Read Isa. 13:1-22
When Jesus comes back he will judge the nations. He will start with the one that did Israel the most harm which is Babylon. The meaning of the word "Babylon" is confusion. Babylon was the empire that destroyed Jerusalem and took the people of Judah captive in 586 B.C. Babylon is found throughout the Bible to be a symbol of man's rebellion to God. The first mention of it is in Gen. 10 where Nimrod built the Tower of Babel and the last mention of it is in Rev. 17 where God called it the "mother of prostitutes". God will call his "sanctified ones", "those that rejoice in his highness" to fight in this battle to destroy all of his enemies. They will come from a far country, from heaven, and even the Lord will fight in this battle using His weapons. In history the "people from afar" were the Persians which were 350 miles east of Babylon that God used to destroy them in 539 B.C. but prophetically it speaks of the day God will judge the spirit of Babylon. "The day of the Lord" in verse 6 has to do with any day God chose to come to earth and judge it. It will be a scary day. Mens heart will fail for fear and God will destroy all sinners from the land. The sky will be dark like it was when Jesus hung on the cross. Life will be scarce. God will shake the heavens and the earth will be thrown from its path and undulate through space. There will be mercy for no one: pregnant, old or young. The ungodly will die never to rise again. They will be food for the vultures and wild animals that prey on the dead. It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Lord, when you come back may you find faith on the earth.
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