Click Map to Enlarge
23In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will come into Egypt and the Egyptians into Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
24In that day Israel will be the third party with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, 25whom the LORD of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.” Isaiah 19:23-25
The prophecy concerning Egypt and Assyria in the future is very interesting. I think these nations are mainly being used to represent all Gentile nations in that, at the time Isaiah wrote, Israel was right in the middle of these two super-powers, Assyria to the North and West and Egypt to the South and West. Thus, Assyria, Israel, and Egypt as a triad functioning together in unity is being used as a figure to represent the Millennium when there will be peace among all nations. At the time Isaiah wrote, these three nations hated each other and were constantly at war with each other. In the Millennium, the three will be united with each other and at peace--representing the peace of all the nations in the Millennium, which will be the result of Jesus Christ, ruling them with a rod of iron (Psalm 2, Psalm 110).
Of course, in the Millennium, Islam will be totally and utterly destroyed--it being (in my opinion), the final One World Religion of Antichrist, who will have ruled his kingdom from Babylon--and forced those in the Great Tribulation to convert to Islam. Jesus Christ will utterly destroy the Islamic hordes at Armageddon and Islam will be wiped off the face of the earth prior to the start of His Millennial reign. This will be a huge blessing to Israel and the surrounding nations--who will then all worship the Lord Jesus Christ, who will then not only be known as the Suffering Servant of His First Advent, but also as the Conquering Warrior-King of His Second Advent.
Assyria (primarily Iraq), Egypt and Israel will turn to Jesus our God and Savior. They will become a powerful alliance and will bless all nations with the gospel before the return of our Lord.
ReplyDelete