Verses 1-8 Continued
Here then, is the manifesto published, setting forth, seven points to consider.
Point one.
1) Whom God makes war against
Isaiah 34:2
The Lord is angry with all nations; his wrath is on all their armies.
He will totally destroy them, he will give them over to slaughter.
The indignation of the Lord is upon all nations; they are all in allegiance against God and religion, they are all all in the interest of Satan, and therefore he is angry with them all, even with the nations that forget him. He has long suffered all nations to walk in their own ways, Acts 14:16, "In the past, he let all nations go their own way." but now he will no longer keep silence. As they have all had the benefit of his patience, so they must all expect now to feel his resentments. His fury is in a special manner upon all the armies, 1) Because with them they have done mischief to the people of God; those are they that have made bloody work with them, and therefore they must be sure to have blood given them to drink. Revelation 16:5-6, "Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say: “You are just in these judgments, O Holy One, you who are and who were, for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.” 2) Because with them they hope to make their part good against the justice and power of God. They trust their armies as their defense, and therefore on them, in the first place, God's fury will come. Armies before God's fury are but as dry stubble, Joel 2:5 "With a noise like that of chariots they leap over the mountaintops, like a crackling fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army drawn up for battle." before a consuming fire, though ever so numerous and courageous.
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