THE BEAST DESTROYS BABYLON
The Beast Destroys Babylon
Revelation 17-18
November 11, 2012, the Year of Our Lord
Pastor Carolyn Sissom
17: 15-18: “He (the angel) said to me, the waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. The ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire. For God has put it in their hearts to execute His purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be fulfilled. The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
It is my personal belief that Barrack Hussein Obama is an instrument of the spirit of anti-christ (the beast system of unredeemed humanity) to destroy the spirit of Babylon (the economic and harlot religious systems of the world).
For several months, our church has been in a study of the Book of Revelation. These past two weeks we concluded chapters 17 & 18 about Mystery Babylon and the dirge or grief over Babylon.
Rev. 17:3: “He carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness; and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy having seven heads and ten horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, decked with gold, precious stones, pearls, and having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication. Upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery Babylon…”
To the Jew, Babylon represented a man-made religion that was demonic in nature with a lifestyle that was abominable in the sight of God. Jews came to apply the name Babylon to any city that shook its fist in the face of God.
Mystery Babylon stands not for a specific power, but more generally for world power in opposition to God---the empire where God’s people live in exile. In Chapter 18, Babylon is pictured as the financial systems of the world that leave God out of their reckoning. It is an imperial dominion whether in religion or government which sets itself against the Lord and against his anointed (Ps. 2:2).
The harlot church system is also a type of Babylon and religious prostitution.
The metaphor of “many waters” is interpreted in verse 15. “The waters which you saw where the harlot sits are peoples and multitudes and nations, and tongues.”
That the kings committed adultery with her is in reference to political and economic treaties, as well as their immoralities.
“…and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns…”
The scarlet beast is the beast from the sea of 13:1, the imperial anti-christ and the spirit of anti-christ in the midst of the unredeemed. The color of the beast, like the woman’s finery bespeaks of ostentatious splendor. That she is riding the beast indicates, at this point, she is the more powerful of the two. The antichrist needs her influence to get where he’s going and will curry her favor.
Rev. 17:8: “(The angel said,) “the beast that you saw was and is not and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go to destruction. Those who dwell on the earth will wonder, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast, which he was, and is not and will come.”
The beast is described in 11:7; 13: 3, & 8. While the beast is the empire, the interpretation oscillates between the empire and its personification in the persecuting emperor who after his mortal wound comes to life again as the last Antichrist. “He was, now is not, and yet will come” is a profane parody of the divine name of 1:4: “Him who is, and who was, and who is to come.”
Rev. 7:9-11: “Here is the mind which has wisdom; the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. They are seven kings; five have fallen, one is; the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while. The beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction.”
This is definitely a riddle. The mention of the seven hills would be an instant clue for the early readers of this book. Rome was built on seven hills. There was no doubt in anyone’s mind but that Rome was the anti-Christian center of the world. However, the interpretation goes beyond the city. It is my personal belief (which is as good as anyone’s and really means nothing) that the seven hills not only mean Rome at the time this was written, but is prophetic of seven high-places of world-power in the last days
One of the angels in chapter 14:8 proclaimed the fall of “Babylon the Great”. In chapter 16 when the seventh vial judgment was emptied, the imagery of Babylon, the monster, who has swallowed up God’s people, is forced by God to drink a double draught of judgment in her own cup.
Rev. 16:19: “And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell; and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His Wrath.”
When John was writing the Revelation, all his mind could see was –Rome. He saw its power and it’s evil. To him, she was a religious prostitute. The New Testament Babylon is “the mother of harlots” who has dominated peoples, multitudes and nations. This spirit of confusion that pervades all man-made religion and governments has become a habitation of demons and foul spirits.
Babylon is pictured as a prostitute (representing a false union which cannot satisfy) who seduces people away from the true and living God, captivating the souls of men.
The Christian has been espoused to one Husband, the Lord Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 11: 1-3). Like Isaac, we are the children of promise, sons of the “freewoman”-- the heavenly Jerusalem---the true Church (Gal. 4: 21-31).
The force of the imagery and drama in Revelation is strongly felt because of the deliberate contrast drawn between Babylon and the New Jerusalem, which is presented as the Bride of Christ (19: 6-9; 21:1-27).
In this vision, an angel will do most of the talking while John listens.
