Modern-Day "Moah" Perishes

Today there is a worldwide organization similar to ancient Moab.  It is Christendom, the principal part of "Babylon the Great."  (Revelation 17:5) Both Moab and Israel descended from Abraham's father, Terah.  Similarly, Christendom, like the congregation of anointed Christians today, claims to have roots in the first-century Christian congregation.  (Galatians 6:16)  However, Christendom-like Moab-is corrupt, promoting spiritual immorality and the worship of gods other than the one true God, Jehovah.  (James 4:4; 1 John 5:21)  As a class, Christendom's leaders oppose those who preach the good news of the Kingdom. -Matthew 24:9, 14.

Moab was eventually silenced.  The same will happen to Christendom.  Jehovah, using a modern-day equivalent of Assyria, will cause her to be desolated.  (Revelation 17:16, 17)  However, there is hope for people in this modern-day Moab."  In the midst of prophesying against Moab, Isaiah says:  "In loving-kindness a throne will certainly be firmly established; and one must sit down upon it in trueness in the tent of David, judging and seeking justice and being prompt in righteousness." (Isaiah 16:5)  In 1914, Jehovah firmly established the throne of Jesus, a Ruler in the line of King David.  Jesus' kingship is an expression of Jehovah's loving-kindness and, in fulfillment of God's covenant with King David, will last forever.  (Psalm 72:2; 85:10, 11; 89:3, 4; Luke 1:32)  Many meek ones have left modern-day "Moab" and have submitted themselves to Jesus in order to gain life.  (Revelation 18:4) How comforting for these to know that Jesus will  'make clear to the nations what justice is'! -Matthew 12:18; Jeremiah 33:15.

Next time: Damascus Becomes a Decaying Ruin

From the Book Isaiah's Prophecy Light for all Mankind, 2000