In Isaiah’s lifetime ancient Babylon was not the world power it would come to be in the days of the prophet Jeremiah, a hundred years later. This makes Isaiah’s prophecies about Babylon even more remarkable. In this chapter he prophesies and allegorizes the death of Babylon’s last king, King Belshazzar. Within these prophecies of Belshazzar’s death are parallel revelations about Lucifer, that arch angel who came to be known as that dragon of old, the Devil, and Satan. By verse twelve Isaiah intensifies his revelations about Lucifer, making it obvious to most that no mortal can fit the descriptions; it all corresponds to Ezekiel 28.

God shows Isaiah the prophet, the future of the ancient city of Babylon – the kingdom which over a century later will take Judah into captivity and destroy the temple of Solomon. What is remarkable about these prophecies is that at the time Isaiah spoke them, Babylon was not a world power; it was subject to the Assyrian empire. In addition, Isaiah was also shown what would happen to all the kingdoms of the earth in the last days just prior to the Second Coming of Christ: that ancient Babylon served as a template for the coming Satanic world order against Christ, Apocalyptic Babylon which encapsulated apostate Christianity; political, economic and spiritual global defiance specifically against Jesus Christ. Isaiah saw their doom too.

 

The 10^th chapter begins with a rebuke to gangster governors – those who weaponized the courts and laws to abuse the people for personal gain. Then the prophet turns his attention to the juggernaut of the region, Assyria. The fact that God used Assyria to judge wicked Israel and Judah, did not absolve Assyria of the cruelty they gleefully used on those they conquered. Then Isaiah turns his attention to the days to come when a Hero Judge would reign over the whole earth, listing seven of His divine attributes; all of which not only identify the Messiah, but were on display and owned by Christ. His rule will be just, not corrupt, and all creation will be drastically altered so that the wolf will lie down with the lamb, and lions will eat straw. Finally, the prophet bursts out in a psalm, which is the 12^th chapter; praising Yahweh unlike so many in his day who insulted Him.

 

This chapter has one of the greatest Messianic prophecies in the Bible. The 6^th and 7^th verses clearly reveal the Jewish Messiah will be both Divine and human, and that He will be of Davidic descent. In these two verses the attributes of Immanuel are given, and these are joined to the opening verses which declare a light will shine in the tribal territories of Zebulun and Naphtali, which Matthew applies to Jesus Christ. No other figure in all history encapsulates the attributes and description of Messiah in this chapter, as does Jesus Christ.

 

The prophet Isaiah continues to give signs to apostate King Ahaz and his apostate advocates, that God is going to intervene on behalf of Judah against he invaders from Syria and Israel’s northern kingdom. These prophecies will include signs in the form of walking reminders; which will be the names of his two sons. These prophecies reach even into future centuries when he Jews return to Judah after the Babylonian captivity. Isaiah also tells of coming judgments upon Assyria. Then the prophet delivers a strong message to Jewish apostates involved in the occult, stating that if it is not according to God’s Scripture, then it is to be rejected.