Isa 7:7
(ESV) thus says the Lord God:
"'It shall not stand,
and it
shall not come to pass
NOTE: In context,
Syria and Assyria are conspiring to attack Judah and place their man in charge
of the nation. They will be successful in destroying the Northern Kingdom,
Israel, but they will fail to destroy the Southern Kingdom, Judah. In this
verse, God responds to their plans concerning Judah and basically says that it
will not happen. They will try and 180K troops will mysteriously die during the
siege against Jerusalem--and only at the point where the famine is so great
that it does not appear there is any hope left. So, God has promised, but God
brings his promise to the very edge of fulfillment. Only at the last instance,
when people are starting to starve does God intervene. So again we see a common
theme in scripture--God is in ultimate charge and men have free wills to choose
and act. God can and does intervene at times, but often his intervention does
not occur until that last very moment possible. Ultimately, his will prevails.
But I think he gives us much more freedom than many people seem to believe. And
I think that is where we fail, when as believers we believe every event is the
hand of God rather than just the natural part of a sinful dying planet and evil
men who do not know God.
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