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"The vision which Esias son of Amos saw against Babylon. Lift up a standard on the mountain of the plain, exalt the voice to them, beckon with the hand, open the gates, ye ruler. I give command and I bring them:N E P H I L L I M are coming to fulfil MY WRATH, rejoicing at the same time and insulting. (Septuagint LXX, Isaias 13:1-3) This vision of Isaiah's is depicting the time of the end. It is referring to the time of "the day of the Lord". The day of the Lord happens during the Tribulation. This vision is against "Babylon". Babylon is a focus of end-time prophecy. The location of end-time Babylon is, contrary to where 99.9% of bible scholars place it,NOT in the Middle-east, but thats another dissertation. It needs to be noticed here, that it is the "Lord" who brings them, to fulfil HIS wrath!. It must be remembered here, now, that this is as close to the "original" AS YOU CAN GET IT!, I mean, Jesus himself probably did notice the Septuagint, and I didn't hear him complain about anything. Let's go on with this passage now. "A voice of many nations on the mountains, even like to that of m a n y n a t i o n s; a voice of kings and nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts has given command to a war-like nation, (vs. 4) This verse can throw you off if your not paying attention. These are many nations "on the mountains" (high places). Notice that both "kings" and Nations" are represented and "gathered together" (Armageddon). The word "kings" here is "melek" in the Hebrew. Its root comes from "ma'lak" , which denotes that of "angels" of class/rank. As it is stated in verses 1-3, these "nephillim" are referred to as a "war-like nation" (one, singular). The Lord gives them "command", and he BRINGS THEM. Command of what? Command of "fulfilling his wrath"! (vs. 3). Where does he bring them from? Well? Don't think I'm getting a little "off the wall", but look at the next verse. "To come from a land A F A R O F F, from the UTMOST FOUNDATION OF HEAVEN; the Lord and his warriors are coming to destroy the world". (vs. 5) Very little of these five verses remains in your King James or any of the other versions. Now, I don't know about you, but "utmost foundation of heaven" does NOT sound like around here (earth). This place is a land "afar off". The use of the word "utmost" is antiquated to "distance". The inference of the use here is as to the "ends of the universe" when read in its context. This is directly connotated with the "day of the Lord" or what's referred to as Armageddon. For behold! the day of the Lord is coming which cannot be escaped, a day of wrath and anger, to make the world desolate, and to destroy sinners out of it." (vs. 9) These are very provocative verses of scripture. When exegeted and read in context, the impression left is that most of what's taking place is not of "human" doing. Besides, no humans live at the "utmost foundation of heaven" now do they?. As stated in verse 3, we are dealing with "nephillim" here, actually, by what the text says, NATIONS OF THEM!.Isaiah has a lot of strange things to reveal, and it would be extremely wise to take careful notice, as Isaiah had much to say about Babylon, and the last-days. "Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee (Antichrist) at thy coming:
it stirreth up the R a p h a, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the earth". (Isaiah 14:9) This is one of the most illuminating passages of prophecy in all of scripture. This is dealing with Satan being "cast down" during the tribulation, and the Antichrist's judgement of being cast into hell. In your bible, the word has been translated "dead" in place of "rapha" as you see here. This is NOT correct. There is NOTHING else they could have used here except "rapha" for it to be IN TRUTH. You see the translation for "rapha" is "dead", but its not meant "dead" like you think, in the translation. Nope, this "dead" are the disembodied spirits of Rephaim, or NEPHILLIM. These are evil spirits that are "cast out" onto the earth when Satan is "cast down" at the mid-point of the tribulation. These are the evil spirits that are held in "tarturus" at the moment. I want you to see something here and let it sink in, it is from the "thrones" of the "chief demons", thatALL THE KINGS OF THE NATIONS ARE CONTROLLED BY!. Now, when you equate this passage with chapter 13:1-3, this becomes most disturbing. It seems that, all at once, there is an onslaught appearance of "demons" and "nephillim", capped all off by the presence of Satan himself and the person of Antichrist at the start of the tribulation. Chapter 13:1-3 definitely illustrates that nephillim shall "appear" at the day of the Lord "to fulfill his (God's) wrath". Now, nephillim are "conceived". This leaves only 2 alternatives, they will be "conceived" during this time, or they are and have been "conceiving". It is remarkable how pastors and teachers avoid the un-avoidable interpretations of these passages. These areas of Isaiah are "avoided" ON PURPOSE, because the Hebrew translations are too strange. The interpretations given in modern theological seminaries are not only comical, but are utterly absurd. Even though there is more spoken of Satan and his angels then heaven and God's, there is an absolute refusal to BELIEVE what the bible has to in fact say. Thats why the Church as well as the world still perceives Satan with "little horns and a pitch fork". As shown earlier, Satan has a "seed", and the scripture seems to indicate that this "seed", may in fact be still around, or are going to be in the near future. But now, lets try to find confirmation of Isa.14:9: "Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise(rapture). Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust:for thy dew is as the dew of light,and the earth shall CAST OUT THE RAPHA". (Isaiah 26:19)
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Dan 2:
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle.
