Isaiah’s Apocalypse and America’s Future Unfolds
Pastor Dale Morgan
Isaiah’s Apocalypse and America’s Future Unfolds*
Added: Aug 10th, 2007 5:33 AM
By Dana G Smith
Isaiah 24:1 ¶Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it
waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants
thereof.
Isaiah 24:4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth
and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
The curse has devoured the earth...men have changed the ordinance of God...
Isaiah 24:5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof;
because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken
the everlasting covenant.
Isaiah 24:6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that
dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are
burned, and few men left.
The writings of Isaiah bring to us a picture, many times, of a dramatic
and unfolding nature, one that beholds the LORD God, who is dealing with
a rebellious Israel. This picture is what many people think when reading
or thinking about Old Testament scripture. For many today, however,
these writings are outdated and do not apply. On the other hand, some
scholars, researchers, and writers have found this a valuable biblical
resource. This is one that brings insight into the past and gives
revelation into the future.
There is no doubt; God had to deal with Israel. Their history became
open for the entire world to see. Many know of the Jews dispersion into
the entire world for their rebellion against the God of Israel. As well,
the iniquities of the Jewish people have been on the biblical tablet of
history. With all this comes a sighing and a believing that the books of
the Old Testament are simply history and do not apply to us today.
Nothing, however, could be farther from the truth.
When we see the historical biblical record of those people who lived in
what we call the era of the Patriarch’s, it reveals much within the
pages of brilliant vivid prophetic language. A language so picturesque
that one can almost see what the author is speaking about. For instance,
in the above verses we see that the LORD (Adonai) makes the earth empty.
In this process it is made waste and turns the earth upside down. By
doing this, the people of earth are scattered. Is the earth literally
going to be ‘upside down’? The language is a prophetic revelation of a
time when the LORD moves on humanity in judgment. He can move on
individual nations and peoples at any moment in history. He will also
move on the entire nations, peoples, and lands in the last days. In the
end, we call these dealings the "Day of the Lord". This day, however, is
not a 24 hour day, but can, in fact, be a year long. It can also
represent a time period of judgment, in which the Lord God deals with
people. In this dealing, people become confused, frightened, and
embroiled in a dispute of a heavenly magnitude. Jesus Christ spoke of
this time as one which would make ‘men’s hearts fail them for fear’. He
also spoke of this time as one which would be a "snare" upon the whole
world. In the process of going through this time period, people will
think the entire world has gone nuts. There will be earth changes,
people who are evil, wicked, and some who are godly. It will be a time
of nations going to war with each other, violence increasing, famines,
plagues, and more. All will be the result of what is going to happen in
the last days.
For Isaiah’s apocalypse as I call it, the reason is simple, the ‘curse
will have devoured the earth’. That curse, which happened at the fall of
man, will finally be reaching its course. It will completely take over
all aspects of the earth, literally devouring as it were. In addition,
we find that a second reason is mentioned which is; man has ‘changed the
everlasting ordinance’ of God, thus transgressing Gods laws, breaking
the everlasting covenant.
Man, however, doesn’t want a covenant with God. Man also has a way of
his own along with science, creativity, and knowledge. It is this
knowledge that the Serpent told eve, "You would be as Gods knowing good
and evil". The fact that man might know good and evil is subordinate to
the fact that knowing does not make one follow good. Man is embroiled in
a war of end time proportions that pits good versus evil. Man today,
thinks he is God, while nations do as they please. In all this the world
stands against the LORD as revealed in Psalm 2, which says of those in
the earth, that they "want to cast aside Gods bonds from them".
Simply put, man doesn’t want a God in heaven to tell him what to do.
This being the case, the war of all wars is coming, which is the eternal
struggle to dethrone God and his Messiah, the King of Kings. It is in
this classic struggle that man now finds himself embedded with wisdom
and knowledge. As such, man doesn’t have any second thoughts about
crossing genes, creating human-beasts, splicing across the species at
will with no second thought of the consequences. Add to this the fact
that man puts his morality against that of God. It is now okay to kill
little humans (abortion), it is okay to promote sodomy, and it is okay
to have sex at will with any one or anything. Man is free, he is God,
and in charge, or so he thinks. This brings the nations and the men who
run them into a head on conflict with the Lord God. Scripture says of
men, ‘they are wise to do evil’. The battle is here today, and the Lord
God is sending signs that he is displeased. Will the nations listen?
