Have you ever gone star-gazing?  I was in an astronomy class in college, and one night we were able to climb up to the observatory to look at God's creation through the huge telescope at the top.  My freshman year in college we were even able to see a lunar eclipse.  Pretty amazing.  When you look up to the sky and see the expanse, when you look ... [Continue Reading]

After Sennacherib invades Judah he sends his high-ranking military officer (the Rabshakeh) to speak to King Hezekiah and to the people sitting on the wall.  The Rabshakeh spews forth a series of half-truths that essentially manipulate the reality that the people of Judah know.  I appreciate Hezekiah's instruction to the people: don't answer this ... [Continue Reading]

The Lord tried, on many occasions, to get the attention of Israel.  His attempts were not successful, so Isaiah tells us that the Lord would speak to His people by those of "strange lips" and a "foreign tongue."  Essentially, He sent them to captivity to another land so they could learn the lesson He had to teach them.  God goes to ... [Continue Reading]

The type of love that the Lord desires from His people is a steadfast love, meaning it carries with it loyalty.  A true follower of God is not fickle in his or her worship but seeks to honor the Lord in everything.  Sadly this type of love was not characteristic of Israel and Judah.  Their love was like a morning cloud or the dew: an object not lasting ... [Continue Reading]