June 1, 2010

• Isaiah 23:15-18 by Pastor Don Moore

   Taught 3/5/2010

  Isaiah 23:15-18 Now it shall come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:  “Take a harp, go about the city, you forgotten harlot; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.” And it shall be, at the end of seventy years, that the LORD will deal with Tyre. She will return to her hire, and commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.  (18) Her gain and her pay will be set apart for the LORD; it will not be treasured nor laid up, for her gain will be for those who dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for fine clothing.

  This prophesy covers a 70 year period of time. Israel played the harlot with idols and many problems came from this. Verse 18  states that the wealth of the wicked will be set apart for the Lord, for the Kingdom of God on the earth. Evil will prosper, but evil has victory only for a time.

  God is sovereign and there is a law regarding wealth. God always balances the scales. If you believe by faith, God will prosper the work of your hands. There will at one point be an exchange of wealth and even in these tough economic times God will help you to find opportunities to prosper. He can give you a God idea that will bring sustenance and bless you. Bring the tithe into the storehouse and that will bless those who are in the House, and they will receive a portion of the wealth of God.

  The Old Testament is fulfilled in the New Testament. Currently we are still writing the book of Acts.

  To claim any Old Testament or new Testament promise we need to discern who is God talking to. What is God talking about? and Who is He saying it to?  In verse 18 the only criterion is that the treasures will be for the gain of THOSE WHO DWELL BEFORE THE LORD.

  We looked up Tyre on a map in our Bibles to find out where it is located.

   

  Tyre is near the top of this map on the seaport (in the area of Phoenicia). Babylon (only in History) was a city which is located in Iraq, and was under the rule of King Nebuchadnezzar. Tyre would be located in Lebanon, in the Lebanon region beyond the Northern Border ordained by God to Moses as the boundary for Israel.

  Tyre was a port in the Babylonian Empire. Jerusalem and Tyre were part of the region the ancients called Assyria. The Jews were sent into dispersion for 70 years because they played harlot with local idols. Daniel details those 70 years for those brought to Babylon.

  Daniel 1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

  Tyre and Sidon were also conquered by King Nebuchadnezzar.

  Daniel 2 covers the dream of Nebuchadnezzar that Daniel’s interpretation which covers the history of the area, from Nebuchadnezzar’s time until the end times.

  Daniel 3 covers the image of gold that Nebuchadnezzar built, the fiery furnace.

  Daniel 4 is the dream of Nebuchadnezzar that showed that he had puffed himself up in pride and would become insane for a time until he realized that God was in charge.

  Daniel 4:34-37  And at the end of the time^c]’> of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written. “And this is the inscription that was written:  MENE,^e]’> UPHARSIN. This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it; TEKEK: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting;  PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.”^RaZeHeLL