Monday, September 12, 2011

Mon.'s Devo Judgment on Ariel

Read Isa. 29:1-8
Ariel means either "Lion of God" or "Altar of Burnt Offering". She stands for Jerusalem, so once she was a lion of God but because of her sin she will be like an altar of burnt offering. God is going to punish her with fire. Sennacherib led the Assyrian army to Jerusalem where they surrounded the city and shouted insults to the people. They were so humiliated that they could only whisper. Hezekiah turned to the Lord for help and God delivered Jerusalem. God sent his angel and he killed 185,000 Assyrians during the night. When Sennacherib saw what had happened he returned home with his army. They, and all that come against Jerusalem shall "be as a dream of a night vision." Any nation that hungers for Jerusalem's destruction will fail. At the end of the age, when the nations come against Jerusalem, the Lord himself will fight them like he did for Hezekiah.
God really is in control and he will win in the end. He is in control in our lives too and he will fight for us if we turn to him in our time of trouble.

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