Book of Isaiah Bible Study - Part 11

Good evening again, everyone. We are at Isaiah 11 in verse 16. If you would be able to turn there.

Isaiah 66 in verse 16. And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people. We have talked about the remnant a great deal. It's over and over again in the book of Isaiah. One of our main scriptures that describes the spiritual condition of the remnant is found in Zephaniah chapter 3 in verse 13, which begins then. You read to the end of the chapter how that, of course, you have those who live over into the millennium. You remember that there are 144,000 that have a mark set up on them, and they are not to be hurt by the trumpet plagues. You'll find that in Revelation chapter 9 that the trumpet plagues are not supposed to hurt those who have the mark upon their heads. Perhaps we should read that verse. I think it's Revelation 9 and chapter in verse 6. Revelation chapter 9 and verse 6. It's verse 5, and to them it was given that they should not kill, but they should be tormented five months, and their torment was upon the torment of scorpion, and like it strikes a man. Well, actually it's verse 4 I'm looking for. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those men which have not the mark or seal of God in their foreheads. So there are people, obviously, who live over into the millennium. And now we come to chapter 12, a very short chapter. And in that day, remember what in that day signifies, in that day is what is called a prophetic utterance. It means it's the beginning of a new prophecy, or it has more to say about the prophecy that went before it. In this case, it is continuing to discuss and enlighten us on some of the things that will be happening in the millennium. In that day, and almost always in that day, has to do with the time in which the world is merging into the millennial age. In that day, you shall say, Oh, Lord, I will praise you, though you were angry with me, your anger is turned away, and you comfort me. And so God is going to comfort his people, comfort, comfort me, you, his people, one of the great songs and handles, Messiah. Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust and not be afraid. For the eternal YHVH is my strength and my song. He also has become my salvation. Therefore will with joy shall you draw water out of the wells of salvation. So this song of singing the Lord is my salvation and drawing water out of the wells of salvation was well known to the Jews, of course, and from this verse largely developed what they call the water ceremony that was observed during the Feast of Tabernacles when the temple was yet standing. When the temple was yet standing. So the water ceremony, and we'll talk about that for a moment here. What it meant to the Jews. I gotta find my handout here.

There is a Talmunti tradition that whoever has not witnessed the joy of the festival of water drawing has seen no joy in his life. On these occasions on the night of the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles. Now there are many different you Google the water ceremony or the drawing of ceremony during the Feast of Tabernacles, and you'll get many different references, many different accounts from different perspectives on it. As you know, a few years ago, I don't remember exactly how many, three or four years ago, the United came out with the official position that the last day, the eighth day, was to be identified as the eighth day and as a separate feast. And there has been controversy whether or not the water ceremony was conducted on the eighth day in John 7, 37, and 38. But according to what sources say, they did not observe the water festival on the Sabbath. Of course, the eighth day was a high day and a holy convocation. So we continue here with what is written. On the occasions on the night of the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles, huge assemblies of people gathered in the women's court of the temple, bearing lamps of gold and vessels for water, while every house in Jerusalem was brightly illuminated. Pious men and men of affairs danced the tradition, danced with torches in their hands, singing songs of joy and of praise, and the Levites made music with lyre and harp and cymbals and trumpets and countless other instruments. And that is from Maimonides. Maimonides was a famous Jewish scholar. It goes on to say that two galleries were built for the spectators, one for men and one for women. In Orthodox Judaism, the men and women are separated even at the synagogue and even at the Wailing Wall. My wife and I were able to go to Jerusalem in 1989, and we went to the Wailing Wall, and there's a rope that separates the men from the women. The women are the first there that you see, and then a rope, and then the men. And the men are closest to the place where you can go in under the Temple Mount and explore what's there, but of course they don't let you in there, tourists like us. So two galleries were built for the spectators, one for men, one for women. The celebration lasted all night and ended at dawn, announced by a blast of trumpets with a pouring of water upon the altar. Now, there was an even greater ceremony of that, according to many of the sources that deal with this, on the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles. On the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles, there was an even greater ceremony that took place. And so the official position of the United Church of God is that they today is a separate festival, very clearly stated as such, in Leviticus 23. And you can look at various sources with regard to the water ceremony. I want to read here from one other source. It says, the the caption is, water ceremony, Jewish view. The water pouring ceremony at the Feast of Tabernacles was the only water poured out onto God's altar. The water was literally called Yeshua, the waters of salvation. Jesus proclaimed, if anyone drinks with me in God's temple, which demonstrated that he was and still is these waters of salvation. When Jesus did this, he literally spoke the greatest teaching of Moses. In order to enter into the kingdom, you have to go through the waters to get there. Of course, having reference to going through the Red Sea on the way to the promise land. And in 1 Corinthians chapter 10, that is also called their baptism, that they were baptized in the sea unto Moses. Of course, we are baptized, and the baptism is a commanded ordinance and ceremony that God has commanded. It signifies the death of the old man and raising to life the new man to live a new life and keep the old man under the water.

