Psalms 83, its coming..

The note about Assyria joining with them is very interesting. Very few students of Bible prophecy have even noticed the many explicitly stated prophecies about "the Assyrian."

One of the best known prophecies in all of scripture is Micah 5:2.; “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.” This prophecy is so well known because it is part of the so-called Christmas story. When the “wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.’” Then “Herod the king” “gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people” and “inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.” In answer they quoted Micah 5:2. (Matthew 2:1-6)

But it seems amazing that so few prophetic scholars are aware of the rest of this prophecy. In the context of this verse we read:

“Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops; He has laid siege against us; They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek. ‘But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.’ Therefore He shall give them up, Until the time that she who is in labor has given birth; Then the remnant of His brethren Shall return to the children of Israel. (Micah 5:1-3) Before we read of where Christ was to be born, we read that “they will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek” (verse 1) Then, in verse 3, we read that “Therefore He shall give them up.” So this Old Testament prophecy clearly foretold the rejection of Christ by Judah, and of its consequence; the rejection of Judah by their God. But it also defined how long this rejection of Judah will last. It will last, “Until the time that she who is in labor has given birth.” (verse 3)

This is an obvious reference to the last chapter of Isaiah, where we read,

“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; Before her pain came, She delivered a male child. Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, She gave birth to her children.” (Isaiah 66:7-8)

After “she who is in labor has given birth,” “Then the remnant of His brethren Shall return to the children of Israel.” (Micah 5:3) From this we see that the subject matter of this prophecy extends all the way from the birth and rejection of Christ to the future time of restoration for Israel. Indeed, the next verse of Micah 5 speaks of the majesty and greatness of the time when Judah’s rejection has ended, saying, “And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. And this One shall be peace.” (Micah 5:4-5) But this is followed by a passage that almost no one seems to have noticed. I can personally testify that I knew of this passage long before I even began to realize its significance.

“When the Assyrian comes into our land, And when he treads in our palaces, Then we will raise against him Seven shepherds and eight princely men. They shall waste with the sword the land of Assyria, And the land of Nimrod at its entrances; Thus He shall deliver us from the Assyrian, When he comes into our land And when he treads within our borders.” (Micah 5:5-6)

This passage should cause every serious student of Bible prophecy to sit up and take notice. Here we have a very simple statement of coming events. There is nothing in it that is hard to understand. Nothing in it requires deep interpretation. But there is no way to even imagine that it has been fulfilled. This prophecy clearly refers to the future, but is totally missed in every system of prophetic interpretation that is widely accepted today. Something is clearly wrong.

Who is this person called “the Assyrian”? There are a number of prophecies about him. But like this one, they are almost universally missed. I believe this is because almost everyone assumes they only refer to Sennacherib, the Assyrian king who attacked Judea in the time of Hezekiah. But Micah 5:5-6 cannot refer to Sennacherib.

In 2 Kings 18:14-16, Hezekiah surrendered to Sennacherib. In the following chapter, (2 Kings 19) Sennacherib sent his army to Jerusalem anyway, under a commander called “the Rabshakeh.” Hezekiah sent a message to Isaiah, saying, “This day is a day of trouble, and rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth.” (2 Kings 19:3) We thus see that Hezekiah had no strength to resist the mighty Assyrian army, much less “seven shepherds, and eight principal men.” And neither Judah nor Israel has ever invaded Assyria.

Sennacherib attacked Judah during the righteous reign of king Hezekiah, who “trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him. For he held fast to the LORD; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the LORD had commanded Moses.” (2 Kings 18:5-6) Nor was it only Hezekiah that was faithful, for “Also the hand of God was on Judah to give them singleness of heart to obey the command of the king and the leaders, at the word of the LORD.” (2 Chronicles 30:12) But “after these deeds of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered Judah; he encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them over to himself.” (2 Chronicles 32:1) Hezekiah cried out to the Lord, who answered him, “I will defend this city, to save it For My own sake and for My servant David's sake.” (Isaiah 37:35)

But in Isaiah 10:6, the Lord says of the king of Assyria that “I will send him against an ungodly nation, And against the people of My wrath I will give him charge, To seize the spoil, to take the prey, And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.”

Both Hezekiah and his people had been righteous and the Lord promised to save them from Sennacherib. But in the day described in Isaiah 10 the nation will have been ungodly and He will send Assyria to punish them. The first Assyrian was an enemy of God, while the second will actually be His agent.

