ASSYRIANS

 *04/10/2020*


THANKSGIVING SUNDAY


THEME: *ANGELS: MESSENGERS OF GOD*


TOPIC: *ANGELS MINISTERED TO MANY PEOPLE*


SUB-TOPIC: *ASSYRIANS*


Text: 2 Kings 19:35

         2 Chronicles 32:21

         Isaiah 37:36


*#to kill them#*

According to Isaiah 10:12-19. The wicked are quick to take credit for their successes. The righteous correctly give praise to God for their accomplishments. An implement in the hand of its user has no reason for boasting; Assyria was merely a tool in the hand of God. It has no reason to boast. There is the coming judgment of the Assyrians, who had become fat because of their acts of conquest.

*The Light of Israel* is a wonderful title for God. The Lord Jesus is described as a "light" of Israel as well (John 1:1-13).

*His thorns ...his forest* refers to all persons and possessions in the Assyrian Empire. What people count as honorable or despicable will mean little before God's burning judgment.

Isaiah 37:36 is the fulfillment of God's promise to take vengeance on those who trouble His people (Isaiah 34:8).

*the angel of the LORD:* Often a visitation from the angel of the Lord brought deliverance to God's people, as in the incident with Balaam (Numbers 22) and the appearances to Gideon (Judges 6:11,12) and Manoah (Judges 13).

At other times the angel of the Lord came in judgment (2 Samuel 24:10-25). Here the angel of the Lord delivers His people by fighting for them (Exodus 15:3).

Sennacherib returned shamefaced to His own land, Assyria, and its capital Nineveh. The same Sennacherib who had mocked God's ability to preserve Hezekiah and Judah (2 Chronicles 32:17,19) now died a violent death while in the very act of worshipping his god.

Sennacherib's sons were Adrammelech and Sharezer. His two sons assassinated him 20 years after the siege of Jerusalem and fled for their lives. Zechariah 14:3; Psalms 44:7.


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