So, let's turn to John chapter 7 and read verses 37-38, that area in there, with regard to whether it was on the seventh day or the eighth day, in which Jesus spoke. I think the greatest proof I've seen that it was probably on the seventh day was the fact that, according to the sources that I've read, they did not observe the water ceremony on the Sabbath. And, of course, the eighth day is an annual Sabbath. In John 7-37, in the last day, that great day of the feast, well, there are seven days to the Feast of Tabernacles, and there's only one day to the eighth day. If it was on the eighth day, it seemed it would say, and on the eighth day, but here it says, on the last day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink. And he that believes on me, as the Scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. And so, this verse here in Isaiah chapter 12 and verse 3, to a large degree, was the scriptural reference that they used to initiate, inaugurate the water ceremony. Now, they probably did not have the water ceremony in days of the Tabernacle in the wilderness or during the second temple days. It was probably initiated after the return from Babylon and the second temple days.

Now, on those days, they would sing what is called the song of degrees in the Psalms, beginning in Psalm 120 and then on forward into Psalm 132 or 34. As they went up the steps from the pool of Siloam, that's where the water came from, from the pool of Siloam, and then they poured the water on the altar. And then that day, as we merge in the millennium and God and the saints began to reign, you shall say, praise the Lord. Now, praise the Lord is in essence the same as Hallelujah. So, Halle and the various derivations of it has to do with praise. And of course, the Hallelujah prays the eternal, call upon His name. And we have a song in the hymnal taken from the Psalms on this. Praise the Lord, call upon His name, declare His doings among the people, and make mention that His name is exalted. Of course, in today's world, they are trying to do everything they can to do away with the name of God and the recognition of the name of God. One of the CNN commentators said the reason that the US is so intent on helping Ukraine is because it is a white Christian nation. Anything they can do to try to put down Christianity is used, sadly, in today's world by what is called the liberal progressives. There are other names for them as well. Seeing unto the Lord, for He had done excellent things, this is known in all the earth. And you know that the knowledge of God is going to cover the earth, as the waters cover the seas, and as the sands cover the seashores, the knowledge of God is going to be all over the earth. And God and Christ and the saints are going to rule the earth with a rod of iron. It will be a rod of love as well because God's law is based on the Ten Commandments. And the Ten Commandments, the first four, show love to God, and the last six, show love to neighbor. Cry out and shout, you inhabitants of Zion. So there will be the remnant that is spared, who will be living in Zion. And remember, Zion symbolizes the church today. Cry out and shout, you inhabitants of Zion. For great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of you. And last time we talked about God's Holy One, and God's Holy One is Jesus Christ. The Father's Holy One is Jesus Christ. We also talked about the Lord of Hosts, and we ask that you read every verse in the Bible that has Lord of Hosts in it. I hope you have done that. If you haven't done it, you can do it. Just use your Bible online or some search engine and or your concordance and read the Lord of Hosts. Now we go to chapter 13. The burden of Babylon. The word burden here of Babylon, the burden has to do with being weighted down. It is a weighty or mournful prophecy that is given here. And it has to do with the destruction of Babylon. Of course, there was the destruction of Babylon by the Medes and Persians, principally the Persians in 539 BC. The Medes had settled the area of what is now modern-day Rome, and then the Persians came in and eventually became the leading tribe in the Medo-Persian Empire.

