Read Isaiah 34-35; Micah 2-5
In both of these books the chapters are diversely different. They start out with nothing but curses on the land and judgment for the sins of the people. People stole one another’s inheritances, they sinned against their families, and devised iniquity. God was tired of putting up with their sins and it was time for justice to be paid. These scriptures point to the last days when evil will be so great and God will come down and destroy the earth. When he does it will be by fire. Isaiah 34:8-10 talks about this fire. Then it talks about all the different kinds of birds that will possess the land. Birds are a picture of spiritual beings because they fly. Some birds are a picture of God’s spiritual beings like the dove, song bird, etc. Others like the ones mentioned in Isaiah 34 are pictures of Satan’s spiritual beings. They are vultures, cormorants (probably the pelican because it vomits), owls, ravens - birds that feed on dead things and come alive during the night. In Revelation 19:17-18, God calls the fowls that fly to gather to eat the flesh of the kings, captains, military men and horses of the Antichrist.
God always has a remnant and he says that they will take their place among the nations and be like dew sent by the Lord which no one can hold back or restrain. For these people, God will come with vengeance to deliver.
Lord, it is an awesome privilege to be a part of your remnant. We patiently wait for your deliverance.
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