00:25:04.600 |
He's just kind of like, before the sun rises, before the dew comes, 00:25:09.600 |
But when the judgment comes, they're going to be wiped out too. 00:25:16.600 |
So if you study history during this period of time, 00:25:21.600 |
They weren't like superpower jockeying with Assyria, 00:25:24.600 |
but for that region, they were considered powerful. 00:25:27.600 |
But they're pretty quiet. They're not conquering. 00:25:30.600 |
Because they're a little bit removed by land, 00:25:34.600 |
they don't have that immediate threat of people coming over, 00:25:39.600 |
So a lot of these smaller nations were relying, reaching out to them, 00:25:42.600 |
saying, "If we pay tribute, would you protect us?" 00:25:45.600 |
And so again, he's bringing judgment upon that, 00:25:48.600 |
saying, "That's not where you should be paying tribute." 00:25:55.600 |
He's going to quietly, wait patiently for the harvest, 00:25:59.600 |
In time, Judah, instead of giving tribute to Ethiopia, 00:26:06.600 |
So you don't have faith enough in me to trust in me, 00:26:14.600 |
that these people that you're relying on are going to come and rely on me. 00:26:17.600 |
These people you fear are going to end up fearing me. 00:26:22.600 |
So against what nation is Chapter 19 a judgment? 00:26:31.600 |
Okay, and Egypt is one of three superpowers at this time. 00:26:35.600 |
The Assyrians, the Babylonians, jockeying for power. 00:26:42.600 |
And how is the Lord depicted as coming in judgment upon this nation? 00:26:52.600 |
he comes in might as with clouds to make idols of Egypt. 00:26:58.600 |
and he's not just kind of quietly causing them to disappear, 00:27:02.600 |
which is fitting of these nations because these nations, 00:27:05.600 |
whenever you study history during this period, 00:27:11.600 |
Assyrians are--like crucifixion was developed by-- 00:27:16.600 |
started by the Assyrians to scare their enemies, right? 00:27:20.600 |
And then it was adopted by the Persians, and eventually the Romans took over. 00:27:24.600 |
So just as they were trying to put fear upon the neighboring neighbors, 00:27:30.600 |
God is going to come in, and he's going to come in thunder, right, 00:27:33.600 |
to show them who's the one that's really powerful. 00:27:37.600 |
In what two forms would judgment come against a nation? 00:27:49.600 |
Now I put two forms, but there's more than two. 00:27:54.600 |
It says Egyptians are going to be against the Egyptians. 00:27:56.600 |
In other words, they're going to tear each other apart. 00:27:59.600 |
They will be conquered by a greater power, right? 00:28:03.600 |
The Syrians are going to conquer them, and eventually the Babylonians 00:28:08.600 |
The waters, the Nile River that the Egyptians are completely dependent upon, 00:28:13.600 |
God says he's going to bring judgment, and he's going to take that away, 00:28:18.600 |
So Egyptian economy was directly related to the Nile River. 00:28:21.600 |
So when God says that river is going to be dried up, right, 00:28:24.600 |
he's going to take--your source of power is going to be taken away. 00:28:30.600 |
And all the leaders and the wisest counselors will become foolish 00:28:33.600 |
because Egypt was known for their knowledge, for wisdom, right? 00:28:39.600 |
Before the Greeks came, Egypt was kind of like the center of civilization. 00:28:48.600 |
Babylonians were known for their power, right? 00:28:51.600 |
Egyptians were known for their culture, you know, wisdom. 00:28:55.600 |
And so he says he's attacking each one of these things, 00:28:58.600 |
saying these things that you rely on, God's going to bring judgment upon. 00:29:11.600 |
And then finally, how are future blessings described for this 00:29:18.600 |
And so in the midst of all this judgment, remember, he always goes back and forth. 00:29:21.600 |
Even though he brings judgment, his ultimate purpose of judgment 00:29:27.600 |
It's by demonstrating his power to realign your hope, your confidence, your fear. 00:29:34.600 |
All of these things are placed in the wrong place. 00:29:36.600 |
And then so when God's judgment comes, to correct them, 00:29:39.600 |
to bring them to repentance and to ultimately restore them, right? 00:29:43.600 |
So he says in that day, their language is going to be united. 00:29:47.600 |
They're going to be speaking the language of the Canaanites, right? 00:29:51.600 |
And at that time, the Hebrews, Aramaic, Arabic, Syriac, right, 00:29:58.600 |
So what is the significance of language being united? 00:30:07.600 |