Will man ever understand?
In this, let us look close at some recent signs that some would say are
nothing. I say these are just the kind of things, examples as it were,
of what God sends upon nations to wake them up. Scripture such as
Isaiah’s is full of types and pictures of how God deals with nations by
sending natural calamities upon them. In the end, just as scripture also
says, "those who love death hate the Lord".
In the west, as I call it, there are surrounding states which have
certain fire warnings associated with the past droughts we all have
suffered from. In our state, however, we were issued a ‘red flag
warning’. This means critical fire weather conditions are occurring now
or will be shortly. Combine this with strong winds, low relative
humidity, and the warm temperatures, then you will have quote:
"explosive fire growth potential". [National Weather service, Riverton, Wy]
Now, let’s add another situation that is occurring this week. The
Weather forecasters on a major network yesterday coined the term "Ring
of Fire" to describe the coming heat wave to the Midwest and eastern
seaboard. The heat wave hit in its intensity yesterday, as well, the
Tennessee Valley Authority saying "they could break all previous
records" of using up megawatts due to the heat. The temperatures in
major cities hovered around 100 degree’s but with the humid air, it felt
much hotter. For instance in Cincinnati the blazing heat felt like 110
degrees, revealing how the extreme heat figures in this ‘Ring of Fire’
as many continue to ‘weather’ (pardon the pun) the high temperatures.
In addition to all this, we have another strike for New York. It wasn’t
long ago that this city was in the news with an explosion from down
under the city streets. Now this city on the shores of the Atlantic,
with a statue resembling Ishtar standing on the so-called hallowed
shores of this metropolis, endures another attack. The National Weather
service, who has a lot to do these days, said that a rare tornado
touched down several times in Staten Island and in Brooklyn. There was
damage, but the city did not have time to wait before a second event
occurred. The culprit was an inch of rain an hour for three hours. This
caused flooding. The concurrent flooding following the Tornado was not
enough, however, for the subway shut down. This was the third strike in
a ballgame that day between nature that God controls and the city that
man tries to keep going. In the end, the city and man lost. The transit
system became flooded with the torrential rain and was forced to close.
This closure was in the early hours before rush hour.
Moreover, continuing in our investigation into what is happening in
America, we come to the horrific bloodshed in America. This is apart
from abortion and other murders. An example of this is revealed in the
murder rates of New Jersey’s largest city which has shot up 50 percent
since 1998. One recent event that was in the news was one of four young
kids, college students who were forced to kneel against a wall and shot
in the head at close range. This was not in Iran, Iraq, or the Sudan, or
some other place. It was in Newark.
In another city, one you know well from Katrina who struck it two years
ago is New Orleans. There are not as many people in New Orleans living
today. Now a Tulane University researcher named Mark J. VanLandingham,
Phd has produced shocking statistics of Murder rates in New Orleans.
According to the findings murder rates jumped by 14 % between 2004 and
2005, but they went up an unbelievable 69% between 2004 and 2006.
[Murder Rates in New Orleans, 2004 to 2006." Mark J. VanLandingham, PhD,
MPH, Tulane University, New Orleans. ]
It is no wonder that MSNBC called the northeast a "bloodstained
corridor" citing recent FBI statistics of murder rates in major cities
in the USA. They cited Philly who was 'losing one resident' a day to
violence'. Boston, Philly, Baltimore, Jacksonville, and Newark have all
seen Murder rates go up. [www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19513374/]
Do you think that the LORD God is trying to get the attention of the
people in the US? Many today seem to think we are a nation unto
ourselves. We do not have anything to worry about. We can do as we
please. In the end, "all the nations and the wicked who forget God will
be turned into hell." Isaiah spoke to Israel and the world of a LORD who
deals in the affairs of man. Among the nations, those who reject the
LORD will face his wrath, tribulation, and trouble. Isaiah pictured this
with words like "mourns, fades, and languishes". He also wrote the words
"Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell
therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned,
and few men left." If a man is to be wise, it would be, therefore, wise
to listen and understand what the Spirit sayeth through the prophet Isaiah.
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Dana G Smith is the author of D-Day For America, a prophecy book of what
is coming to America. Published by Xulon Press, ISBN: 1-59781-843-7.
Dana is the editor of the W.I.B.R. online Web Sites.
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