The Prophecy of Isaiah - Part 74 Discussion

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Isa 19:16-20 Egypt Shall Cry Unto The Lord And He Shall Send Them A Savior

Isa 19:16  In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.
Isa 19:17  And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.
Isa 19:18  In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.
Isa 19:19  In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.
Isa 19:20  And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.

In our last study we were told:

Isa 19:14  The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
Isa 19:15  Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.

Egypt, and 'the waters and rivers of Egypt' (Isa 19:5-6), as we have demonstrated, are just an earlier type of Babylon with its 'rivers and waters' (Psa 137:1).  In the story of Joseph, his time as a slave in charge of Potiphar's house preceded the time he spent in the dungeons of Egypt. In the same way, we spend our own time as a slave to sin in Egypt just prior to the time we spend enslaved to sin while slaves in Babylonian captivity.

This is how the holy spirit reveals this process of our judgment:

Hos 11:1  When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Hos 11:2  As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
Hos 11:3  I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
Hos 11:4  I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
Hos 11:5  He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian [Babylon] shall be his king, because they refused to return.
Hos 11:6  And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

"The sword" which "abides on his cities" is "the sword of the Word" which the Lord sends to destroy the kingdom of "the first man, Adam" within us. The promise of an ultimate victory over sin's dominion over us was given to us "from the foundation of the world".

Gen 3:16  Unto the woman [our rebellious nature] he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to [Hebrew: 'el' - against] thy husband [Christ within us], and he shall rule over thee.

Gen 4:7  If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto [Hebrew: 'el' - against] thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Gen 4:8  And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against [Hebrew: 'el'] Abel his brother, and slew him.

As we have come to see, it is "through death", through the death of the kingdom of "the first man Adam" within us, that our "new man... the last Adam" is birthed within our hearts and minds.

Col 1:22  In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

Heb 2:14  Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

We are admonished to die with, and be raised with, Christ in spirit:

Rom 6:1  What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Rom 6:2  God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Rom 6:3  Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Rom 6:4  Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Rom 6:5  For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Rom 6:6  Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

As the "flesh and... bones" of Christ, we must be "crucified with Him" because:

Eph 5:30  For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

1Jn 4:17  Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

"Our old man is crucified with Him" is of course in the Greek aorist is, was, and will be tense and is a daily process as Paul makes perfectly clear in:

1Co 15:31  I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

That is what we will see concerning Egypt within us in our study today. The first Egypt within us is our "first man Adam", whose doom and destruction from Genesis to Revelation is preordained and predestined:

Isa 19:16  In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.

This is the holy spirit's selection of words expressing the process of the destruction of the first Adam, the man of sin, through the truthful words of Christ. The words of "the first man, Adam" are the words of "that old serpent the devil and Satan" (Rev 12:9) whom Adam and Eve believed instead of believing the Words of their Creator. Adam and Eve typify each of us, and it is the conflict between the words of Christ and the lies of the adversary which creates the storms of life that bring us to our "wits' end" (Psa 107:27). The lies we have all believed are the wood, hay, and stubble which are devoured by the fiery words of Truth which proceed from the mouths of His elect.

This is what the Truth does to all the lies of Egypt and Babylon within us:

2Th 2:8  And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

"The spirit of His mouth [which] shall destroy... that Wicked" is "the brightness of His coming" because He is the Word, and the Word is "the spirit of His mouth".

Joh 6:63  It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

The Lord's words which "are spirit and... life" come to us via the Lord's elect prophets.

Joh 17:20  Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
Joh 17:21  That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Joh 17:22  And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
Joh 17:23  I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
Joh 17:24  Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

These words are speaking to you and to me, and we will live by every word that has proceeded out of the mouth of God.

Jer 5:14  Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Jer 5:15  Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
Jer 5:16  Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
Jer 5:17  And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
Jer 5:18  Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.

The only people who are "wood... [being] devour[ed]" by the fiery words of God at this time and in this age are you and me and all who are given eyes that see and ears that hear "the mysteries of the kingdom of God" (Mat 13:10-15) and the "judgment [which] is now on the house of God". It is the kingdom of our old man which is being judged at this time (1Pe 4:12-17). It is we, who at this time, are enduring the fiery trials of this life, if Christ is judging us at this time:

1Pe 4:12  Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
1Pe 4:13  But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
1Pe 4:14  If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
1Pe 4:15  But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
1Pe 4:16  Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
1Pe 4:17  For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

The phrase "that day" here in Isaiah 19:16 is the day of the judgment upon Egypt and Babylon within all of us who know that it is all of mankind who must live by every word of God (Mat 4:4). But judgment comes on each and every man "in his own order" as ordained by God (1Co 15:23). "That day" is the judgment which "must begin at the house of God", and when it does then "In that day shall Egypt [within us] be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it."