17:1: “Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me saying, ‘Come here, I shall show you the judgment of the great harlot, who sits on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality.’”
The great harlot is metaphorical of not just a city, but all who have been unfaithful to God. Whenever Israel turned from God to worship other gods, she was called an adulteress (Hos. 1:2). Thus this harlot is the world’s greatest seductress who uses materialism, immorality and religion to lure men and women away from the Lord.
This is not the first time a city has been described as a harlot. Nineveh was such a city, who betrayed nations with her harlotries and charms (Nahum 3:4); as well as Tyre and Samaria. Here the reference is to Rome’s domination of the Mediterranean world.
Jeremiah 51:13: “O you that dwell upon many waters, abundant in treasures, your end is come, and the measure of your covetousness.”
The five Roman emperors who had fallen are not totally identifiable. If we reckon from the first emperor, we count, Augustus; Tiberius, Gaius, Claudius and Nero. The 6th king was in power as John was writing. The angel says #7’s reign will be brief. Some Biblical scholars believe the 7th king was Vespasian (69-79). Josephus predicted two years before he ascended to the throne and regarded Vespasian as destined to fulfill part of the Messianic prophecies. There are many theories as to who the 7th king was or will be.
However, there is very little dispute among scholars but that the 8th king will be the imperial anti-christ. At the end, the power of the persecuting empire will be embodied in the imperial Anti-christ, who belongs to the seven, presumably in the sense that he is a reincarnation of one of the seven.
Anti-christ is designated as the man doomed to destruction in 2 Th. 2:3.
17: 12-14: “”The ten horns which you saw are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour. These have one purpose and they give their power and authority to the beast. These will wage war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them; for He is Lord of lords, and King of kings; and they that are with Him are called, chosen and faithful.
Bill Wilson
in he Daily jot wrote this on 11/7/12.
The United States
is now confirmed as a nation that supports abortion, homosexual marriage, a
relationship with Islam, higher taxes, even higher debt, mandated government
health care, porous borders. But beyond that, there is a certain undertone that
our nation is not any longer Christian. How can the vast majority of Americans
support those representing what YHVH calls abominations, and be Christian?
Christians must come to the stark reality that they are now a decisive minority
in a hostile land. Persecution is coming. We have seen the indicators on the
horizon and now they have been emboldened by political wins and perhaps
institutionalized…
We are a nation divided. The majority of Americans believe that government is their salvation. The judgment to come, the difficult times ahead, will prove that government is not YHVH. While we as true believers are standing on the precipice of the end of the American dream, we must hold fast to the principal of our freedom: Yeshua Ha Mashiach (Jesus Christ). Galatians 5:1 says, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith the Messiah has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." We need revival. I am not talking about flashy gatherings in stadiums. I am talking about a revival of true Christianity in our hearts. It's the type of revival when someone's heart is shocked back to life.
We need to engage as the church in Acts engaged. If we do not, the Lord will continue sifting us until we do. The remnant needs to make itself known a heart at a time. There is a time for mourning. There is a time for reflection. There is a time for revival. There is a time to engage. 2 Timothy 1:7-8 says, "For YHVH has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of YHVH." I am not going to bow my knee to Baal. I issue this challenge: Engage boldly, without compromise.
Have a
Blessed and Powerful Day!
Bill Wilson
www.dailyjot.com
It is my personal belief that President Obama is of the spirit of anti-christ with the agenda to over-throw and destroy the economic strength of the U.S.A. and ultimately the world. If the U.S.A. falls off that fiscal cliff the prophets of Baal are prophesying, the whole world’s economy will fall.
The nations of the world hate the U.S.A. because of her wealth, prosperity and influence. However, if we have an economic collapse which is the pre-meditated agenda of Barrack Hussein Obama, all nations will be affected.
The prophecies in Revelation speak of ‘MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” This mystery Babylon is the spirit of Babylon which means “confusion; Babel – from 1101 = “Baw-lal” = “to overflow with oil; by implication, to mix; to fodder = It is also rendered as “gate of Bel (Bel was the supreme deity or god in the Babylonian pantheon); gate of god; court of Baal, chaos, vanity, nothingness.” Babylon was the most influential power on earth. Just as the wealth of the spirit of Babylon is the most influential power on the earth today.