There is the Arian migration theory. During the second millennium BC, there were widespread migrations into Iran and waves from the north and into the what is modern-day Iran. Then it says, the acceptance of the concept of an Arian race has been more widespread and greater in Iran and in other countries with an Arian heritage, as in the United Kingdom of Iran.

This is because the very name Iran is derived from the name of a mythical land called Aryanem Veigo. Aryanem Veigo, mentioned in the Avesta. The Avesta is the collection of what they would call holy writings of the prophet Zarethstra in Iran and in Greek he calls the Roystra. Zarethstra and Islam had an impact even on Christianity in the early Aedes. The writings of Zarethstra were recorded in the Avesta. So the Avesta would be tantamount to the Bible, equal to the Bible in their view, as the holy writ of the Zarethstra in religion.

This article says that it is widely presumed that their presence, that is, the Medes' presence in Iran, must date at least as far back as 1500 BC, though there were waves that came in later. And it goes on talking about the first mention of the Medes in the Bible is somewhere around 835 BC, during the days of the Assyrian king, Shalmaneser. Those historical facts, they are interesting to me, but probably not that interesting to you. But to give some perspective with regard to how the world is configured today. So in the prophecy here in Isaiah 13.1, the burden, the weight of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amos did see.

And how does the Medes fit into this? Because as we shall see, the Medes and the Persians were the ones who punished and destroyed ancient Babylon. To whatever degree they conquered and destroyed. It wasn't completely conquered or destroyed. And we'll see that also as we go along. In verse two, lift you up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

I have commanded my sanctified ones. Okay, the sanctified ones are those who are set apart. Of course, the remnant that lives over in the millennium are sanctified ones. And the saints, the ones that have been resurrected, they are obviously sanctified ones. I've also called my mighty ones for my anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. Of course, with God, God has at his disposal, he has a legion of angels. As we shall see later, he also can unleash demonic powers.

Also, as we shall see, he can influence the minds of world rulers. So God has, of course, unlimited power. There's nothing that happens in the universe that he does not allow. So whatever is happening, he is allowing it. And furthermore, he knows about it. The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as a great people, like you have, use the analogy in the modern times, noise of a great stadium that is filled, and you hear the noise of a great people, and tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations, gathered together, the Lord of hosts, musters the host of the battle.

So musters the host of the battle evidently has to do with the day of the Lord in the battle of the great day of God Almighty, as described in Revelation 16, the sixth vial of wrath. So if you would turn to Revelation 16 and verse 12. It says, God is the one who directs affairs in the day of the Lord. The day of the Lord. God is the one who is in control.

He is the one who musters everything that you can think about. And he is the sign, the Lord of hosts, the one who became Jesus Christ, as the one who directs the host over all of the nations, and for that matter, all of the universe. So in Revelation 16, 12, and the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates, and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, who is identified as that old serpent, Satan the devil, in Revelation 12, verse 7, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

So these three, this unholy triad, are still in league at the time of the battle of the great day of God Almighty, where they are the spirits of devils. They are the spirits of devils. So God unleashes the spirits of devils, working miracles which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. So we have here in Isaiah, way before that time, we have this tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together. The Lord of hosts musters the host of the battle. So he allows Satan, the beast, the false prophet, to muster their forces, using demonic spirits to muster the nations to come fight against God, Jesus Christ, and returning saints.

