Egypt In End Times Prophecy
I thought this week it would be appropriate to jump ahead a ways. In light of the Egyptian uprising. And just how it all fit’s into the end times. There is much said about Egypt in the end times,and none of it good for them or the rest of the world either,but most especially Israel.You see the whole middle east in the end times, indeed the whole world is going to come against Israel,and the Lord assures those who harm Israel,or even bother with it, will suffer greatly for it.
The exact verse is, Zec 12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. Egypt for the past 30 years has been paid to not come against Israel,by us America. Now Obama is telling Mubarak to step down,to step aside. The Muslim brother hood is trying to gain power in Egypt,and the people want it.
The thing is when the Egyptians get what they think they want, it is going to be even worse, than they think it is right now. The people in Egypt as of this moment are going hungry,there is no place to go get food. When people are incited to violence already before the hunger,it is a lethal combination. I will explain according to prophecies, in Ezekiel,and Isaiah just what is going on, and what is to come in the future, with Egypt.
I will skip the first verse of Isaiah chapter 19, because that has gone forward to the time of the day of the Lord. We know none of this has happened to the specifications as of yet,and thus must be future occurrences. There have at times been drought in the land of Egypt,but not to this degree. I will also stop at verse 15 due to the same reasons stated earlier,this is the future it speaks of, as in the millennial kingdom,when Christ will reign on the earth. The Millennial kingdom will be a thousand year reign of Christ on the earth,after the battle of Armageddon.
2 “ I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, And everyone against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against kingdom. 3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers. 4 And the Egyptians I will give Into the hand of a cruel master, And a fierce king will rule over them,” Says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
Though we do not hear of anyone consulting idols,nor mediums and sorcerers who knows they could be. But we do see city against city all the peoples against one another. They have found their side and that is why they are fighting amongst themselves. God will hand the people over to a fierce king,or leader. They do want a new leader,many of them want the muslim brotherhood to become their leaders. That will be very very bad for Israel,and America, and even the Egyptians.
We know there is a system of government coming that is going to be the whole worlds government. We also know through bible prophecy that the one world leader will be a satan sanctioned leader. He will be like satans own son,called the antichrist. Could we be seeing here in Egypt that leader taking over? Is this the start of the end times,the last 7 years of the world? Do you think I am crazy for saying this? If so your not alone,and that is fine with me. I know I will not win any popularity contests for my speaking the truth. that is fine with me. I am not here to win your approval,but God’s.
5 The waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up. 6 The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither. 7 The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River, And everything sown by the River, Will wither, be driven away, and be no more. 8 The fishermen also will mourn; All those will lament who cast hooks into the River, And they will languish who spread nets on the waters.
We have yet to see the previous four verses fulfilled,but this is going to happen,and not too far in the future. Look at verse 6 and let’s ponder this together.So let’s look at the Nile river. That is the river that this prophecy speaks of that will dry up. The Nile has a dam in Aswan Egypt called the high dam. This high dam was built to improve farming conditions, and in actuality it has been worse for the farming community. Now it says the brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up,and the rivers will turn foul. If water does not flow it becomes stagnant and foul smelling.
If the people who control the dam close it up,and we see here they will,then the farms will dry completely and the rivers and brooks will become stagnant and not flow. The fisherman will no longer have work,there will be no more food grown. The word emptied is the one that really makes me think this is not a drying up as in a natural drying,no it sounds more to me as though this is a man made disaster. The people who fish and cast net’s will languish, meaning they will sit and do nothing.
9 Moreover those who work in fine flax And those who weave fine fabric will be ashamed; 10 And its foundations will be broken All who make wages will be troubled of soul. 11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give foolish counsel. How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, The son of ancient kings?” 12 Where are they? Where are your wise men? Let them tell you now And let them know what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
Verses 9-12 talks more about the languishing going on in that time. No one has any work none of the people. Let’s face it these peoples lives are, or have been, what they have been, due to the Nile river. It is that countries life blood. The cotton to make clothing and fine linens will have dried up too. All who make wages,will no longer make wages. Imagine the devastation?
