End of days ~ Cross reference of Mark 13:20 to Isaiah 13:9


In Mark 13 Jesus is telling 4 disciples who ask him private when the end of days will happen. I think they expected a response something like "Well I will be back on 12th September, 0038 at 1412 Hours" but instead they get all the signs they will get to see before he comes back.

He vouches on himself that before his disciples die he will come for sure.

Mark cross reference Isaiah 13 & Isaiah 34 to show that this was prophesied by Isaiah about Jesus "Second coming"

Mark 13:20 “If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them. 21 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it. 22 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 23 So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time. 24 “But in those days, following that distress, “‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; 25 the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[c]

Isaiah 13:9 Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, cruel with wrath and burning anger, to make the land desolate, and its sinners He shall destroy from it. 10 For the stars of the heavens and its constellations shall not allow their light to illuminate, the sun has become dark in its going forth, and the moon shall not shine its light. 11 And I will visit evil upon the earth, and upon the wicked their iniquity; and I will cut off the pride of the presumptuous, and the arrogance of the tyrants I will humble.

Isaiah 34:4 And all the host of heaven shall melt, and the heavens shall be rolled like a scroll, and all their host shall wither as a leaf withers from a vine, and as a withered [fig] from a fig tree.

Isaiah 13
  • If one does not nose-dive into Isaiah 13:9 but takes a few minutes to start with verse 1 they will see that Isaiah was not talking about the "second coming of Jesus" but talks what G-d planned to do to Babylon. All this has happened and it is evident in the destruction of Babylon in 374 BCE.
    • Isaiah 13:1 The harsh prophecy of Babylon which Isaiah son of Amoz prophesied.
  • In verse 3 G-d says, I commanded my prepared ones who are Persia[Cyrus] and Media[Darius] to raise up against Babylon. You can read about this in several places in Tanakh [2 Chronicles 36:20-23, Daniel 5:25-26]
  • In verses 4-16 G-d describes how the destruction of Babylon will happen.
  • If you read verse 17 it is clear as day, where G-d says that he will raise Darius the Mede who will take over Babylon.
  • Verse 19 is clear as a bright sunny day where G-d says, that the glory of Babylon will be like Sodom and Gomorrah.
  • In all this, where do you see a prophecy about Jesus's second coming?
  • Matthew picks verses 9 & 10 and uses them out of context to say that Isaiah was talking about Jesus's second coming.
Isaiah 34
  • Here Isaiah is prophesying against the pagan nations for all their sins.
  • This can be applied to Jesus's second coming for sure as it has not happened yet.
  • Only issue is that it is the Tetragrammaton who is speaking here who Christians refer to as the father. So how can this be about Jesus?
Isaiah 13:3 I commanded My prepared ones; I summoned My heroes to [execute] My wrath, those who rejoice in My pride.
Isaiah 13:9 Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, cruel with wrath and burning anger, to make the land desolate, and its sinners He shall destroy from it.

Isaiah 13:19 And Babylon, the beauty of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldees, shall be like God's overturning of Sodom and Gemorrah.

Daniel 5:25 “This is the inscription that was written: mene, mene, tekel, parsin 26 “Here is what these words mean: Mene: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end. 27 Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting. 28 Peres: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

2 Chronicles 36:20 He carried into exile to Babylon the remnant, who escaped from the sword, and they became servants to him and his successors until the kingdom of Persia came to power. 21 The land enjoyed its sabbath rests; all the time of its desolation it rested, until the seventy years were completed in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah. 22 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing: 23 “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: “‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up, and may the Lord their God be with them.’”

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Is the law not based on Faith? ~ Cross reference of Galatians 3:12 to Leviticus 18:5

Image
Paul makes a very wrong statement that the law is not based on faith. I believe his view is that anyone who keeps the law expects that G-d will bless them even if they don't believe, love, fear G-d.  This is a lie. There are several passages in Tanakh that talk about the blessings that G-d will give those who love him and keep his commands. The teaching of Tanakh is very consistent that one needs to have faith in G-d and show that faith my living to the standards of G-d's laws. All Images are links to Google Images. Copyright violations not intended. All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad. This post is not intended to offend anyone's faith but for those people who are Seeking the truth of THE ONE TRUE G-D of the universe to who we owe all our love, gratitude & devotion. My encouragement to you is that you read the whole chapter of Tanakh that the Greek text quotes so you get the context and understand what G-d actually said. G-d Ble...
Read more

Was Jesus the cornerstone that David wrote about? ~ Cross reference of Luke 20:17 to Psalm 118:22

Image
Luke like Matthew & Mark uses Psalm 118:26 to say that Jesus was the cornerstone that David wrote about. He was telling the Jews that David knew 1700 years later the Jews would reject him. Click here to read why David did not talk about Jesus being the cornerstone. All Images are links to Google Images. Copyright violations not intended. All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad. This post is not intended to offend anyone's faith but for those people who are Seeking the truth of THE ONE TRUE G-D of the universe to who we owe all our love, gratitude & devotion. My encouragement to you is that you read the whole chapter of Tanakh that the Greek text quotes so you get the context and understand what G-d actually said. G-d Bless and Seek THE Truth. Luke 20:17 Jesus looked directly at them and asked, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: “‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’[a]? 18 Everyone who falls on t...
Read more

Is Jesus the precious stone G-d laid in Zion? ~ Cross reference of Romans 10:11 to Isaiah 28:16

Image
Is Jesus the precious stone that Isaiah is talking about in chapter 28? Let is examine Isaiah 28 in context and see if this is true. All Images are links to Google Images. Copyright violations not intended. All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad. This post is not intended to offend anyone's faith but for those people who are Seeking the truth of THE ONE TRUE G-D of the universe to who we owe all our love, gratitude & devotion. My encouragement to you is that you read the whole chapter of Tanakh that the Greek text quotes so you get the context and understand what G-d actually said. G-d Bless and Seek THE Truth. Romans 10:11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”[e] Isaiah 28:16 Therefore, so has the Lord God said: "Behold, I have laid as a foundation a stone in Zion, a fortress stone, a costly cornerstone, a foundation well founded; the believer shall not hasten. This chapter is about the wickednes...
Read more