Isaías 14

Isaías 14

Phillips wrote the classic book Your God Is Too Small. That's a case where the title told the whole story. Many of us have a problem because our God is too small. But if you ever understand that God is sovereign over the entire universe, you'll never have a small God again. (4) MYSTERIOUS DOCTRINE because it brings us face to face with the problem of evil and free will. If God is sovereign, why is there evil in the universe? If man has free will, how can God be sovereign? Christians have debated these questions for centuries. Suffice it to say that God is sovereign and you are truly responsible for all the choices you make. Often we won't understand how they work together, but they do. (5) CLARIFYING DOCTRINE --teaches us that there is no such thing as luck, chance, fate or coincidence. You can have God or chance, but you can't have both. When a cowboy applied for health insurance, the agent routinely asked if he had had any accidents during the previous year. The cowboy replied, "No. But I was bitten by a rattlesnake, and a horse kicked me in the ribs. That laid me up for a while." The agent said, "Weren't those accidents?" "No," replied the cowboy, "They did it on purpose." The cowboy realized that there are no such things as "accidents." Do you believe that some things CATCH GOD BY SURPRISE? In the words of a good friend, "God is too sovereign to be LUCKY." (6) AN EMPOWERING DOCTRINE. If you believe God is sovereign, no mere human can intimidate you. You'll respect authority but you won't cringe before it. What gave David the courage to go down into the Elah Valley and face that giant Goliath? He said, "I come to you in the name of the God of Israel, the Lord of hosts?" David had a God so big that Goliath was like a midget to him. Isaiah 14:28 In the year that King Ahaz died this oracle came: Isa 6:1 2Ki 16:20 2Ch 28:27 In the year that King Ahaz died this oracle came Believer's Study Bible - 715 B.C. According to Ge10:14, the Philistines were a descendents of Ham (Cush ==> Nimrod) (1 Chr. 1:12). Sometime during the second millennium B.C., they came to Canaan from Caphtor (Crete) in the Aegean Sea and settled along the southwestern coast, below the territory of Judea. The land which they inhabited was called Philistia (peleshet, Heb.) from which the name "Palestine" is derived. The Philistines were rejoicing over troubles in Assyria, as the situation provided relief for them. Yet, God tells Isaiah to announce that their doom is still certain. Isaiah 14:29 “Do not rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, Because the rod that struck you is broken; For from the serpent’s root a viper will come out, And its fruit will be a flying serpent. Rejoice (KJV): Pr 24:17 Eze 26:2 35:15 Ho 9:1 Ob 1:12 Mic 7:8 Zep 3:11 whole (KJV): Jos 13:3 1Sa 6:17,18 because (KJV): 2Ch 26:6 28:18 for (KJV): 2Ki 18:8 cockatrice (KJV): or, adder, Isa 11:8 a fiery (KJV): Isa 30:6 Do not rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, Because the rod that struck you is broken; For from the serpent’s root a viper will come out, And its fruit will be a flying serpent. Isaiah 14:30 “Those who are most helpless will eat, And the needy will lie down in security; I will destroy your root with famine, And it will kill off your survivors. the firstborn (KJV): Job 18:13 the poor (KJV): Isa 5:17 7:21,22 30:23,24 33:16 37:30 65:13,14 and I (KJV): Jer 47:1-7 Eze 25:15-17 Joe 3:4-8 Am 1:6-8 Zep 2:4-7 Zec 9:5-7 Those who are most helpless will eat, And the needy will lie down in security; I will destroy your root with famine, And it will kill off your survivors. Isaiah 14:31 “Wail, O gate; cry, O city; Melt away, O Philistia, all of you; For smoke comes from the north, And there is no straggler in his ranks. Howl (KJV): Isa 13:6 16:7 for (KJV): Isa 20:1 Jer 1:14 25:16-20 Wail, O gate; cry, O city; Melt away, O Philistia, all of you; For smoke comes from the north, And there is no straggler in his ranks Isaiah 14:32 “How then will one answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD has founded Zion, And the afflicted of His people will seek refuge in it.” shall one (KJV): Isa 39:1 2Sa 8:10 2Ki 20:12-19 the Lord (KJV): Isa 12:6 37:32 Ps 87:1,5 102:16,28 132:13,14 Mt 16:18 and the (KJV): Isa 11:4 25:4 Zep 3:12 Zec 11:7,11 Jas 2:5 trust in it (KJV): or, betake themselves unto it, Pr 18:10 Mt 24:15,16 Heb 12:22 How then will one answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD has founded Zion, And the afflicted of His people will seek refuge in it