Isaiah – Page 5 – Matty (Headwind)

November 4, 2019

The Lord Will Come With Fire

15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory. 19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. 20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. 21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.
22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
( Isaiah 66:15-24 ) KJV

Summary of Isaiah 66

Isaiah 66:15-16 – Trumpet/Vial 1
Isaiah 66:17 – Condemnation and judgement
Isaiah 66:18-24 – The Millennial Kingdom

October 28, 2019November 9, 2019

He Will Lift Up an Ensign

Isaiah chapter 5 is one of those passages that it is easy to look at and see nothing. Like so much of the prophets it can feel as if our eyes are passing over the words but they are not connecting with anything. It reads like a litany of complaints about the people of Israel and, surprise, surprise, what’s going to happen to them because they are too stiff-necked to repent.

Bible commentaries make a lot of connections between Isaiah 5 and other prophecies but it appears that no one makes a connection to Revelation and the plagues of the Tribulation. The connection would appear to be obvious from the context given us in v. 30: the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

Summary of Isaiah 5

Isaiah 5:1-7 – The song of the vinyard
Isaiah 5:8-23 – The Condemnation in 6 Woes
1. 8-10 – Woe to real estate developers
2. 11-17 – Woe to entertainers
  - 13 – Therefore the people are in captivity
  - 14 – Therefore hell is expanding
  - 15-16 – Trumpet/Vial 5
  - 17 – The Millennial Kingdom
3. 18-19 – Woe to those who provoke God
4. 20 – Woe to those who misrepresent truth
5. 21 – Woe to those who think that they are clever
6. 22-23 – Woe to bartenders
Isaiah 5:24-25 – Trumpet/Vial 7
Isaiah 5:26-29 – Trumpet/Vial 5
Isaiah 5:30 – Trumpet/Vial 4

Let’s break it down

Isaiah 5:15-16, 26-29

And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
( Isaiah 5:15-16 ) KJV

This verse clearly the 5th and 6th trumpet/vials. There is another section of this chapter which refers to this event. It is a description of an army which is coming. It is easy to suppose that this refers to an imminent situation faced by the inhabitants at that time, but it will be placed into its correct context by the last verse of the chapter.

26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
( Isaiah 5:26-29 ) KJV

5th Trumpet/Vial

The Fifth Trumpet/Vial Summary

Event	Description
Seal 6 Rev 6:15-16	.. hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains ..
5th Trumpet Rev 9:1-11	.. I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit .. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit .. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth .. And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
5th Vial Rev 16:10-11	.. the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast .. .. and they gnawed their tongues for pain ..
Scripture	Prophecy
Isaiah 2:10	Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust ..
Isaiah 2:17-22	.. they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth .. .. go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks ..
Isaiah 5:26-29	.. they shall come with speed swiftly: .. None shall be weary nor stumble among them .. .. their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint .. Their roaring shall be like a lion ..
Isaiah 24:17, 21-22	Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. .. the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones .. .. as prisoners are gathered in the pit ..
Joel 2:1-2	.. let all the inhabitants of the land tremble .. A day of darkness and of gloominess .. .. a great people and a strong ..
Joel 2:3-9	The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses .. Like the noise of chariots .. .. a strong people set in battle array. Before their face the people shall be much pained ..

– Navigate the Fifth Trumpet/Vial

Isaiah 5:24-25

24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
( Isaiah 5:24-25 ) KJV

This part is rather vague and could easily be simply a reference to the present circumstances, however, the context is given later at the end of the chapter.

7th Trumpet/Vial

The Seventh Trumpet/Vial Summary

Event	Description
Seal 6 Rev 6:12-17	.. the stars of heaven fell unto the earth .. .. heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together.. .. every mountain and island were moved out of their places. .. the great day of his wrath is come ..
7th Trumpet Rev 11:15, 19	.. there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
7th Vial Rev 16:17-21	And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent ..
Scripture	Prophecy
	*Christ Returns*
Isaiah 42:13-15	The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man .. I will make waste mountains and hills .. I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
Matthew 24:30	.. the Son of man coming in the clouds ..
Mark 13:26	.. the Son of man coming in the clouds ..
Rev 19:11-21	.. I saw heaven opened .. .. his name is called The Word of God. .. he should smite the nations .. .. KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
Psalms 22:27-28	All the ends of the world shall .. turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the LORD’S: and he is the governor among the nations.
	*Great Earthquake*
Psalms 99:1-9	.. let the earth be moved. The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people. .. worship at his holy hill ..
Isaiah 2:1-5	.. it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
Isaiah 2:17- 22	.. the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. .. when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Isaiah 11:10-16	.. the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people .. .. from the islands of the sea. .. from the four corners of the earth. .. the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea .. .. and make men go over dryshod. .. there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people ..
Isaiah 24:18-20	.. the foundations of the earth do shake. The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage ..
Zech 14:4-5	.. the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst .. .. and there shall be a very great valley .. .. ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah ..
	*Millennial Kingdom*
Psalms 66:4	All the earth shall worship thee ..
Psalms 67:1-7	O let the nations be glad and sing for joy .. for thou shalt .. govern the nations upon earth. .. all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
Psalms 98:1-9	.. his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. .. all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth .. .. for he cometh to judge the earth ..
Isaiah 2:10-12	.. the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 11:6-9	They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD

Isaiah 5:30

30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
( Isaiah 5:30 ) KJV

The last verse of this chapter puts everything into perspective. What have we been talking about all along? The great and terrible day of the Lord when the sun and moon will be darkened.

