It is my opinion the destruction of the World Trade Center towers, commonly known today as 911, is prophesied of in the 33rd chapter of Isaiah. The prophecy appears to be meant for our generation, which I believe to be the final generation of mankind. I say this because our LORD begins the main thrust of the prophecy by telling us, through that great prophet Isaiah, that we shall see Jesus Christ, in His beauty, returning to the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.
Thine eyes shall see the king in His beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. Isaiah 33.17
Seen from Jerusalem, the land that is very far off is New York, New York, USA. In the 911 prophecy, the LORD speaks to two generations and two geographical locations using the same Scriptures. The two generations are: the generation in the Bible who was being besieged by the King of Babylon around 600 B.C. and our generation, today. The two geographical locations are Judah, which is Israel today, and New York City. The prophecy begins by telling us the fate of the people involved, then, and now.
And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. Isaiah 33.12
For those who may not know, Jerusalem was besieged by the King of Babylon about 2,600 years ago and many of the buildings were burned to the ground, including much of Solomon’s Temple. This ushered in a societal change for the children of ancient Israel as many were destroyed or taken captive spending the rest of their days in Babylon. As everyone knows, 911 has caused societal changes for us also, evidenced by agencies like the Department of Homeland Security.
The LORD then continues the prophecy by telling us of the two time frames involved: we have them who are far off and those who are near. The far off generation is, of course, us, and the near generation were the inhabitants of Jerusalem when Isaiah was writing.
Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and ye that are near, acknowledge My might. Isaiah 33.13
Do you think this faithless and perverse generation is ready to acknowledge the might of ALMIGHTY GOD? I don’t think so either, but let me give you the heart of the 911 tragedy, and some might raise their eyebrows. I have taken the liberty of putting some things in parenthesis ( ) just for explanation sake, and some things in brackets [ ], which will give you the original Hebrew meaning in which this was written. Here is the heart of the 911 prophecy:
Thine eyes shall see the king (Jesus Christ) in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off (America). Thine heart shall meditate [ponder upon] terror. Where is the scribe [the counter]? Where is the receiver [the weigher]? Where is he that counted [to recount, i.e., celebrate] the towers? Isaiah 33.17
Notice the plural in towers, for they were the “twin towers.” And the question is posed, “Where is he that celebrated the victory in bringing down the towers?” There was a massive worldwide manhunt, and it still took us over a decade to find Bin Laden. And what is all this about the scribe and the receiver? These are the “counter” and the “weigher” in the Hebrew manuscripts.
The Lord is telling us that those who were buying and selling, engaged in commerce, are gone! We need to remember, the destruction came to the WORLD TRADE CENTER. Those buildings represented worldwide TRADE and every citizen in America and around the world, realizes we have been meditating upon terror ever since 9-11-2001.
The skeptics, the atheists, will say, "Come on, those Scriptures are just coincidental!" Are they? Our Heavenly Father, knowing the end from the beginning, won't talk to this generation? I believe He is giving this generation a serious, "Heads up!" The facts are, those towers came down during our generation, the generation that will see Y'shua Messiah, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior return: in His beauty.
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