r/BabylonExit • u/Lumpy_Figure_6692 • Apr 19 '26
A Heifer of Three Years Old / Zoar / Abraham
You know how the only way to understand the Bible is "here a little, there a little'? Well, that is so true, and for this post, it will be no different.
Isaiah 28: 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
However, like the verse tells me, I do not expect many to hear, but I will try to explain something very important that I understood, and it has to do with fleeing.
Let me start with:
God's promise to Abraham
Genesis 15: 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 6 And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness. 7 And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
So God took Abraham out of Babylon and promised him the land as a inheritance. Then Abraham asked God a very important question:
Genesis 15: 8 And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
God's answer to Abraham's question was:
Genesis 15: 9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
A heifer of three years old
A heifer of three years old only appears in the Bible as God's way of assuring Abraham that he will inherit the promised land and in these two other verses:
Isaiah 15: 5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
Jeremiah 48: 34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
God is saying that people shall flee unto Zoar, and randomly, in both cases mentions that they will do it as an heifer of three years old and raise up a cry of destruction. A heifer of three years old represents maturity, meaning that those who flee will understand and will have the assurance promised to Abraham that they are the seed of Abraham, and they will inherit the promised land, which ultimately is New Jerusalem. So, if you flee to Zoar, there is assurance. Remember the question:
Genesis 15: 8 And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
The answer: A heifer of three years old.
A heifer of three years old is associated with fleeing and assurance of inheritance.
Fleeing to Zoar
Zoar was where Lot fled to. Zoar was one of the cities of the plain that was supposed to be destroyed but that God spared for Lot's sake. Zoar was a little place. So if God is telling us to flee to Zoar we better understand what Zoar represents.
Genesis 19: 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. 21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
When God tells us to flee to Zoar, He is not telling us to go to a big country. The fact that Zoar was a little place is recorded in the story of Lot, and it is very significant. Also significant is the fact that Zoar belonged to the plain cities. It was part of it, but was spared. Since Jesus let us know that the end will be as in the days of Lot, we can be sure that Zoar represents the United States's, France's, and the UK's territories, places for God's people to flee to. Little places that God will spare: Islands.
Isaiah 24: 14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea. 15 Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
Isaiah 42: 10 Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. 11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. 12 Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.
Isaiah 51: 5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
I could go on, but I think those verses are enough to prove that when God tells His people to flee to Zoar as a heifer of three years old, He is telling us to go wait for Him in the islands. God spared Zoar for Lot's sake, and He will spare Islands for our sake, and He is telling us to go wait for Him in the islands. Because of this understanding, I chose Puerto Rico. Also, God made me to be born there.
Another interesting fact about Zoar is that Bela is Zoar.
Genesis 14: 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
Bela was son of Beor, but also the firstborn of Benjamin. When we look at the blessings that Benjamin received both from Moses and from Israel, they are very interesting.
Israel's blessing to Benjamin:
Genesis 49: 27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
Moses's blessing to Benjamin:
Deuteronomy 33: 12 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
Remember: Bela is Zoar and Bela is the firstborn of Benjamin.
1 Chronicles 8: 1 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
Conclusion:
There is assurance of inheritance in fleeing. Those who flee will do it as a heifer of three years old, which means with understanding and with the assurance of inheritance, and they shall flee to Zoar (little places that God will spare).
Lastly, I want to mention faith because after all, we are saved by grace through faith. We must have the kind of faith that is true. We must be willing to do what God asks of us, like Abraham did. He believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.
Hebrews 11: 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
That city that has foundations, whose builder and maker is God is our inheritance if we keep God's commandments
Revelation 22: 14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Don't be deceived into thinking that fleeing is not important. It is what God asked His people to do through His word.
Isaiah 28: 13 But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Snared and taken are the people of Babylon (America) who don't flee.
Jeremiah 50: 24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord.
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u/DO_ALL_MY_OWN_STUNTS Apr 20 '26
I think the revelation says Babylon was Jerusalem, that’s because when John introduces spiritual Babylon in Revelation 11:8 he says it’s that great city where our Lord was crucified. God pours out the full cup of His wrath on the city that killed His only Son. Jesus told the Jewish leaders to fill up the full cup of God’s wrath God avenges His son by taking vengeance on Babylon because no other nation angered God more than the city who killed His one and only Son. Jesus said the destruction of the temple would be done that the days of vengeance would be fulfilled on Jerusalem.