This ancient confederacy of Isaiah 7:1-17 is the type of the latter day new testament confederacy that will be formed in our times.
It will be a church and state blend which God has forbidden in His Law and Testimony.
This confederacy is the beginning of the 666 mark of the beast. The 666 starts in a sliding scale sort of movement and sneaks up on the people escalating from a confederacy (which may seem like a good thing) into the full fledged 666. There are several parts involved in this sliding scale. I love Jesus for trusting me with this truth.
(AI Overview) The statement "where there is no type there is no truth" is a core teaching attributed to Victor Houteff, the founder of the Davidians. He used this principle in his interpretation of prophecies and biblical types and antitypes, essentially arguing that if a spiritual or prophetic truth is not mirrored in a historical type (an example or pattern), then it is not a true truth. Houteff believed that if a prophecy or doctrine lacked a corresponding historical type, it was not authentic or reliable. He used this principle to analyze various religious teachings and practices, particularly within Seventh-day Adventism. Houteff's writings, like "The Shepherd's Rod", frequently employed this idea of type and antitype to interpret scriptures and form his unique theological system. This principle was a significant aspect of his message and was central to the Davidian movement's interpretation of prophecy and truth.
(AI Overview) Isaiah chapter 7 is believed to have been written around 735-734 BC. This is based on the historical context of the Syro-Ephraimite War, which is mentioned in verse 1 of the chapter. The war took place between the kingdoms of Israel and Syria against the Kingdom of Judah, during the reign of King Ahaz. The type concerns an ancient confederacy between Ephraim or the 10 tribes known as Israel who were an apostate church and Syria a heathen government at the time.
And it came to pass in the last days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remeliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it. Isaiah 7:1
At the time God favored Judah, the two-tribe kingdom even though Israel, the ten-tribe kingdom were also His people. God did not approve Israel joining heathen forces to fight against their their brethren Judah.
Through this experience we should gain the lesson as Christians that God will not bless the endeavors of any of His people when they join heathen forces in order to gain strength in their effort to overcome their brethren in Christ for some reason they wish to have put out of their way. Such an alliance (confederacy) cannot prosper. 13 Symbolic Code, No. 3, page 4.
The ancient confederacy was formed by Pekah, the king of the ten tribes of Israel called Ephraim (who were the unfaithful brethren in God's church). They had joined forces with Rezin, the king of Syria (who was a Godless man in charge of a godless nation), to war against and destroy their own brethren (the two tribes of Judah), which was called the House of David.
Isaiah said this alliance (confederacy) would fail Isaiah 7:1 (could not prevail against it)
