Isaías 34
Thomas Constable · Citado em PreceptAustin
Isaías 34
Constable adds that "Using sacrificial imagery, the Lord in judgment will seek what is peculiarly his. He will take what He alone has a right to take. Sin is a matter of life and death. All sin must be atoned for with sacrificial blood (cf. Lev. 4:1–12; Isa. 53). Those who repudiate the sacrifice of Christ for their sins will forfeit their own lives as sacrifices to God. A sacrifice is necessary, therefore, third, if the demands of divine holiness are to be met. No rebel would be spared." Motyer on fat...blood - (These) were the parts of the slaughtered beast that belonged only to God (Lev. 3:16–17; 7:23–27). In judgment the Lord seeks what is peculiarly his, that to which he alone has a right. The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is sated with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams - Using the language of Israel's sacrificial system, it pictures Jehovah slaughtering the animals (who stand for slaughtering of people beginning in Bozrah and Edom - see below for proposed sequence of Campaign of Armageddon). The phrase the sword of the LORD is filled with blood will find its fulfillment in the final battle of the Campaign of Armageddon when the blood will come up to the horses' bridles (Rev 14:20). For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah - Some feel that Bozrah was about 27-35 miles south of the Dead Sea and was the capital of Edom. Rich Cathers - Bozrah – one of the ancient capitals of Edom. It was a sheep herding center about 25 miles (40 km) SE of the southern end of the Dead Sea. Edom will also be involved as one of the places of action when Jesus returns. Look at the parallels between Revelation 19 (which we just looked at) and Isaiah 63. I think the place Jesus may first arrive at on planet earth is in Edom (modern Jordan), where He will rescue the Jews who have fled there to escape the persecution of the antichrist (Rev. 12). Moody Bible Commentary on Bozrah - The location of Bozrah, included here as the place in which the sacrifice will occur, is disputed. Some believe it is modern Buseirah, some 35 miles southeast of the Dead Sea. In support of this view is that Buseirah sounds as if it retains the ancient Hebrew name for the city and that it was the ancient capital of Edom. Others maintain that Bozrah should be located in the ancient Nabatean stronghold of Petra. This is an isolated area, accessible via a narrow canyon that opens into a wide space (ED: SEE DISCUSSION & PIX OF PETRA). This seems the more likely location because: (1) The name “Bozrah” means “sheepfold” and the city of Petra is located in a basin within Mt. Seir with surrounding mountains and cliffs, creating a natural “sheepfold.” (2) Right next to Petra is the Arab site of Butzeira, a name that more accurately retains the Hebrew form of Bozrah. Some have conjectured that Bozrah is the place to which Jewish people in the future tribulation will flee for safety from the pursuit of the Antichrist (see Rev 12:6+). Therefore it would make sense for end-time judgment to begin with the Lord’s deliverance of the Jewish people there.
Isaías 34
Constable - The prophet described Edom’s overthrow in terms reminiscent of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (cf. Gen. 19:24–28; Deut. 29:23; Ps. 11:6; Jer. 49:18; Rev. 14:10–11), which lay in the same general direction as Edom from Jerusalem. Edom’s actions brought on this destruction. The world’s end will be total, and its territory will be uninhabitable from then on (cf. Lev. 6:13). Human sin affects humanity’s environment. Brimstone is the Hebrew word gophrith which is used on 7 times in the OT, but the first use is significant because it is in the context of the judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah... Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven, (Ge 19:24) ESV Study Bible feels that "Isaiah portrays hell (cf. Rev. 14:9–11) by means of expanding on the vision of the destruction of Jerusalem."
Isaías 34
Constable - How does this picture of devastation so thorough that no human beings remain alive harmonize with other revelation concerning the Tribulation? According to Revelation 6:8 and 9:18 half of the world’s population will have perished by the end of the sixth trumpet judgment. Many more devastating judgments will fall on earth-dwellers after the sixth trumpet judgment, specifically the seven bowl judgments, the worst ones of all in the Tribulation. Therefore what Isaiah pictured may be what the earth will look like at the very end of the Tribulation, just before Jesus Christ returns to the earth. There will be some people left alive on the earth then, but Isaiah’s description was perhaps hyperbolic to make the point that God will judge all the earth’s inhabitants.