Last week, Lee was a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic basin, a very rare phenomenon (ref. 1). Meteorologists were stunned. A Cat 5 hurricane is a tropical cyclone with sustained winds in excess of 157 mph (ref. 1). In the Atlantic, fewer than 3 to 4 percent of all hurricanes have been Cat 5. Lee was rarer still because it was the “farthest southeast” that a Category 5 hurricane has been observed in the Atlantic basin during the 172 years records have been kept (ref. 1). Lee also intensified into a powerful Cat 5 very quickly. Meteorologists described it as “hyper intensification”. Lee is said to be the 7th hurricane in the satellite era to intensify by 80 mph or more in 24 hours (ref. 1).
Look at all the attributes of Hurricane Lee: 157 mph (1975), 172 years (7 and 2), Cat 5 (Tyger), farthest southeast (think Australia, near the rising of the sun). Last but not least, “Lee” as in “Lian” 练, my name. The “An” part I think is 安.
… the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm…
Nahum 1:3
Yesterday, Hurricane Lee suddenly started to move again. Meteorologists forecast, Lee will move north and east (ref. 2). What is more, Lee will move close to and swing past a place called “Saint John” in New Brunswick, Canada, but by that time it will be a Cat 1.
It is clear to me that there is meaning in all of this. This is another message from God about me and my last post, the one about Isaiah 41:27, a prophecy that I was to fulfil.
The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
Isaiah 41:27
The “them” in Isaiah 41:27 are the two persons in Isaiah 41:25: the one from the north, and the one from the east.
I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter tredeath clay.
Isaiah 41:25
It is a very cryptic sentence, and there is a fearful symmetry to it.
What I am to do now, I think, is add more to what I have already said, and specifically focus on the word “righteous” in Isaiah 41:26 and 41:2.
The seaport city Saint John in the province of New Brunswick in Canada was founded on 24 June 1604, the day of the Catholic feast of St. John the Baptist. It is a day that celebrates the birth of John the Baptist.
And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
Luke 1:11-14
While I am not sure whether Catholicism has it right that John is a saint, there is no doubt that John was in his day a holy man (ref. Luke 1:15) and a prophet of God. John the Baptist began his preaching before the time of the Lord, the Son of man Jesus Christ.
And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Luke 1:16-17
John was the fulfilment of the prophecy of Isaiah 40:3. He was the voice in the wilderness that prepared the way for the first coming of Lord Jesus Christ.
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, and make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Isaiah 40:3
So, John the Baptist declared ahead of time, or from the beginning, that the Son of man Jesus Christ would be righteous (ref. Matthew 3:11-12, Mark 1:7-8, Luke 3:16-17). John declared that Jesus Christ is the prophesied Son of God (ref. Luke 3:22, Isaiah 9:6-7), righteousness itself (ref. Romans 3:10).
This means Isaiah 41:26 has been interpreted incorrectly by the translators of the KJV. The one mistake that the translators made was to capitalise the pronoun “He” and thus imply that the second half of the preceding sentence, Isaiah 41:25, can only mean Jesus Christ.
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
Isaiah 41:26
I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter tredeath clay.
Isaiah 41:25
It follows then that the one from the east in Isaiah 41:26 must at least also mean a future saint, namely me, the first of the saints. This is what I said in my last post.
Believe it or not, at the time of Gog and Magog, over 1000 years from now, this saint, who is me, someone who will be given the power to destroy princes, both angels and other saints, will be “righteous”, which is another word for “justice”. At that time, as a true servant of Jesus Christ, my righteousness will be of Jesus Christ (ref. Isaiah 54:17).
Now, notice that the word “righteous” is also present in Isaiah 41:2, which speaks about the same time when Jesus Christ will be in heaven, and there is a need for his servants, a remnant of his army, to take care of the world. At that time, I, as one of God’s saints, a man from the east, that fought against Gog of Magog and defeated him, is to stand in my Father’s shoes, and rule the entire world on his behalf until the time of new Jerusalem.
Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
Isaiah 41:2
Now, check out the remaining two verses of Isaiah 41.
For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
Isaiah 41:28-29
Isaiah 41:28 explains that no one, not even the two men in Isaiah 41:25 – the one from the north and the other from the east – can properly understand all of this. So, that includes me, since I am to be the one from the east, the second half of the symmetry, a symmetry that has been freaking me out since I first noticed it.
Only God understands why all these things must happen, and why he has framed the “fearful symmetry” in the first place. I suppose, this is the very nature of what it means to be the true God (ref. Isaiah 41:21-23).
It follows also that even the translators of the KJV in the 17th century have not figured this one out properly. Hence their mistake capitalising the “He” in Isaiah 41:26.
As for the word “vanity” in Isaiah 41:29, in regard to both the Assyrian and me, this is explained by Isaiah 40:22-25.
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That bringeth the princes [rebellious angels and saints] to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth [saints] as vanity… To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
Isaiah 40:22-25
You see, all of the saints, including the most powerful, are merely a matter of “vanity” as far as God is concerned. God can choose anybody in this world, even the lowliest, and ask that person to do something for him, and that person can do that thing successfully whether it be a small thing or the most important.
So, he has chosen me to do this important thing for him, a matter in the distant future at the time of Gog and Magog.
It is an open question, because the choice is mine to make, as it will be for every single saint, as the song goes.
“Who am I without my armor?
Standing in my father’s shoes
All I know is that it’s harder
To be loyal, brave and true”
To properly appreciate what is going on, know that the last time the whole world was left in the hands of a prince, the result was an era of evil and suffering, prompting the need for the war and judgement of these last days.
… for the prince [Satan, or the Devil, or Lucifer] of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me [Jesus Christ speaking].
John 14:30
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince [Satan, or the Devil, or Lucifer] of this world be cast out.
John 12:31
In these last days before Armageddon, the Assyrian, the one from the north, will choose the side of Satan, and he will tell himself that he has done things that he will do because of his own will and strength (ref. Isaiah 10:13, Isaiah 10:15). He and the False Prophet will also create molten images in an attempt to deceive the world (ref. Isaiah 41:29) and cause souls to be lost.
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? …
Isaiah 10:15
For this hubris and mistake, the Assyrian will be damned to lake of fire (ref. Revelation 19:20), and his army will be utterly destroyed (ref. Joel 2:20), and all they that were with him will be sent to hell (ref. Revelation 6:8).
However, I choose the side of God, and I know that any power that I am given comes from God.
… or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood [wood tiger? again the fearful symmetry].
Isaiah 10:15
Also, I know that if I remain loyal to God, and there is equilibrium, calm and peace, and so nothing more is spoiled, then I will have played a part in achieving something.
Of course, all of the saints on the correct side of history can also “rejoice in the LORD” and “glory in the Holy One of Israel”, namely Jesus Christ (ref. Isaiah 41:16).
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains [treacherous saints], and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 41:15-16
I think, this is the meaning of Hurricane Lee, as in Lian 练: Lee plus “An” 安, which means “calm” and “peace”.
References:
1. Marshall Shepherd (8 September 2023), “3 Reasons Why Hurricane Lee Is Stunning Meteorologists”, forbes.com
2. Kerry Breen (15 September 2023), “Hurricane Lee’s path and timeline: Meteorologists project when and where the storm will hit”, cbsnews.com