07/07/08: Isaiah 28
"You boast, 'We have entered into a covenant with death, with the grave we have made an agreement. When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by, it cannot touch us, for we have made a lie our refuge and falsehood our hiding place'" (Isaiah 28:15). This most likely speaks of the covenant, prophesied in Daniel 9:27, into which Israel will enter for seven years. It will not be something of which God approves, because Israel will have entered into the covenant without having sought God's advice and direction.
God will be very displeased with this. This is His reply: "Your covenant with death will be annulled; your agreement with the grave will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge sweeps by, you will be beaten down by it. As often as it comes it will carry you away; morning after morning, by day and by night, it will sweep through." The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror" (Isaiah 28:19). As a result, Israel's troubles will increase steadily and markedly during the period of the covenant. The European Neighborhood Policy, established for the period 2007-13, very well may be that covenant.
God will be very displeased with this. This is His reply: "Your covenant with death will be annulled; your agreement with the grave will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge sweeps by, you will be beaten down by it. As often as it comes it will carry you away; morning after morning, by day and by night, it will sweep through." The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror" (Isaiah 28:19). As a result, Israel's troubles will increase steadily and markedly during the period of the covenant. The European Neighborhood Policy, established for the period 2007-13, very well may be that covenant.
