Bible Lessons

Narrator: Chris Genthree
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Isaiah 22, verses 15 to 25.
THE rejection of the self-seeking Shebna, and the putting in his place of the worthy Eliakim is a true part of Isaiah’s prophecy, and not a disconnected piece of history without reference to the future. See Revelation 3:77And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; (Revelation 3:7), and it is at once plain that Eliakim, godly man of Hezekiah’s reign (Isaiah 36:33Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. (Isaiah 36:3)), was used by the Holy Spirit as a “type” of Christ. Shebna, then, is a foreshadowing of the false prophet-king of the Jews, who will be cast alive into the lake of fire at the coming of the Lord to the earth.
The man whom Shebna is intended to bring before the mind is variously characterized in the Scriptures, but always as a leader in evil. Referring to him, the Lord said to the Jews (John 5:4343I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. (John 5:43)),
“I am come in My Father’s Name, and ye receive Me not; if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.”
In 2 Thessalonians 2:3-103Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 7For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. (2 Thessalonians 2:3‑10) is the fullest reference to this man of unsurpassed wickedness. He will oppose and exalt himself above all called God or object of worship, showing himself as God. He will in an extraordinary way be energized by Satan, having power to do signs and wonders beyond anything now known, —not for good, of course, but in serving his master who is a murderer and liar from the beginning (John 8:4444Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. (John 8:44)), by means of falsehood and all deceit of unrighteousness to them that perish.
Revelation 13:1111And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. (Revelation 13:11) presents this enemy of God in symbolic language, and chapter 19:20 shows his end. 1 John 2:2222Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. (1 John 2:22) calls him the Antichrist, while warning believers that there are many antichrists in our own time. Zechariah 11 speaks of him as a foolish and worthless shepherd.
This Jesus hath God raised up and exalted at His right hand according to His Word,
“Sit Thou at My right hand until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool.”
Meanwhile the gospel goes out in a dispensation of grace and forbearance (Acts 2-4, etc.), that whosoever believes in that rejected One, God’s only begotten Son, shall not perish but have everlasting life.
He is coming again to the earth in judgment according to Psalm 2; Matthew 24: 27-51; Jude 14, 1514And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. (Jude 14‑15); 1 Corinthians 6:22Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? (1 Corinthians 6:2); 2 Thessalonians 1:7-107And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 10When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. (2 Thessalonians 1:7‑10). He is coming in glory, attended by not only the angels, but by all those raised or changed at His coming for His heavenly people (1 Thess. 4:16, 1716For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:16‑17)).
When He comes in judgment the government shall be upon His shoulder (Isaiah 9:66For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)), and the key of the house of David will be laid upon His shoulder, so He shall open and none shall shut, and He shall shut and none shall open. All power is given unto Him in heaven and in earth (Matthew 28:1818And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. (Matthew 28:18)).
What a day that will be for this world, when He reigns!
ML 08/06/1933