Covenant with death and hell

Has anyone really looked at what the covenant with death and hell IS?

I mean not just read it but REALLY looked at it.

Isaiah 28:14-1814 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

Those who have made this covenant with death and hell are those that say when death and hell pass through that it shall not come upon them. They have hid themselves in lies and falsehood.

But we are told in the next few verses that this pact with death and hell will be disannulled and shall NOT stand and when the overflowing scourge shall pass through those who have made this pact with death and hell will be trodden down by it.

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. 18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

Thus death and hell comes for everyone and some are HURT/trodden down by it, and others overcome it and are not HURT of it.

Revelation 2:1111 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.


Isaiah 43:1-2
But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.


Does not matter how one read this****

Isaiah 28:14-1814 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. 18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

**** it is plain that death passes over everyone.

And Here is a perfect example of DEATH passing over both Israelite and Egyptian alike but only those who had the blood applied to door and lintel where not HURT of it.

Exodus 12:22-2422 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. 24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

Do we not see here that DEATH passed over both the believer and the unbeliever?

Can we not understand by this that even though DEATH passes over us that it has no POWER to HURT us?

Do we not see that we are to remember this example?

And if we are to remember it, to what purpose are we to remember it?

Is. 28:14-18 tells us why we are to remember it, and that reason is because some will tell you that death will not pass this way, that we are safe from death.

So what will happen to your faith in Jesus Christ when you find that death will indeed pass over you, your faith will be shaken and you will be HURT of that which you should never have been HURT of.

But if you had known that death would pass your way, you would have remembered that you are safe because the blood was applied to the door and lintel and you would have known that it cannot HURT you and your faith in Jesus Christ will not be shaken.

When I think of all God people in days of old I do not see that God kept them from the judgments, but kept them safe IN the judgments.

I look at Noah, being kept safe in the ark as judgment passed over.

I see lot as being one pluck from the fire.

I see Jonah as one who passed though the judgment and was spit out on dry land.

And most importantly of all I see Jesus Christ who took the judgment of sin upon Himself pass through death and death had no POWER to hold Him.

If the overcomers do not pass through the lake of fire and are not HURT of it, how do you explain Jesus Christ tasting death for every man?

After all He is the first of the first fruits unto God.

All these things tell me Jesus Christ keeps us safe IN the judgment and does not keep us from the judgment.

I can’t but help look at the other view(eternal torment) as some kind of twist on the rapture, for those who believe in the rapture also believe that they are not to be in the judgment but are raptured out of the way.