4th Trumpet/Vial

4th Trumpet/Vial Summary

Event	Description
Seal 6 Rev 6:12, 14	.. the sun became black, .. the moon became as blood;
Trumpet 4 Rev 8:12	.. the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars, .. so the third part of them was darkened ..
Vial 4 Rev 16:8-9	.. poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
Scripture	Prophecy
	Sun and moon become brighter
Isaiah 30:26	.. light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun .. .. the light of the sun shall be sevenfold ..
	Sun and moon become darker
Isaiah 5:30	.. the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
Isaiah 13:10	.. the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light .. .. the sun shall be darkened .. .. the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Isaiah 24:23	.. the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed ..
Joel 2:2	A day of darkness and of gloominess ..
Joel 2:10	.. the sun and the moon shall be dark, .. and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
Joel 2:30-31	.. I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, .. blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, .. and the moon into blood
Joel 3:15	.. The sun and the moon shall be darkened, .. and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Matthew 24:29	.. the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light..
Mark 13:24	.. the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light..
	Sun and moon will glow dimly
Isaiah 42:16	.. I will make darkness light before them ..
Zech 14:6-7	.. that the light shall not be clear, nor dark .. .. not day, nor night: .. at evening time it shall be light.

September 14, 2019September 16, 2020

Isaiah 2

The Mountain of the Lord’s House

1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
( Isaiah 2:1-5 ) KJV

Now that we understand that during the time of the Tribulation the whole surface of the earth will be moved around, flattened out, and Jerusalem will be lifted up as the summit of a mountain which fills the whole earth, we can understand a lot more scripture besides the prophecy in Revelation.

September 7, 2019

The End from the Beginning

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
( Isaiah 46:10 ) KJV

If seismic P-waves can propagate through solid, liquid or gas, how do we know that there is a liquid outer core rather than a great gulf of open space in the P-wave shadow zone?

Straightening the Curves, Flattening the Hills

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
( Isaiah 40:4 ) KJV

We have made a lot of progress on the structuring of the November blogs posts. Here is our work so far summarizing the scripture which has to incorporated into our model.

Monotremes

Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
( Isaiah 42:10 ) KJV

Why are Monotremes only found in Australia ? Because that’s where their common ancestor migrated to after Noah’s flood. Just in time for the tectonic breakup of Pangaea.

Australia was part of Pangaea for 200 years after Noah’s flood. So to all of the evolutionists who have been vexing Creationists with the issue of Australia’s unique fauna: time’s up, find a new game. Sing a new song.

Who is the Sun?

So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
(Judges 5:31) KJV

The sun goest forth in his might? The song of Deborah speaks of the sun as if he’s a person, a sentient being. Who are we to say he isn’t?

January 13, 2019September 25, 2021

What is Creation?

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
(Isaiah 46:10) KJV

What is creation the verb, not creation the noun? The act of creation. Maybe we should say creating? Where does creating start? From nothing? Or is it the transformation of one form into another?

January 4, 2019March 5, 2020

Is the Bible Literal or Figurative?

But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
(John 4:14) KJV

What is this living water? And if Jesus said that there is such a thing as living water, does that mean that there is dead water? These are the kinds of things that I contemplate, it helps to ease my mind. This puts me in good company I believe, as Isaiah seems to have thought the same thing.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
(Isaiah 26:3) KJV

One of the things that I truly love about the Bible is the way that it explains itself. When you find a passage, like this one of the conversation that Jesus had with the Samaritan woman, and it raises an intriguing idea like that of living water, diligent study will find out the other parts of the Bible that help to bring you to its full understanding. So if the living water wells up in the person who believes in Jesus Christ, then what? What does it do? We turn to another passage in the Gospel of John for help understanding it.

In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
(John 7:37-38) KJV

So now I know that the stream of living water will come out of my belly. Now, technically speaking, there isn’t actually a stream of water coming out of my belly, and so therefore this is a figure of speech that is being used as a picture of something else. The passage goes on to explain this too, and what it tells us is that the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the believer enables the believer to share the gospel of Jesus Christ like a river of living water. However, the practical manifestation of this is not actual water coming out of an actual belly, but an out-flowing of the Spirit of God through words and deeds.

There is a point to this, trust me.

I believe that the Bible gives us an accurate account of the physics of creation, the history of the world to the present time, and what is going to take place in the future. Because of this some people ask me if I think the Bible should be taken literally. Unfortunately there is not a simple yes/no answer. I believe that the literal parts should be taken literally, but the figurative parts should not. So how do we know what parts of the Bible are literal and which are figurative?

We have to examine the context of the passage to see if it is referring to or describing an actual physical phenomenon. I know that Jesus in today’s passage is speaking figuratively because there isn’t a stream of water coming out of my belly. I also know that when God said, “Let there be light,” the physical conditions necessary to cause light to appear were present, and so this is literal.

We can test the Bible against itself, and we can test the Bible against physical evidence and scientific knowledge. This is also how we can test whether scientific knowledge is real or imaginary.

Is science describing something that, interpreted correctly, can be accounted for by the Bible? This again should cause us to examine the evidence carefully, not what science says about the evidence, but we should be examining the evidence for ourselves.

October 31, 2018October 31, 2020

October 31st

Scholium II – Write the Vision

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
(Habakkuk 2:1-3) KJV

Our generation is on a highway to hell because of popular science (SciPop) and people like Richard Dawkins, Bill Nye and Neil DeGrasse Tyson. These are the Pied Pipers of Hamelin, leading our children to destruction.