43 And as you saw iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mix themselves with the seed of men. But they shall not cling to one another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Isa 13:
5 They come from a far country, from the end of the heavens, the LORD and the weapons of His indignation, to destroy all the land.
We do have the Word of God. The early church also had the Word of God back then and their main text was The LXX. For research purposes compare the N.T. quotes of the O.T.
Frm the LXX Isa 13:1 THE VISION WHICH ESAIAS SON OF AMOS SAW AGAINST BABYLON. 2 Lift up a standard on the mountain of the plain, exalt the voice to them, beckon with the hand, open the gates, ye rulers. 3 I give command, and I bring them: giants are coming to fulfil my wrath, rejoicing at the same time and insulting. 4 A voice of many nations on the mountains, even like to that of many nations; a voice of kings and nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts has given command to a war-like nation, 5 to come from a land afar off, from the utmost foundation of heaven; the Lord and his warriors are coming to destroy all the world. --end time prophecy. pharoah was an enamy of God yet God used him to manifest His glory.
13:1 THE VISION WHICH ESAIAS SON OF AMOS SAW AGAINST BABYLON. 2 Lift up a standard on the mountain of the plain, exalt the voice to them, beckon with the hand, open the gates, ye rulers. 3 I give command, and I bring them: giants are coming to fulfil my wrath, rejoicing at the same time and insulting. 4 A voice of many nations on the mountains, even like to that of many nations; a voice of kings and nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts has given command to a war-like nation, 5 to come from a land afar off, from the utmost foundation of heaven; the Lord and his warriors are coming to destroy all the world.
LXX ISA 13:6 Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near, and destruction from God shall arrive. 7 Therefore every hand shall become powerless, and every soul of man shall be dismayed. 8 The elders shall be troubled, and pangs shall seize them, as of a woman in travail: and they shall mourn one to another, and shall be amazed, and shall change their countenance as a flame. 9 For behold! the day of the Lord is coming which cannot be escaped, a day of wrath and anger, to make the world desolate, and to destroy sinners out of it. 10 For the stars of heaven, and Orion, and all the host of heaven, shall not give their light; and it shall be dark at sunrise, and the moon shall not give her light. 11 And I will command evils for the whole world, and will visit their sins on the ungodly: and I will destroy the pride of transgressors, and will bring low the pride of the haughty. 12 And they that are left shall be more precious than gold tried in the fire; and a man shall be more precious than the stone that is in Suphir. 13 For the heaven shall be enraged, and the earth shall be shaken from her foundation, because of the fierce anger of the Lord of hosts, in the day in which his wrath shall come on. 14 And they that are left shall be as a fleeing fawn, and as a stray sheep, and there shall be none to gather them: so that a man shall turn back to his people, and a man shall flee to his own land. 15 For whosoever shall be taken shall be overcome; and they that are gathered together shall fall by the sword. 16 And they shall dash their children before their eyes; and they shall spoil their houses, and shall take their wives.
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