With regard to spiritual Babylon, the divine command is clear: “Come out of her, my people, that you are not partakers of her sins, and that you do not receive of her plagues (Rev. 18:4).
The judgment of great Babylon is now portrayed in a further vision. As the drama unfolds, we meet the infamous woman, the most successful prostitute of all time.
The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones, and pearls…”
The harlot church system knows how to use the tremendous wealth accumulated by religion in seducing men and women.
Having in her hand a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality…”
The literal Babylon was a gold cup in the Hand of the Lord. The righteous are blessed with the cup of His blessings (Ps. 16:5; Lk. 22:20), but the wicked will taste the cup of His wrath.
Drunkenness may seem a mild picture for divine wrath compared to the horrors of war, natural disaster and disease that God is shown visiting on sinners. But in a way, the cup of wrath is a particularly dark symbol of judgment. The image of the cup of wrath carries special horror because drinking (unlike being overtaken by battle, earthquake or plague) is something a person does deliberately. Drunkenness implies a humiliating progression. People begin confident of their power to handle the “wine”, but it eventually masters them.
Proverbs 23:31-34: “Do not look upon the wine when it is red, when it gives his color in the cup, when it moves itself aright. At the last it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.”
Jer. 51:7-8: “Babylon has been a golden cup in the Lord’s Hand that made all of the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed; howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so she may be healed.”
The church has preached alcohol and drunkenness as sin with a hammer in our hands. However, I think we should be preaching drunkenness as a plague. According to this scripture in the end-times, the plague of drunkenness will cause people to go mad. All of us have seen this “madness” on loved ones or friends whose brains are soaked in alcohol. This state of drunkenness is here spoken of as an end-time plague on all nations.
“… Upon her forehead a name was written, a mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots, and of the Abominations of the earth.”
The biblical use of prostitution means leading people away from worship and fellowship with the Lord. This woman, this city, is more than just a person famous for wealth, corruption and power. She is one who is not content to enjoy what she has. She is never satisfied.
Rev. 17:6-7: “I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered greatly. The angel said to me, ‘Why do you wonder’?
This is a reference to the persecution and martyrdom of Christians in Rome, beginning with Nero’s assault on them after the great fire of A.D. 64.
When the wine will no longer satisfy, “They that tarry long at the wine are those who go and seek mixed wine” (Prov. 23:30).
“I shall tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.”
However hateful has been the persecution of Christians down through the centuries, it is nothing compared to what this evil spirit is going to do when it teams up with that political giant---the beast. They will be responsible for the wanton slaughter of countless Christians. The killing of saints is pictured as having an intoxicating effect on the harlot.
The ten horns have a different significance from that of their prototypes on the nameless beast of Daniel 7:7. With the exception of the rule of the imperial anti-christ and the final triumph of the Kingdom of God destroying the persecuting empires, all of Daniel’s prophecies came to pass by the time Stephen was martyred.
They represent ten kings, who are yet to arise as allied dependents of Rome in making war against the Lamb (13), but subsequently, in concert with the people of the empire itself, turn and rend her (16). They cannot be identified with known historical characters. The city of Rome was indeed sacked in 410 by the Goths, who had entered into alliance with the emperor; but it is doubtful if John would have regarded that event as a fulfillment of his vision. By then Rome had surrendered to the sovereignty of Christ.
John reminds us with reference to the empire that he knows best, that imperial dominion does not endure. Any power which sets itself against the Lord and against his anointed signs its own death-warrant.
“…and the Lamb will over-come them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.” Chapter 19 describes this eschatological victory. The called, chosen, and faithful followers are described as the armies of heaven dressed in fine linen, white and clean.
The imperial allies and provinces unite in this annihilating attack on the great city, Babylon, which rules over the kings of the earth.
In chapter 18, the theme of great Babylon’s downfall is continued, but it is now presented in terms of the destruction of a great mercantile city.
In John’s day, Rome was the centre of world commerce---‘Rome was the whole world and all the world was Rome’ (Spenser). What is here portrayed is not merely the doom of an ancient city, but the sure collapse of all human organization, commercial and otherwise, that leaves God out of its reckoning.
First a mighty and resplendent angel announces the fall of Babylon echoing the prophecy of Isaiah 21:9 and Revelation 14:8.