They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the eternal and the weapons of his Indian nation to destroy the whole land. How ye for the day of the Lord is at hand, and it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty, the day of the Lord. The day of the Lord is when God directly intervenes in what is transpiring on the earth. He directly intervenes, and he directly directs what is going on. At his disposal, in his direction, are the heavenly hosts, the good angels, as we might call them, the righteous angels, the demonic hosts, as we have seen that they are unleashed to go forth and gather the nations together. And, of course, Jesus Christ and the returning saints, pictured in Revelation 19, where he comes with the saints on the white horse.

He is called the word of God and a great sword. The sword of the word of his mouth goes forth, despite the nations. So the day of the Lord is at hand. Now, one of the things we might clear up here is in 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 verse 2. Verse 2, but of the times and seasons, brethren, you have no need that are right unto you. Paul writing 2,000 years ago gave this warning to you, the converted ones of Thessalonica. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord, so the day of the Lord, the day of the Lord, Hek Kuryakke Humara. He is the English spelling of the feminine gender of the or the definite article in Greek, and the masculine spelling of the masculine gender in Greek for the definite article is Te. So Hek Kuryakke, having to do with God the Lord, the day Humara, and Humara is the Greek word for day. So we have Hek Kuryakke Humara. Now, it just depends on how what order you put that in, and when you read an interlunar, you'll see that the order in which the Hebrew is written is not like that which is written in English. So we go to Revelation chapter 1 and verse 10. In Revelation chapter 1 and verse 10, where John is receiving from the angel the revelation that God gave to Christ to the give to the angel to give to John in Revelation 1 and verse 10. And we see that the same Greek words are used, but the order of the translation is not the day of the Lord, it is the Lord's day. Now, literally, the day of the Lord means the day that is possessed by the Lord. So you could put it in either order, but yet it still means the same. Now, unfortunately, in Christendom, the nominal world of Christendom, they have used this verse to try to prove that John was in the spirit on Sunday, on the Lord's day. And so they called Sunday the Lord's day. But the Greek is the same as it is in 1 Thessalonians 5 and verse 2. There may be a slight difference in the spelling of kurios or kuriyake, depending on the tense and all of that. So I was in the spirit on the day of the Lord. The events that are prophesied during the day of the Lord are the future events that are yet to occur. Now, the Gospels speak up the events, and the book of Revelation describes the events. However, John was asked to write in three dimensions of time. If you notice down in verse 19, write the things which you have seen, the things which are, in other words, the present situation, the things which shall be hereafter, the things which you have seen. So he wrote in three dimensions of time, past, present, and future. Now back to verse 10. I was in the spirit in the day of the Lord and heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet. So the prophecy centers on what is happening during the day of the Lord. Now let's look at Revelation 17 with regard to Babylon. As we shall see later when we go back to Isaiah chapter 13, that Babylon is destroyed, that is conquered by the Medes, but there is an end time fulfillment of the conquering of Babylon. Now Babylon is a city, and yet Babylon also is referred to as a system. I think I said that in reverse. Babylon is a system, and Babylon is a city. Babylon is referred to as the great city.

Modern Babylon is burned by fire by the 10 kings who give their power to the beasts that ascends out of the bottomless pit. And so let's notice in Revelation chapter 17 and verse 14. We might want to go back and read. Let's start in verse 8. Some of this is quite difficult to follow at times. The beast that you saw was and is not, and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit. Notice that he ascends out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition, and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world. When they behold the beast that was is not and yet is. So notice that he ascends out of the bottomless pit. And here is the mind which has wisdom seven heads or seven governments on which the woman sits or has sat. There are seven kings. Fiber, pollen, one is, the other is not yet come. When he comes, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was is not even, he is the eighth. He is one that comes out of the bottomless pit. It is of the seven. So his historical roots go back into the seven. And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, which are received no kingdom as yet, but receive powers kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. They shall make war with the Lamb, the returning saints, God and the saints, as described in Revelation 19. The Lamb shall overcome them for his Lord of Lords, King of Kings. And they that are with him are called, chosen and faithful. And he said unto me, The waters which you saw were the whores since, are peoples, multitudes and nations and tongues. And the ten horns which you saw upon the beast, they shall hate the whore, Babylon that rides it, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh and burn her with fire. So some people get the idea that Babylon is destroyed twice. Here she is burned with fire. We'll see more about that destruction. For God, for God, had put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. And the woman which you saw is that great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth. Now, this expression, the great city, appears some five times in the Bible.

