Judah's Septere and Joseph's Birthright - Series 3 Chapter 5 The Veil Lifted from the Abrahamic Nations - J. H. Allen - 1902

J. H. Allen

We must keep in mind the fact that the Lord cast Israel afar off to the isles of the sea, and then, through the prophet Isaiah, commanded silence for a certain period, or until the people should have renewed their strength. This same prophet, in the first verse of the forty-ninth chapter, again addresses the people who dwell in the isles as follows: "LISTEN, O isles, unto me: and hearken, ye people from afar" (Isaiah 49:1); and then makes the declaration: "Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified." (v. 3) Israel, as we know, was cast out of her land for idolatry, and Baal-ism was one of her chief idolatries. Before she was cast out she seems to have acquired the habit of attaching the name of the god Baal to places and cities, for on the ancient maps of Palestine we find... - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library