Isaiah 36:13-20
Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out in a loud voice in the language of Judah: “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you. Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord by saying, “The Lord will surely deliver us. This city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” Do not listen to Hezekiah. For thus says the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me and come out to me. Then each one of you will eat of his own vine, and each one of his own fig tree, and each one of you will drink the water of his own cistern, until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. Beware lest Hezekiah mislead you by saying, “The Lord will deliver us.” Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their lands out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”
Tag: The Word Does Not Get It!!
When it comes to Sunday, many seem to get the fact that God is important. When it comes to crisis in our lives, many seem to want to turn to God. But, when Monday comes, many just don’t get the fact that God is still in charge and God still has control and God still has power. In the above portion of Isaiah, we see the military leader of Assyria come to the people of Israel to warn them about their impending doom by his army. He wants them all to hear his voice as he brags about how his army has killed all the other nations’ “gods.” Rabshakeh is his name, or official title, we don’t know which. But, he is like most of our politicians today. He simply thinks “GOD” is a “god” of many. He simply thinks his power deals with the “gods” of this world, because Assyria is so powerful. Earlier he actually claimed God (Yahweh) was using him and his army on a divine mission of some sort:
Isaiah 36:10
Moreover, is it without the Lord that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.’”
That is just odd logic. In one breath he says he is on the commission of the Lord God (Yahweh) and in the next breath he states the above monologue to everyone in the city of Jerusalem that he is there to destroy Yahweh! This is the logic of the world. God can be their advantage in one breath an the focus of their destruction in the next. The world simply does not get God. In his Word it is plain. But, in the World it is hidden. Only God can open their eyes to really see the truth of God’s power. The truth is God is using the Assyrians. He will also destroy them:
Isaiah 37:5-7
When the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah, Isaiah said to them, “Say to your master, ‘Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the young men of the king of Assyria have reviled me. Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.’”
And, guess what happen to King of Assyria?
Isaiah 37:37-38
Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at Nineveh. And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword. And after they escaped into the land of Ararat, Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
In the end, God wins. The World does not get it!!!
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