During the days of Nebuchadnezzar II, Babylon was perhaps the greatest city on the earth. They said it would rival Chicago with maybe five million inhabitants. Babylon was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2019.

There isn't much left to see of the once unstoppable empire that dazzled Greek historians and enslaved his rivals, most famously the biblical kingdom of Judah. Of course, Babylon took Judah into captivity. Babylon was called one of the wonders of the world. I don't know if it was the seventh or the eighth, which wonder it was or is. If you took a trip to Babylon today located 55 miles south of Baghdad, you'd see a tacky recreation built by Saddam Hussein in the 1970s. So that was one of Saddam Hussein's boats that he was going to restore Babylon to the glory that was portrayed during the days of Nebuchadnezzar II. It's been partially destroyed by decades of war. It's a sad ending to such a fabled city.

So even though the city fell to, principally, the Persians in 539 under Cyrus the Great, it continued to flourish as a center of art and education. Even when Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire in 331, he ordered that Babylon remain untouched. Untouched.

So we see in Revelation 11.8 that the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit, their dead bodies lie in the street of the great city, which spiritualists call Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. So that's Jerusalem is referred to as the great city there. And there followed another angel saying this is Revelation 14.8. Babylon has fallen has fallen that great city because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath and fornication. Now we have seen from Revelation 1714 that that great city reigns over the kings of the earth. And we saw from 1717, 1717, Revelation 1717, that the beast power the 10 kings burned Babylon, which reigns over kings of the earth. Now the final blow to Babylon is administered in the seventh trumpet in the seventh vial of wrath. The final blow to Babylon is administered by the seventh vial of wrath. Okay, we read down to Revelation 1615. We read through 15.

And he gathered them together. Revelation 1616, he gathered them together in a place called Armageddon. Then after that, the battle of the great day of God Almighty, the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air. We hardly ever focus on this. There came a great voice out of the temple of heaven from the throne saying, it is done. 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 the great city, the great city, the great city, the city of Babylon, 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. 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, and men blasphemed God, because the plague of the hail, for the plague thereof was exceeding great. Now in Revelation 1810, it says, note this, Revelation 1810.

Revelation 18 shows the destruction of Babylon in greater detail in some of the aspects of the Babylonian system. Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, alas, alas, alas, that great city, Babylon, that mighty city, for in one hour is your judgment come. Then in verse 16, it says, alas, alas, that great city that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls. Now here's where we want to be. We want to be in Revelation 2110. When it comes to the great city, see, before Christ comes, Jerusalem itself, physical Jerusalem, is called Sodom in Egypt. But the new Jerusalem that God has prepared for those that love him is Revelation 2110. And he carried me away into the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God. And thus we have the song, the holy city.

