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Discipleship Focus: King
- King: This is the pinnacle of the Kingdom Triangle. When we look towards God’s position in the universe, we acknowledge that He is an omnipotent king. Authority comes from Him. Power comes through His authority. He is looking for representatives for His kingdom.
How do we
know that God is king of the universe?
There Bible has many several examples.
We have the creation account. We
have the Exodus story. We have the
coming of Jesus. We have His death and
resurrection. Those are all very
important and impressive stories on the list of stories that demonstrate why
god is king. This chapter contains
another great story to add to this list.
Sennacherib,
king of Assyria, comes into the area to dominate the land and claim its wealth
for his own. Sennacherib conquers the northern
kingdom easily and puts them into captivity.
He moves south on Judah and lays siege to Jerusalem. He even sends bold envoys forth and denounces
Hezekiah and Hezekiah’s God. Sennacherib
boldly proclaims that nobody can spare Jerusalem from his hand.
That’s where
God steps in. God hears the prayer of
Hezekiah and Isaiah. God hears the
arrogance and pride of Sennacherib. God
takes matters into His own hands. God
stretches out His powerful hand and sends an angel of pestilence among the
troops of Assyrian. tens of thousands of
troops die without explanation.
Sennacherib’s
army is decimated. He turns around and
marches home. When he gets there, the
public shame of the inexplicable defeat causes Sennacherib’s own sons to rise
up against him in order be done with him.
As it turns out, Sennacherib had it exactly wrong. It was Sennacherib who could not escape from
the hand of the almighty God.
That’s why
God is King. He created the universe; He
can do whatever He pleases within it.
God is all-powerful, and none can stand in His path when He establishes
His purpose.
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