But this latter day Assyrian does not intend to serve God, “nor does his heart think so.” (Isaiah 10:7) He will therefore be punished “when the LORD has performed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem.” (verse 12) This clearly refers to the future, for the Lord's “work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem” will not be finished until all prophecy concerning them has been fulfilled. Again, we read in the twentieth verse of this chapter, “And it shall come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel, And such as have escaped of the house of Jacob, Will never again depend on him who defeated them, But will depend on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.” This is a clear reference to the last days, for even up to our own time Israel has still not learned to “depend on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.”

In Isaiah 14, immediately after saying the Assyrian would be destroyed, (verses 24-27) the Lord added, “do not rejoice, all you of Philistia, Because the rod that struck you is broken; For out of the serpent's roots will come forth a viper, And its offspring will be a fiery flying serpent... Wail, O gate! Cry, O city! All you of Philistia are dissolved; For smoke will come from the north, And no one will be alone in his appointed times.” (verses 29-31) In stating that “out of the serpent's roots will come forth a viper” and that “its offspring will be a fiery flying serpent,” this passage clearly sets forth two separate attacks, one in the past (relative to the time referred to) and one in the future. These two attacks are separated in time by an unspecified number of generations, as the second attacker is the “offspring” of the first.

Shortly after this prophecy was given, Sennacherib attacked the land of the Philistines. Some might think this was the second attack mentioned in this prophecy. But this would require that the first attack be one that had been made by either Tiglath-Pileser III or Sargon II. Each of these previous Assyrian kings had been an ancestor of Sennacherib. Each of them had conquered Philistia. And both of them were dead. But the words “the rod that struck you is broken” could not realistically be applied to either of them. The power of Assyria had not been “broken” when either of these kings had died. On the other hand, both Isaiah 37:35 and 2 Kings 19:35 tell of a most remarkable destruction of Sennacherib’s army by “the angel of the Lord.” The words “the rod that struck you is broken” clearly fit this defeat. These facts make it clear that Sennacherib is the first attacker in this prophecy, not the second one. So the second one has to be future.

In the first chapter of Nahum “one Who plots evil against the LORD, A wicked counselor,” (verse 11) comes forth from Nineveh, the ancient capitol of Assyria. (Nahum 2:8 and 3:7) In the next to the last verse of the prophecy, this “wicked counselor” is expressly called the “king of Assyria.” (Nahum 3:18) The Lord declares that He will make “an utter end” of this invasion, adding that “affliction will not rise up a second time.” (Nahum 1:9) He then tells His people that “though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.” (verse 12) The Divine history and many prophecies clearly show that Judah’s affliction did not end at the destruction of Sennacherib. The Assyrian invasion was only the beginning of her great and long affliction, which has not yet ended. Indeed, their greatest affliction is still future.

Both the severity and the long duration of this affliction are stressed in the fifth through the tenth chapters of Isaiah. The twenty-fifth verse of the fifth chapter tells us, “Therefore the anger of the LORD is aroused against His people; He has stretched out His hand against them And stricken them.” Then follow the words; “For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.” These last words are repeated over and over in the following chapters. (Isaiah 9:12, 9:17, 9:21, and 10:4) The significance of this doleful refrain finally appears in Isaiah 10:24-25: “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: ‘O My people, who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrian. He shall strike you with a rod and lift up his staff against you, in the manner of Egypt. For yet a very little while and the indignation will cease, as will My anger in their destruction.’”

The Lord's indignation against His people who dwell “in Zion,” that is, “Jerusalem,” (verse 32) will continue until “the Assyrian” is destroyed. When this takes place, however, the indignation will cease and His anger will finally be “turned away.” How fitting it is that the first of the gentile conquerors of God's people should also be the last; that Judah's thousands of years of suffering should finally be ended in the destruction of their first great oppressor.

We have already noticed the description of the Assyrian’s attack in Isaiah 10. This account continues through verse 32, ending with this remarkable description of the Assyrian’s approach on Jerusalem:

“He has come to Aiath, He has passed Migron; At Michmash he has attended to his equipment. They have gone along the ridge, They have taken up lodging at Geba. Ramah is afraid, Gibeah of Saul has fled. Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim! Cause it to be heard as far as Laish; O poor Anathoth! Madmenah has fled, The inhabitants of Gebim seek refuge. As yet he will remain at Nob that day; He will shake his fist at the mount of the daughter of Zion, The hill of Jerusalem.” (Isaiah 10:28-32)

Some assume this refers to Sennacherib’s advance on Jerusalem, but that cannot be correct. The advance on Jerusalem described in this prophecy is from the north. But Isaiah 36:2, 2 Kings 18:17, and 2 Chronicles 32:9 all say Sennacherib’s forces came to Jerusalem from Lachish, which was southwest of Jerusalem. Archeologists have found extensive evidence of Assyrian presence in this southern region, but not in any part of ancient Judea north of Jerusalem. That is, not along the path described in Isaiah 10:28-32.

