37:22,23
Isaiah then launches into a holy diatribe against Assyria. Assyria had mocked and derided Jerusalem, but now Isaiah declares that it is Zion that scorns and mocks Assyria. When we turn to God in faith the tables are turned, but note that this turning fear into faith did not happen in an instance, but was a more tortuous process, at least from Hezekiah's perspective.
Assyria may have thought she was mocking Jerusalem, but she was in fact mocking God. We need to have an eternal and heavenly perspective on things.
37:24,25
The root of the sin of the king of Assyria was pride. He had insulted the Lord and claimed that he had achieved his military prowess as a result of his own efforts and skill. When man thinks he is the master he will inevitably head for a fall. We are not self-sufficient and are deluded when we think that we are.
37:26,27
The Lord is the creator of all things, and He has ordained history. The doctrine of creation is vital to having a proper worldview, and this is nothing to do with whether God took 6 days of billions of years, it is far more important and relevant than that. The only reason that Assyria had been rampant was that God had decreed that it would be so. Now that does not mean Assyria was not responsible for her actions, and it does not mean she was a mere puppet, but God’s decree was being executed.
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