Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Isaiah 37

Sennacherib was king of Assyria when it possessed an unstoppable army. Under his leadership the army destroyed kingdom after kingdom. Those he did not destroy were in subject to him. But his successes became his identity. And he saw no difference in any kingdom. They were all vulnerable to his army and therefore, they were his even before he possessed them. But them he encounter the one God of Israel. I wonder if he heard Isaiah's message to Hezekiah? I wonder is Sennacherib ever put two and two together? I wonder if he understood that the God he insulted is the one who killed many of hIs soldiers while they slept? Or that it was this God who sent him home to die?
Stuart

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