Devotion 779

"The Destruction Of Egypt"

Reference: Isaiah Chapter 19

Nations against nations. Kingdoms against kingdoms. Egypt shall be destroyed, and Egypt shall turn to the one Living God.
God never fails to send a warning before judgment. Egypt is warned by the prophet. Isaiah.

Let's read.

Isaiah 19:1-2 "The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. [2] And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom."

He is the God that sent the flood at the time of Noah. He is the God that will set Egyptians against Egyptians, and neighbor against neighbor. when salvation is rejected, the Lord sends chaos. Everyone that refused to heed the words of Noah died in the flood and went to hell. So is it today, everyone that refuses to heed the Gospel, that refuses to enter the Ark of Jesus Christ, the second Adam, will be destroyed, and the end result is hell.

We continue our reading:

Isaiah 19:3-12 "And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. [4] And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts. [5] And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. [6] And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. [7] The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more. [8] The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish. [9] Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded. [10] And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish. [11] Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? [12] Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt."

They looked for the ark, at the time of Noah, it was too late. The flood has begun. Many may even try to swim after the ark, but to no avail. The warning is going out loud and clear today. Exit the blood of the first Adam into the blood of the second Adam by exhibiting  faith in the blood of Jesus Christ, and leave all your sickness, your problems behind in the blood of the first Adam. Every man or woman who by unbelief remains in the blood of the first Adam, shall be destroyed.

We continue our reading:

Isaiah 19:13-20 "The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof. [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. [15] Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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."

There shall be an altar call in Egypt, and people will run to the altar. They will run to the one and only Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, the second Adam.

We conclude our reading:

Isaiah 19:21-25 "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. [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. [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. [24] In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: [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."

God smites to heal. He destroys the believer so that the believer is not contaminated. The remnant of Egypt, Assyria, and Israel shall come together in Christ.The remnant of all nations shall come together to the Redeemer, the one who shed His blood for the world. The Lamb of God, the Saviour of mankind.

 The line is drawn. The word has gone out loud and clear. You are either in the blood of the first Adam or in the blood of the second Adam. You cannot be in both. BELIEVE and confess Christ, the second Adam, as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. Safety is only in Christ!