Read: 2 Kings 16:19-20 ; 2 Chron. 28:26-27; Isaiah 13-15
It is time for God to take out wrath on the enemy Babylon. They had taken many Israelites into captivity and taught them to worship their gods. Babylon means “confusion”. We can see this god alive and well in America. Confusion leads to sin, mental illness, fear, anxiety, and all kinds of illnesses. God was bringing his army against this enemy of confusion. He was heaping on this nation everything it stood for. Now it would be Babylon that would shake in fear and terror. They would be desolated and destroyed. They would be punished for their evil and sin. This is a picture of the last days judgment on Satan and his kingdom.
The people of God will unite and return to Israel where they will rest from sorrow and fear. They will be released from their slavery and chains and will taunt the devil. Even those who have died before will laugh at the fall of the mighty Lucifer. They will remind him of all his lofty promises of being greater than the Most High God, Jehovah. Satan will be thrown into the bottomless pit and God will administer judgment on all his demons. In this story they are called Assyria, Philstia, and Moab.
Through the blood of Jesus we can break off all the chains and fear the enemy tries to put on us. We can have this freedom now!
Lord, teach us to war and walk victoriously in this life. We have no fear of this defeated foe but wholly trust in the Captain of Heaven’s Army.
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