Isaiah was speaking prophetically about a time when The Lord would move in Egypt, Assyria, and Israel at the same time and that they would be united at the heart level. Read it in context below and I will pick up with some commentary and pictures below.
Isaiah 19:16-25 16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it. 17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it. 18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. 19 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD. 20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. 21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it. 22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them. 23 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. 24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: 25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
I have been doing missions trips to Africa and in the old Cush empire for years, at the source of both Niles the white and the blue. You will find Christians there who believe they are the people spoken of in Isaiah 18 as bringing gifts to Jerusalem in the last days. I believe that as well and have been sowing into that idea since 2001. Here is an link to an article I wrote on that subject.
http://riverflowsdown.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/next-wall-to-fall/
The verses found above are very similar to Isaiah chapter 18 in that God is moving in north east Africa. Though we as Americans are so poor in geography most people don’t think of Egypt being part of Africa. A few years ago I was approached by Regina Shank of Carthage Missouri about being part of a prayer team to do on site prayer in Egypt, and Israel and the Northern border of Israel. The goal was to pray that God’s end time purposes would come to pass.
You might think that is stupid why would you have to pray for something to happen when God said in His word that it would happen. Well it works like this in the words of Jesus as He taught us to pray “Thy Kingdom Come Thy will be done as earth as it is in heaven. Why would Jesus tell us such a thing. Well to those of you who are intercessors you know that it is simply an invitation to agree with God. Ok then I get that why would you have to go there to pray why not just pray from your living room. Again it has to do with agreeing with God. Faith without works is dead so we want to touch it taste it and sow into it. So we took Arabic bibles into the land and followed the Lord without having any appointments. We simply walked from Israel into Egypt took a taxi to Ciro and a sleeper train to Luxor and back to Israel then to the north to the Lebanese border. It was amazing what God did and will remain a secret to protect peoples lives who are living in very hostile situations.
Here is the bottom Line God is about to move in Egypt and Israel and the old Assyrian empire and will look like shaking on the outside but inside the shaking you will find Jesus. I learned on this trip how to close your eyes and jump off the mountain into the arms of Jesus it was amazing and I am now living that lifestyle of flying into a country with no connections and following the Holy-Spirit as He opens doors. Sound Like new Testament Christianity, it is, welcome to the life of a follower of Jesus even to the ends of the earth.
Enjoy the pictures and please please please join with me and many others in prayer that word of the Lord would run swiftly in these nations.
riding camels to the great pyramids
great pyramids
sphinx
River Nile in Cairo
Eastern Gate Jerusalem
Sea of Galilee
Thank you for posting your pictures! They are beautiful. I think that the part of your post I liked the best was when you illustrated what the Lord’s prayer says about praying. “Thy Kingdom Come, thy will be done!”
I believe this whole heartedly. It is easy to get turned off by “praying in the Kingdom of God”. As if it were a train we were pulling hand over hand into the station.
But agreeing with God, and earnestly praying for all to hear the good news and praying that He will not wait too much longer…I can do that!