Isaiah/Part Two:
                                    “Under God’s Hand”
                                         Isaiah 10:5-19

• Paradox: Two truths that run side-by-side that seem contradictory.
• At this point we come face to face with the biblical paradox: the Lord is sovereign, but his instruments are morally responsible agents. Acts 2:23
•  Responsibility: James 3:1

       
Three facts to this Paradox:

1.   God’s Sovereignty/Assyria’s Intention

•  Woe forms a link with Isaiah 10:1
•  Israel’s God was recognized as powerful: Joshua 2:10-11
•  Israel is more godless because they had been given the light; thus, they were
   accountable as God’s stewards of the Kingdom: Luke 12:48
• Assyria’s evil intention is a heart problem: Isaiah 10:7 (ESV)
• Evil is always a heart problem: Isaiah 9:9
  
  
  

2.   God’s Sovereignty/Assyria’s Responsibility

• All will be accountable for their pride and arrogance: Isaiah 2:11,17
•  Remember how we started: Isaiah 10:5

 

 

3.    God’s Sovereignty/Assyria’s Destruction

•  Isaiah starts with just who God is and the consequences of recognizing His rule: Isaiah 5:24
• All of this was fulfilled between 612-605—the Fall of Nineveh and the Battle of Carchemish: Isaiah 37:36

 

 

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