Rev. 18:1-3: “After these things I saw another angel come down from heaven having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. He cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and cage of every unclean and hateful bird. All nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.”
John has brought us some distance. The first four seals we called “the beginning of sorrow.” The fifth and sixth seals mark the reign of the beast as he vents his rage against the church. Then the trumpet angels begin to sound. The first 6 trumpets, though they were judgments, constituted God’s warning to man.
This chapter presents one main-idea the fall of Babylon and the effect it has on three groups of people:
- The kings of the earth
- The merchants of the earth
- Those who make their living from the sea.
Rev. 18: 4-8: “I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues. Her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she reward you, and double to her double according to her works; in the cup which she has filled fill to her double. How much she has glorified herself and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who judges her.”
Suddenly John hears another voice from heaven, which can only be the Voice of God. It is a command from God to His people.
It is always tempting for Christians, when caught in a dangerous situation, to compromise with worldly programs to go-along to get-along. God is not telling us to turn our backs on people or be aloof from the suffering. We must keep our lives separated from the pull of the world. Anyone who loves worldliness does not love the Father. Everything in the world, all that panders to the appetites or entices the eyes, all the arrogance based on wealth, fame, and popularity, with all its allurements is passing away, but those who do God’s will remain forever (Paraphrased 1 John 1:15).
For her plagues to come on her in one day is a statement of the principle of retribution in human history which recurs throughout the Bible, with special reference to Babylon.
In ancient times, ascending smoke was a signal to all that the city had collapsed. Once those fires got going, nothing could stop them.
Rev. 18: 9-10: “The kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning. Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour is your judgment come.’”
Although the kings of the earth hated this city, they are sorry to see her go. Much of their luxury vanishes with her. Beyond that, the handwriting on the wall is clear…God can play rough and the day of His wrath is approaching. Note that the kings are not about to rush in and help Babylon, but stand off at a safe distance. Later these same kings will join the beast in the battle of Armageddon. For the moment, however, they are dumbfounded that such a powerful city could be reduced to ashes in such a short time.
Rev. 18: 11-17a: “The merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her. No man buys their merchandise any more. The merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine line, purple, silk, scarlet; all Thyine wood; all manner of ivory vessels; all manner of vessels of most precious wood; of brass, iron, marble, cinnamon, odors, ointments, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, beasts, sheep, horses, chariots, slaves, souls of men and the fruits that your soul lusted after are departed from you. All things which were dainty and goodly are departed from you and you shall find them no more at all. The merchants of these things which were made rich by her shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing. Saying, alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine line, purple, and scarlet and decked with purple, scarlet, gold, precious stones and pearls! In one hour so great riches has come to nothing…”
The merchants grew rich off of the extravagances of Babylon. One commentator writes that Nero spent $100,000 to import roses from Egypt for a single banquet. Another emperor spent 20 million dollars on food alone in a single year. These numbers are nothing compared to the extravagant spending of this administration and of the government of this nation with our indebtedness in the trillions.
Among the items on the shopping list are the bodies and souls of men, with people traded as slaves and merchandise. The sex trade and number of illegal immigrants pouring into the U.S.A. is a sin against the souls of mankind.
Rev. 17b-19: “Every ship-master, and all the company in ships, and sailors; and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off. They cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What city is like to this great city'! They cast dust on their heads and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that greet city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! For in one hour she is made desolate.”
The third group to suffer economic shock is the shipping industry. The maritime moguls are amazed to see so many fortunes go down the drain.
Revelation 18:10: “Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her.”
Like the apostles and prophets of old, we have cried out to the Lord for the salvation and redemption of the lost. We must trust God with his dealings! Some will feel that believers are being told to rejoice over the suffering of the unsaved people involved with the harlot. But God is not like that. It is the destruction of the city with the satanic way of life that calls for rejoicing. It is akin to hating the sin, but not the sinner.
In the judgments of God, rightly considered, the people of God can properly rejoice, but they will rejoice with trembling, remembering that His judgments begin with His own household."
1 Pet. 4:17: “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God; and if it first begins with us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
18: 21-24: “A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying. Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. The voice of harpers, and musicians, of pipers, trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in you and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in you. The sound of millstone shall be heard no more at all in you. The light of a candle shall shine no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in you. Your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your sorceries were all nations deceived.
