The right answer to the questions is Important

Isaiah 14:24-27

Yesterday, we looked into the question, will God change His mind, and today more

 questions, but first let’s explore what God has sworn about Assyria.  Assyria is a world 

power, it has no equal, and God tells Isaiah the following; “The LORD of hosts has sworn: 

“As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand, that I will break 

the Assyrian in my land, and on my mountains trample him underfoot; and his yoke shall 

depart from them, and his burden from their shoulder.”  (Isaiah 14:24-25 ESV)  

It would be like God telling Costa Rica, who has no army, that He is going to use them to 

defeat the United States of America; would you pay any attention to a man who came with 

this message?  I think not, but that was Isaiah’s message to Judea.  It was Assyria that 

reduced the size of the northern kingdom of Israel in 730 B.C. under Tiglath-pileser III, and 

then in 722, under Shalmaneser, deported its citizens.  (HCSB page1151)  But any kingdom, 

no matter how strong, will not last one day past the purpose God has set for them.  If you 

had the privilege of being born in the USA, a world super power, a nation who in the past 

has shed the blood of it young people to protect the rights and freedoms of other nations, 

you might want to awaken to what God is going to ask of all men, of all nations.

This is a great question, and how you answer it will tell where you are putting your hope!  

 “This is the purpose that is purposed concerning the whole earth, and this is the hand that 

is stretched out over all the nations. For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who will 

annul it?  His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?  (Isaiah 14:26-27 ESV)   

The two questions are not from me, but from the Creator, what you really believe about God 

is going to be exposed, as you reply to God’s questions.  Many in Israel and Judea gave a 

wrong answer, and I worry that many in the Church have also placed hope in little gods, like 

military power, wealth, but not in the out stretched hand of God.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice