The Burden AGAINST Damascus

Isaiah 17:1-14

THE BURDEN AGAINST Damascus.  “Behold, Damascus WILL CEASE FROM BEING A City, AND IT (Damascus) WILL BE A RUINOUS HEAP.

The Cities OF Aroer ARE FORSAKEN; They WILL BE FOR Flocks, Which Lie Down, AND NO ONE WILL MAKE Them AFRAID.  THE FORTRESS ALSO WILL CEASE FROM Ephraim, The Kingdom FROM Damascus, AND The Remnant OF Syria; They WILL BE AS THE GLORY OF The Children OF Israel,” SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS (GOD Almighty).

“IN THAT DAY, IT SHALL COME TO PASS, THAT The GLORY OF Jacob WILL WANE, AND The Fatness OF His Flesh GROW LEAN.  IT SHALL BE, AS WHEN The Harvester GATHERS The Grain, AND REAPS The Heads WITH His Arm; IT SHALL BE, AS He Who GATHERS Heads OF Grain, IN The Valley OF Rephaim.  Yet Gleaning Grapes WILL BE LEFT IN IT, LIKE The Shaking OF An Olive Tree, Two OR Three Olives AT The Top OF The Uppermost Bough, Four OR Five IN ITS Most Fruitful Branches,” SAYS THE LORD GOD (GOD Almighty) OF Israel.

IN THAT DAY, A Man WILL LOOK TO His Maker (GOD Almighty), AND His Eyes WILL HAVE RESPECT, FOR THE HOLY ONE OF Israel.  He WILL NOT LOOK TO The Altars, The Work OF His Hands; He WILL NOT RESPECT, WHAT His Fingers HAVE MADE, NOR The Wooden Images NOR The Incense Altars.  IN THAT DAY, His Strong Cities WILL BE AS A FORSAKEN BOUGH AND An Uppermost Branch, Which They Left BECAUSE OF The Children OF Israel; AND THERE WILL BE DESOLATION.  BECAUSE YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THE GOD (GOD Almighty) OF Your Salvation, AND HAVE NOT BEEN MINDFUL OF THE ROCK OF Your Stronghold, Therefore YOU WILL PLANT Pleasant Plants AND SET OUT Foreign Seedlings; IN THE DAY, YOU WILL MAKE Your Plant TO GROW, AND IN The Morning YOU WILL MAKE Your Seed TO FLOURISH; BUT The Harvest WILL BE A HEAP OF Ruins, IN THE DAY OF Grief AND Desperate Sorrow.

WOE TO The Multitude of Many People, Who MAKE A NOISE, LIKE The Roar OF The Seas, AND TO The Rushing OF Nations That MAKE A RUSHING, LIKE The Rushing OF Mighty Waters!  The Nations WILL RUSH, LIKE The Rushing OF Many Waters; BUT GOD (GOD Almighty) WILL REBUKE Them AND They WILL FLEE Far Away, AND BE CHASED, LIKE The Chaff OF The Mountains, BEFORE THE WIND, LIKE A Rolling Thing BEFORE THE WHIRLWIND.  THEN Behold, AT EVENTIDE, TROUBLE!  AND BEFORE The Morning, He IS NO MORE.  THIS IS THE PORTION OF Those, Who PLUNDER Us, AND THE LOT OF Those, Who ROB Us.

Jeremiah 49:23-27

AGAINST Damascus.  “Hamath AND Arpad ARE SHAMED, FOR They (Hamath and Arpad) HAVE HEARD BAD NEWS.  They (Hamath and Arpad) ARE FAINTHEARTED; THERE IS TROUBLE ON The Sea; IT CAN NOT BE QUIET.  Damascus HAS GROWN FEEBLE; She (Damascus) TURNS TO FLEE, AND FEAR HAS SEIZED Her (Damascus).  ANGUISH AND SORROW HAVE TAKEN Her (Damascus), LIKE A Woman IN Labor.  WHY IS The City OF Praise (Damascus) NOT DESERTED, The City (Damascus) OF My (GOD Almighty’s) JOY?  Therefore, Her (Damascus) Young Men SHALL FALL, IN Her (Damascus) Streets, AND All The Men OF War, SHALL BE CUT OFF IN THAT DAY,” SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS (GOD Almighty).  “I WILL KINDLE A FIRE, IN The Wall OF Damascus, AND IT (The Fire) SHALL CONSUME The Palaces OF Ben-Hadad.”

