Come like a storm

With reference to Ezekiel 38:9,8,10-12—This is all part of the work of the Rainbowed Angel, in which "Adon (the Lord) adds his hand to redeem a second time the remnant of his people which shall be left from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea" (Isa. xi. 11). This is an area of wide extent, stretching from the Nile to the east of the Tigris; and thence north to the Caspian; and then westward to the Mediterranean, in and beyond which are the islands. It is not to be supposed, that such a revolution in the south of Asia and north of Africa, developing a new power of extraordinary might, could progress without making a powerful impression upon France, Turkey, and Russia, which are so sensitive in regard to their supposed interests in Egypt, the Red Sea, and the east. It will throw them all into a state of terrible belligerency. So great a danger will confederate them for a great effort to scatter it. All Europe will be moved; and "rush forth as a whirlwind to scatter me;" saith the Spirit: "their rejoicing was as to devour the poor in ambush" (Hab. iii. 14): "they will ascend and come like a storm, and like a cloud to cover the land, that is (or that portion of it which is) brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, who are dwelling safely in the midst of it (Ezek. xxxviii. 9,8,10-12): under the protection of the Rainbowed Angel. The conquest of Egypt will, doubtless, operate powerfully upon England: for nothing can affect Egypt without greatly disturbing the policy of Britain, and deeply wounding her commercial interests. The Russo-Assyrian King of the north will have inflicted this injury upon England, previous to Yahweh riding into Egypt upon the swift rainbowed cloud. Hence, the invasion of Egypt, and the destruction of the power of the king of the north in Egypt, will, doubtless be rejoiced in by the British government; and may lead to an alliance between England, the modern Tyre, and the New Power, the common enemies of Gog and the Papacy, after the type of Hiram and Solomon, or of the Queen of Sheba, and the King of Israel. In this event, "her merchandise and her hire will be holiness to Yahweh: it shall not be treasured, nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before Yahweh, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing" (Isa. xxiii. 18). And in Psa. xlv, which Paul endorses as a testimony for Jesus and his followers, the Spirit testifies, that in the day when, "his right hand shall teach him terrible things," "the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat his favor" (verse 12); and again, "the kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: and the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts" (Psa. lxxii. 10): and "surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them unto the Name of Yahweh thine Elohim, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee, 0 Zion" (Isa. lx. 9).