Isaiah 36 recounts the story of the time Jerusalem should have fallen. (It's also told in 2 Kings 18.)
The empire of Assyria was ascending; the king of Assyria’s holdings were growing. His armies were heading south. They had “come up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.” (36:1) Jerusalem was all that was left.
Jerusalem. The city of The Great King. The city that symbolically reminded Israel of God’s covenant promises to them, His presence with them.
That Jerusalem was now surrounded by the Assyrian army--an army that Judah had lost too numerous times and now was facing again with an even smaller force.
The situation was not lost on the Assyrians. They sent one of their chiefs to offer peace to King Hezekiah and to Jerusalem. Here are his first words: “What are you trusting in that makes you so confident?”
I’ll let you finish reading that story—and please do! It’s fantastic!
But let that question sink in: What are you trusting in that makes you so confident?
That’s what Easter weekend is about. Here is what we are trusting in that makes us so confident. Here is what we trust in. Here is what makes us so confident.
We rely on the covenant made with us by Christ. We rely on the death of our Savior and on His resurrection—He will keep His word! We rely on God who raises the dead (2Cor 1:9).
“The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” (Ps 118:6)
What are you trusting in that makes you so confident?
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