The people, properly prepared, respond in general godliness. They trust Jehovah even when things looked hopeless in their eyes. And the Rabshakeh wasn’t telling them anything that they didn’t already know. They couldn’t trust in Egypt. They had offended their God. They didn’t have the power to take on the Assyrians, to defend against the Assyrians, themselves. Humanly speaking, things […]

After all these sticks, Rabshakeh holds out a sweet, tasty carrot. ‘Give up. Give up and we’ll be nice to you. Throw open the gates, come on out, and everything will be fine. We’ll leave you alone for a while. And then we will move you to someplace that’s even better. Come on. It’ll be nice.’ He says, ‘Even if […]

This is a pivotal time in Judah’s history. We read about this as well in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles. King Sennacherib of Assyria finally bursts into Judah like an overwhelming flood. He has a great, fearsome, and seemingly invincible host with him. The word translated Rabshakeh is a military official, he’s similar to a military chief of staff. He […]