Others assume it describes an army’s approach on Armageddon. But this path leads away from Armageddon, not toward it.

This passage describes a defeat of ten cities in only four days. Even by modern standards, this is remarkable progress for an advancing army. There will be no strength to resist his advance, for “he shall come against princes as though mortar, As the potter treads clay.” (Isaiah 41:25)

Sennacherib boasted that he had conquered 46 of Hezekiah’s fortified cities, with their neighboring small towns, by the use of siege ramps and battering rams, by boring holes and making breaches, as well as by relentlessly attacking with foot soldiers. Such a campaign would clearly take a long time. So it could not be the swift advance described in this prophecy.

Sennacherib left this boast on each of seven monuments
known to modern scholars. The best known of these
is a prism shaped monument show here. It is often called “The Oriental Institute Prism” because it is held by the Oriental Institute. As this institute is part of the University of Chicago, the monument is also called “The Chicago Prism.” But the Oriental Institute simply calls it the “Clay Prism of Sennacherib.”

This monument (and each of the others) lists the cities Sennacherib conquered in this campaign. These lists clearly show that as he invaded this area he came along the seacoast, not inland through the mountains.

This fact is so well established that A. T. Olmstead quoted Isaiah 10:28-32 in his monumental 650 page “History of Assyria,” commenting on how badly Isaiah blew this prophecy; because this was not the path Sennacherib followed. Of course, he failed to realize that Isaiah was not talking about Sennacherib.

Finally, it would seem the writers of the Dead Sea Scrolls would have known the route Sennacherib followed. But they plainly did not think Sennacherib followed this route, for one of them quoted this exact passage, (Isaiah 10:28-32) commenting that it referred to “the Last Days.”

Once again, absolutely wondrous BW.

The first part affirms Rev 12 for me as well as Isaiah as you mentioned.. Israel being born in that Day.

The details for the remainder of the prophecy are amazing and you're right.. I was completely familiar with the obvious portion of it but not the remaining detail so well described here.

I read it through a couple times and will read it a few more times.

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That's not the Israel it is referring to, and the modern Israel movement goes back to the mid 1800s anyway. It was so well known that it shows up in the classic English novel DANIEL DERONDA for ex. He was in England, there was money to move to foreign countries, it was warmer in Israel, and there was the mistaken OT belief that "We can only fulfill our destiny in the land of Israel." The day in 1948 formalized that, but it is not a NT belief. It has nothing to do with the Gospel. It was as secular a movement as the formation of reservations in the US for natives.

That destiny he's referring to is not found in Acts or the NT at all. They never have to be in the land to fulfill the mission of the Gospel, which is what God wanted all of Israel to do, Is. 52:7 (Rom 10:15)

The official, apostolic statement of the destiny of Israel is Acts 13's sermon. There is nothing distant future about it.
There is nothing distant future about Mt 24A.
There is nothing distant future about Eph 2-3 which uses all the technical terms about Israel while defining the new people, a phrase imported from Mt 21's parable of the vineyard.

Use your head; the whole thing is moving in a different direction than you think.

The reason "so few Bible scholars" have checked into it is because it is a completely different direction than the NT.

I don't know any clear place where the NT tells us that "you're supposed to go through all the OT and remove the 1st coming from the 2nd coming with tweezers and put together a planbook for the 2nd coming for an Israel that God started all over with, ignoring everything that was established and closed in the relationship with the 1st one." It's futurists who "see" all this. Forget NT theology, the letter to Hebrews, the silence of the NT about the future land etc. Just listen to futurists.

Interplanner said:

The reason "so few Bible scholars" have checked into it is because it is a completely different direction than the NT.

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No one agrees with you, so theres that too.

Interplanner said:

That destiny he's referring to is not found in Acts or the NT at all. They never have to be in the land to fulfill the mission of the Gospel, which is what God wanted all of Israel to do, Is. 52:7 (Rom 10:15)

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This is clearly and completely incorrect, as I have already demonstrated in length at+This is clearly and compltely incorrect, as I have already demonstrated in length at:

New Testament Promises of Israel’s Restoration
http://www.christianforums.com/t7711183-24/

The True Meaning of Romans 9-11
http://www.christianforums.com/t7716736/#post62199250

See also the following, most of which have been closed because they are so old:

The unfulfilled promise of Israel’s repentance http://www.christianforums.com/t5835530/

The unfulfilled promise to David
http://www.christianforums.com/t5844429-7/

The unfulfilled promise to Abraham
http://www.christianforums.com/t5766758-5/

Olam means forever
http://www.christianforums.com/t5801642-7/

Interplanner said:

The official, apostolic statement of the destiny of Israel is Acts 13's sermon. There is nothing distant future about it.
There is nothing distant future about Mt 24A.
There is nothing distant future about Eph 2-3 which uses all the technical terms about Israel while defining the new people, a phrase imported from Mt 21's parable of the vineyard.