This "shaking of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which He [is] shaking over [Egypt]" within each of His elect in this age, is just another way of saying:

Psa 107:24  These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
Psa 107:25  For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
Psa 107:26  They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
Psa 107:27  They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

Egypt within us, like "the first man Adam" within us, must endure an "experience of evil" to humble every one of us:

Ecc 1:13 I applied my heart to inquiring and exploring by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: it is an experience of evil Elohim has given to the sons of humanity to humble them by it.

In the scene before us here in Isaiah 19 "the land of Judah" symbolizes the Lord's elect, those who have in their mouths the fiery words of Truth which cause "the fiery trials" of our old man. "The land of Judah" typifies the sum of those who have within their hearts the words of Christ which "are spirit and... life" (Joh 6:63).  They are that 'fire' simply because they have been through that fiery sword which guards the way of the tree of life, and they are now qualified to be a terror to the land of Egypt within themselves and within all who, "through their word", are granted to receive their doctrine and their testimony:

Isa 19:17  And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.

It is our old man who is "afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts which He has determined against [Egypt, against our old man]" because, it is the Lord of hosts "who works all things after the counsel of His own will".

Eph 1:11  In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

"The land of Judah[is] a terror unto Egypt" simply because Judah has the Lord's Words and knows and lives by His Truth. It was Christ's doctrine, His words, which terrorized the Pharisees, and the chief priests and elders of His day.

Luk 20:1  And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders,
Luk 20:2  And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
Luk 20:3  And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:
Luk 20:4  The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
Luk 20:5  And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
Luk 20:6  But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
Luk 20:7  And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
Luk 20:8  And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
Luk 20:9  Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
Luk 20:10  And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.
Luk 20:11  And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
Luk 20:12  And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.
Luk 20:13  Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
Luk 20:14  But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
Luk 20:15  So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
Luk 20:16  He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
Luk 20:17  And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
Luk 20:18  Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Luk 20:19  And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

"The land of Judah" here in Isaiah 19:17 refers to all those who dwell in Christ's fiery words, who "dwell with the devouring fire, who... dwell with the "everlasting burning [fiery words of Christ]"

Isa 33:14  The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
Isa 33:15  He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

Isa 19:18  In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.

Here again we have the phrase "In that day", referring to "the great day of the Lord... the judgment of the great day... the great day of His wrath" to be poured out upon the kingdom of our old man. It is through the judgment of that great day that "the land of Egypt... shall... speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the Lord of hosts." It is through the destruction of our old man that our new man is born into the kingdom of God and the kingdom of our old man is called "the city of destruction".

Here is the spiritual significance of "that day":

Zep 1:14  The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

Jud 1:6  And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

Rev 6:17  For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

The answer to "who shall be able to stand" is that "no one can withstand Him", and:

2Ch 20:5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
2Ch 20:6 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

Mal 3:2  But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
Mal 3:3  And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
Mal 3:4  Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
Mal 3:5  And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

"The day of His wrath [is] the day of His coming".

Job 20:28  The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

Psa 110:5  The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

That is when "the land of Egypt" will turn to the Lord and to His altar, the cross on which our old man and His kingdom must be sacrificed:

Rom 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Rom 6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
Rom 6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Rom 6:9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

Isa 19:19  In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.

"In that day [the] altar [of] the Lord [the cross of Christ] shall be for a sign and a witness unto the Lord... in the land of Egypt", and look at the fruits of that witness:

Isa 19:20  And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.

The whole so-called 'Christian world' acknowledges that 'Egypt' typifies the world out of which God's people must come. "He shall send them a savior, and a great one, and He shall deliver them" is the doctrine of the salvation of "all in Adam", and it is being taught to us right here in Isaiah 19:20.

In our next study we will see the glorious fruit of the judgments of the wrath of God. What we will see is that Egypt, symbolizing all of mankind, will be smitten of the Lord and then He will heal them of their dying, rebellious, carnal mind and He will bring them to sacrifice to Himself.

Isa 19:21  And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.
Isa 19:22  And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
Isa 19:23  In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.
Isa 19:24  In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:
Isa 19:25  Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.