Wed.'s Devo - The Angel of the Lord

Read Isa. 37:30-38
Isaiah continues his word.  God is going to give them a sign: for 2 years they will not have to plant because he is going to cause the ground to yield food for them.  Then in the third year they will be able to plant their own seed and eat its fruit.  A remnant of people will survive.  The Assyrian king, Sennacherib will not come back or ever enter the city of Jerusalem because God will be their defense.  After he said this the angel of the Lord went to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000.  Sennacherib woke up to death all around him and took what was left of his army and went back home.  As he was worshiping his god, Nisroch, two of his sons killed him with a sword and fled.  Another brother took his place as king.  Esarhaddon was his name which means "I will chastise the fierce".  I can't help but think of the angel of the Lord coming to slay those who didn't have the blood on the doorposts during the days of Moses.  He will come again in the end and take the ones who are marked for the Lord up to heaven. 
Lord, thank you for being our deliverer and the captain of the army of the saints.  With you nothing is impossible and we are always safe and secure.