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The Salvation of Egypt and Assyria


When we think of the end times we tend to picture Christ Returning to Completed Jews and Christian Gentiles. The Gentiles are often pictured as people of Greco-Roman, European, African, Asian, and Latin American (Mexican to Colombian heritages). The idea of Egypt or Modern day Assyria is not what comes to mind first, save maybe those Christians in those countries. But there is shocking promises to the Egyptians and Assyrians that will make many dispensationalists unhappy and change our notions of which nations are more favored of God.

The Prophet of Isaiah shares the future of the Egyptian people in his nineteenth chapter. It begins with the prophet sharing that the Egyptians shall be cursed, their land shall become desolate, and their trade torn asunder by drought. But then there is a promise of salvation! The words of the prophet read:

"19 In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord near its border. 20 It will become a sign and a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the Lord because of oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Champion, and He will deliver them. 21 Thus the Lord will make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day. They will even worship with sacrifice and offering, and will make a vow to the Lord and perform it. 22 The Lord will strike Egypt, striking but healing; so they will return to the Lord, and He will respond to them and will heal them.
23 In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will come into Egypt and the Egyptians into Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
24 In that day Israel will be the third party with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, 25 whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.”

What an incredible promise! The Prophet foretells that Egypt will serve the Lord! It says in verse twenty, that "He will send them a Savior and Champion and He will deliver them." This is Jesus Christ! The Egyptians are going to receive Emmanuel as their redeemer and Lord! Perhaps this why Jesus Christ had to live in Egypt as child (Matthew 2:13-15) in addition to fulfilling other prophecy!

It says the Lord of Hosts who is Jesus Christ (see Revelation) will call "Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands.." This is a great honor the Lord is bestowing upon the two peoples of Egypt and Syria. He doesn't leave Israel out, He calls them, "His inheritance." But honestly, this entire chapter of Isaiah debunks the notions that Israel is the only child of the Most High. We can see right now in the world that Egypt's ruler is very pro-Western and is waging the fight against ISIS. Perhaps soon the land of the Pharaohs will be struck with God's Spirit and revival shall rage across the land as it has in Iran.

Egypt has been an epicenter for the Almighty's work. Abraham passed through Egypt, Joseph became slave there and then a ruler, Moses lead the Israelites out of Egypt, and Jesus Christ spent much of his childhood living in Egypt. It is a place of significance. We tend to revere Israel and the Holy Land, but God has been at work in the Land of the Pyramids. This does not mean that everything about the Egyptians was perfect; no they worshipped a pantheon of gods and did witchcraft. But this promise of the Prophet Isaiah tells us that Egypt shall be "struck, but healed." So keep watch on this land of the ancient Pharaohs, that it will change from being a place that remembers Anubis and Osiris to being a place that worships the Alpha and Omega, the Living God, Jesus Christ!

Addendum:

One of the oldest copies of the Gospel of Mark was found in a mummy. Could this be a foreshadowing of the Egypt's salvation? Does it allude to that the Egyptians already have the Seed of Salvation? Is this why the Egyptian cross can be found in the glyphs and murals?

Read the article here:

http://conservativetribune.com/biblical-discovery-atheists-not-happy-mark/

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