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Does Isaiah Predict Syria’s Imminent Destruction? – Exclusive: Joel Richardson Examines Scripture to Determine if Israel Will Nuke Neighbor
Joel Richardson / WND
Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from being a city, and it will become a fallen ruin.
– Isaiah 17:1
With all of the chaos, bloodshed and now the openly acknowledged presence of chemical and biological weapons within Syria, many students of prophecy are wondering if Isaiah’s oracle concerning Damascus is about to be fulfilled. Many believe Israel might actually utilize nuclear weapons against its neighbors to the north. One prophecy teacher recently stated, “the fact that Israel has nuclear weapons makes the destruction of Damascus predicted in Isaiah 17:1 entirely possible.”
With all of the chaos in Syria continually growing more and more unstable, it is certainly understandable that many students of Scripture are looking to Isaiah 17 and asking if its fulfillment could be imminent. But if we simply examine the actual text a bit more carefully, then we will see that this view is simply not what Isaiah was speaking about.
First, it is important to understand exactly what many within the prophecy community are expecting. According to this emerging popular view, there are three major prophetic events that are about to be imminently fulfilled, each one in succession. According to this popular scenario, the order of prophetic events is as follows:
- Isaiah 17: Damascus is destroyed by a nuclear bomb.
- Psalm 83: All of Israel’s remaining Arab neighbors launch an attack. Israel, however, is victorious and will actually occupy all these nations.
- Ezekiel 38,39: Another outer band of nations invade Israel, but they are all supernaturally destroyed by God in Israel.
Concerning Psalm 83 and Ezekiel 38 and 39, in other articles here on WND, I have discussed some of the problems with the above view. See here, here, here and here:
Now, let’s consider the actual text of Isaiah 17 to examine why a looming Israeli nuclear strike is not what the prophecy is speaking of.
The oracle concerning Damascus. “Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from being a city and will become a fallen ruin. The cities of Aroer are forsaken; They will be for flocks to lie down in, and there will be no one to frighten them. … sovereignty [will disappear] from Damascus and the remnant of Aram …”
– Isaiah 17:1-3
continue at WND:
http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/does-isaiah-predict-syrias-imminent-destruction/
Isaiah 17: Damascus is destroyed by a nuclear bomb.
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Where does scripture say anything like that? Says it will be a heap of ruins, that’s it. Some who lack the ability to read try to tie this to Isaiah 10 and later where it says “In the eventide destruction.” As if it happens quickly, but read again, the verses in between switch the setting to a different war entirely involving the nations of the world and Israel.
Already Aleppo is becoming a heap of ruins and Damascus too, with no help from a nuclear bomb. All regular weaponry.
This kind of terrible interpretation and incorrect application of scripture is why so many become disilusioned with the bible and God.
STOP ADDING OR SUBTRACTING FROM SCRIPTURE!! READ WHAT IS THERE AND ONLY WHAT IS THERE.
“Isaiah 17.1: The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. ”
Relates to the Assyrian Invasion of Judah in 701 BCE. It is a failed prophesy because Judah never did get their pay back. Instead it was subject to other peoples conquests many times and suffered several dark ages as a consequence.