Use your head; the whole thing is moving in a different direction than you think.

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Your interpretations of the meanings of the Holy Spirit's words are not "official, apostolic statements."

As I have repeatedly said before, you are using your interpretations of the meanings of a relatively small number of scriptures that never actually say what you claim they mean as an excuse to deny what a great many more scriptures actually say.

The note about Assyria joining with them is very interesting. Very few students of Bible prophecy have even noticed the many explicitly stated prophecies about "the Assyrian.

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Sorry to make this so long but this is what I wrote about it...

The Assyrian Antichrist and Nebuchadnezzar's Yoke of Iron.

Some of the most neglected of all end-time prophecies are Isaiah 10, 14, 30, Micah 5, and the book of Habakkuk. They've been neglected due to the overwhelming number of 'experts' who claim the anti-Christ would be a Roman, European, or a Jewish world dictator.

Finis Dake, Arthur Pink, E.W Bullinger, and Benjamin Newton, and many others all believed that the end-time antichrist would be an Assyrian and come from Babylon just like Nebuchadnezzar and Antiochus Epiphanes did.

The Assyrian ant-Christ is found in Isaiah 10, 14, 30, and Micah 5.
The Assyrian is the rod of God's anger against Israel. This is the man God uses to bring Israel back to Him.

Isaiah 10:6-7 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

The Millennium, Israel, and the future ant-Christ are the topics of Isaiah 14.

V.1-3 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve.

NOTICE;
Verses 1-3 tell us that God will yet chose Israel and set them in their own land where many gentiles will be joined with them and serve them. The gentiles will help bring Israel home and Israel will 'possess' the gentiles and become Israel's servants and handmaids. The Israelites will take captive those who once took them captive. In v.2 Israel will rule over their oppressors (nations against Israel) and the king of Babylon is described as Israel's oppressor. This has never happened and can only happen during the Millennium.

Verse 3 says, "it shall come to pass in the day." What day? In the day of the second advent of Christ! "The LORD shall give thee (Israel) rest from their sorrows, fear, and from the hard bondage, wherein thou wast made to serve."

Israel has never been given rest from the Lord. They have never possessed the gentiles in Israel or made them servants. And Israel has never ruled over their oppressors. This chapter is certainly talking about the Millennial kingdom of Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 14:4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, "How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!"

Israel will rejoice and sing a funeral song about their triumph over the Assyrian antichrist. I think it's clear that this entire passage is future and can only be fulfilled during the Millennium.

The Assyrian is also called the king of Babylon!

Isaiah 14:4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of
Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

Isaiah 14:5-6 declares that the antichrist is destroyed.
The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

Isaiah 14:7-8 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

This is clearly a millennial passage because at no time in history has the whole earth been at rest. Even the cedars and fir trees rejoice!

Isaiah 14 9-11 says that the occupants of hell are moved to meet the Assyrian anti-Christ when he arrives. Even the chief ones and kings of the nations are moved at his coming! They tell him, "Art thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us? Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. The anti-Christ is DEAD and in HELL!

Isaiah 14:12-15 The king of Babylon i.e. the Assyrian is taunted and likened to Lucifer.
Isaiah 14:16-20 there is more taunting of the antichrist by the nations.
Isaiah 14:21-23 Babylon is left desolate.
Isaiah 14:23-26 The Lord makes an oath to destroy the anti-Christ!

The Assyrian is broken in Israel, his yoke removed and the burden departs from Israel.

Daniel says that the little horn (anti-Christ) will not be destroyed by human hands, and that's in accord with Isaiah 14:25 about the Assyrian!

Daniel 8:25 By his cunning he shall make deceit prosper under his hand, and in his own mind he shall become great. Without warning he shall destroy many. And he shall even rise up against the Prince of princes, and he shall be broken--but by no human hand.

The Assyrian is destroyed in Israel!

Isaiah
14:25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains[/B] tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

Isaiah 10:24 says "be not afraid of the Assyrian." This again is future because of "the anointing" and look at the similarities to chapter 14.

Isaiah 10:24-27 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt. For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction. And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

Isaiah 30:27-32 is the Day of the Lord where he beats down the Assyrian anti-christ.

Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.


This is the Assyrian anti-Christ and these passages can only refer to the Millennium. Jesus Christ will only rule at the Millennium after Israel is restored.

Micah 5:3-6 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. (The remnant of Jesus brethren; Israel restored) And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. (Jesus now reigns on earth)

Jesus will only rule after the Assyrian treads upon Israel's palaces. Israel destroys the Assyrian's own land, the land of Nimrod, after he treads within Israel's borders.

Micah 5:5-6 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

Nineveh was the capital city of Assyria and located in "Ashur" or Northern Iraq. Nimrod founded Babylon and built the tower of Babel. Genesis 10:8-11.

The Lord cannot finish his work upon mount Zion or on Jerusalem until He returns. And then He will punish the king of Assyria. Therefore, this can't be an ancient king of Assyria. It has to be a future king of Assyria.

Many bible scholars believe that Sennacherib is the Assyrian mentioned in Isaiah. That's not possible because Sennacherib was not destroyed in Israel. He was murdered by his own sons when he returned to Assyria. The Assyrian is said to be destroyed in God's land (Israel) and because of the anointing.

The Lord did not perform His whole work during the time of Sennacherib. (720 to about 683 BC). It wasn't the Lord who punished Sennacherib. It was his sons. The Lord's "whole work" is not finished until he returns!

Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

Isaiah 10:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

It's the voice of the Lord that beats down the Assyrian. Not another army.

Isaiah 30:31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod. According to verse seven, I have to agree with another author who says that the anti-Christ may not even know he is the anti-Christ!

Isaiah 10:7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

The rest of the story...

Nebuchadnezzar's Yoke of Iron - BLACKSHEEPPROPHECIES.COM

Assyrian - BLACKSHEEPPROPHECIES.COM

10s3r said:

Sorry to make this so long but this is what I wrote about it...

The Assyrian Antichrist and Nebuchadnezzar's Yoke of Iron.

Some of the most neglected of all end-time prophecies are Isaiah 10, 14, 30, Micah 5, and the book of Habakkuk. They've been neglected due to the overwhelming number of 'experts' who claim the anti-Christ would be a Roman, European, or a Jewish world dictator.

Finis Dake, Arthur Pink, E.W Bullinger, and Benjamin Newton, and many others all believed that the end-time antichrist would be an Assyrian and come from Babylon just like Nebuchadnezzar and Antiochus Epiphanes did.

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I agree with much of what you have posted except for calling this evil invader "the Antichrist." Just because someone is very evil and attacks The land of Judah (which is now called Israel) does not make him the Antichrist.

Actually, the scenario presented in the scriptures is that "the Assyrian" attacks after the Antichrist has seated himself as God, on the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. (2 Thessalonans 2:4) For is is "because of transgressions" that the little horn is given an host against the daily sacrifice. (Daniel 8:12)

So we see that the Assyrian is allowed to attack as a direct punishment on Judah for allowing the antichrist to do this horrible crime. Indeed thos is the "Abomination of Desolation" which Jesus said would be the signal for the righteous to flee so fast that they do not go into the house to take anything out of the house. (Matthew 24:15-21)

As a side note, we need to remember that Assyria and Babylon were two entirely different ancient powers. Babylon was the southern half of what is now Iraq, and Assyria was the northern half of that same modern Iraq. In this regard we need to notice that the little horn (Assyria) grows "toward the south (Babylon), and toward the east (Persia, modern Iran) and toward the pleasant land (Israel.) (Daniel 8:9)

This is pretty much the reason so many get misled!

This is a Psalm of Asaph during the time that Israel was engaged in battle. This Psalm is addressing the situation of 2 Chronicles 20.

Futurism again at it's worst!

And if you're preterism at its best then what's that say..

Lol

Old Timer said:

And if you're preterism at its best then what's that say..

Lol

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Yes...by all means...ignore the facts.

ebedmelech said:

Yes...by all means...ignore the facts.

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If you'd like to believe you're a Jew ebed then go ahead.

ebedmelech said:

This is pretty much the reason so many get misled!

This is a Psalm of Asaph during the time that Israel was engaged in battle. This Psalm is addressing the situation of 2 Chronicles 20.

Futurism again at it's worst!

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So an attack by "the people of Moab with the people of Ammon, and others with them besides the Ammonites," (2 Chronicles 20:1) is "The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites; Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; Assyria also has joined with them. (Psalm 83:6-8) ????

Yea, we get it.

Just another case of pretending that a very small parallel between a fact of history and part of a prophecy means the prophecy has been fulfilled. This is typical of the nonsense of Preterism.