So we go back now to Isaiah 13.6. After that trip in the scriptures, we should see more clearly what this verse is about after that exposition there. And we come to understand that the proper translation, Day of the Lord, is the Day of the Lord in 1 Thessalonians 5.2. It should be Day of the Lord in Revelation 1.10. But even if it is worded the way that it is, the Lord's Day, it doesn't make it Sunday, because Sunday is not the Lord's Day, because Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath, not Sunday. Now in Isaiah 13, well, let's read 6 again. How ye for the Day of the Lord is at hand, it shall come as a mighty destruction from the Almighty. And we have shown how God uses demons and man and the holy angels to do His will. His will shall be accomplished. Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt, and they shall be afraid. Pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them. They shall be in pain as a woman that travails. They shall be amazed one at another. Their faces shall be as flames. They're like they're on fire. Behold, the Day of the Lord comes, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, and lay the land desolate, and He shall destroy the centers thereof out of it. We think we see destruction and more modern warfare of what's going on in Ukraine. Once again, we ain't seen nothing yet is when God does what He is going to do with the nations. In Revelation chapter 6 and verse 12, we see the opening of the sixth seal, which introduces the Day of the Lord.

Revelation 6 and verse 12. And I beheld when He had opened the sixth seal, and lo, who opens the seals? The Lion of the tribe of Judah. He is worthy to open the seals. So Jesus Christ is the one that opens the seals. And I beheld when He had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake. And the sun became black as sackcloth of air, and the moon became His blood. So heavenly signs, unmistakable, and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a thick tree casts her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

This is symbolism. The fallen angels are called stars. The fallen angels are called stars before they fell.

Stars, symbolic of angels.

We know that the smallest star is large, the smallest physical star, is smaller, not smaller, but larger than the earth. And the heaven departed as a scroll, when it is rolled together. And every mountain and island were moved out of their places. Remember what Isaiah says about how fear strikes them. And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the chief captains, the mighty men, every bondman, every free man, hid themselves in the dens and the rocks, and said to the mountains and rocks, Followed us and hide us from the face of him that sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of his wrath is come, and none shall be able to stand.

Notice there are two beings mentioned in 16. Some read that and don't get it. And said to the mountains and rocks, Fallen us and hide us from the face of him that sits on the throne, God the Father, and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of his wrath is come, who shall be able to stand? So, once again, back in Isaiah 13.9.

Behold, the day of the Lord comes, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger. Delayed the Lamb desolate, and he shall destroy the centers thereof out of it.

For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light. The sun shall be darkened. It is going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. See, this happens with the opening of the sixth seal. Isaiah prophesied this some 2750 years ago.

Verse 11. I will punish the world.

Punish the world. God is going to plead with all flesh. He's going to plead with all flesh. And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquities, their lawlessness. And I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease. Amazingly, you still see arrogance within our leaders today, even as they talk about what they're doing with regard to helping Ukraine and other problems that face the nation. Proudness. Arrogancy. I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even a man than the golden wedge of oafers. Therefore, I will shake the heavens and the earth, and the earth shall remove out of his place in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. And we read about that wrath in Revelation 6. And it shall be as the chase roams, and as the sheep that no man takes up, they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every man into his own land. It's going to be such a terrible time that people are going to try to seek refuge in what they consider to be the safest place. Everyone that is found shall be thrust through, and everyone that is joined out of them shall fall by the sword. Now listen to this. Now listen to this. Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. And of course, we've heard about that in today's warfare. Behold, I will stir up the meads against them, which shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. The main thing they delight in is power. Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces. They shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb. Whether you're pregnant, where you've just given birth, whatever it is, they have talked about the bombing of Materl Hospital in Ukraine, Maternyty Hospital, Materl. Their eyes shall not spare their children. In Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees, excellently, excellency shall be sent right over through Sodom and Gomorrah. How did he overthrow Sodom and Gomorrah? He overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah with fire and brimstone. I read from you, I read to you, from Revelation 16, 17, 18, 19, how that Babylon is overthrown the final time. She's burned with fire, and then she is sunken into the sea. Earthquake divides her into three parts, and sunken never to rise again. The Babylonian system which sucks the lifeblood out of woman, child, man, anybody, will never be able to rise again. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there, neither shall the shepherds make their foe there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there, their houses shall be full of doleful creatures, and owls shall dwell there. And satyrs, satyrs another word for evil spirits, shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the island shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant places, and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. If we move that six seal here's open, it will go quickly.