Amos 1:3-5

THUS SAYS THE LORD (GOD Almighty): “FOR Three Transgressions OF Damascus, AND FOR Four (Transgressions), I WILL NOT TURN Away ITS (Damascus) PUNISHMENT, BECAUSE They (Damascus) HAVE THRESHED Gilead WITH Implements of Iron.  BUT I WILL SEND A FIRE, INTO The House OF Hazael, WHICH SHALL DEVOUR The Palaces of Ben-Hadad.  I WILL ALSO, BREAK The Gate Bar OF Damascus, AND CUT OFF The Inhabitants, FROM The Valley OF Aven, AND The One Who HOLDS The Scepter, FROM Beth Eden.  The People OF Syria SHALL GO CAPTIVE TO Kir,” SAYS THE LORD (GOD Almighty).

Fellow Believers, AS We CAN SEE, Holy Bible Prophecy Describes The Destruction OF The City OF Damascus, During The End Times (The Last Days), AND Holy Bible Prophecy MUST BE FULFILLED!

Matthew 24:6

“AND YOU (Believers) WILL HEAR OF Wars AND RUMORS OF Wars.  SEE THAT YOU (Believers) ARE NOT TROUBLED; FOR ALL THESE THINGS, MUST COME TO PASS, BUT THE END IS NOT YET.”

Luke 21:9

“BUT, WHEN YOU (Believers) HEAR OF Wars AND Commotions, DO NOT BE TERRIFIED; FOR THESE THINGS, MUST COME TO PASS, FIRST, BUT THE END WILL NOT COME IMMEDIATELY.”

Revelation 4:1

AFTER THESE THINGS, I (John) LOOKED, AND Behold, A DOOR STANDING OPEN, IN Heaven.  AND THE FIRST VOICE, WHICH I (John) HEARD, WAS LIKE A TRUMPET SPEAKING WITH Me (John), SAYING, “COME UP HERE (Heaven), AND I WILL SHOW YOU (John) THINGS, WHICH MUST TAKE PLACE, AFTER THIS.”

Now, Jesus Christ HAS PROMISED Us (Believers) That We (Believers) WILL NOT GO THROUGH The Tribulation, HOW DO I KNOW THIS?

Revelation 3:10

“Because YOU (Pre-Tribulation Believers) Have KEPT My (Jesus Christ’s) COMMAND TO Persevere, I (Jesus Christ) ALSO WILL KEEP YOU (Pre-Tribulation Believers) FROM THE HOUR OF TRIAL (The Great Tribulation), WHICH SHALL COME UPON The Whole World (Satan’s World), TO TEST Those (Unbelievers) Who Dwell ON The Earth.”

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

FOR THE LORD (Jesus Christ), Himself, WILL DESCEND FROM Heaven, WITH A SHOUT, WITH The VOICE of an Archangel, AND WITH THE TRUMPET OF GOD (GOD Almighty).  AND The Dead IN Christ (Dead Believers) WILL RISE, First.  THEN, We (Living Believers) WHO ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN, SHALL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER, WITH Them (The Dead IN Christ), IN THE CLOUDS, TO MEET THE LORD (Jesus Christ) IN THE AIR.  AND THUS, We (Believers) SHALL ALWAYS BE WITH THE LORD (Jesus Christ).

Now, YOU ARE Probably Asking Yourself, WHERE IS Jesus GOING TO TAKE Us?

Hebrews 12:22-24

BUT YOU (Believers) HAVE COME TO Mount Zion (Heaven) AND TO THE CITY OF THE LIVING GOD (GOD Almighty), THE HEAVENLY Jerusalem, TO AN INNUMERABLE COMPANY OF Angels (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels), TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CHURCH OF THE FIRSTBORN, WHO ARE REGISTERED IN Heaven, TO GOD (GOD Almighty) THE JUDGE OF ALL, TO The Spirits OF JUST Men (Believers) MADE PERFECT, TO Jesus, THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT, AND TO THE BLOOD OF SPRINKLING, THAT SPEAKS BETTER THINGS, Than That OF Abel.

Fellow Believers, We KNOW, We WILL BE, IN GOD Almighty’s Immediate Presence, WITH Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels, AND All The Rest Of The Children OF GOD Almighty, For Eternity, FOREVER!

Folks Remember, The Being Caught Up Together May Occur IN The Next Millisecond.  SO, There IS NO Time TO Waste, GET OUT There, Show YOU Care, AND Share The Gospel OF Jesus Christ.

“SUDDENLY, We (Believers) WILL BE NO MORE; FOR Jesus Christ HAS TAKEN Us!”