OUR LORD PREPARES HIS ARMY

Isaiah 13 verses 1 - 5 is a prophecy that is laid over the framework of the corporeal world that points forward to an imminent spiritual reality.

Babylon, a historical foe of Israel, stands in for the systems of this world that stand in opposition to the people of God. The passage reads this way;

A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:

Raise a banner on a bare hilltop, shout to them; beckon to them to enter the gates of the nobles.

I have commanded those I prepared for battle; I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath—those who rejoice in my triumph.

Listen, a noise on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations massing together!

The Lord Almighty is mustering an army for war. They come from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the Lord and the weapons of his wrath—to destroy the whole country.

This scriptural excerpt speaks of the spiritual preparation of the Lord's people for the looming battle  between the kingdom of light and the kingdom of darkness.

Summons to prayer and intersession are increasing among God's people everywhere and the pursuit of the things of God are expanding among his people the world over.

Watch and continuously pray to be part of what the prophet Joel describes in Joel chapter 2 verse 2;

Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army comes, such as never was in ancient times nor ever will be in ages to come.

Amen.