What is the first thing to build a relationship in marriage that you need to have? 00:30:16.600 |
So Tower of Babel, when they were united, they worked for evil 00:30:20.600 |
to build themselves up and say, "We're going to be like God." 00:30:23.600 |
But at the end, when God brings restoration and their love for God is restored, 00:30:28.600 |
he said the first thing he's going to do is bring them back together, right? 00:30:31.600 |
So they're going to be speaking the same language. 00:30:33.600 |
In that day, the people will be united in serving the Lord. 00:30:36.600 |
So all these nations that were jockeying and hurting each other 00:30:39.600 |
and conquering one another, God's going to, again, conquer all of them. 00:30:44.600 |
And those who remain and are repentant are going to be united together. 00:30:49.600 |
Again, even though God has a special place for Israel, 00:30:56.600 |
When he called the nation of Israel in Genesis 1, 12, he says, 00:30:59.600 |
"Through them, I'm going to bless all these other nations." 00:31:03.600 |
So in the end, we see the restoration of all the nations coming back together. 00:31:09.600 |
In that day, more enemies, Egypt and Assyria, will enjoy peace and friendship with one another. 00:31:14.600 |
You know, I talk about Egypt and Assyria, that they're going to be going back and forth, 00:31:20.600 |
That there's going to be business, there's going to be friendship, right? 00:31:29.600 |
Which offering in the Old Testament illustrates this? 00:31:46.600 |
So you have five major offerings in the Old Testament. 00:31:48.600 |
You have, if we're playing trivia, I'll give you extra points if you do all of them. 00:31:53.600 |
But one of the main offerings, or the five offerings, is peace offering. 00:31:57.600 |
The peace offering was, they would give the offering, 00:32:00.600 |
and they would only burn the stuff that they couldn't eat. 00:32:03.600 |
And the meaty stuff, they saved, and then they would end up having a picnic on the side. 00:32:08.600 |
So with the priests and with the family members, they would come. 00:32:12.600 |
And what that offering signified is that because we have peace with God, we have peace with each other. 00:32:18.600 |
And it kind of symbolizes, there is no direct connection from that to the communion table, 00:32:24.600 |
but if you understand the significance of the communion table, it's very similar. 00:32:29.600 |
That because we have peace with God, we have union with one another. 00:32:39.600 |
Because now that they have peace with God, that all this contention, all this war and fighting 00:32:44.600 |
is going to be done away with, and there's going to be unity and peace. 00:32:48.600 |
So again, the teaching is, every generation, they're looking for peace. 00:32:53.600 |
You have peace signs. Why can't we have peace? Why can't we just all get along? 00:32:57.600 |
But you can change politics, but until sin is eradicated, there will never be peace. 00:33:05.600 |
And so again, that's what's being illustrated here. 00:33:09.600 |
And finally, "In that day, Israel, Egypt, and Assyria will together be a blessing in the midst of the earth." 00:33:15.600 |
That not only will Israel be blessed, that all the other nations will be a blessing as well, 00:33:21.600 |
which is what God intended from the beginning. 00:33:43.600 |
Historical, Christological, and then ultimately Second Coming. 00:33:54.600 |
No, historically, I mean, obviously the language, you know, 00:33:58.600 |
well, I mean, I guess you can kind of say they were united in Greek, you know. 00:34:05.600 |
So language-wise, you could say, "Kh," but united in serving the Lord together? 00:34:15.600 |
Maybe, I guess you could milk it. You can say, "The church," kind of, maybe. 00:34:23.600 |
Enjoy peace and friendship? I don't know if that ever happened. 00:34:28.600 |
Together, they were a blessing to the earth? So I don't know if that ever happened. 00:34:33.600 |
So the first two I can kind of see, but last two, no, I don't. 00:34:37.600 |
I can't think of an instance in history where we could say, "Oh, that was the fulfillment." 00:34:46.600 |
All right, a few of you entered late, so just kind of reiterate. 00:34:53.600 |
So I know that the husband and wives kind of go back and forth. 00:34:57.600 |
If you are able to make it, I encourage you guys, you know, 00:35:01.600 |
I know it's probably--it might be physically impossible because of the children, 00:35:05.600 |
but next week, if you feel like you can make it,