Today's reading is from Isaiah 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
We are reading through a section that has various prophecies concerning the nations that either surrounded or were important to Israel during the 8th century B.C. Isaiah's prophecies took a look at the bigger picture of what was going to happen to these nations - most of whom wanted to destroy Israel and Judah.
The 10 tribes in the North, called Israel, would go into captivity with the Assyrian invasions around 722 B.C. The Assyrians would be repelled by an Angel of the Lord and stopped before invading Judah.
The two tribes of Judah would remain free of invasion until the Babylonians in 605 - 586 B.C.
Isaiah is calling the Jews to turn towards God and also to remind the nations that they would not get away with destroying God's people and land.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments:
Post a Comment