Here A Little, There A Little
Could this phrase be a reference to God's Judgment on Babylon? Let's examine.
A LITTLE: CHRIST?
Eze 11:16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as A LITTLE sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
Ge 19:20 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.
1Ti 5:23 Drink no longer water, but use A LITTLE WINE for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
Ge 44:25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us A LITTLE food.
Ps 37:16 A LITTLE that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
HERE AND THERE: RULE OF ANTICHRIST IN TRIBULATION?
Mt 24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, HERE is Christ, or THERE; believe it not.
Mt 25:24 For there shall arise FALSE CHRISTS, and FALSE PROPHETS, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Mr 13:21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, HERE is Christ; or, lo, he is THERE; believe him not:
Lu 17:23 And they shall say to you, See HERE; or, see THERE: go not after them, nor follow them.
Lu 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo HERE! or, lo THERE! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Mt 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in DIVERS PLACES.
HERE A LITTLE, THERE A LITTLE: ANTICHRIST RULING IN JUDMENT?
Isa 28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here A LITTLE, and there A LITTLE:
Isa 28:11 For with STAMMERING LIPS and another tongue will he speak to this people.
Isa 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**.
Isa 8:15 And many among them shall **stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken**.
Ro 11:9 And David saith, Let their table be made a **snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock**, and a recompence unto them:
Ps 37:10 For yet A LITTLE while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
Ps 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish {from} the way, when his wrath is kindled but A LITTLE. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Job 24:24 They are exalted for A LITTLE while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
1Sa 2:19 Moreover his mother made him (Samuel) A LITTLE coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
Ge 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a COAT OF MANY COLOURS.
Pr 6:10 Yet A LITTLE sleep, a LITTLE slumber, a LITTLE folding of the hands to sleep:
Pr 611 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Ec 10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: {so doth} A LITTLE folly him that is in reputation for wisdom {and} honour.
Isa 26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy CHAMBERS, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for A LITTLE moment, until the indignation be overpast.
Ga 5:9 A LITTLE leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Heb 10:37 For yet A LITTLE while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
Jas 3:5 Even so the tongue is A LITTLE member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter A LITTLE fire kindleth!
Da 8:9 And out of one of them came forth A LITTLE horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
Re 6:11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for A LITTLE season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Re 10:2 And he had in his hand A LITTLE book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
Re 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed A LITTLE season.
A LITTLE HELP: REDEMPTION OF THE BODY IN CHRIST?
Da 11:34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with A LITTLE help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
Ezr 9:8 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us A LITTLE reviving in our bondage.
Heb 2:6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is MAN, that thou art mindful of him? or the SON OF MAN, that thou visitest him?...(7) Thou madest him A LITTLE lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
Re 3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast A LITTLE strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
Isa 11:6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and A LITTLE child shall lead them.
SUMMARY CONCLUSION:
The Bible appears to be associating A LITTLE to Christ. HE is the LITTLE HELP or SANCTUARY the Elect receive. However, in judgment, false prophets began to rule and the LITTLE that was Christ has now become the little horn of antichrist.