The casting of the “great millstone” will be the fulfillment of the prophecy which Jeremiah commanded Seraiah to act out at Babylon in 593 B.C.
Jeremiah 51: 59-63: “The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah…when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign (594-593 B.C.). This Seraiah was a quiet prince. So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon…Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “ when you come to Babylon, and shall see and shall read all these words; then you shall say, O Jehovah you have spoken against this place to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast. But that it shall be desolate forever. It shall be when you have made an end of reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates. You shall say, ‘thus shall Babylon skin, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.”
Rev. 18:24: “In her was found the blood of prophets, of saints and of all that were slain upon the earth.”
It is not for her wealth and commercial enterprise that the great city is doomed. If prosperity is no proof of divine approval, neither does it arouse divine envy. Godlessness brings on its own nemesis, and where godlessness is conjoined with the unconscionable exploitation of the underprivileged and the persecution of the righteous, nothing but timely and whole hearted repentance can avert the death sentence. Where, however, the sins of civilization reach their utmost limit and there is no further room for repentance, the judgment falls with the decisiveness of the large millstone.
The collapse of godless rebellion and oppression on earth gives rise to jubilation in heaven. For mortal man the vindication of God’s righteousness is a sobering spectacle.
Though the enemies of God rage against His people like savage beasts and great Babylon exults in her insolence, Jesus remains supreme, keeping watch above His own and ready to call His foes to account when their rebellion has passed the point of no return.
In March of this year the Lord spoke to me, “the war has begun.” We could say what war? But, I had been focused most of the week on the bombing of Israel by the Palestinians in Gaza. Many prophetic scholars believe the next war will be the 10-nation confederacy of Psalm 83 and the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 17:1. “Behold Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap…” Psalm 83:4: “They have said, come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
If Mitt Romney had been elected, he would have stood with Israel and thwarted this war. I believe President Obama is of the spirit of anti-christ of unredeemed humanity in total rebellion to God. With his policies in effect, the financial systems of the world will continue to collapse. He is God’s instrument of judgment to devour Mystery Babylon and the kings of the earth. The moderate wing of the Republican Party has compromised with Babylon as has the apostate church. The ten kings are described in Psalm 83:6-8:
- The tabernacles of Edom---Mt. Seir, Southern Jordan
- Ishmaelites---Saudi Arabia
- Moab---Central Jordan
- Hagarenes--- Egypt
- Gebal---Lebanon/Syria
- Ammon ---Northern Jordan
- Amalek---Jordan/Palestine
- Philistines---Palestine/Gaza
- Tyre---Lebanon
- Assur ---The Assyrians/Iraq.
In verse 5, the Word of God reads, “They have consulted together with one consent; they are a confederate against you… (Verse 8) Assur also is joined with them; they have helped the children of Lot.
The ancient populations listed in Psalm 83 are here superimposed upon their modern day equivalents.
The Psalmist Asaph is praying to the Lord to put an end to the confederacy. He prophecies that God is to judge the earth. “O God judge the earth; for you shall inherit all nations.”
1. Your enemies make a tumult.
2. They lift up their head.
3. They have taken crafty counsel against Your people.
4. They have consulted against Your hidden ones.
5. They have said, Let us destroy Israel from being a nation and
6. Let us blot out the name of Israel so it will not be remembered.
7. They have consulted together with one consent.
8. They are a confederate against You.
9. The nations have united against you to help the children of Lot.
March 15, 2012, marked a year for the Syrian revolution. It is suggested by some scholars that Syria will divide into two nations.
“Know that you, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, are the Most High over all the earth.”
Iran is not identified in Psalm 83. Ancient Elam is present day Iran. Jeremiah 49: 35-39: “Thus says the Lord of hosts; Behold I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. Upon Elam I will bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come. For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life; and I will bring evil upon them; even My fierce anger, says the Lord, and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them; and I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy them there the king and the princes, says the Lord. But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, says the Lord.
Carolyn Sissom, Pastor
Eastgate Ministries, Inc.
Scripture from K.J.V.; I entered into the labors of F. F. Bruce International Bible Commentary; Dake’s Annotated Bible; Dictionary f Biblical Imagery as reference sources. Comments and conclusions are my own and not meant to reflect the views of those who I entered into their labors.