All their wise men have become as fools,they give foolish advice,they must be the ones who advise the ruler to shut off the waters of the Nile. But truly that is foolhardy advice. They will bring about their own destruction. We know also though from verse two,that what God is saying in verse 12, He is setting everyone against one another this is what He means here by my purpose for Egypt. And making them make foolish choices thinking themselves so wise I imagine.
13 The princes of Zoan have become fools The princes of Noph are deceived; They have also deluded Egypt, Those who are the mainstay of its tribes. 14 The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in her midst; And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work, As a drunken man staggers in his vomit. 15 Neither will there be any work for Egypt, Which the head or tail,Palm branch or bulrush, may do.
It goes on here, from verse 13-15 to just confirm even more in the mind, that this is God’s doing,the one making them make such foolish choices. Caused them to err in all her work. As I said at the first part of this,God will cut in pieces those who burden themselves with Israel,and who come against her.
Now let’s look at bits and pieces of Ezekiel and what that book has to say about Egypt. There is so much about Egypt and the end times that I canot possibly put it all in here,or we would be here for a week, as I tried to explain all of it .Ezekiel 29:2-16
2 “Son of man, turn and face Egypt and prophesy against Pharaoh the king and all the people of Egypt. 3 Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord: “I am your enemy, O Pharaoh, king of Egypt— you great monster, lurking in the streams of the Nile. For you have said, ‘The Nile River is mine; I made it for myself.’ 4 I will put hooks in your jaws and drag you out on the land with fish sticking to your scales.
5 I will leave you and all your fish stranded in the wilderness to die. You will lie unburied on the open ground, for I have given you as food to the wild animals and birds. 6 All the people of Egypt will know that I am the Lord, for to Israel you were just a staff made of reeds. 7 When Israel leaned on you, you splintered and broke and stabbed her in the armpit. When she put her weight on you, you gave way, and her back was thrown out of joint. 8 “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will bring an army against you, O Egypt, and destroy both people and animals.
9 The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord. “Because you said, ‘The Nile River is mine; I made it,’ 10 I am now the enemy of both you and your river. I will make the land of Egypt a totally desolate wasteland, from Migdol to Aswan, as far south as the border of Ethiopia. 11 For forty years not a soul will pass that way, neither people nor animals. It will be completely uninhabited. 12 I will make Egypt desolate, and it will be surrounded by other desolate nations. Its cities will be empty and desolate for forty years, surrounded by other ruined cities. I will scatter the Egyptians to distant lands.
13 “But this is what the Sovereign Lord also says: At the end of the forty years I will bring the Egyptians home again from the nations to which they have been scattered. 14 I will restore the prosperity of Egypt and bring its people back to the land of Pathros in southern Egypt from which they came. But Egypt will remain an unimportant, minor kingdom. 15 It will be the lowliest of all the nations, never again great enough to rise above its neighbors. 16 “Then Israel will no longer be tempted to trust in Egypt for help. Egypt’s shattered condition will remind Israel of how sinful she was to trust Egypt in earlier days. Then Israel will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.”
I do believe that this whole chapter is talking about the same times as Isaiah chapter 19. Isaiah started off at the end, just like a lot of stories begin at the end and work their way up to the point,and then beyond to finish it off. The finish of course would be the day of the Lord,but this goes on further to bring us 40 years into the millennial kingdom. We know that this prophecy has not been fulfilled as of yet,because Egypt is still a very great nation. No one ever destroyed her so utterly.
It is going to be some very interesting times coming on the scene of the world’s battles. If Egypt falls Israel is going to be very lonely. We know that our country is slowly but surely turning their backs on Israel,and we and England have been their only allies,with Egypt’s president holding off the Egyptians from attacking Israel,as well as much of the middle east. Now well now things are just getting crazy.
So far since Egyptians have decided they do not want their president or their leader in office any longer,Jordan has dismissed their government, completely got rid of every person in their government and cabinet. Yemen is on the verge of overthrowing their government.
Things are heating up in the middle east and that is the hub if you will,where so much of the end time prophecies are connected to. Saudi Arabia will be over taken in a heart beat if Egypt is taken over by the Muslim brotherhood. Iran wants this all to happen of course,and they all have one thing in common,the destruction of Israel would make them all very happy. We know that cannot happen though. But that is for another time.
God Bless and keep close watch over you,in all you do.
In Christ,Tammy